GIAC Job Trends in the City of London

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
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 GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 154 166
Rank change year-on-year +27 +12 +79
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 9 8 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.40% 0.30% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.81% 0.96% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 3
10th Percentile £61,750 - -
25th Percentile £62,500 £46,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £47,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +48.94% -27.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £72,500 £54,125 £68,125
90th Percentile - £57,800 £68,500
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £47,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +48.94% -27.69% -23.75%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 497 832 651
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 22.07% 31.35% 22.91%
Number of salaries quoted 364 461 548
10th Percentile £38,600 £46,250 £37,350
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -7.14%
75th Percentile £86,000 £93,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £121,250 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

GIAC job vacancy trend in the City of London

GIAC
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

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

GIAC
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 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (11.11%) AWS
3 1 (11.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Network Security
2 3 (33.33%) Firewall
3 2 (22.22%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 3 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
1 6 (66.67%) Security Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Information Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Information Security Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Lead
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Security Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Auditor
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Responder
4 1 (11.11%) IT Auditor
4 1 (11.11%) IT Security Auditor
4 1 (11.11%) Security Auditor
4 1 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Cyber Defence
2 4 (44.44%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (22.22%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (11.11%) Blog
4 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
4 1 (11.11%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (77.78%) Incident Response
1 7 (77.78%) Security Operations
1 7 (77.78%) SIEM
2 5 (55.56%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 5 (55.56%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 5 (55.56%) Threat Intelligence
3 4 (44.44%) Cloud Security
3 4 (44.44%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (44.44%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (44.44%) SOAR
3 4 (44.44%) Use Case
4 3 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
4 3 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Cyber Intelligence
5 2 (22.22%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (22.22%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
5 2 (22.22%) Risk Register
5 2 (22.22%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) PowerShell
1 5 (55.56%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) Bash
2 1 (11.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) GCIH
2 2 (22.22%) CCNA
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (22.22%) CISM
2 2 (22.22%) CISSP
2 2 (22.22%) CompTIA CySA+
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Postgraduate
3 1 (11.11%) CISA
3 1 (11.11%) CREST Certified
3 1 (11.11%) CRISC
3 1 (11.11%) GCFA
3 1 (11.11%) GCFE
3 1 (11.11%) GPEN
3 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (11.11%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) NIST
2 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (22.22%) GDPR
3 2 (22.22%) ITGC
4 1 (11.11%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) ArcSight ESM
1 2 (22.22%) QRadar
2 1 (11.11%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) ArcSight
2 2 (22.22%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (22.22%) LogLogic
2 2 (22.22%) McAfee
2 2 (22.22%) Splunk