GIAC Jobs in the North of England

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 346 369 432
Rank change year-on-year +23 +63 +14
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 3 18 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.025% 0.097% 0.006%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.045% 0.46% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 3 14 1
10th Percentile - £37,500 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,125 £65,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £72,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -30.56% +15.20%
75th Percentile £71,250 - £78,500
90th Percentile £79,500 £52,500 -
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
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,636 3,951 5,181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 56.40% 21.39% 31.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,975 2,699 1,716
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,748 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £48,000 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +4.28% -12.54% +15.54%
75th Percentile £58,943 £62,500 £68,000
90th Percentile £72,000 £79,000 £82,500
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in the North of England

GIAC
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GIAC in the North of England.

Salary trend for GIAC in the North of England

GIAC
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIAC in the North of England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GIAC in the North of England

GIAC
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIAC within the North of England 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
North West -7 2 £55,000 +10.00% 9
North East +45 1 £80,000 +100.00%
GIAC
England

GIAC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (66.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (33.33%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Register
2 2 (66.67%) Runbook
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISM
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) CEH
2 2 (66.67%) CISA
2 2 (66.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (66.67%) CRISC
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) GCIH
2 2 (66.67%) GISF
2 2 (66.67%) ISACA
2 2 (66.67%) SANS
2 2 (66.67%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft