GCSC Job Trends in the UK excluding London

GIAC Certified Security Consultant (GCSC)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GCSC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 506 558 552
Rank change year-on-year +52 -6 -
Permanent jobs citing GCSC 4 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.010% 0.003% 0.023%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.029% 0.007% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £23,550 £27,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £24,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +63.27% -22.22% -
75th Percentile - £25,450 £36,750
90th Percentile - - £36,975
UK median annual salary £40,000 £24,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year +63.27% -22.22% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

GCSC 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 13,964 13,908 10,497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.27% 38.48% 30.37%
Number of salaries quoted 5,081 5,323 6,882
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,965
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,457 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £51,300
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +7.21% +2.60%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,498 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.47% -

GCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GCSC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

GCSC job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

GCSC
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing GCSC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing GCSC

GCSC
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 GCSC within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
South East - 4 £40,000 -
GCSC
UK

GCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (100.00%) 802.11
1 4 (100.00%) LTE
1 4 (100.00%) VSAT
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 4 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 4 (100.00%) Automotive
1 4 (100.00%) Billing
1 4 (100.00%) Electronics
1 4 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (100.00%) Fault Management
1 4 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 4 (100.00%) Statistics
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCNA
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) JNCIA
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Freshdesk