GCED Job Trends in the South East

GIAC Certified Enterprise Defender (GCED)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for GCED qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 291 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GCED 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.035% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.15% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 - -
75th Percentile £83,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £88,750 £107,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -17.44% +72.00% -41.18%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,308 3,847 5,714
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 22.96% 49.09% 32.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,733 1,523 3,643
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,926 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +0.96% +1.27%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,790 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,995
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.01% -8.34%

GCED
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GCED relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

GCED job vacancy trend in the South East

GCED
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing GCED.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing GCED

GCED
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCED within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Berkshire - 5 £77,500 - 3
Thames Valley - 5 £77,500 - 3
GCED
England

GCED
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) HTTP
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) SIEM Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 5 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 5 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 5 (100.00%) Purple Team
1 5 (100.00%) Red Team
1 5 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) SIEM
1 5 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 5 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Tradecraft
1 5 (100.00%) Use Case
1 5 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Forensics
2 1 (20.00%) Malware Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 5 (100.00%) GCIA
1 5 (100.00%) GCIH
1 5 (100.00%) GIAC
1 5 (100.00%) OSCP
1 5 (100.00%) SANS
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Kibana
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Carbon Black
1 5 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Splunk