GIAC Job Trends in the East Midlands

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 156 120
Rank change year-on-year +28 -36 +64
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 5 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.23% 0.030% 0.063%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.89% 0.11% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,165 - £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 - £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +61.11%
75th Percentile £53,951 - £76,250
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £75,000 £75,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +21.20% -13.79%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 564 932 393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 25.38% 28.00% 24.67%
Number of salaries quoted 247 234 242
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,813 £34,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,449 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.34% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £53,951 £60,938 £62,500
90th Percentile £74,250 £80,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +2.92%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

GIAC job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

GIAC
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing GIAC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing GIAC

GIAC
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIAC within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 November 2025. 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
Nottinghamshire - 3 £51,058 - 1
Derbyshire -13 1 - -
Lincolnshire - 1 - -
GIAC
England

GIAC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) SAN
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (60.00%) Metasploit
General
1 4 (80.00%) Retail
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Health
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Security Specialist
1 3 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Information Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Information Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Information Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Insider Threat
1 3 (60.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (20.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (60.00%) Anomaly Detection
2 3 (60.00%) Black-Box Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (60.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 3 (60.00%) Offensive Security
2 3 (60.00%) Open Source
2 3 (60.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Red Team
2 3 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) SABSA
4 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
2 4 (80.00%) CEH
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
3 3 (60.00%) CCNA
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (60.00%) CISMP
3 3 (60.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (60.00%) CREST Certified
3 3 (60.00%) GPEN
3 3 (60.00%) MCP
3 3 (60.00%) MCSE
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (60.00%) OSCP
3 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) CISA
4 1 (20.00%) CISM
4 1 (20.00%) SANS
4 1 (20.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco