GCIH Job Trends in Leicestershire

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 0.39% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.54% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
East Midlands median annual salary - - £55,000

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 130 194 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 25.39% 32.12% 26.73%
Number of salaries quoted 52 41 64
10th Percentile £25,750 £33,750 -
25th Percentile £30,000 £34,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +8.97% -17.89%
75th Percentile £46,585 £60,000 £58,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -14.29% +10.53%

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

GCIH job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

GCIH
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing GCIH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing GCIH

GCIH
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCIH within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 2 December 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
Leicester - 2 - - 1
GCIH
East Midlands

GCIH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) RBAC
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP