GCIH Job Trends in Central London

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 167 182
Rank change year-on-year +13 +15 +75
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 4 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.12% 0.037% 0.029%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.56% 0.11% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £97,500 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.78%
75th Percentile £102,500 - £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £87,500 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +15.38% -18.75%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 719 887 847
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 21.46% 32.96% 24.34%
Number of salaries quoted 477 480 647
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £56,875 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £97,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £112,250 £120,000 £112,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +3.70%

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

GCIH job vacancy trend in Central London

GCIH
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing GCIH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing GCIH

GCIH
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCIH within the Central London region over the 6 months to 18 March 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
City of London -1 4 £100,000 - 2
City of Westminster - 2 - -
GCIH
London

GCIH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Information Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Security Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Security Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Responder
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Malware Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (75.00%) SIEM
3 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (50.00%) Key Management
3 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Register
3 2 (50.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) Perl
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (75.00%) GIAC
2 2 (50.00%) CCNA
2 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Postgraduate
3 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (25.00%) CISM
3 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (25.00%) GCFA
3 1 (25.00%) GCFE
3 1 (25.00%) GPEN
3 1 (25.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) ITGC
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) ArcSight ESM
1 2 (50.00%) QRadar
2 1 (25.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) ArcSight
2 2 (50.00%) LogLogic
2 2 (50.00%) McAfee
2 2 (50.00%) Splunk