GCIH Job Trends in the City of London

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 144 167
Rank change year-on-year -1 +23 +74
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 4 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.13% 0.046% 0.032%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.66% 0.16% 0.13%
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 - - -
Central London median annual salary £100,000 - £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -27.78%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 602 643 748
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 19.29% 29.58% 23.90%
Number of salaries quoted 393 421 588
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,584 £36,425
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £121,250 £110,750
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% -

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

GCIH job vacancy trend in the City of London

GCIH
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing GCIH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing GCIH

GCIH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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