GCIH Job Trends in Portsmouth

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 0.58% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.47% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £46,525 - -
25th Percentile £47,313 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,750 - -
75th Percentile £52,313 - -
90th Percentile £53,175 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £63,750 - £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 136 140 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 39.42% 45.90% 37.61%
Number of salaries quoted 47 77 59
10th Percentile £39,175 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,998 £41,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -9.48% +16.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,000 £81,750 £82,500
Hampshire median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +15.00% -0.17%

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

GCIH job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

GCIH
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing GCIH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing GCIH

GCIH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Security Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Forensic Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST