GCIH Job Trends in Leeds

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 - 108
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.032% - 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.30% - 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £82,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
75th Percentile £87,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £85,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leeds

GCIH 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 334 244 337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 10.82% 27.11% 19.43%
Number of salaries quoted 199 116 142
10th Percentile £29,625 £27,625 £25,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,750 £40,013
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,576 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +6.50% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,313 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,200 £77,500 £90,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £46,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year +18.92% -11.90% -4.55%

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

GCIH job vacancy trend in Leeds

GCIH
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing GCIH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing GCIH

GCIH
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%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Operations Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA