GCIA Contract Job Trends in the South East

GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for GCIA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GCIA 12 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.33% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.82% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £414 - -
25th Percentile £458 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £559 - -
90th Percentile £660 - -
England median daily rate £506 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +12.50% -18.18% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,455 1,729 2,225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.02% 40.58% 40.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 953 1,109 1,359
10th Percentile £219 £300 £246
25th Percentile £406 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £537
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.14% +2.19%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 106 138
10th Percentile - £22.45 £26.39
25th Percentile £18.87 £35.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £59.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.55% -1.26% +33.33%
75th Percentile £40.65 £71.74 £72.33
90th Percentile £81.00 £92.19 £78.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.67
% change year-on-year -52.10% -2.17% +19.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GCIA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

GCIA job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing GCIA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing GCIA

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCIA in the South East over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GCIA in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCIA within the South East region over the 6 months to 22 October 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
Berkshire - 11 £506 - 1
Thames Valley - 11 £506 - 1
Hampshire - 1 £425 - 1
GCIA
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 6 (50.00%) Legal
2 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Analyst
1 8 (66.67%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) SOC Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (41.67%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (41.67%) Management Information System
3 4 (33.33%) Security Posture
4 3 (25.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Linux
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 12 (100.00%) SIEM
2 11 (91.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 10 (83.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 9 (75.00%) Security Operations
5 8 (66.67%) Forensic Analysis
6 7 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (58.33%) Malware Analysis
6 7 (58.33%) Risk Management
7 6 (50.00%) Behavioural Analysis
7 6 (50.00%) Data Privacy
8 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (41.67%) Task Automation
9 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (33.33%) Mentoring
9 4 (33.33%) SOAR
10 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
10 3 (25.00%) DevOps
10 3 (25.00%) Technical Analysis
10 3 (25.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) Python
2 8 (66.67%) PowerShell
3 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) GCIH
2 10 (83.33%) GCFA
3 9 (75.00%) CISSP
4 7 (58.33%) CFCE
5 5 (41.67%) GIAC
6 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
7 3 (25.00%) CEH
7 3 (25.00%) Degree
8 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (16.67%) ECSA
9 1 (8.33%) CISM
9 1 (8.33%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (8.33%) GCED
9 1 (8.33%) SANS
9 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (66.67%) NIST
2 7 (58.33%) GDPR
3 5 (41.67%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (8.33%) QRadar
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) Splunk
2 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 7 (58.33%) CrowdStrike
4 6 (50.00%) ArcSight
4 6 (50.00%) LogRhythm
5 2 (16.67%) IBM
6 1 (8.33%) Intel