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 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 370 444
Rank change year-on-year +16 +74 +160
Contract jobs citing GCIH 15 9 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.11% 0.056% 0.034%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.42% 0.23% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 6
10th Percentile £313 £225 £506
25th Percentile £363 £400 £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £655 £450 £713
Median % change year-on-year +45.56% -36.84% +29.55%
75th Percentile £825 £738 £820
90th Percentile £850 £835 £823
England median daily rate £506 £450 £613
% change year-on-year +12.50% -26.53% +6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £46.45 - -
25th Percentile £47.50 - -
Median hourly rate £56.00 - -
75th Percentile £63.00 - -
90th Percentile £63.15 - -
England median hourly rate £56.00 - -

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 3,531 3,907 5,214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.23% 24.17% 22.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,372 2,683 3,613
10th Percentile £338 £350 £363
25th Percentile £431 £435 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% -2.27% -0.16%
75th Percentile £663 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £788
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 69 77
10th Percentile £18.57 £17.88 £18.69
25th Percentile £25.12 £22.00 £34.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% -45.45% +35.80%
75th Percentile £40.31 £48.75 £72.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.60 £87.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -47.05% -13.64% +22.22%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 -6 1 £660 +46.67% 4
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 9 (60.00%) Azure
2 8 (53.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (13.33%) AWS
3 2 (13.33%) GCP
4 1 (6.67%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) Network Security
2 5 (33.33%) Firewall
3 2 (13.33%) DNS
3 2 (13.33%) HTTP
3 2 (13.33%) SMTP
3 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 10 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (26.67%) Financial Institution
3 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (13.33%) French Language
4 2 (13.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Security Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) IT Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) IT Security Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Security Manager
2 4 (26.67%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Lead
4 2 (13.33%) Operational Security Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Operations Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Security Operations Manager
4 2 (13.33%) SIEM Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (6.67%) IT Manager
5 1 (6.67%) IT Security Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Operations Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Security Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Senior
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Security Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Security Posture
2 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
3 3 (20.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 3 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (13.33%) STIX
4 2 (13.33%) YARA
5 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) SIEM
2 12 (80.00%) Security Operations
2 12 (80.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 10 (66.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 9 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (53.33%) Data Loss Prevention
5 8 (53.33%) SOAR
6 7 (46.67%) Due Diligence
6 7 (46.67%) Incident Response
7 6 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
7 6 (40.00%) Privileged Access Management
7 6 (40.00%) TOGAF
8 5 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
8 5 (33.33%) Information Security
8 5 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (33.33%) Threat Detection
8 5 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
9 4 (26.67%) Cloud Security
9 4 (26.67%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) PowerShell
1 7 (46.67%) Python
2 4 (26.67%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (13.33%) Bash
Qualifications
1 12 (80.00%) CISSP
2 11 (73.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 11 (73.33%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (53.33%) CCSP
4 7 (46.67%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (40.00%) GCIA
6 5 (33.33%) Degree
6 5 (33.33%) GCFA
7 3 (20.00%) CEH
7 3 (20.00%) GIAC
7 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
7 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
8 2 (13.33%) CCNA
8 2 (13.33%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (13.33%) OSCP
8 2 (13.33%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (6.67%) CISM
9 1 (6.67%) CISMP
9 1 (6.67%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (60.00%) NIST
2 6 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (40.00%) SLA
3 1 (6.67%) COBIT
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) CSIRT
2 1 (6.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 14 (93.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (20.00%) Google
3 2 (13.33%) Darktrace
3 2 (13.33%) Splunk
4 1 (6.67%) LogRhythm
4 1 (6.67%) Qualys