GCIH Jobs in London

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 351 496 593
Rank change year-on-year +145 +97 +238
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 45 12 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.35% 0.051% 0.058%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.03% 0.18% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 23 12 10
10th Percentile - £59,125 £64,750
25th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £74,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £90,000 £92,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -2.17% +8.24%
75th Percentile £92,500 £91,250 £107,500
90th Percentile - £95,000 £111,250
England median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +23.08% -10.34%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,379 6,724 8,947
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.27% 28.50% 26.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,984 4,258 5,622
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,831 £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 £115,000 £105,000 £111,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,995 £59,600
% change year-on-year +0.01% -7.73% +8.36%

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for GCIH in London

GCIH
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for GCIH in London

GCIH
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCIH in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GCIH in London

GCIH
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 (8.89%) AWS
2 3 (6.67%) SaaS
3 2 (4.44%) IaaS
3 2 (4.44%) PaaS
4 1 (2.22%) Azure
4 1 (2.22%) GCP
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (40.00%) Firewall
2 9 (20.00%) SAN
3 7 (15.56%) Wireshark
4 4 (8.89%) Network Security
5 1 (2.22%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.22%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 7 (15.56%) Burp Suite
General
1 28 (62.22%) Finance
2 21 (46.67%) Social Skills
3 10 (22.22%) Banking
4 6 (13.33%) Legal
5 5 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.44%) Law
Job Titles
1 35 (77.78%) Analyst
2 33 (73.33%) Security Analyst
3 11 (24.44%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 11 (24.44%) Incident Analyst
3 11 (24.44%) Security Incident Analyst
3 11 (24.44%) SIEM Analyst
4 10 (22.22%) CISSP Analyst
5 9 (20.00%) Junior
5 9 (20.00%) Junior Analyst
5 9 (20.00%) Junior Operations Analyst
5 9 (20.00%) Junior Security Analyst
5 9 (20.00%) Operations Analyst
5 9 (20.00%) Security Operations Analyst
6 7 (15.56%) Information Analyst
6 7 (15.56%) Information Security Analyst
7 5 (11.11%) Incident Manager
8 4 (8.89%) Security Specialist
9 3 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
10 2 (4.44%) Monitoring Analyst
10 2 (4.44%) Security Monitoring Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 19 (42.22%) Hedge funds
2 9 (20.00%) Podcast
3 7 (15.56%) Management Information System
4 6 (13.33%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (13.33%) Security Posture
5 5 (11.11%) Fixed Income
5 5 (11.11%) Virtual Team
6 2 (4.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 22 (48.89%) Windows
2 12 (26.67%) Linux
3 1 (2.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (95.56%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (80.00%) SIEM
3 31 (68.89%) Incident Response
4 20 (44.44%) Information Security
5 15 (33.33%) Security Operations
6 14 (31.11%) Vulnerability Management
7 12 (26.67%) Data Loss Prevention
7 12 (26.67%) Security Monitoring
8 11 (24.44%) Computer Science
9 9 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
10 7 (15.56%) Project Management
10 7 (15.56%) Risk Management
11 5 (11.11%) Customer-Centric Approach
11 5 (11.11%) Customer-Centricity
11 5 (11.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 5 (11.11%) Six Sigma
11 5 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (11.11%) Threat Detection
11 5 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence
11 5 (11.11%) Virtual Team Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (60.00%) PowerShell
1 27 (60.00%) Python
2 4 (8.89%) Bash
Qualifications
1 39 (86.67%) GCIA
2 33 (73.33%) OSCP
3 32 (71.11%) CISSP
4 28 (62.22%) CEH
5 22 (48.89%) CompTIA Security+
6 21 (46.67%) Degree
7 14 (31.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (31.11%) SANS
8 11 (24.44%) GCFA
9 6 (13.33%) CCSP
9 6 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (11.11%) OSCE
10 5 (11.11%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 5 (11.11%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 3 (6.67%) GCED
11 3 (6.67%) GIAC
11 3 (6.67%) GREM
11 3 (6.67%) GSEC
11 3 (6.67%) Master's Degree
12 2 (4.44%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.56%) NIST
2 2 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (2.22%) GDPR
3 1 (2.22%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (20.00%) CSIRT
2 4 (8.89%) CASB
3 1 (2.22%) Ansible
3 1 (2.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (2.22%) Progress Chef
3 1 (2.22%) Puppet
Vendors
1 15 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
2 8 (17.78%) VMware
3 3 (6.67%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.44%) Cisco
4 2 (4.44%) Splunk