GSEC Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne with a requirement for GSEC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 - 76
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GSEC 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.12% - 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.51% - 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44,750 - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 - £37,500
75th Percentile £48,250 - £38,750
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £46,500 - £37,500

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 197 100 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 23.62% 29.94% 19.27%
Number of salaries quoted 107 73 148
10th Percentile - £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £44,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £60,000 £44,225
Median % change year-on-year -44.17% +35.67% -7.23%
75th Percentile £55,000 £81,250 £58,438
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,000 £78,180
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £41,000 £55,000 £45,862
% change year-on-year -25.45% +19.92% -3.80%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GSEC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

GSEC job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing GSEC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing GSEC

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Email Filtering
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
1 1 (100.00%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Proofpoint
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler