GCIH Jobs in the UK excluding London

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 732 706 782
Rank change year-on-year -26 +76 -119
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 23 45 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.073% 0.069%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.20% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 5 34 25
10th Percentile £49,700 - -
25th Percentile £53,750 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -23.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £59,688 £61,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £72,500 £69,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £42,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +70.59% -41.38% +38.10%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

GCIH is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,398 22,587 22,148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.66% 36.52% 31.38%
Number of salaries quoted 12,234 8,291 10,269
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,122 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £75,750
UK median annual salary £54,043 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.82% +5.45% -

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for GCIH in the UK excluding London

GCIH
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for GCIH in the UK excluding London

GCIH
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCIH in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for GCIH in the UK excluding London

GCIH
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 GCIH within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Scotland -48 15 £72,500 +45.00% 1
North of England +27 4 £57,500 +43.75% 2
North West -2 3 £52,250 +22.94% 1
West Midlands +23 2 £115,000 +64.29%
Midlands +3 2 £115,000 +64.29% 1
Yorkshire +88 1 £62,500 +66.67% 1
South East +28 1 - -
East of England +23 1 - - 1
GCIH
UK

GCIH
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 14 (60.87%) SaaS
2 2 (8.70%) Azure
3 1 (4.35%) AWS
3 1 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) TCP/IP
1 3 (13.04%) Wireshark
2 2 (8.70%) Network Security
3 1 (4.35%) Firewall
3 1 (4.35%) tcpdump
General
1 16 (69.57%) Social Skills
2 15 (65.22%) Military
3 3 (13.04%) Legal
4 2 (8.70%) Games
5 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Finance
5 1 (4.35%) Law
5 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (65.22%) Analyst
2 14 (60.87%) Support Analyst
2 14 (60.87%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 4 (17.39%) Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) Security Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) Security Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Senior
5 2 (8.70%) Incident Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Security Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Information Security Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Operational Security Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Operations Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Principal Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Principal Security Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Security Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Security Operations Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (8.70%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (8.70%) Cyberattack
2 2 (8.70%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.35%) CSOC
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.35%) SCADA
3 1 (4.35%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (73.91%) Windows
2 15 (65.22%) Linux
3 14 (60.87%) Mac OS X
3 14 (60.87%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (91.30%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (86.96%) Incident Response
2 20 (86.96%) Information Security
3 17 (73.91%) Security Operations
4 15 (65.22%) Actionable Insight
4 15 (65.22%) Customer Service
4 15 (65.22%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 15 (65.22%) DevOps
4 15 (65.22%) Incident Management
4 15 (65.22%) Open Source
4 15 (65.22%) Threat Intelligence
5 14 (60.87%) ITIL
5 14 (60.87%) Malware Analysis
5 14 (60.87%) Resource Management
5 14 (60.87%) Service Delivery
5 14 (60.87%) Situational Awareness
6 4 (17.39%) SIEM
7 3 (13.04%) Analytics
7 3 (13.04%) Digital Forensics
7 3 (13.04%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) Python
2 2 (8.70%) Bash
2 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (91.30%) CISSP
2 19 (82.61%) GCIA
3 18 (78.26%) Degree
3 18 (78.26%) GREM
4 15 (65.22%) CISM
5 6 (26.09%) GCFA
6 5 (21.74%) GCFE
7 4 (17.39%) CEH
8 3 (13.04%) GIAC
8 3 (13.04%) OSCP
8 3 (13.04%) SANS
8 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
8 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
9 2 (8.70%) CASP
9 2 (8.70%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (4.35%) CRISC
10 1 (4.35%) GSEC
10 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (8.70%) NCSC
1 2 (8.70%) NIST
2 1 (4.35%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) GRC
2 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (4.35%) NIST 800
2 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.35%) Snort
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) CSIRT
2 1 (4.35%) QRadar
Vendors
1 14 (60.87%) Dell
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.35%) Darktrace