GIAC Jobs in the UK excluding London

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 546 717 682
Rank change year-on-year +171 -35 +135
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 31 54 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.079% 0.072% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.15% 0.27% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 20 37 32
10th Percentile £41,280 £45,000 £39,294
25th Percentile £49,602 £47,000 £42,019
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £56,750
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -11.89% -9.20%
75th Percentile £73,250 £60,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £67,750 £91,775
UK median annual salary £55,000 £67,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -17.91% -7.59% -14.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

GIAC 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 21,309 19,804 21,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.11% 26.56% 37.27%
Number of salaries quoted 8,672 12,268 8,007
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%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in the UK excluding London

GIAC
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for GIAC in the UK excluding London

GIAC
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIAC in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GIAC in the UK excluding London

GIAC
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 GIAC within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Midlands +89 9 £53,688 -7.43% 33
West Midlands +60 8 £53,688 -7.43% 16
South East +76 6 £72,000 +22.55% 51
East of England - 4 £42,085 - 28
South West +98 3 £80,000 +52.38% 23
Northern Ireland +45 3 - - 5
North of England +37 3 £55,000 +10.00% 37
Wales +48 2 £52,697 - 4
North West 0 2 £55,000 +10.00% 18
North East +42 1 £80,000 +100.00% 4
East Midlands - 1 - - 15
Scotland - 1 £48,507 - 13
GIAC
UK

GIAC
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 6 (19.35%) AWS
2 4 (12.90%) Azure
3 2 (6.45%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (48.39%) Firewall
2 3 (9.68%) Network Security
2 3 (9.68%) VPN
2 3 (9.68%) Wireshark
3 2 (6.45%) Internet
3 2 (6.45%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (3.23%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Burp Suite
1 4 (12.90%) Metasploit
2 3 (9.68%) AppScan
General
1 8 (25.81%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.90%) Legal
3 4 (12.90%) Local Government
4 2 (6.45%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Finance
4 2 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (6.45%) Police
5 1 (3.23%) Automotive
5 1 (3.23%) Banking
5 1 (3.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (41.94%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 13 (41.94%) Security Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Analyst
2 4 (12.90%) Senior
2 4 (12.90%) Senior Security Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) SOC Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Architect
3 3 (9.68%) Incident Analyst
3 3 (9.68%) Security Architect
4 2 (6.45%) AWS Architect
4 2 (6.45%) AWS Security Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Malware Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Operational Security Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Operations Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Security Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Security Operations Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (3.23%) Cloud Security Architect
5 1 (3.23%) Digital Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 9 (29.03%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (25.81%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (19.35%) Security Posture
4 5 (16.13%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (9.68%) Management Information System
6 2 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (6.45%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (6.45%) PKI
7 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
7 1 (3.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (3.23%) Insider Threat
7 1 (3.23%) Learning Management System
7 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (3.23%) Operational Technology
7 1 (3.23%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Kali Linux
2 2 (6.45%) Linux
3 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (80.65%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (58.06%) Incident Response
3 14 (45.16%) Risk Management
3 14 (45.16%) Security Operations
4 11 (35.48%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 11 (35.48%) Threat Intelligence
5 10 (32.26%) ITIL
6 9 (29.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (29.03%) Information Security
6 9 (29.03%) SIEM
7 7 (22.58%) Cloud Security
7 7 (22.58%) Penetration Testing
7 7 (22.58%) Vulnerability Management
8 6 (19.35%) Problem Management
9 5 (16.13%) Compliance Management
9 5 (16.13%) Data Loss Prevention
9 5 (16.13%) Ethical Hacking
9 5 (16.13%) Performance Metrics
9 5 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (16.13%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (6.45%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.23%) Perl
2 1 (3.23%) Python
2 1 (3.23%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (83.87%) CISSP
2 23 (74.19%) CISM
3 16 (51.61%) Degree
4 14 (45.16%) SANS
5 11 (35.48%) CEH
6 10 (32.26%) ISACA
7 9 (29.03%) CISA
7 9 (29.03%) GCIH
8 8 (25.81%) Security Cleared
9 7 (22.58%) SC Cleared
10 5 (16.13%) OSCP
11 4 (12.90%) CREST Certified
11 4 (12.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (9.68%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (9.68%) GPEN
12 3 (9.68%) GWAPT
13 2 (6.45%) APMG
13 2 (6.45%) AWS Certification
13 2 (6.45%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 2 (6.45%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (41.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (38.71%) NIST
3 9 (29.03%) NCSC
4 7 (22.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (16.13%) GRC
5 5 (16.13%) JSP 440
6 4 (12.90%) GDPR
6 4 (12.90%) PCI DSS
7 3 (9.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (6.45%) COBIT
8 2 (6.45%) SOC 2
9 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Snort
1 1 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (32.26%) Nessus
2 5 (16.13%) FortiGate
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (3.23%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 12 (38.71%) Microsoft
2 7 (22.58%) Tenable
3 5 (16.13%) Qualys
4 3 (9.68%) Trustwave
5 1 (3.23%) Cisco
5 1 (3.23%) LogRhythm
5 1 (3.23%) Splunk