GIAC Job Trends 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 12 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 663 624 686
Rank change year-on-year -39 +62 -19
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 76 35 80
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.081% 0.080% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.43% 0.22% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 53 23 60
10th Percentile £55,000 £41,280 £46,863
25th Percentile £61,250 £46,000 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +1.05% +20.76%
75th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £89,063
90th Percentile £110,000 £101,500 £100,125
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,750 £58,875
% change year-on-year +0.36% +18.47% +5.13%

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 17,489 15,607 19,557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.62% 35.74% 26.89%
Number of salaries quoted 9,731 7,090 10,623
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £43,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

GIAC job vacancy trend in England

GIAC
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing GIAC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing GIAC

GIAC
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIAC in England over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

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 12 August 2026. 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 -16 48 £73,750 -10.61% 63
South East -12 25 £65,000 -9.72% 15
North West -19 2 £62,500 +13.64% 15
North of England -51 2 £62,500 -7.41% 17
GIAC
UK

GIAC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 33 (43.42%) Azure
2 29 (38.16%) AWS
3 16 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (19.74%) Azure Sentinel
5 12 (15.79%) Entra ID
6 11 (14.47%) GCP
7 5 (6.58%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 5 (6.58%) AWS KMS
7 5 (6.58%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.32%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (1.32%) AWS CloudTrail
9 1 (1.32%) Azure AKS
9 1 (1.32%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 1 (1.32%) IaaS
9 1 (1.32%) PaaS
9 1 (1.32%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.32%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.32%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (34.21%) Firewall
2 18 (23.68%) DNS
3 14 (18.42%) TCP/IP
4 13 (17.11%) Network Security
5 10 (13.16%) VPN
6 8 (10.53%) HTTP
7 4 (5.26%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 4 (5.26%) Git
1 4 (5.26%) Jenkins
2 3 (3.95%) JIRA
General
1 29 (38.16%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (36.84%) Social Skills
3 11 (14.47%) Finance
4 10 (13.16%) Law
4 10 (13.16%) Legal
5 9 (11.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.26%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.32%) Aviation
7 1 (1.32%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (42.11%) Analyst
2 20 (26.32%) Security Analyst
3 17 (22.37%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 17 (22.37%) Senior
4 14 (18.42%) Lead
5 10 (13.16%) Senior Analyst
6 9 (11.84%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 9 (11.84%) Senior Security Analyst
7 8 (10.53%) Consultant
7 8 (10.53%) Cyber Threat Analyst
8 7 (9.21%) Senior Consultant
8 7 (9.21%) SOC Engineer
9 6 (7.89%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 6 (7.89%) SIEM Analyst
10 5 (6.58%) SOC Analyst
11 4 (5.26%) Security Consultant
11 4 (5.26%) Senior Manager
11 4 (5.26%) Senior Technical Consultant
11 4 (5.26%) Technical Manager
11 4 (5.26%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.26%) OAuth
1 4 (5.26%) OpenID
1 4 (5.26%) SAML
2 1 (1.32%) JSON
2 1 (1.32%) Kafka
2 1 (1.32%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (26.32%) Cyber Defence
1 20 (26.32%) Cyber Threat
2 19 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 14 (18.42%) Security Posture
4 12 (15.79%) Management Information System
5 9 (11.84%) Cloud Native
6 7 (9.21%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (9.21%) CSOC
6 7 (9.21%) Cyberattack
7 6 (7.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (5.26%) Insider Threat
8 4 (5.26%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.32%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (1.32%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 32 (42.11%) Linux
2 28 (36.84%) Windows
3 4 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (86.84%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (76.32%) SIEM
3 49 (64.47%) Incident Response
4 44 (57.89%) Security Operations
5 42 (55.26%) Threat Intelligence
6 41 (53.95%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 34 (44.74%) Cloud Security
8 33 (43.42%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 28 (36.84%) SOAR
10 27 (35.53%) Vulnerability Management
11 22 (28.95%) Information Security
11 22 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
11 22 (28.95%) Use Case
12 21 (27.63%) Security Monitoring
13 20 (26.32%) Threat Detection
14 19 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
15 18 (23.68%) Root Cause Analysis
16 17 (22.37%) Stakeholder Management
17 14 (18.42%) Agile
17 14 (18.42%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 23 (30.26%) Python
2 22 (28.95%) PowerShell
3 11 (14.47%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (9.21%) Search Processing Language
5 6 (7.89%) Bash
6 3 (3.95%) SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (69.74%) CISSP
2 28 (36.84%) Degree
3 26 (34.21%) CompTIA Security+
4 24 (31.58%) CISM
4 24 (31.58%) SANS
5 23 (30.26%) Security Cleared
6 21 (27.63%) GCIA
7 19 (25.00%) GCIH
8 18 (23.68%) CEH
8 18 (23.68%) SC Cleared
9 13 (17.11%) CompTIA CySA+
10 11 (14.47%) CREST Certified
10 11 (14.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 8 (10.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 8 (10.53%) CCSP
11 8 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (9.21%) GCED
12 7 (9.21%) ISACA
13 6 (7.89%) OSCP
14 5 (6.58%) CCNA CyberOps
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (59.21%) NIST
2 35 (46.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (18.42%) GDPR
4 9 (11.84%) PCI DSS
5 8 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (7.89%) NCSC
7 5 (6.58%) NIST 800
7 5 (6.58%) SOC 2
8 3 (3.95%) Accessibility
8 3 (3.95%) SLA
9 2 (2.63%) GRC
9 2 (2.63%) HIPAA
9 2 (2.63%) HITRUST
9 2 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 9 (11.84%) IAG
2 5 (6.58%) Active Directory
3 4 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (11.84%) Kibana
1 9 (11.84%) Kubernetes
2 4 (5.26%) Ansible
3 2 (2.63%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (2.63%) Computer Incident Response Team
3 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.32%) QRadar
4 1 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (68.42%) Microsoft
2 19 (25.00%) Splunk
3 12 (15.79%) CrowdStrike
4 9 (11.84%) Carbon Black
5 8 (10.53%) Qualys
6 5 (6.58%) Cisco
6 5 (6.58%) Fortinet
7 4 (5.26%) ForgeRock
7 4 (5.26%) Google
7 4 (5.26%) Okta
7 4 (5.26%) Tenable
8 3 (3.95%) New Relic
8 3 (3.95%) SolarWinds
8 3 (3.95%) Zerto
9 2 (2.63%) Darktrace
9 2 (2.63%) LogRhythm
10 1 (1.32%) ArcSight
10 1 (1.32%) Exabeam
10 1 (1.32%) OpenAI