GCIA Job Trends in Preston

GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Preston with a requirement for GCIA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GCIA 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 1.43% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.23% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £50,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Preston

GCIA 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 Preston.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 31 76 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 44.29% 51.01% 26.67%
Number of salaries quoted 26 54 31
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,250 £42,759
25th Percentile £40,625 £39,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% -22.99% +116.67%
75th Percentile £56,500 £68,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £61,421 £73,375 £72,500
Lancashire median annual salary £47,683 £50,055 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.74% -8.99% +29.41%

GCIA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Protective Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory