GCIH Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 570 740 705
Rank change year-on-year +170 -35 +99
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 15 23 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.038% 0.032% 0.075%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.070% 0.12% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 13 5 40
10th Percentile £49,000 £49,700 -
25th Percentile £50,393 £53,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +56.25% -23.81%
75th Percentile £73,000 £78,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £73,800 £105,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £81,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +91.18% -41.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

GCIH 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 21,340 19,428 21,804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.60% 27.42% 36.57%
Number of salaries quoted 8,878 12,209 8,120
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,418
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £78,800 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +9.09%

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 15 May 2025.

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 15 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
South East +103 8 £72,000 - 11
Wales - 3 £52,500 - 3
North of England +54 2 £55,000 -4.35% 5
North West -2 2 £55,000 +5.26% 2
East of England +42 1 - - 1
South West - 1 £67,500 - 2
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 2 (13.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (13.33%) VPN
3 1 (6.67%) FTP
3 1 (6.67%) HTTP
3 1 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (6.67%) LAN
3 1 (6.67%) Network Security
3 1 (6.67%) SMTP
3 1 (6.67%) WAN
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Aerospace
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) Security Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) SOC Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) SOC Manager
3 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Security Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Incident Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Operational Security Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Operations Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Security Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Security Operations Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Lead
5 1 (6.67%) Network Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (86.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 10 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (40.00%) Cyber Defence
3 6 (40.00%) Security Posture
4 2 (13.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
5 1 (6.67%) Client/Server
5 1 (6.67%) Insider Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (93.33%) Security Operations
3 13 (86.67%) Incident Response
4 11 (73.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 11 (73.33%) Threat Intelligence
5 10 (66.67%) SIEM
6 9 (60.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 7 (46.67%) Collaborative Culture
8 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (33.33%) Cloud Security
9 5 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (33.33%) Threat Detection
10 4 (26.67%) Performance Metrics
10 4 (26.67%) Regulatory Compliance
10 4 (26.67%) SOAR
11 3 (20.00%) Coaching
11 3 (20.00%) Forensic Analysis
11 3 (20.00%) Incident Management
11 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
11 3 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (26.67%) Bash
2 4 (26.67%) Python
3 2 (13.33%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) GIAC
2 7 (46.67%) CISSP
2 7 (46.67%) Degree
3 6 (40.00%) CISM
4 5 (33.33%) CEH
4 5 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (26.67%) SANS
5 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
6 3 (20.00%) CompTIA CySA+
6 3 (20.00%) DV Cleared
6 3 (20.00%) GCIA
7 2 (13.33%) CISA
7 2 (13.33%) CRISC
7 2 (13.33%) GISF
7 2 (13.33%) ISACA
7 2 (13.33%) SSCP
8 1 (6.67%) CREST Certified
8 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
8 1 (6.67%) OSCP
8 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (46.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (46.67%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Snort
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Splunk
3 1 (6.67%) Fortinet
3 1 (6.67%) LogRhythm
3 1 (6.67%) Palo Alto
3 1 (6.67%) Zscaler