GCIH Contracts in Scotland

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 114 - 158
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GCIH 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.12% - 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.62% - 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £425
75th Percentile - - £445
90th Percentile - - £454
UK median daily rate £500 £438 £550
% change year-on-year +14.29% -20.45% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 321 606 591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 19.75% 27.33% 20.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 326 408
10th Percentile £200 £188 £163
25th Percentile £363 £346 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £550 £600 £538
90th Percentile £600 £675 £632
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 47 14
10th Percentile £17.01 £12.95 £13.65
25th Percentile £19.73 £16.50 £15.99
Median hourly rate £22.88 £40.94 £21.47
Median % change year-on-year -44.13% +90.73% -49.57%
75th Percentile £28.07 £60.00 £57.90
90th Percentile £61.16 £64.70 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for GCIH in Scotland

GCIH
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for GCIH in Scotland

GCIH
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 GCIH within the Scotland 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
Edinburgh - 2 - -
GCIH
UK

GCIH
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 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Retail Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Engineering Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Event Correlation
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
2 1 (50.00%) GCFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (50.00%) Qualys
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow