GIAC Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GIAC 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 0.41% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.99% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £700 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Portsmouth

GIAC 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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 101 96 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 41.39% 68.09% 50.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 65 60
10th Percentile £313 £200 £511
25th Percentile £431 £263 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £520 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -13.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £690
90th Percentile £625 £625 £850
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 14 52
10th Percentile £45.83 £24.66 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £25.15 £53.40
Median hourly rate £51.49 £46.75 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +10.14% -18.48% -10.04%
75th Percentile £55.00 £59.69 £61.30
90th Percentile £55.75 £67.51 £89.45
Hampshire median hourly rate £42.88 £61.25 £57.35
% change year-on-year -30.00% +6.80% -8.24%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GIAC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

GIAC job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

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Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing GIAC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing GIAC

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) MISP
1 1 (100.00%) STIX
1 1 (100.00%) TAXII
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft