GIAC Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 - 67
Rank change year-on-year - - +26
Contract jobs citing GIAC 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.15% - 0.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.64% - 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £615
25th Percentile - - £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £650
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £558 - £650

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 311 199 181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 23.24% 27.49% 21.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 146 135
10th Percentile £263 £309 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% -9.09%
75th Percentile £570 £556 £550
90th Percentile £675 £625 £600
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -6.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 1 3
10th Percentile £19.69 - £19.64
25th Percentile £21.33 £26.25 £26.34
Median hourly rate £25.77 £27.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.29% -31.25% +33.22%
75th Percentile £43.96 £28.75 £49.38
90th Percentile - - £53.50
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £25.15 £24.87
% change year-on-year +2.47% +1.13% -17.10%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GIAC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

GIAC job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

GIAC
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing GIAC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing GIAC

GIAC
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIAC within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 August 2026. 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
Bradford - 2 - -
GIAC
Yorkshire

GIAC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) F5
1 2 (100.00%) ForeScout
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto