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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 542 704 672
Rank change year-on-year +162 -32 +141
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 34 56 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.087% 0.079% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.29% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 19 38 37
10th Percentile £41,280 £46,225 £39,294
25th Percentile £48,812 £47,500 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -14.58% -7.69%
75th Percentile £73,000 £60,594 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £68,250 £88,300
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £73,750
% change year-on-year -15.38% -11.86% -13.24%

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 21,314 19,515 21,982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.41% 27.48% 36.54%
Number of salaries quoted 8,928 12,241 8,204
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £51,603
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.11% +3.21%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +1.85% -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 13 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 13 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 +76 11 £53,688 -7.43% 7
West Midlands +53 11 £53,688 -7.43% 2
South East +86 6 £72,000 +22.55% 16
South West +112 4 £80,000 +52.38% 7
East of England - 4 £42,085 - 6
Northern Ireland +46 3 - - 4
North of England +35 3 £55,000 +10.00% 7
Wales +40 2 £52,697 - 1
North West +3 2 £55,000 +10.00% 4
North East +40 1 £80,000 +100.00%
Scotland - 1 £48,507 - 3
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 (17.65%) AWS
2 4 (11.76%) Azure
3 2 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (52.94%) Firewall
2 6 (17.65%) VPN
3 4 (11.76%) Cisco Firepower
3 4 (11.76%) Network Security
4 3 (8.82%) Wireshark
5 2 (5.88%) Internet
5 2 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (2.94%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Burp Suite
1 4 (11.76%) Metasploit
2 3 (8.82%) AppScan
General
1 8 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (14.71%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Legal
3 4 (11.76%) Local Government
4 2 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.88%) Finance
4 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.88%) Police
4 2 (5.88%) Retail
5 1 (2.94%) Automotive
5 1 (2.94%) Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (47.06%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 16 (47.06%) Security Engineer
2 6 (17.65%) Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Senior
3 4 (11.76%) Senior Security Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Architect
4 3 (8.82%) Incident Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Security Architect
4 3 (8.82%) SOC Manager
5 2 (5.88%) AWS Architect
5 2 (5.88%) AWS Security Architect
5 2 (5.88%) Malware Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) SOC Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Cloud Architect
6 1 (2.94%) Cloud Security Architect
6 1 (2.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Digital Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Forensic Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Operational Security Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Security Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (26.47%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (20.59%) Security Operations Centre
2 7 (20.59%) Security Posture
3 4 (11.76%) Cyber Defence
3 4 (11.76%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (5.88%) Insider Threat
4 2 (5.88%) PKI
5 1 (2.94%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (2.94%) Learning Management System
5 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) Kali Linux
2 2 (5.88%) Linux
3 1 (2.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (82.35%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (55.88%) Incident Response
3 15 (44.12%) Security Operations
4 13 (38.24%) ITIL
4 13 (38.24%) Risk Management
5 12 (35.29%) SIEM
6 11 (32.35%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 11 (32.35%) Threat Intelligence
6 11 (32.35%) Vulnerability Management
7 10 (29.41%) Information Security
8 9 (26.47%) Problem Management
9 8 (23.53%) Compliance Management
9 8 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (20.59%) Penetration Testing
11 6 (17.65%) Cloud Security
11 6 (17.65%) Data Loss Prevention
12 5 (14.71%) Ethical Hacking
12 5 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (14.71%) Risk Register
12 5 (14.71%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (5.88%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.94%) Perl
2 1 (2.94%) Python
2 1 (2.94%) VBA
Qualifications
1 29 (85.29%) CISSP
2 25 (73.53%) CISM
3 17 (50.00%) SANS
4 16 (47.06%) Degree
5 13 (38.24%) CEH
5 13 (38.24%) ISACA
6 11 (32.35%) CISA
6 11 (32.35%) Security Cleared
7 10 (29.41%) SC Cleared
8 8 (23.53%) GCIH
9 5 (14.71%) OSCP
10 4 (11.76%) CREST Certified
10 4 (11.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (8.82%) GPEN
11 3 (8.82%) GWAPT
12 2 (5.88%) APMG
12 2 (5.88%) AWS Certification
12 2 (5.88%) CRISC
12 2 (5.88%) GISF
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (38.24%) NCSC
2 12 (35.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (35.29%) NIST
3 8 (23.53%) GRC
3 8 (23.53%) JSP 440
4 7 (20.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (14.71%) GDPR
6 4 (11.76%) PCI DSS
7 3 (8.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (5.88%) COBIT
8 2 (5.88%) SOC 2
9 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (2.94%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Snort
1 1 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (38.24%) Nessus
2 8 (23.53%) FortiGate
3 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.94%) CSIRT
4 1 (2.94%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 12 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 10 (29.41%) Tenable
3 5 (14.71%) Qualys
4 4 (11.76%) Cisco
5 3 (8.82%) Fortinet
5 3 (8.82%) Trustwave
6 1 (2.94%) Darktrace
6 1 (2.94%) Intel
6 1 (2.94%) LogRhythm
6 1 (2.94%) McAfee
6 1 (2.94%) Splunk