GCIA Jobs in the South East

GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for GCIA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 393 398
Rank change year-on-year +83 +5 +74
Permanent jobs citing GCIA 2 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.021% 0.018% 0.007%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.036% 0.052% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -3.85% -7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,522 5,789 5,671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 57.53% 34.35% 39.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,503 3,625 2,518
10th Percentile £34,988 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £51,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.62% +0.98% -2.86%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.55% -8.83% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing GCIA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for GCIA in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GCIA in the South East.

Salary trend for GCIA in the South East

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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 GCIA within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 May 2025. 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
Thames Valley +57 1 £60,000 -
Berkshire +32 1 £60,000 -
Hampshire - 1 - - 3
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Security Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Security Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) GCIH
1 1 (50.00%) OSCP
1 1 (50.00%) SANS
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk