GCED Job Trends in the Thames Valley

GIAC Certified Enterprise Defender (GCED)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 169 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GCED 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.088% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.41% - -
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 - - -
South East median annual salary £77,500 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,221 1,722 2,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 21.57% 50.72% 36.33%
Number of salaries quoted 684 439 1,543
10th Percentile £33,350 £29,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,716 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,967 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.72% -2.92% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,750 £83,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +0.96% +1.27%

GCED
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

GCED job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

GCED
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing GCED.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing GCED

GCED
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCED within the Thames Valley 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
GCED
South East

GCED
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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