GIAC Job Trends in Bristol

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 - 116
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 1 0 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.050% - 1.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% - 3.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 17
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77,500 - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £62,500
75th Percentile £82,500 - £63,750
90th Percentile - - £65,250
South West median annual salary £80,000 £60,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year +32.78% -3.60% -21.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bristol

GIAC 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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 612 438 466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 30.36% 30.87% 27.33%
Number of salaries quoted 403 226 357
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £71,800
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £85,000
South West median annual salary £52,500 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.19% +5.20% -

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

GIAC job vacancy trend in Bristol

GIAC
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing GIAC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing GIAC

GIAC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Forensic Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Reverse Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) GREM
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Incident Response Team
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk