GIAC Contracts in the North West

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 142 174
Rank change year-on-year +6 +32 -
Contract jobs citing GIAC 1 18 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.036% 0.56% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 1.79% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 6
10th Percentile - £479 £573
25th Percentile £550 £525 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £585 £650
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £650 £586 £675
90th Percentile - £628 -
England median daily rate £600 £700 £650
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -3.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

GIAC is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 834 1,003 920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 30.18% 31.39% 22.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 684 604
10th Percentile £247 £325 £263
25th Percentile £413 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% +3.80% +11.11%
75th Percentile £650 £602 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 67 67
10th Percentile £10.95 £20.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £11.77 £25.00 £18.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £37.50 £39.73
Median % change year-on-year -57.17% -5.60% -7.62%
75th Percentile £39.54 £49.52 £52.42
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.13 £63.63
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.40 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.66% +39.73% -3.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing GIAC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GIAC in the North West.

Daily rate trend for GIAC in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIAC within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
Manchester +15 1 £600 +33.33%
GIAC
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Carbon Black
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft