GIAC Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 705 671 811
Rank change year-on-year -34 +140 -207
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 56 84 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.079% 0.14% 0.058%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.29% 0.38% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 38 37 31
10th Percentile £46,225 £39,294 £47,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,250 £55,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £60,594 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £68,250 £88,300 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £73,750 £85,000
% change year-on-year -11.86% -13.24% +30.77%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

GIAC 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 19,515 21,982 22,529
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.48% 36.54% 31.69%
Number of salaries quoted 12,241 8,204 10,270
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,603 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.11% +3.21% +1.42%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.28% +8.23% -

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 12 May 2024.

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 12 May 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
South East -19 19 £58,750 +2.17% 1
North of England +66 18 £50,000 -16.67% 3
North West +13 11 £50,000 -24.24% 1
South West -24 11 £52,500 +5.00% 4
West Midlands +23 6 £58,000 -17.14% 1
Midlands -6 6 £58,000 -17.14% 2
North East - 6 £40,000 -
Yorkshire +81 1 £62,500 +4.17% 2
Northern Ireland +19 1 - -
Wales +14 1 - -
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 11 (19.64%) Azure
2 6 (10.71%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.79%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 18 (32.14%) Firewall
2 9 (16.07%) Network Security
3 6 (10.71%) Internet
3 6 (10.71%) LAN
3 6 (10.71%) TCP/IP
3 6 (10.71%) WAN
4 4 (7.14%) HTTP
4 4 (7.14%) SMTP
4 4 (7.14%) SSL
General
1 11 (19.64%) Finance
2 9 (16.07%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 7 (12.50%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.36%) Legal
5 3 (5.36%) Retail
5 3 (5.36%) Social Skills
6 2 (3.57%) Electronics
7 1 (1.79%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.79%) Games
7 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.79%) Law
7 1 (1.79%) Military
7 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (41.07%) Analyst
2 21 (37.50%) Senior
3 14 (25.00%) Security Manager
4 13 (23.21%) Security Analyst
5 10 (17.86%) Senior Analyst
6 9 (16.07%) Security Assurance Manager
7 8 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 7 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 4 (7.14%) Lead
9 4 (7.14%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
9 4 (7.14%) Senior Security Analyst
10 2 (3.57%) Consultant
10 2 (3.57%) SIEM Analyst
10 2 (3.57%) SOC Analyst
10 2 (3.57%) Telecoms Manager
11 1 (1.79%) Cyber Threat Analyst
11 1 (1.79%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 1 (1.79%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 1 (1.79%) Operational Security Manager
11 1 (1.79%) Technical Assurance Manager
Miscellaneous
1 24 (42.86%) Cyberattack
2 20 (35.71%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (16.07%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (10.71%) IoT
4 6 (10.71%) Management Information System
4 6 (10.71%) Security Posture
5 3 (5.36%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (5.36%) Operational Technology
6 2 (3.57%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.79%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (1.79%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.79%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (17.86%) Windows
1 10 (17.86%) Windows Server
2 6 (10.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (57.14%) Incident Response
3 26 (46.43%) Vulnerability Management
4 25 (44.64%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 25 (44.64%) Threat Intelligence
5 24 (42.86%) Purple Team
6 23 (41.07%) Security Operations
7 20 (35.71%) Risk Management
8 16 (28.57%) Security Management
9 15 (26.79%) Analytics
9 15 (26.79%) Penetration Testing
9 15 (26.79%) Threat Modelling
10 14 (25.00%) Red Team
11 13 (23.21%) Computer Science
12 12 (21.43%) Information Security
12 12 (21.43%) SIEM
13 11 (19.64%) Data Protection
14 9 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
15 8 (14.29%) Application Security
15 8 (14.29%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.50%) Bash
1 7 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 7 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (50.00%) CISSP
2 16 (28.57%) CREST Certified
3 14 (25.00%) Degree
4 13 (23.21%) SANS
5 12 (21.43%) CISA
5 12 (21.43%) CISM
6 11 (19.64%) CEH
6 11 (19.64%) CompTIA Security+
7 8 (14.29%) GPEN
8 6 (10.71%) CISMP
8 6 (10.71%) CRISC
9 5 (8.93%) GSEC
10 3 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (5.36%) GCIA
10 3 (5.36%) GCIH
11 2 (3.57%) GCFA
11 2 (3.57%) GCFE
11 2 (3.57%) GISP
11 2 (3.57%) OSCP
11 2 (3.57%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (23.21%) GDPR
2 10 (17.86%) GRC
3 9 (16.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (12.50%) NIST
5 6 (10.71%) NIST 800
6 4 (7.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (5.36%) PCI DSS
8 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (3.57%) NCSC
9 1 (1.79%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 15 (26.79%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (10.71%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (10.71%) Nessus
2 1 (1.79%) QRadar
Vendors
1 9 (16.07%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.71%) Qualys
3 3 (5.36%) Darktrace
4 2 (3.57%) Splunk
5 1 (1.79%) Thales