GIAC Jobs in the Midlands

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 251 319 301
Rank change year-on-year +68 -18 +53
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 9 6 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.13% 0.047% 0.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% 0.19% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 7
10th Percentile - - £38,750
25th Percentile - £55,500 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £58,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.43% -17.14% +21.74%
75th Percentile - £60,500 £72,500
90th Percentile - - £86,000
England median annual salary £61,250 £67,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -8.58% -7.59% -14.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,006 3,104 3,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 57.96% 24.13% 40.10%
Number of salaries quoted 825 1,887 1,242
10th Percentile £27,238 £25,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,500 £32,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -5.94% +9.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,399 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.11% -9.34% +9.09%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing GIAC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in the Midlands

GIAC
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GIAC in the Midlands.

Salary trend for GIAC in the Midlands

GIAC
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIAC within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
West Midlands +58 8 £53,688 -7.43%
East Midlands - 1 - - 3
GIAC
England

GIAC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (22.22%) AWS
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (22.22%) Internet
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Firepower
General
1 2 (22.22%) Police
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 7 (77.78%) Security Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Malware Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Service Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) PKI
2 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
2 1 (11.11%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (66.67%) ITIL
2 6 (66.67%) Problem Management
3 5 (55.56%) Compliance Management
4 3 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (22.22%) Digital Forensics
5 2 (22.22%) EAM
5 2 (22.22%) Ethical Hacking
5 2 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (22.22%) Identity Management
5 2 (22.22%) Information Security
5 2 (22.22%) Information Security Management
5 2 (22.22%) IT Governance
5 2 (22.22%) Security Management
5 2 (22.22%) Security Operations
6 1 (11.11%) Network Architecture
6 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) ISACA
1 8 (88.89%) SANS
2 7 (77.78%) CISA
2 7 (77.78%) CISM
2 7 (77.78%) CISSP
3 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
4 3 (33.33%) Degree
5 2 (22.22%) A+ Certification
5 2 (22.22%) APMG
5 2 (22.22%) AWS Certification
5 2 (22.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 2 (22.22%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) GRC
1 5 (55.56%) JSP 440
1 5 (55.56%) NCSC
2 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (22.22%) Nessus
2 1 (11.11%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Tenable
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco