GCIA Jobs in London

GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for GCIA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 490 615
Rank change year-on-year +136 +125 +233
Permanent jobs citing GCIA 39 9 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.30% 0.038% 0.021%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.87% 0.13% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 17 9 6
10th Percentile £70,500 £55,250 £67,500
25th Percentile - £58,750 £78,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -14.29% +31.25%
75th Percentile £92,500 - £110,313
90th Percentile £100,000 - £111,250
England median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -3.85% -7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,464 6,765 8,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.63% 28.63% 26.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,933 4,247 5,529
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £105,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.55% -8.83% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing GCIA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for GCIA in London

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Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GCIA in London.

Salary trend for GCIA in London

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Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCIA in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GCIA in London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (10.26%) AWS
2 3 (7.69%) SaaS
3 2 (5.13%) IaaS
3 2 (5.13%) PaaS
4 1 (2.56%) Azure
4 1 (2.56%) GCP
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (35.90%) Firewall
2 9 (23.08%) SAN
3 7 (17.95%) Wireshark
4 1 (2.56%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 7 (17.95%) Burp Suite
General
1 28 (71.79%) Finance
2 17 (43.59%) Social Skills
3 10 (25.64%) Banking
4 6 (15.38%) Legal
5 5 (12.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (74.36%) Analyst
1 29 (74.36%) Security Analyst
2 11 (28.21%) Incident Analyst
2 11 (28.21%) Security Incident Analyst
2 11 (28.21%) SIEM Analyst
3 10 (25.64%) CISSP Analyst
4 9 (23.08%) Junior
4 9 (23.08%) Junior Analyst
4 9 (23.08%) Junior Operations Analyst
4 9 (23.08%) Junior Security Analyst
4 9 (23.08%) Operations Analyst
4 9 (23.08%) Security Operations Analyst
5 7 (17.95%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 7 (17.95%) Information Analyst
5 7 (17.95%) Information Security Analyst
6 5 (12.82%) Incident Manager
7 4 (10.26%) Security Specialist
8 3 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Specialist
9 2 (5.13%) Monitoring Analyst
9 2 (5.13%) Security Monitoring Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 19 (48.72%) Hedge funds
2 9 (23.08%) Podcast
3 7 (17.95%) Management Information System
4 6 (15.38%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (12.82%) Fixed Income
5 5 (12.82%) Virtual Team
6 2 (5.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (5.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (46.15%) Windows
2 8 (20.51%) Linux
3 1 (2.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (94.87%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (76.92%) SIEM
3 29 (74.36%) Incident Response
4 16 (41.03%) Information Security
5 15 (38.46%) Security Operations
6 10 (25.64%) Security Monitoring
6 10 (25.64%) Vulnerability Management
7 9 (23.08%) Computer Science
7 9 (23.08%) Threat Modelling
8 8 (20.51%) Data Loss Prevention
9 7 (17.95%) Project Management
9 7 (17.95%) Risk Management
10 5 (12.82%) Customer-Centric Approach
10 5 (12.82%) Cyber Threat Analysis
10 5 (12.82%) Offensive Security
10 5 (12.82%) Situational Awareness
10 5 (12.82%) Six Sigma
10 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (12.82%) Threat Detection
10 5 (12.82%) Virtual Team Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (58.97%) PowerShell
1 23 (58.97%) Python
Qualifications
1 39 (100.00%) GCIH
2 30 (76.92%) CISSP
3 27 (69.23%) OSCP
4 22 (56.41%) CEH
4 22 (56.41%) CompTIA Security+
5 15 (38.46%) Degree
6 14 (35.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (30.77%) SANS
8 9 (23.08%) GCFA
9 5 (12.82%) OSCE
9 5 (12.82%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 5 (12.82%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 3 (7.69%) GCED
10 3 (7.69%) GIAC
10 3 (7.69%) GREM
10 3 (7.69%) GSEC
11 2 (5.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (5.13%) AWS Certification
11 2 (5.13%) CCSK
11 2 (5.13%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) NIST
2 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (2.56%) GDPR
3 1 (2.56%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (12.82%) CSIRT
2 1 (2.56%) Ansible
2 1 (2.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (2.56%) Progress Chef
2 1 (2.56%) Puppet
Vendors
1 13 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
2 8 (20.51%) VMware
3 2 (5.13%) Cisco
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft