GCIH Contracts in the UK excluding London

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 330 - 451
Rank change year-on-year - - +55
Contract jobs citing GCIH 6 0 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.047% - 0.046%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% - 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 10
10th Percentile £480 - £413
25th Percentile £488 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £504
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.43%
75th Percentile £525 - £613
90th Percentile £540 - £638
UK median daily rate £500 £438 £550
% change year-on-year +14.29% -20.45% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,542 7,695 7,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.58% 37.05% 33.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,785 4,411 5,360
10th Percentile £211 £263 £275
25th Percentile £394 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £533 £530
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +0.57% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £688 £723 £703
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 405 935 669
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.69 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £16.50 £19.92
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £49.57
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -17.41% +53.14%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £80.39 £76.29 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for GCIH in the UK excluding London

GCIH
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for GCIH in the UK excluding London

GCIH
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 GCIH within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East - 3 £500 - 23
Scotland - 2 - - 9
East of England - 1 - - 16
GCIH
UK

GCIH
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 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (16.67%) GCP
2 1 (16.67%) Power Automate
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Retail Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Security Specialist
1 2 (33.33%) Senior
1 2 (33.33%) SOC Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Audit Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Defence Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Engineering Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Operations Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Operations Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Security Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) SIEM Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 4 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 4 (66.67%) SIEM
2 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Event Correlation
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (33.33%) SOAR
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Detection
4 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (16.67%) Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
4 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Trend Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Use Case
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (33.33%) CEH
2 2 (33.33%) GCFA
2 2 (33.33%) GIAC
2 2 (33.33%) OSCP
3 1 (16.67%) CFCE
3 1 (16.67%) CISA
3 1 (16.67%) CISM
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) GCFE
3 1 (16.67%) GCIA
3 1 (16.67%) GREM
3 1 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (16.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
1 2 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (16.67%) NIST 800
2 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Splunk
2 1 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (16.67%) Qualys
2 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow