GCIA Contracts in Scotland

GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for GCIA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GCIA 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.12% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.55% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 - -
UK median daily rate £425 £438 £613
% change year-on-year -2.86% -28.57% +6.52%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

GCIA 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 365 587 574
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 22.43% 27.08% 20.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 324 391
10th Percentile £200 £188 £163
25th Percentile £360 £325 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £541 £588 £538
90th Percentile £600 £650 £613
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 45 11
10th Percentile £16.77 £12.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.50 £15.87
Median hourly rate £22.00 £26.00 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +22.30% -52.90%
75th Percentile £24.91 £55.00 £56.77
90th Percentile £61.16 £64.80 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £39.18 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -2.05% -25.93% +24.38%

GCIA
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing GCIA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for GCIA in Scotland

GCIA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GCIA in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for GCIA in Scotland

GCIA
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCIA within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 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
Lanarkshire - 1 - -
Glasgow - 1 £485 -
GCIA
UK

GCIA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (50.00%) Log Correlation
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) OSINT
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) GCIH
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CASP
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) ArcSight