Hybrid/Remote GCIA Contract Job Trends

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 22 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 300 333 396
Rank change year-on-year +33 +63 +194
Contract jobs citing GCIA 8 3 8
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.082% 0.024% 0.042%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.25% 0.097% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £514 - £545
25th Percentile £666 £425 £574
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £450 £625
Median % change year-on-year +77.78% -28.00% -
75th Percentile £850 £475 £628
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% -12.00%

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 3,188 3,102 4,871
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 32.57% 25.18% 25.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,106 1,949 3,278
10th Percentile £350 £329 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £727
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 105 189
10th Percentile £20.62 £19.68 £19.99
25th Percentile £29.61 £26.25 £33.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £43.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - -25.22% -4.17%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.00 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £53.67
% change year-on-year -47.05% -11.49% +19.26%

GCIA
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GCIA and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

GCIA job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GCIA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GCIA

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Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GCIA over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

GCIA daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (25.00%) GCP
1 2 (25.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) BigQuery
General
1 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) SOC Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Security Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) SOC Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) SOC Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (37.50%) Cloud Native
2 3 (37.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (25.00%) YARA
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
4 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
4 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 8 (100.00%) SIEM
2 7 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (75.00%) Security Operations
4 5 (62.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (62.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (62.50%) SOAR
4 5 (62.50%) Threat Intelligence
5 4 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 4 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (37.50%) DevOps
6 3 (37.50%) Malware Analysis
6 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
6 3 (37.50%) Threat Detection
7 2 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
7 2 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
7 2 (25.00%) DevSecOps
7 2 (25.00%) Red Team
7 2 (25.00%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) Bash
2 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) GCIH
2 4 (50.00%) CISSP
3 3 (37.50%) CEH
3 3 (37.50%) CISM
3 3 (37.50%) Degree
4 2 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (12.50%) CFCE
5 1 (12.50%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (12.50%) GCED
5 1 (12.50%) GCFA
5 1 (12.50%) GIAC
5 1 (12.50%) SANS
5 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
5 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (50.00%) NIST
2 3 (37.50%) GDPR
3 2 (25.00%) GRC
3 2 (25.00%) PCI DSS
3 2 (25.00%) SOC 2
4 1 (12.50%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (25.00%) Terraform
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (12.50%) QRadar
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Splunk
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) Google
4 1 (12.50%) ArcSight
4 1 (12.50%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (12.50%) LogRhythm
7 hybrid/remote GCIA jobs