GIAC Contracts in the South East

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 177 194
Rank change year-on-year +34 +17 +58
Contract jobs citing GIAC 9 21 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.30% 0.38% 0.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.74% 0.85% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 18
10th Percentile £480 - -
25th Percentile £503 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +27.27%
75th Percentile £547 - £838
90th Percentile £615 - -
England median daily rate £523 £600 £700
% change year-on-year -12.83% -14.29% +7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,217 2,478 2,160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.39% 44.65% 37.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 774 1,415 1,416
10th Percentile £304 £327 £301
25th Percentile £438 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £623
90th Percentile £688 £737 £706
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 212 146
10th Percentile £20.00 £17.51 £21.50
25th Percentile £26.13 £27.31 £42.50
Median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.32
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +0.05% +27.77%
75th Percentile £70.63 £67.01 £68.44
90th Percentile £78.13 £85.53 £75.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.81% +40.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing GIAC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GIAC in the South East.

Daily rate trend for GIAC in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIAC in the South East over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GIAC 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 GIAC within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Thames Valley +28 8 £517 -
Berkshire +18 8 £517 -
Kent - 1 £675 -
GIAC
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (55.56%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (11.11%) AWS
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (11.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security
1 1 (11.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) Data Lake
General
1 8 (88.89%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) SIEM Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Audit Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) IT Security Officer
2 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Security Officer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) SOC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (66.67%) JSON
1 6 (66.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) CSOC
1 6 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
1 6 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (11.11%) Cyberattack
2 1 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (11.11%) PKI
2 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Incident Response
1 8 (88.89%) SIEM
2 7 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (77.78%) Security Operations
3 6 (66.67%) Process Improvement
3 6 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (22.22%) Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Cloud Security
4 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
4 2 (22.22%) SOAR
5 1 (11.11%) Advanced Persistent Threat
5 1 (11.11%) Conflict Resolution
5 1 (11.11%) DevSecOps
5 1 (11.11%) Log Analytics
5 1 (11.11%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 1 (11.11%) Security Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (11.11%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) CISSP
2 2 (22.22%) CEH
2 2 (22.22%) CISM
2 2 (22.22%) SANS
3 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (11.11%) CCSK
3 1 (11.11%) CISA
3 1 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) GCIA
3 1 (11.11%) GCIH
3 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
3 1 (11.11%) OSCP
3 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) Data Quality
2 2 (22.22%) GDPR
2 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (22.22%) NIST
3 1 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
3 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) CASB
1 1 (11.11%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) CyberArk
1 1 (11.11%) Forcepoint
1 1 (11.11%) Google
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Splunk