GIAC Contracts in the UK excluding London

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 379 383
Rank change year-on-year +55 +4 +97
Contract jobs citing GIAC 16 12 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.059% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.34% 0.16% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 42
10th Percentile £490 £550 £486
25th Percentile £505 £575 £496
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £600 £700
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% -14.29% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £803
90th Percentile £648 - £838
UK median daily rate £524 £600 £700
% change year-on-year -12.67% -14.29% +7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,652 7,379 7,573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.95% 36.39% 32.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,824 4,314 5,056
10th Percentile £207 £269 £288
25th Percentile £378 £425 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £533 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.19% +1.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £675 £725 £706
UK median daily rate £525 £533 £550
% change year-on-year -1.50% -3.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 415 921 601
10th Percentile £17.54 £13.50 £13.91
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £36.65 £40.33 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.13% -19.35% +42.86%
75th Percentile £67.25 £63.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £54.99
% change year-on-year -6.25% -27.26% +24.34%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for GIAC in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIAC in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GIAC in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GIAC in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for GIAC in the UK excluding London

GIAC
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 GIAC within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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 - 9 £523 - 16
Midlands +19 7 £613 +2.08% 7
West Midlands +5 4 £613 +2.08%
East Midlands - 3 - - 7
GIAC
UK

GIAC
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 6 (37.50%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (6.25%) Akamai
3 1 (6.25%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (6.25%) Cloudflare
3 1 (6.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (43.75%) Firewall
2 4 (25.00%) Network Security
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (6.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) Data Lake
General
1 9 (56.25%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Legal
2 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) Financial Institution
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) SIEM Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Information Assurance Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Information Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Service Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Audit Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) IT Security Officer
4 1 (6.25%) Security Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Security Officer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior
4 1 (6.25%) SOC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (37.50%) JSON
1 6 (37.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) CSOC
1 6 (37.50%) Cyber Threat
1 6 (37.50%) Onboarding
2 3 (18.75%) Industry 4.0
2 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
3 2 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
4 1 (6.25%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (6.25%) Cyberattack
4 1 (6.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (6.25%) Operational Technology
4 1 (6.25%) PKI
4 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (62.50%) SIEM
3 9 (56.25%) Incident Response
4 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (50.00%) Security Operations
4 8 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 6 (37.50%) Process Improvement
5 6 (37.50%) Risk Management
6 4 (25.00%) Information Security
7 3 (18.75%) Information Assurance
8 2 (12.50%) Analytics
8 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
8 2 (12.50%) Data Protection
8 2 (12.50%) ITIL
8 2 (12.50%) Problem Management
8 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
8 2 (12.50%) SABSA
8 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
8 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Bash
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.25%) Python
1 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) CISSP
2 7 (43.75%) CISM
3 6 (37.50%) CISA
4 5 (31.25%) SANS
5 4 (25.00%) Degree
6 3 (18.75%) CEH
6 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
7 2 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (12.50%) ISACA
7 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
8 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
8 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (6.25%) CCSK
8 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (6.25%) GCIA
8 1 (6.25%) GCIH
8 1 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
8 1 (6.25%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) Data Quality
1 6 (37.50%) NIST
2 4 (25.00%) NIST 800
3 3 (18.75%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (18.75%) GDPR
3 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (18.75%) PCI DSS
4 1 (6.25%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) FortiGate
2 1 (6.25%) CASB
2 1 (6.25%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Cisco
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 2 (12.50%) Tenable
2 1 (6.25%) CyberArk
2 1 (6.25%) F5
2 1 (6.25%) Forcepoint
2 1 (6.25%) Google
2 1 (6.25%) Imperva
2 1 (6.25%) Splunk