GCIH Jobs in England

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 623 828 850
Rank change year-on-year +205 +22 +209
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 56 22 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.024% 0.065%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% 0.089% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 32 18 40
10th Percentile £52,500 £54,625 £32,500
25th Percentile £69,813 £58,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% -37.50%
75th Percentile £92,500 - £76,250
90th Percentile - £95,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £90,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +111.76% -46.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,705 24,823 28,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 50.10% 27.64% 33.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9,849 15,767 12,989
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,399 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -9.34% +9.09%
75th Percentile £69,000 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GCIH in England

GCIH
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for GCIH in England

GCIH
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCIH in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GCIH in England

GCIH
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCIH within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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 +135 44 £82,500 -8.33% 22
South East +85 8 £72,000 - 7
North of England +36 2 £55,000 -4.35% 10
North West +1 2 £55,000 +5.26% 8
East of England +50 1 - - 2
South West - 1 £67,500 - 2
GCIH
UK

GCIH
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 6 (10.71%) AWS
2 3 (5.36%) SaaS
3 2 (3.57%) IaaS
3 2 (3.57%) PaaS
4 1 (1.79%) Azure
4 1 (1.79%) GCP
4 1 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 26 (46.43%) Firewall
2 9 (16.07%) SAN
3 7 (12.50%) Wireshark
4 3 (5.36%) Network Security
4 3 (5.36%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (3.57%) VPN
6 1 (1.79%) FTP
6 1 (1.79%) HTTP
6 1 (1.79%) LAN
6 1 (1.79%) SMTP
6 1 (1.79%) WAN
Development Applications
1 7 (12.50%) Burp Suite
General
1 28 (50.00%) Finance
2 27 (48.21%) Social Skills
3 10 (17.86%) Banking
4 6 (10.71%) Legal
5 5 (8.93%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.57%) Aerospace
7 2 (3.57%) Law
Job Titles
1 39 (69.64%) Analyst
2 36 (64.29%) Security Analyst
3 13 (23.21%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 11 (19.64%) Incident Analyst
4 11 (19.64%) Security Incident Analyst
4 11 (19.64%) SIEM Analyst
5 10 (17.86%) CISSP Analyst
6 9 (16.07%) Junior
6 9 (16.07%) Junior Analyst
6 9 (16.07%) Junior Operations Analyst
6 9 (16.07%) Junior Security Analyst
6 9 (16.07%) Operations Analyst
6 9 (16.07%) Security Operations Analyst
7 7 (12.50%) Information Analyst
7 7 (12.50%) Information Security Analyst
8 6 (10.71%) SOC Analyst
9 5 (8.93%) Incident Manager
10 4 (7.14%) Security Specialist
10 4 (7.14%) SOC Manager
11 3 (5.36%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 19 (33.93%) Hedge funds
2 14 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
3 11 (19.64%) Security Operations Centre
3 11 (19.64%) Security Posture
4 9 (16.07%) Management Information System
4 9 (16.07%) Podcast
5 5 (8.93%) Cyber Defence
5 5 (8.93%) Fixed Income
5 5 (8.93%) Virtual Team
6 2 (3.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.79%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.79%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 21 (37.50%) Windows
2 11 (19.64%) Linux
3 1 (1.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (96.43%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (80.36%) SIEM
3 42 (75.00%) Incident Response
4 27 (48.21%) Security Operations
5 21 (37.50%) Information Security
6 16 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
7 14 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 14 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
8 12 (21.43%) Security Monitoring
9 11 (19.64%) Computer Science
9 11 (19.64%) Data Loss Prevention
10 10 (17.86%) Threat Detection
11 9 (16.07%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 9 (16.07%) Risk Management
11 9 (16.07%) Threat Modelling
12 7 (12.50%) Cloud Security
12 7 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
12 7 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (12.50%) Project Management
13 5 (8.93%) Cyber Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 32 (57.14%) PowerShell
2 30 (53.57%) Python
3 7 (12.50%) Bash
4 2 (3.57%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 42 (75.00%) GCIA
2 38 (67.86%) CISSP
3 33 (58.93%) OSCP
4 32 (57.14%) CEH
5 27 (48.21%) CompTIA Security+
6 25 (44.64%) Degree
7 17 (30.36%) SANS
8 14 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (19.64%) GCFA
10 10 (17.86%) GIAC
11 6 (10.71%) CISM
12 5 (8.93%) CCSP
12 5 (8.93%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (8.93%) OSCE
12 5 (8.93%) Six Sigma Black Belt
12 5 (8.93%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 4 (7.14%) CISA
14 3 (5.36%) DV Cleared
14 3 (5.36%) GCED
14 3 (5.36%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (25.00%) NIST
2 9 (16.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (1.79%) GDPR
4 1 (1.79%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (1.79%) Snort
1 1 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (14.29%) CSIRT
2 3 (5.36%) CASB
3 1 (1.79%) Ansible
3 1 (1.79%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (1.79%) Progress Chef
3 1 (1.79%) Puppet
3 1 (1.79%) QRadar
Vendors
1 15 (26.79%) CrowdStrike
2 11 (19.64%) Microsoft
3 8 (14.29%) VMware
4 5 (8.93%) Splunk
5 2 (3.57%) Cisco
6 1 (1.79%) LogRhythm