GCIH Job Trends in Belfast

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Belfast with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast 0.17% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.66% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 - -
75th Percentile £44,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median annual salary £39,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Belfast

GCIH falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Belfast.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 151 56 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 26.40% 28.87% 26.85%
Number of salaries quoted 34 11 59
10th Percentile £25,850 £35,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,993 £56,373 £32,748
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £75,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +30.43% +35.29%
75th Percentile £63,125 £96,875 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,790 £102,500 £78,750
County Antrim median annual salary £46,500 £75,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -38.00% +57.89% +11.76%

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GCIH relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

GCIH job vacancy trend in Belfast

GCIH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Incident Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) ECIH
1 1 (100.00%) GCFA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk