GCIH Contracts in London

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 337 386 484
Rank change year-on-year +49 +98 +107
Contract jobs citing GCIH 16 5 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.028% 0.033%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.50% 0.12% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 5
10th Percentile £313 £408 £345
25th Percentile £333 £419 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -7.89% -13.64%
75th Percentile £800 £813 £820
90th Percentile £850 £880 -
England median daily rate £500 £438 £613
% change year-on-year +14.29% -28.57% +11.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - £39.25
Median hourly rate £54.50 - £40.50
75th Percentile £63.25 - £41.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £54.50 - £40.50

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

GCIH falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,210 4,292 5,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.58% 24.07% 21.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,169 2,903 3,919
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £653 £661 £688
90th Percentile £754 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 111 80
10th Percentile £19.20 £14.25 £19.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £20.74 £21.24
Median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -42.54% +1.69%
75th Percentile £55.50 £43.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £69.72 £68.75 £82.55
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing GCIH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for GCIH in London

GCIH
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GCIH in London.

Daily rate trend for GCIH in London

GCIH
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCIH in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GCIH in London

GCIH
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCIH within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +3 1 £500 +14.29% 1
GCIH
England

GCIH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 10 (62.50%) Azure
2 7 (43.75%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (18.75%) GCP
4 2 (12.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (43.75%) Network Security
2 5 (31.25%) TCP/IP
3 4 (25.00%) Firewall
4 3 (18.75%) DNS
4 3 (18.75%) HTTP
4 3 (18.75%) SMTP
5 1 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (6.25%) Wireless
General
1 8 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Financial Institution
4 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (12.50%) French Language
6 1 (6.25%) Legal
6 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) SOC Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) IT Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) IT Security Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Security Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Security Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) Lead
4 3 (18.75%) Security Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Operational Security Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Operations Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Security Operations Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Compliance Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Operations Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Security Compliance Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Senior
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Management Information System
1 6 (37.50%) Security Posture
2 5 (31.25%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (18.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (6.25%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) Security Operations
1 14 (87.50%) SIEM
2 11 (68.75%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (62.50%) Vulnerability Management
4 9 (56.25%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 8 (50.00%) SOAR
6 7 (43.75%) Incident Response
7 6 (37.50%) Data Loss Prevention
7 6 (37.50%) Digital Forensics
7 6 (37.50%) Due Diligence
7 6 (37.50%) Information Security
7 6 (37.50%) Penetration Testing
7 6 (37.50%) Privileged Access Management
7 6 (37.50%) TOGAF
8 5 (31.25%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (31.25%) Risk Management
8 5 (31.25%) Threat Detection
8 5 (31.25%) Threat Intelligence
9 4 (25.00%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) Python
2 5 (31.25%) PowerShell
3 2 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (6.25%) Bash
4 1 (6.25%) PHP
4 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (68.75%) CISSP
2 10 (62.50%) CCSP
2 10 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 7 (43.75%) CompTIA Security+
4 7 (43.75%) Degree
5 6 (37.50%) GCIA
6 5 (31.25%) GIAC
7 4 (25.00%) CCNA
7 4 (25.00%) CEH
7 4 (25.00%) CompTIA CySA+
7 4 (25.00%) OSCP
8 3 (18.75%) GCFA
8 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
8 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
9 2 (12.50%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (6.25%) CASP
10 1 (6.25%) CISA
10 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (6.25%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (50.00%) NIST
2 6 (37.50%) SLA
3 1 (6.25%) GDPR
3 1 (6.25%) HIPAA
3 1 (6.25%) NIST 800
3 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
3 1 (6.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (6.25%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) CSIRT
2 1 (6.25%) QRadar
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (18.75%) Google
2 3 (18.75%) Splunk
3 2 (12.50%) Darktrace
3 2 (12.50%) LogRhythm
4 1 (6.25%) Rapid7
4 1 (6.25%) Tenable