GCIH Jobs in the South East

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
England > South East

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

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 291 394 400
Rank change year-on-year +103 +6 +79
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 8 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.085% 0.006% 0.021%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.15% 0.017% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £49,000 - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 - £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.57%
75th Percentile £73,500 - £52,500
90th Percentile £74,000 - -
England median annual salary £75,000 £90,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +38.46% -16.13%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,347 5,783 5,695
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 56.73% 34.49% 39.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,435 3,636 2,539
10th Percentile £34,988 £29,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.65% +1.98% -3.81%
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 GCIH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for GCIH in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for GCIH in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCIH in the South East over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GCIH 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 GCIH within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 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
Hampshire - 8 £72,000 - 8
GCIH
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 8 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) SOC Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Security Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Operational Security Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Operations Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Security Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Security Operations Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Senior
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 8 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (37.50%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 8 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 8 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 8 (100.00%) SIEM
1 8 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 7 (87.50%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
3 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 4 (50.00%) SOAR
3 4 (50.00%) Threat Detection
4 3 (37.50%) Forensic Analysis
4 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (12.50%) Coaching
5 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Bash
1 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
1 3 (37.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) CISM
1 4 (50.00%) CISSP
1 4 (50.00%) GIAC
2 3 (37.50%) CEH
2 3 (37.50%) CompTIA CySA+
2 3 (37.50%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (37.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) GCIA
3 1 (12.50%) OSCP
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (87.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (87.50%) NIST
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Splunk