GCIA Jobs in England

GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GCIA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 646 828 882
Rank change year-on-year +182 +54 +220
Permanent jobs citing GCIA 45 15 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.091% 0.017% 0.036%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.18% 0.061% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 21 13 25
10th Percentile £62,500 £49,100 £32,500
25th Percentile £66,250 £57,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile - - £107,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £66,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year +13.21% +65.63% -42.86%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

GCIA 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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,918 24,393 29,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 50.64% 28.41% 32.82%
Number of salaries quoted 10,162 15,737 13,221
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,500 £31,466
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,019
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,700 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.55% -8.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £69,688 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,600
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.40% +8.36%

GCIA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing GCIA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for GCIA in England

GCIA
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GCIA in England.

Salary trend for GCIA in England

GCIA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCIA in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GCIA in England

GCIA
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCIA within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
London +136 39 £75,000 -16.67% 6
South East +99 2 £60,000 - 6
East of England - 2 £35,000 -
Yorkshire +68 1 £65,000 +4.00% 2
North of England +49 1 £65,000 +18.72% 2
South West - 1 £67,500 - 1
GCIA
UK

GCIA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 4 (8.89%) AWS
2 3 (6.67%) SaaS
3 2 (4.44%) Azure
3 2 (4.44%) IaaS
3 2 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.44%) PaaS
4 1 (2.22%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (37.78%) Firewall
2 9 (20.00%) SAN
3 7 (15.56%) Wireshark
4 4 (8.89%) TCP/IP
5 2 (4.44%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (4.44%) VPN
6 1 (2.22%) FTP
6 1 (2.22%) HTTP
6 1 (2.22%) LAN
6 1 (2.22%) Network Security
6 1 (2.22%) SMTP
6 1 (2.22%) WAN
Development Applications
1 7 (15.56%) Burp Suite
General
1 28 (62.22%) Finance
2 19 (42.22%) Social Skills
3 10 (22.22%) Banking
4 6 (13.33%) Legal
5 5 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (4.44%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (71.11%) Analyst
2 31 (68.89%) Security Analyst
3 11 (24.44%) Incident Analyst
3 11 (24.44%) Security Incident Analyst
3 11 (24.44%) SIEM Analyst
4 10 (22.22%) CISSP Analyst
4 10 (22.22%) Junior
4 10 (22.22%) Junior Analyst
5 9 (20.00%) Junior Operations Analyst
5 9 (20.00%) Junior Security Analyst
5 9 (20.00%) Operations Analyst
5 9 (20.00%) Security Operations Analyst
6 8 (17.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 7 (15.56%) Information Analyst
7 7 (15.56%) Information Security Analyst
8 5 (11.11%) Incident Manager
9 4 (8.89%) Security Specialist
10 3 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
11 2 (4.44%) Monitoring Analyst
11 2 (4.44%) Security Monitoring Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 19 (42.22%) Hedge funds
2 9 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (20.00%) Podcast
3 8 (17.78%) Management Information System
4 5 (11.11%) Fixed Income
4 5 (11.11%) Virtual Team
5 3 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (6.67%) Security Posture
6 2 (4.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (2.22%) Client/Server
7 1 (2.22%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (2.22%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 19 (42.22%) Windows
2 8 (17.78%) Linux
3 1 (2.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (95.56%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (77.78%) SIEM
3 33 (73.33%) Incident Response
4 21 (46.67%) Security Operations
5 17 (37.78%) Information Security
6 12 (26.67%) Security Monitoring
7 11 (24.44%) Vulnerability Management
8 10 (22.22%) Computer Science
9 9 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
9 9 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
10 7 (15.56%) Project Management
10 7 (15.56%) Risk Management
10 7 (15.56%) Threat Detection
11 6 (13.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 6 (13.33%) Threat Intelligence
12 5 (11.11%) Customer-Centric Approach
12 5 (11.11%) Customer-Centricity
12 5 (11.11%) Cyber Threat Analysis
12 5 (11.11%) Situational Awareness
12 5 (11.11%) Virtual Team Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (53.33%) PowerShell
1 24 (53.33%) Python
2 1 (2.22%) Bash
Qualifications
1 42 (93.33%) GCIH
2 33 (73.33%) CISSP
3 28 (62.22%) OSCP
4 24 (53.33%) CompTIA Security+
5 23 (51.11%) CEH
6 16 (35.56%) Degree
7 15 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (31.11%) SANS
9 9 (20.00%) GCFA
10 5 (11.11%) OSCE
10 5 (11.11%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 5 (11.11%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 4 (8.89%) GIAC
11 4 (8.89%) Security Cleared
12 3 (6.67%) CCNA
12 3 (6.67%) CCNP
12 3 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (6.67%) DV Cleared
12 3 (6.67%) GCED
12 3 (6.67%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.11%) NIST
2 4 (8.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.44%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (2.22%) GDPR
4 1 (2.22%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Snort
1 1 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (11.11%) CSIRT
2 1 (2.22%) Ansible
2 1 (2.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (2.22%) Progress Chef
2 1 (2.22%) Puppet
2 1 (2.22%) QRadar
Vendors
1 13 (28.89%) CrowdStrike
2 8 (17.78%) VMware
3 3 (6.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.67%) Splunk
4 2 (4.44%) Cisco
5 1 (2.22%) LogRhythm