GCIH Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GCIH 13 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.75% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.06% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £475 - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 - -
75th Percentile £644 - -
90th Percentile £779 - -
South East median daily rate £500 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 631 837 1,061
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.37% 38.91% 39.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 401 493 705
10th Percentile £219 £260 £236
25th Percentile £363 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £504 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -4.00% +5.00%
75th Percentile £569 £625 £625
90th Percentile £625 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 61 57
10th Percentile £18.87 £25.99 £17.60
25th Percentile £22.91 £48.18 £48.40
Median hourly rate £25.15 £61.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.10% -2.39% +200.00%
75th Percentile £36.48 £69.69 £72.33
90th Percentile £87.77 £100.00 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -58.08% - +33.33%

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GCIH relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

GCIH job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

GCIH
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing GCIH.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing GCIH

GCIH
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCIH in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GCIH in the Thames Valley

GCIH
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCIH within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 20 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 - 12 £513 - 1
Buckinghamshire - 1 £523 -
GCIH
South East

GCIH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Google Workspace
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Network Security
General
1 6 (46.15%) Legal
2 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
4 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Analyst
1 9 (69.23%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Forensic Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Management Information System
2 6 (46.15%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (46.15%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (30.77%) Security Posture
4 2 (15.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (15.38%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Linux
1 9 (69.23%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Mac OS
2 2 (15.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 11 (84.62%) SIEM
3 10 (76.92%) Threat Intelligence
4 9 (69.23%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 8 (61.54%) Forensic Analysis
5 8 (61.54%) Security Operations
6 7 (53.85%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (53.85%) Malware Analysis
7 6 (46.15%) Behavioural Analysis
7 6 (46.15%) Data Privacy
7 6 (46.15%) Risk Management
8 5 (38.46%) Task Automation
9 4 (30.77%) Digital Forensics
9 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
10 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (23.08%) DevOps
10 3 (23.08%) Information Security
10 3 (23.08%) Technical Analysis
10 3 (23.08%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) Python
2 8 (61.54%) PowerShell
3 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (92.31%) GCFA
2 11 (84.62%) CISSP
3 10 (76.92%) GCIA
4 7 (53.85%) CFCE
5 5 (38.46%) GIAC
6 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
7 3 (23.08%) CEH
8 2 (15.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (15.38%) CCSP
8 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (15.38%) CISM
8 2 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (15.38%) Degree
8 2 (15.38%) ECSA
8 2 (15.38%) GCFE
8 2 (15.38%) GREM
9 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (53.85%) GDPR
1 7 (53.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (53.85%) NIST
2 5 (38.46%) HIPAA
3 1 (7.69%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 2 (15.38%) EnCase
2 2 (15.38%) FTK
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
1 10 (76.92%) Splunk
2 9 (69.23%) CrowdStrike
3 6 (46.15%) ArcSight
3 6 (46.15%) LogRhythm
4 2 (15.38%) Darktrace
4 2 (15.38%) IBM
5 1 (7.69%) Intel