GCIA Jobs in the UK excluding London

GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GCIA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 573 741 705
Rank change year-on-year +168 -36 +141
Permanent jobs citing GCIA 6 21 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.015% 0.028% 0.075%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.028% 0.11% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 41
10th Percentile £40,500 £51,200 -
25th Percentile £48,750 £57,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +50.00% -34.69%
75th Percentile £68,125 £66,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £68,500 £73,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% +56.25% -42.86%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21,361 19,849 21,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 53.83% 26.51% 37.41%
Number of salaries quoted 8,719 12,283 7,957
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,900 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £79,600 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

GCIA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GCIA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GCIA in the UK excluding London

GCIA
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GCIA in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for GCIA in the UK excluding London

GCIA
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCIA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GCIA in the UK excluding London

GCIA
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCIA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
East of England - 2 £35,000 -
Scotland +108 1 - - 6
South East +76 1 - - 2
Yorkshire +56 1 £65,000 +4.00% 1
North of England +36 1 £65,000 +18.72% 1
South West - 1 £67,500 - 1
GCIA
UK

GCIA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 2 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (16.67%) FTP
2 1 (16.67%) HTTP
2 1 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) SMTP
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Security Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Senior
3 2 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Senior Security Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Information Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Junior
4 1 (16.67%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Lead
4 1 (16.67%) Operational Security Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Operations Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Security Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Information Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Information Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Client/Server
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (16.67%) Insider Threat
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (83.33%) Incident Response
1 5 (83.33%) Security Operations
2 4 (66.67%) SIEM
3 3 (50.00%) Coaching
3 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
4 2 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 2 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
4 2 (33.33%) Threat Detection
4 2 (33.33%) Threat Management
5 1 (16.67%) Information Security
5 1 (16.67%) ITIL
5 1 (16.67%) Line Management
5 1 (16.67%) Malware Analysis
5 1 (16.67%) People Management
5 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Bash
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) GCIH
3 1 (16.67%) CEH
3 1 (16.67%) CISM
3 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (16.67%) CREST Certified
3 1 (16.67%) GIAC
3 1 (16.67%) OSCP
3 1 (16.67%) SANS
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (16.67%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Snort
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Splunk
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (16.67%) LogRhythm
3 1 (16.67%) Qualys