GCED Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

GIAC Certified Enterprise Defender (GCED)
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Nottinghamshire with a requirement for GCED qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GCED 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 0.061% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.42% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
East Midlands median annual salary £35,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Nottinghamshire

GCED 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 Nottinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 240 214 331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 14.73% 33.02% 27.51%
Number of salaries quoted 141 82 110
10th Percentile £25,000 - £29,600
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £31,500 £44,612
Median % change year-on-year +58.73% -29.39% -10.78%
75th Percentile £62,683 £41,688 £53,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £61,125 £59,750
East Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £40,000 £44,500
% change year-on-year +31.25% -10.11% -11.00%

GCED
Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCED within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 21 August 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
Nottingham - 1 £35,000 - 1
GCED
East Midlands

GCED
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CSOC
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SANS
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft