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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 649 697 770
Rank change year-on-year +48 +73 +253
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 44 126 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.089% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% 0.52% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 26 106 80
10th Percentile £41,280 £46,938 £42,452
25th Percentile £46,000 £50,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £66,000 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% -13.44% -10.29%
75th Percentile £76,625 £88,750 £93,938
90th Percentile £86,250 £101,250 £106,375
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 25,180 24,460 29,017
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 50.80% 28.31% 32.86%
Number of salaries quoted 10,215 15,749 13,231
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,228
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,700 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.55% -8.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,999 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +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 18 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 18 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 +57 14 £47,000 -37.33% 32
Midlands +69 11 £53,688 -7.43% 4
West Midlands +53 11 £53,688 -7.43%
South East +79 7 £72,000 +22.55% 14
South West +102 4 £80,000 +52.38% 5
East of England - 4 £42,085 - 1
North of England +31 3 £55,000 +10.00% 6
North West -9 2 £55,000 +10.00% 3
North East +31 1 £80,000 +100.00%
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 (29.55%) AWS
2 8 (18.18%) Azure
3 3 (6.82%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (6.82%) GCP
3 3 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (6.82%) SaaS
4 2 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (4.55%) IaaS
4 2 (4.55%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (59.09%) Firewall
2 8 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (13.64%) TCP/IP
3 6 (13.64%) VPN
4 5 (11.36%) IPsec
4 5 (11.36%) SSL
5 4 (9.09%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (9.09%) Network Security
6 3 (6.82%) DNS
7 2 (4.55%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Burp Suite
1 1 (2.27%) Metasploit
General
1 13 (29.55%) Social Skills
2 10 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (11.36%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (9.09%) Finance
4 4 (9.09%) Local Government
5 3 (6.82%) Banking
6 2 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.55%) Legal
6 2 (4.55%) Police
7 1 (2.27%) Automotive
7 1 (2.27%) Military
7 1 (2.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (38.64%) Security Engineer
2 16 (36.36%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 8 (18.18%) Analyst
4 7 (15.91%) Senior
5 6 (13.64%) Security Analyst
6 4 (9.09%) Senior Security Engineer
6 4 (9.09%) SOC Manager
7 3 (6.82%) Architect
7 3 (6.82%) Incident Engineer
7 3 (6.82%) Security Architect
7 3 (6.82%) SOC Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Consultant
8 2 (4.55%) Malware Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Operational Security Manager
8 2 (4.55%) Operations Manager
8 2 (4.55%) Security Consultant
8 2 (4.55%) Security Manager
8 2 (4.55%) Security Operations Manager
8 2 (4.55%) Security Specialist
8 2 (4.55%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.45%) Cyber Threat
1 9 (20.45%) Security Operations Centre
1 9 (20.45%) Security Posture
2 8 (18.18%) Management Information System
3 5 (11.36%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (6.82%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (6.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (4.55%) Insider Threat
6 2 (4.55%) PKI
7 1 (2.27%) Cloud Native
7 1 (2.27%) Cyberattack
7 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
7 1 (2.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (2.27%) Learning Management System
7 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.55%) Linux
2 1 (2.27%) Kali Linux
2 1 (2.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (79.55%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (54.55%) Incident Response
3 20 (45.45%) Information Security
4 18 (40.91%) ITIL
4 18 (40.91%) Security Operations
5 16 (36.36%) SIEM
6 12 (27.27%) Cloud Security
6 12 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
7 11 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 11 (25.00%) Security Architecture
7 11 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
8 10 (22.73%) Data Loss Prevention
8 10 (22.73%) Risk Management
9 9 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (20.45%) Problem Management
10 8 (18.18%) Compliance Management
10 8 (18.18%) SOAR
11 7 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (15.91%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 6 (13.64%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.82%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.55%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (2.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (68.18%) CISSP
2 25 (56.82%) CISM
3 20 (45.45%) SANS
4 13 (29.55%) CISA
4 13 (29.55%) ISACA
5 12 (27.27%) CEH
6 11 (25.00%) Degree
7 10 (22.73%) GCIH
7 10 (22.73%) Security Cleared
8 9 (20.45%) SC Cleared
9 7 (15.91%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (11.36%) CompTIA CySA+
10 5 (11.36%) CREST Certified
10 5 (11.36%) MCSA
10 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (9.09%) AWS Certification
11 4 (9.09%) GCIA
11 4 (9.09%) GSEC
11 4 (9.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (6.82%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (40.91%) NCSC
3 16 (36.36%) NIST
4 8 (18.18%) GRC
4 8 (18.18%) JSP 440
5 7 (15.91%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (13.64%) GDPR
7 4 (9.09%) PCI DSS
8 3 (6.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (4.55%) COBIT
9 2 (4.55%) SOC 2
10 1 (2.27%) NIST 800
10 1 (2.27%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Snort
1 1 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (22.73%) Nessus
2 8 (18.18%) FortiGate
3 3 (6.82%) Kubernetes
4 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.27%) Ansible
5 1 (2.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (2.27%) CSIRT
5 1 (2.27%) OpenVAS
5 1 (2.27%) Progress Chef
5 1 (2.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 19 (43.18%) Microsoft
2 10 (22.73%) Tenable
3 6 (13.64%) Cisco
4 5 (11.36%) Qualys
5 3 (6.82%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.27%) Darktrace
6 1 (2.27%) Intel
6 1 (2.27%) LogRhythm
6 1 (2.27%) McAfee
6 1 (2.27%) Splunk
6 1 (2.27%) VMware