GCIA Job Trends in Lancashire

GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for GCIA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GCIA 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.13% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.28% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
North West median annual salary £50,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lancashire

GCIA 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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 357 326 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 46.73% 29.53% 25.44%
Number of salaries quoted 82 204 74
10th Percentile £28,000 £37,574 £37,000
25th Percentile £35,792 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,055 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.74% -8.99% +29.41%
75th Percentile £54,793 £58,943 £67,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £67,850 £71,750
North West median annual salary £48,068 £50,055 £55,522
% change year-on-year -3.97% -9.85% +11.04%

GCIA
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

GCIA job vacancy trend in Lancashire

GCIA
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCIA within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Preston - 1 £50,000 -
GCIA
North West

GCIA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Protective Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory