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 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 252 295 256
Rank change year-on-year +43 -39 +92
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing GIAC 3 6 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.043% 0.055% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.095% 0.21% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 9
10th Percentile - - £37,250
25th Percentile £64,750 £72,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +76.47% -26.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile - - £73,250
England median annual salary £73,000 £58,750 £70,000
% change year-on-year +24.26% -16.07% -17.65%

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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,166 2,891 2,590
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 45.71% 26.54% 38.30%
Number of salaries quoted 921 1,199 1,217
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -3.85% +10.64%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,625 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,900 £78,845 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

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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

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing GIAC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing GIAC

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 23 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
East Midlands - 2 - -
West Midlands +23 1 £67,500 -10.00% 8
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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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) GIS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Health
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Local Government
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Information Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Information Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Information Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (33.33%) SCADA
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Assurance
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) SABSA
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) CEH
3 1 (33.33%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (33.33%) CISA
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) GSLC
3 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (33.33%) SANS
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) COBIT
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) GRC
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
46 GIAC jobs in England