GIAC Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wokingham with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - 11
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GIAC 6 0 10
As % of all contract jobs in Wokingham 2.55% - 15.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.31% - 23.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £340 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 - -
75th Percentile £426 - -
90th Percentile £438 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £380 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wokingham

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 Wokingham.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 113 61 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham 48.09% 56.48% 64.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 53 21
10th Percentile £219 £233 £425
25th Percentile £345 £330 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £350 £575
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -39.13% -
75th Percentile £492 £500 £650
90th Percentile £537 £600 £863
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £558 £525
% change year-on-year -10.39% +6.29% -1.04%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

GIAC job vacancy trend in Wokingham

GIAC
Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wokingham citing GIAC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wokingham citing GIAC

GIAC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Network Security
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) SIEM Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 2 (33.33%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Cyber Security Posture
2 2 (33.33%) CSOC
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 6 (100.00%) SIEM
2 4 (66.67%) Analytical Thinking
2 4 (66.67%) Threat Detection
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 2 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 4 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
2 4 (66.67%) CEH
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) CISM
3 2 (33.33%) CREST Certified
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) QRadar
2 1 (16.67%) Kibana
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) ArcSight
1 4 (66.67%) Splunk
2 1 (16.67%) FireEye
2 1 (16.67%) Tanium