GCIA Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for GCIA 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 302 - 467
Rank change year-on-year - - +162
Contract jobs citing GCIA 2 0 10
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% - 0.039%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.072% - 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £575
75th Percentile - - £624
90th Percentile - - £628
UK median daily rate £425 £438 £613
% change year-on-year -2.86% -28.57% +6.52%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,762 4,242 6,586
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.88% 27.64% 25.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,865 2,651 4,417
10th Percentile £350 £325 £381
25th Percentile £425 £440 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £730 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 269 292
10th Percentile £19.10 £15.85 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.51 £43.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -33.85% +33.22%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £85.78 £83.84 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing GCIA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

GCIA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing GCIA.

GCIA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Audit Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Security Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (50.00%) SOC Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (50.00%) Life Science
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (50.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) SOAR
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) GCIH
1 2 (100.00%) GIAC
2 1 (50.00%) CEH
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) GSEC
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk