GIAC Jobs in the South East

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 378 356
Rank change year-on-year +84 -22 +116
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 7 18 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.073% 0.11% 0.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.31% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 5 10 6
10th Percentile £68,900 £45,000 £51,875
25th Percentile £71,000 £47,875 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £58,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.55% +2.17% -28.13%
75th Percentile £74,000 £60,906 £68,125
90th Percentile - £73,750 £74,375
England median annual salary £61,250 £66,000 £76,250
% change year-on-year -7.20% -13.44% -10.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

GIAC 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 5,504 5,807 5,669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 57.36% 34.38% 39.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2,495 3,632 2,521
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 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.62% +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%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in the South East

GIAC
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for GIAC in the South East

GIAC
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 GIAC within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 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 - 5 £73,000 - 5
Kent +32 1 £70,000 +33.33%
Sussex +19 1 - -
GIAC
England

GIAC
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 4 (57.14%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Burp Suite
1 1 (14.29%) Metasploit
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Automotive
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) SOC Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Operational Security Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Operations Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Security Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Security Operations Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Security Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Cyber Defence
1 4 (57.14%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (57.14%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Kali Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (71.43%) Incident Response
2 5 (71.43%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 5 (71.43%) Performance Metrics
2 5 (71.43%) Security Operations
2 5 (71.43%) SIEM
2 5 (71.43%) SOAR
3 4 (57.14%) Cloud Security
3 4 (57.14%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (57.14%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 4 (57.14%) Regulatory Compliance
3 4 (57.14%) Threat Detection
3 4 (57.14%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Information Security
4 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 1 (14.29%) Scrum
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CISSP
2 6 (85.71%) CISM
3 4 (57.14%) GCIH
4 3 (42.86%) CEH
5 2 (28.57%) OSCP
6 1 (14.29%) CASP
6 1 (14.29%) Degree
6 1 (14.29%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (85.71%) NIST
2 2 (28.57%) GDPR
3 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (14.29%) NCSC
3 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Nessus
1 1 (14.29%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Darktrace
2 1 (14.29%) McAfee
2 1 (14.29%) Qualys