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 28 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 - 189
Rank change year-on-year - - +74
Contract jobs citing GIAC 11 0 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.32% - 0.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.79% - 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 22
10th Percentile £475 - -
25th Percentile £501 - £700
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 - £763
Median % change year-on-year - - +38.64%
75th Percentile £526 - £838
90th Percentile £607 - -
England median daily rate £613 £550 £627
% change year-on-year +11.36% -12.28% +4.50%

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 1,390 2,343 2,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.45% 45.36% 36.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 910 1,433 1,314
10th Percentile £263 £351 £300
25th Percentile £415 £450 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £640 £620
90th Percentile £664 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 202 125
10th Percentile - £17.82 £20.35
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.75 £48.50
Median hourly rate £32.05 £57.35 £61.63
Median % change year-on-year -44.12% -6.94% +36.96%
75th Percentile £69.83 £70.39 £72.50
90th Percentile £83.00 £87.46 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% -21.82% +25.43%

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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 28 July 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 28 July 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 - 10 £510 -
Thames Valley - 10 £510 -
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 (45.45%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (9.09%) AWS
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (9.09%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (9.09%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) Data Lake
General
1 8 (72.73%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Legal
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) SIEM Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Audit Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) IT Security Officer
3 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Security Officer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) SOC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (45.45%) JSON
1 5 (45.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (45.45%) CSOC
2 5 (45.45%) Onboarding
3 4 (36.36%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
5 2 (18.18%) Security Posture
6 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
6 1 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (9.09%) Cyberattack
6 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (9.09%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
2 3 (27.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Incident Response
1 10 (90.91%) SIEM
2 9 (81.82%) Security Operations
3 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (45.45%) Process Improvement
4 5 (45.45%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (36.36%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
5 4 (36.36%) Threat Intelligence
6 3 (27.27%) Behavioural Analysis
6 3 (27.27%) Data Privacy
6 3 (27.27%) Forensic Analysis
6 3 (27.27%) Malware Analysis
6 3 (27.27%) Task Automation
7 2 (18.18%) Advanced Persistent Threat
7 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
7 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
7 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
7 2 (18.18%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
1 3 (27.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) CISSP
2 4 (36.36%) GCIA
2 4 (36.36%) GCIH
3 3 (27.27%) CFCE
3 3 (27.27%) GCFA
3 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) CEH
4 2 (18.18%) CISM
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (18.18%) Degree
4 2 (18.18%) SANS
5 1 (9.09%) CCSK
5 1 (9.09%) CISA
5 1 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
5 1 (9.09%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) Data Quality
1 5 (45.45%) GDPR
1 5 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (45.45%) NIST
2 3 (27.27%) HIPAA
3 1 (9.09%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (9.09%) NIST 800
3 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (9.09%) CASB
2 1 (9.09%) QRadar
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
1 4 (36.36%) Splunk
2 3 (27.27%) ArcSight
2 3 (27.27%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (27.27%) LogRhythm
3 1 (9.09%) CyberArk
3 1 (9.09%) Forcepoint
3 1 (9.09%) Google