GIAC Contracts in the South East

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 154 205 248
Rank change year-on-year +51 +43 -48
Contract jobs citing GIAC 50 18 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.90% 0.31% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.00% 0.82% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 12 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £700 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +27.27% -21.43%
75th Percentile - - £900
90th Percentile - - £1,110
England median daily rate £600 £700 £650
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -3.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

GIAC is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,496 2,195 2,527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.76% 37.40% 32.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,411 1,448 1,607
10th Percentile £300 £300 £284
25th Percentile £433 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £646 £623 £615
90th Percentile £725 £704 £688
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 144 90
10th Percentile £17.53 £21.30 £19.52
25th Percentile £26.92 £42.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £56.19 £44.61
Median % change year-on-year +2.06% +25.96% +11.53%
75th Percentile £66.94 £68.75 £57.00
90th Percentile £85.29 £75.00 £67.80
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -1.81%

GIAC
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

GIAC
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

GIAC
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 23 April 2024. 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 +43 41 - - 2
Berkshire +27 41 - - 2
Hampshire +16 9 - - 1
GIAC
England

GIAC
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 50 (100.00%) IaaS
1 50 (100.00%) PaaS
1 50 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (100.00%) 5G
1 50 (100.00%) Broadband
General
1 50 (100.00%) Law
1 50 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 50 (100.00%) Security Penetration Tester
1 50 (100.00%) Security Specialist
1 50 (100.00%) Security Tester
1 50 (100.00%) Tester
1 50 (100.00%) Testing Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (100.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 50 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (100.00%) Application Security
1 50 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 50 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 50 (100.00%) OWASP
1 50 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 50 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 50 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 50 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 50 (100.00%) GPEN
1 50 (100.00%) OSCP
1 50 (100.00%) SANS
1 50 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (100.00%) GDPR
1 50 (100.00%) NCSC
1 50 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 50 (100.00%) Virgin Media