GSEC Jobs in London

GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)
England > London

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

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 396 455 512
Rank change year-on-year +59 +57 +413
Permanent jobs citing GSEC 13 13 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.100% 0.065% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.33% 0.23% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 6 12 26
10th Percentile £77,500 - £77,500
25th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £84,750 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% -5.83% +12.50%
75th Percentile £105,313 £90,000 £106,563
90th Percentile £111,250 - £111,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £79,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -36.71% -12.22% +38.46%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

GSEC 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 3,961 5,730 6,877
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 30.37% 28.51% 26.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,975 2,989 4,872
10th Percentile £40,125 £36,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £111,250 £101,250 £112,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

GSEC
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for GSEC in London

GSEC
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for GSEC in London

GSEC
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GSEC in London over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Salary histogram for GSEC in London

GSEC
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GSEC within the London region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
Central London - 2 £80,000 - 2
GSEC
England

GSEC
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 (30.77%) AWS
1 4 (30.77%) SaaS
2 2 (15.38%) IaaS
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (15.38%) PaaS
3 1 (7.69%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) GCP
3 1 (7.69%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) TCP/IP
2 7 (53.85%) Link 16
2 7 (53.85%) RS-232
2 7 (53.85%) RS-485
2 7 (53.85%) Tactical Data Link
2 7 (53.85%) VLAN
3 5 (38.46%) Firewall
4 3 (23.08%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (15.38%) Network Security
General
1 7 (53.85%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (53.85%) Military
1 7 (53.85%) Telecoms
2 3 (23.08%) Banking
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Field Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Security Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Lead
3 2 (15.38%) Security Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Security Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Engineering Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) IT Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Security Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
2 3 (23.08%) Security Posture
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 8 (61.54%) Linux
2 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Communications Security
1 7 (53.85%) Key Management
1 7 (53.85%) Preventative Maintenance
2 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (38.46%) Information Security
3 4 (30.77%) Security Architecture
4 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
4 3 (23.08%) Internal Audit
4 3 (23.08%) Time Management
5 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security
5 2 (15.38%) Cyber Resilience
5 2 (15.38%) Incident Response
5 2 (15.38%) Information Management
5 2 (15.38%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (15.38%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (15.38%) Security Operations
5 2 (15.38%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) C
1 7 (53.85%) R
2 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 2 (15.38%) Python
3 1 (7.69%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) CCNA
1 9 (69.23%) CCNP
1 9 (69.23%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (53.85%) CompTIA Security+
2 7 (53.85%) Degree
2 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 7 (53.85%) SSCP
3 6 (46.15%) CISSP
4 3 (23.08%) CISM
4 3 (23.08%) GCED
4 3 (23.08%) GCIA
4 3 (23.08%) GCIH
4 3 (23.08%) GIAC
4 3 (23.08%) GREM
4 3 (23.08%) SANS
5 2 (15.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (15.38%) AWS Certification
5 2 (15.38%) CCSK
5 2 (15.38%) CEH
5 2 (15.38%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (53.85%) MIL-STD-1553
2 4 (30.77%) NIST
3 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (7.69%) GDPR
5 1 (7.69%) GRC
5 1 (7.69%) NIST 800
5 1 (7.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Ansible
1 1 (7.69%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (7.69%) Progress Chef
1 1 (7.69%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Cisco
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Atlassian
2 1 (7.69%) Google
2 1 (7.69%) VMware