GCIH Job Trends in Northern Ireland

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.10% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.47% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 - -
75th Percentile £44,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +7.14% +55.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

GCIH 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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 213 86 149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 22.26% 31.39% 28.82%
Number of salaries quoted 40 22 76
10th Percentile £28,550 - £27,500
25th Percentile £34,438 £34,112 £32,996
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £40,221 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +20.58% -13.04% +8.82%
75th Percentile £64,063 £76,250 £62,200
90th Percentile £78,790 £99,375 £70,525
UK median annual salary £58,500 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +1.74% +6.48% -6.59%

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GCIH relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

GCIH job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

GCIH
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing GCIH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing GCIH

GCIH
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCIH within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 22 April 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim - 1 £39,000 -
GCIH
UK

GCIH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Incident Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) ECIH
1 1 (100.00%) GCFA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk