GIAC Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 281 344 395
Rank change year-on-year +63 +51 +177
Contract jobs citing GIAC 28 8 58
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.28% 0.055% 0.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.95% 0.21% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 33
10th Percentile £475 £425 -
25th Percentile £538 £513 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £691 £694 £750
90th Percentile £725 £738 -
UK median daily rate £600 £550 £675
% change year-on-year +9.09% -18.52% +5.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,940 3,757 5,928
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 29.04% 25.66% 24.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,933 2,427 3,995
10th Percentile £350 £331 £375
25th Percentile £425 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +0.47%
75th Percentile £620 £637 £650
90th Percentile £713 £725 £745
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 252 239
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.85 £19.00
25th Percentile £27.17 £25.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £53.50 £43.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.42% -28.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £67.13 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £84.48 £85.00 £79.40
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £40.94 £55.85
% change year-on-year -31.75% -26.70% +25.51%

GIAC
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

GIAC trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

GIAC
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

GIAC daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

GIAC
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing GIAC over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

GIAC daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

GIAC
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 17 (60.71%) Azure
1 17 (60.71%) GCP
2 15 (53.57%) AWS
3 2 (7.14%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 1 (3.57%) AWS KMS
4 1 (3.57%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.57%) GitHub
4 1 (3.57%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.71%) Firewall
2 2 (7.14%) Network Security
2 2 (7.14%) SSL
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) GitLab
1 2 (7.14%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.57%) CircleCI
2 1 (3.57%) Snyk
2 1 (3.57%) SonarQube
General
1 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (10.71%) Finance
3 1 (3.57%) Banking
3 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (3.57%) Legal
3 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (17.86%) Consultant
2 2 (7.14%) Analyst
2 2 (7.14%) Architect
2 2 (7.14%) Security Manager
2 2 (7.14%) Senior
2 2 (7.14%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (3.57%) Audit Consultant
3 1 (3.57%) Cryptography Engineer
3 1 (3.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Consultant
3 1 (3.57%) Developer
3 1 (3.57%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 1 (3.57%) IT Manager
3 1 (3.57%) IT Security Officer
3 1 (3.57%) Principal Security Architect
3 1 (3.57%) Project Manager
3 1 (3.57%) Security Officer
3 1 (3.57%) Security Project Manager
3 1 (3.57%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (3.57%) SOC Consultant
3 1 (3.57%) Threat Intelligence Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Security Posture
2 3 (10.71%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (10.71%) Operational Technology
2 3 (10.71%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (7.14%) Algorithms
3 2 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 2 (7.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.14%) MISP
3 2 (7.14%) PKI
4 1 (3.57%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.57%) Life Science
4 1 (3.57%) Low-Code
4 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.57%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (3.57%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (71.43%) Security Operations
2 19 (67.86%) Cloud Security
2 19 (67.86%) Incident Response
2 19 (67.86%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 9 (32.14%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (25.00%) SIEM
5 6 (21.43%) Threat Intelligence
6 5 (17.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 4 (14.29%) Agile
7 4 (14.29%) DevOps
7 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
7 4 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (10.71%) CI/CD
8 3 (10.71%) Information Security
8 3 (10.71%) Malware Analysis
8 3 (10.71%) Penetration Testing
8 3 (10.71%) SDLC
8 3 (10.71%) SOAR
8 3 (10.71%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 16 (57.14%) Python
2 14 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (7.14%) Go
4 1 (3.57%) Bash
4 1 (3.57%) Java
4 1 (3.57%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.57%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 23 (82.14%) CISSP
2 18 (64.29%) SANS
3 5 (17.86%) CISM
3 5 (17.86%) GCIH
4 3 (10.71%) CEH
5 2 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (7.14%) CREST Certified
5 2 (7.14%) CSSLP
5 2 (7.14%) Degree
5 2 (7.14%) GCIA
5 2 (7.14%) GSEC
5 2 (7.14%) OSCP
6 1 (3.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (3.57%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.57%) Azure Certification
6 1 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (3.57%) CRISC
6 1 (3.57%) GPEN
6 1 (3.57%) GWAPT
6 1 (3.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (75.00%) NIST
2 19 (67.86%) PCI DSS
3 14 (50.00%) HIPAA
4 8 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (21.43%) GDPR
6 3 (10.71%) SOC 2
7 2 (7.14%) NIST 800
7 2 (7.14%) QA
8 1 (3.57%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (3.57%) GRC
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Kubernetes
1 2 (7.14%) QRadar
1 2 (7.14%) Terraform
2 1 (3.57%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 14 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 4 (14.29%) Splunk
3 2 (7.14%) Google
3 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.57%) Cisco
4 1 (3.57%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (3.57%) Gemalto
4 1 (3.57%) LogRhythm
4 1 (3.57%) Proofpoint
4 1 (3.57%) Thales
4 1 (3.57%) VirusTotal