GIAC Job Trends in Merseyside

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside citing GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	76	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing GIAC	2	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside	0.15%	-	-
As % of the Qualifications category	1.87%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£61,250	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£62,500	-	-
75^th Percentile	£63,750	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
North West median annual salary	£62,500	-	£50,000
% change year-on-year	-	-	-18.03%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Merseyside

GIAC 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 citing academic qualifications or professional certifications in Merseyside.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	107	241	140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside	8.11%	39.77%	19.50%
Number of salaries quoted	60	44	69
10^th Percentile	£31,013	£25,455	-
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£28,063	£31,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£31,500	£42,500
Median % change year-on-year	+58.73%	-25.88%	-10.53%
75^th Percentile	£60,000	£57,500	£57,500
90^th Percentile	£71,250	£72,625	£75,250
North West median annual salary	£55,789	£48,500	£50,055
% change year-on-year	+15.03%	-3.11%	-12.95%

GIAC Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

GIAC Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing GIAC.

GIAC Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIAC within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 24 October 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Liverpool	-	2	£62,500	-	1
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GIAC Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, job vacancies citing GIAC also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Merseyside region citing GIAC.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CISSP	100.0%	2
1	CompTIA Security+	100.0%	2
1	Computer Science	100.0%	2
1	Cyber Intelligence	100.0%	2
1	Cyber Threat Intelligence	100.0%	2
1	Cybersecurity	100.0%	2
1	Data Loss Prevention	100.0%	2
1	Degree	100.0%	2
1	Identity Access Management	100.0%	2
1	Incident Response	100.0%	2
1	MITRE ATT&CK	100.0%	2
1	Problem-Solving	100.0%	2
1	Security Monitoring	100.0%	2
1	Security Operations	100.0%	2
1	SIEM	100.0%	2
1	Threat Analysis	100.0%	2
1	Threat Detection	100.0%	2
1	Threat Intelligence	100.0%	2

GIAC Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CISSP	100.0%	2
1	CompTIA Security+	100.0%	2
1	Degree	100.0%	2