GIAC Jobs in England

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 722 767 1032
Rank change year-on-year +45 +265 -292
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 125 159 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.18% 0.090%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.51% 0.54% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 105 84 95
10th Percentile £46,925 £43,250 £49,663
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £73,750 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.86% -13.24% +30.77%
75th Percentile £78,750 £93,250 £110,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £105,500 £122,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £73,750 £85,000
% change year-on-year -11.86% -13.24% +30.77%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

GIAC is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,424 29,487 35,127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.47% 32.60% 26.38%
Number of salaries quoted 15,760 13,357 16,642
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,998 £59,526 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% +8.23% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

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 8 May 2024.

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 8 May 2024. 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 +124 68 £75,000 -12.28% 6
South East -11 20 £58,750 +2.17%
North of England +55 18 £50,000 -16.67% 3
South West -24 12 £52,500 +5.00% 4
North West +15 11 £50,000 -24.24% 1
North East +3 6 £40,000 -
West Midlands +9 4 £58,000 -17.14%
Midlands 0 4 £58,000 -17.14%
Yorkshire +80 1 £62,500 +4.17% 2
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:

Applications
1 11 (8.80%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (7.20%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 38 (30.40%) Azure
2 21 (16.80%) AWS
3 19 (15.20%) GCP
3 19 (15.20%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (8.80%) Power Platform
5 6 (4.80%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.40%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (2.40%) IaaS
6 3 (2.40%) SaaS
7 1 (0.80%) PaaS
7 1 (0.80%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 58 (46.40%) Firewall
2 21 (16.80%) Intrusion Detection
2 21 (16.80%) TCP/IP
3 19 (15.20%) Network Security
4 15 (12.00%) DNS
5 9 (7.20%) SSL
6 6 (4.80%) Internet
6 6 (4.80%) LAN
6 6 (4.80%) WAN
7 5 (4.00%) IPsec
8 4 (3.20%) HTTP
8 4 (3.20%) SMTP
9 3 (2.40%) Wireshark
10 2 (1.60%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.80%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (12.00%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.40%) Metasploit
General
1 35 (28.00%) Finance
2 33 (26.40%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (16.00%) Social Skills
4 18 (14.40%) Legal
5 13 (10.40%) Law
6 12 (9.60%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (9.60%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (6.40%) Marketing
7 8 (6.40%) Telecoms
8 7 (5.60%) Banking
9 6 (4.80%) Manufacturing
9 6 (4.80%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (3.20%) Retail
11 3 (2.40%) Aerospace
11 3 (2.40%) Automotive
11 3 (2.40%) Electronics
11 3 (2.40%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.60%) Advertising
13 1 (0.80%) Games
13 1 (0.80%) Military
Job Titles
1 35 (28.00%) Analyst
1 35 (28.00%) Senior
2 20 (16.00%) Lead
2 20 (16.00%) Security Analyst
3 18 (14.40%) Senior Analyst
4 17 (13.60%) Security Engineer
5 16 (12.80%) Security Manager
6 11 (8.80%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 9 (7.20%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 9 (7.20%) Security Assurance Manager
7 9 (7.20%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
7 9 (7.20%) Senior Security Analyst
8 6 (4.80%) Architect
8 6 (4.80%) Penetration Tester
8 6 (4.80%) SOC Engineer
8 6 (4.80%) Tester
8 6 (4.80%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
8 6 (4.80%) Vulnerability Manager
9 5 (4.00%) Consultant
9 5 (4.00%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.80%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (21.60%) Cyber Threat
2 24 (19.20%) Cyberattack
3 20 (16.00%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (13.60%) Management Information System
5 16 (12.80%) PKI
6 15 (12.00%) Security Posture
7 9 (7.20%) IoT
8 7 (5.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (4.00%) Operational Technology
10 4 (3.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 3 (2.40%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (2.40%) Virtual Team
12 2 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (1.60%) Digital Media
12 2 (1.60%) NHS
12 2 (1.60%) Security Operations Centre
13 1 (0.80%) Client/Server
13 1 (0.80%) Cybercrime
13 1 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
13 1 (0.80%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 29 (23.20%) Windows
2 13 (10.40%) Windows Server
3 12 (9.60%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (84.00%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (39.20%) Information Security
3 43 (34.40%) Vulnerability Management
4 42 (33.60%) Incident Response
5 37 (29.60%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 37 (29.60%) Threat Intelligence
6 36 (28.80%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (28.00%) Security Operations
8 31 (24.80%) Threat Modelling
9 25 (20.00%) Purple Team
10 23 (18.40%) Business Continuity
10 23 (18.40%) Penetration Testing
11 22 (17.60%) Disaster Recovery
11 22 (17.60%) Kalman Filter
11 22 (17.60%) Web Filtering
12 21 (16.80%) Risk Management
12 21 (16.80%) Security Architecture
13 20 (16.00%) Computer Science
13 20 (16.00%) ITIL
14 18 (14.40%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 31 (24.80%) Python
2 13 (10.40%) PowerShell
3 10 (8.00%) Bash
4 2 (1.60%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 85 (68.00%) CISSP
2 37 (29.60%) CISM
3 29 (23.20%) Degree
4 24 (19.20%) CompTIA Security+
5 23 (18.40%) CRISC
5 23 (18.40%) GSEC
6 22 (17.60%) CEH
7 21 (16.80%) CISA
8 20 (16.00%) SANS
9 17 (13.60%) CREST Certified
10 15 (12.00%) ISSMP
11 14 (11.20%) GPEN
11 14 (11.20%) SSCP
12 9 (7.20%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (7.20%) OSCP
13 7 (5.60%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (5.60%) GCIA
13 7 (5.60%) GCIH
13 7 (5.60%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (4.80%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (24.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (23.20%) GDPR
3 15 (12.00%) COBIT
3 15 (12.00%) GRC
4 14 (11.20%) NIST
5 9 (7.20%) NCSC
6 6 (4.80%) NIST 800
7 4 (3.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (1.60%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.80%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (14.40%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.80%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (12.00%) Ansible
2 9 (7.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (7.20%) Nessus
3 6 (4.80%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.80%) CASB
4 1 (0.80%) QRadar
Vendors
1 36 (28.80%) Microsoft
2 15 (12.00%) Alibaba
3 11 (8.80%) Google
4 8 (6.40%) Splunk
5 6 (4.80%) Juniper
5 6 (4.80%) Qualys
6 3 (2.40%) Darktrace
7 2 (1.60%) Sophos
8 1 (0.80%) Intel
8 1 (0.80%) VMware