GCIA Job Trends in Leeds

GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds with a requirement for GCIA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 93 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Permanent jobs citing GCIA 1 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.088% 0.30% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.31% 1.43% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £87,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - -
75th Percentile £92,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £90,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 326 280 299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 28.60% 20.82% 21.06%
Number of salaries quoted 180 87 161
10th Percentile £27,425 £25,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,025 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,075 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.85% -13.04% -1.71%
75th Percentile £68,125 £73,495 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,000 £83,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £42,039 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.92% -13.04% +4.55%

GCIA
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

GCIA job vacancy trend in Leeds

GCIA
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing GCIA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing GCIA

GCIA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GCFA
1 1 (100.00%) GCFE