GIAC Job Trends in Surrey

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 89 152
Rank change year-on-year -22 +63 -16
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 1 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.050% 0.10% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.29% 0.26% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £47,125
25th Percentile £72,500 - £49,844
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £58,750
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 - £60,625
90th Percentile - - £60,813
South East median annual salary £65,000 £73,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year -10.96% +24.26% +2.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 349 380 976
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 17.44% 38.23% 36.89%
Number of salaries quoted 206 223 519
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,300 £28,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,490 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.16% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £98,750 £75,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £51,020
% change year-on-year +14.29% +2.90% -1.89%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GIAC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

GIAC job vacancy trend in Surrey

GIAC
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing GIAC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing GIAC

GIAC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) Resilience Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) New Relic
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) Zerto