GCIH Job Trends in Berkshire

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 7 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.27% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.17% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £46,900 - -
25th Percentile £54,625 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile £83,125 - -
90th Percentile £83,500 - -
South East median annual salary £75,000 £72,000 -
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 599 792 1,274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 22.95% 48.92% 40.82%
Number of salaries quoted 312 246 894
10th Percentile £37,600 £31,250 £30,563
25th Percentile £44,463 £45,000 £38,603
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +7.11%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,438 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £91,250 £87,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% +1.94% -0.14%

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

GCIH job vacancy trend in Berkshire

GCIH
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing GCIH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing GCIH

GCIH
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCIH in Berkshire over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Salary histogram for GCIH in Berkshire

GCIH
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCIH within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 9 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wokingham - 5 £76,250 - 2
GCIH
South East

GCIH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (14.29%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) DNS
1 7 (100.00%) Firewall
1 7 (100.00%) HTTP
1 7 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 7 (100.00%) VPN
2 2 (28.57%) Network Security
General
1 7 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Analyst
1 7 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) SIEM Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 7 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (85.71%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 7 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 7 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 7 (100.00%) SIEM
1 7 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 7 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) Use Case
2 6 (85.71%) Cyber Intelligence
2 6 (85.71%) Impact Assessments
2 6 (85.71%) Incident Management
2 6 (85.71%) Offensive Security
2 6 (85.71%) Purple Team
2 6 (85.71%) Red Team
2 6 (85.71%) Root Cause Analysis
2 6 (85.71%) Tradecraft
2 6 (85.71%) Validation
3 2 (28.57%) Digital Forensics
3 2 (28.57%) Malware Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Search Processing Language
2 1 (14.29%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 7 (100.00%) GCIA
1 7 (100.00%) GIAC
1 7 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) GCED
2 6 (85.71%) OSCP
2 6 (85.71%) SANS
3 1 (14.29%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
Systems Management
1 7 (100.00%) Kibana
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Carbon Black
1 7 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) Splunk