GCIA Contracts in the UK excluding London

GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GCIA 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 336 - 437
Rank change year-on-year - - +67
Contract jobs citing GCIA 3 0 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.023% - 0.042%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.066% - 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £513
25th Percentile - - £584
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.70%
75th Percentile - - £635
90th Percentile - - £638
UK median daily rate £425 £438 £613
% change year-on-year -2.86% -28.57% +6.52%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,542 7,681 7,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.51% 37.01% 33.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,777 4,413 5,341
10th Percentile £212 £269 £275
25th Percentile £394 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £535 £530
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +0.94% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £688 £725 £703
UK median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% -2.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 408 935 669
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.58 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £16.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -18.12% +54.46%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.29 £65.75
90th Percentile £80.25 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year +0.63% -25.93% +29.16%

GCIA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GCIA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GCIA in the UK excluding London

GCIA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GCIA in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for GCIA in the UK excluding London

GCIA
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCIA within the UK excluding London 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
East of England - 2 - -
South East - 1 £500 - 3
GCIA
UK

GCIA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Junior
1 2 (66.67%) Junior Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Audit Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) SOC Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Detection
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (33.33%) Security Auditing
3 1 (33.33%) SOAR
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) CISA
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) GCIH
3 1 (33.33%) GIAC
3 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) NIST 800
1 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk