GIAC Jobs in England

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GIAC 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 638 725 766
Rank change year-on-year +87 +41 +288
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 41 125 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.083% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% 0.50% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 26 105 73
10th Percentile £41,280 £46,875 £42,019
25th Percentile £46,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £67,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.58% -7.59% -14.71%
75th Percentile £76,625 £88,750 £96,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £101,250 £107,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £67,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -17.91% -7.59% -14.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 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%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in England

GIAC
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for GIAC in England

GIAC
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for GIAC in England

GIAC
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIAC 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 +50 15 £47,000 -37.33% 29
Midlands +68 9 £53,688 -7.43% 3
West Midlands +58 8 £53,688 -7.43%
South East +66 6 £72,000 +22.55% 10
East of England - 4 £42,085 - 1
South West +105 3 £80,000 +52.38% 6
North of England +23 3 £55,000 +10.00% 10
North West -7 2 £55,000 +10.00% 9
North East +45 1 £80,000 +100.00%
East Midlands - 1 - - 3
GIAC
UK

GIAC
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 13 (31.71%) AWS
2 8 (19.51%) Azure
3 4 (9.76%) SaaS
4 3 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (7.32%) GCP
4 3 (7.32%) IaaS
4 3 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.88%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (4.88%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (53.66%) Firewall
2 8 (19.51%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (14.63%) TCP/IP
4 5 (12.20%) IPsec
4 5 (12.20%) SSL
5 3 (7.32%) DNS
5 3 (7.32%) Network Security
5 3 (7.32%) VPN
6 2 (4.88%) Internet
7 1 (2.44%) Cisco Firepower
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Burp Suite
1 1 (2.44%) Metasploit
General
1 14 (34.15%) Social Skills
2 10 (24.39%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (12.20%) Finance
3 5 (12.20%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (9.76%) Local Government
5 3 (7.32%) Banking
6 2 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.88%) Legal
6 2 (4.88%) Military
6 2 (4.88%) Police
7 1 (2.44%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 14 (34.15%) Security Engineer
2 13 (31.71%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 7 (17.07%) Senior
4 6 (14.63%) Analyst
4 6 (14.63%) Security Analyst
5 4 (9.76%) Architect
5 4 (9.76%) Security Architect
5 4 (9.76%) Senior Security Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) SOC Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Incident Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) SOC Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) AWS Architect
7 2 (4.88%) Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Malware Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Operational Security Manager
7 2 (4.88%) Operations Manager
7 2 (4.88%) Security Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Security Manager
7 2 (4.88%) Security Operations Manager
7 2 (4.88%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (19.51%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (19.51%) Management Information System
2 8 (19.51%) Security Posture
3 5 (12.20%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (9.76%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (7.32%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (7.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (4.88%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (4.88%) PKI
7 1 (2.44%) Cloud Native
7 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
7 1 (2.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (2.44%) Insider Threat
7 1 (2.44%) Learning Management System
7 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (2.44%) Operational Technology
7 1 (2.44%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Linux
2 1 (2.44%) Kali Linux
2 1 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (78.05%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (53.66%) Incident Response
3 19 (46.34%) Information Security
4 16 (39.02%) Security Operations
5 15 (36.59%) ITIL
6 13 (31.71%) Cloud Security
7 12 (29.27%) Risk Management
7 12 (29.27%) SIEM
8 11 (26.83%) Security Architecture
9 10 (24.39%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 10 (24.39%) Threat Intelligence
10 9 (21.95%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (21.95%) Data Loss Prevention
11 8 (19.51%) Vulnerability Management
12 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (17.07%) SOAR
13 6 (14.63%) Business Continuity
13 6 (14.63%) DevOps
13 6 (14.63%) Problem Management
13 6 (14.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.32%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.88%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (2.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (65.85%) CISSP
2 22 (53.66%) CISM
3 17 (41.46%) SANS
4 11 (26.83%) CISA
4 11 (26.83%) Degree
5 10 (24.39%) CEH
5 10 (24.39%) GCIH
5 10 (24.39%) ISACA
6 7 (17.07%) CompTIA Security+
6 7 (17.07%) Security Cleared
7 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
8 5 (12.20%) CompTIA CySA+
8 5 (12.20%) CREST Certified
8 5 (12.20%) MCSA
8 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (9.76%) AWS Certification
9 4 (9.76%) GCIA
9 4 (9.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (7.32%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (7.32%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (51.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (39.02%) NIST
3 14 (34.15%) NCSC
4 7 (17.07%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (12.20%) GDPR
5 5 (12.20%) GRC
5 5 (12.20%) JSP 440
6 4 (9.76%) PCI DSS
7 3 (7.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (4.88%) COBIT
8 2 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (4.88%) SOC 2
9 1 (2.44%) NIST 800
9 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Snort
1 1 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (17.07%) Nessus
2 5 (12.20%) FortiGate
3 3 (7.32%) Kubernetes
4 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.44%) Ansible
5 1 (2.44%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (2.44%) OpenVAS
5 1 (2.44%) Progress Chef
5 1 (2.44%) Puppet
Vendors
1 18 (43.90%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.07%) Tenable
3 5 (12.20%) Qualys
4 3 (7.32%) Cisco
5 1 (2.44%) LogRhythm
5 1 (2.44%) Splunk
5 1 (2.44%) VMware