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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 709 670 802
Rank change year-on-year -39 +132 -184
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 54 78 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.076% 0.13% 0.059%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.28% 0.36% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 37 34 32
10th Percentile £46,050 £39,294 £46,375
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,688 £52,789
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -9.80% +6.25%
75th Percentile £60,625 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £68,500 £90,775 £100,000
UK median annual salary £67,000 £72,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year -7.59% -14.71% +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 19,508 21,700 22,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.28% 36.77% 31.87%
Number of salaries quoted 12,216 8,056 10,336
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,063 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,090 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.01% +4.18% +1.83%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,000 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +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 17 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 17 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 -28 18 £58,750 +2.17% 2
North of England +61 17 £50,000 -16.67% 5
South West -18 11 £52,500 +5.00% 5
North West +5 10 £50,000 -24.24% 4
West Midlands +14 6 £58,000 -17.14% 1
Midlands -8 6 £58,000 -17.14% 1
North East - 6 £40,000 -
Yorkshire +73 1 £62,500 +4.17% 1
Northern Ireland +20 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 (20.37%) Azure
2 6 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 18 (33.33%) Firewall
2 9 (16.67%) Network Security
3 6 (11.11%) Internet
3 6 (11.11%) LAN
3 6 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 6 (11.11%) WAN
4 4 (7.41%) HTTP
4 4 (7.41%) SMTP
4 4 (7.41%) SSL
General
1 11 (20.37%) Finance
2 9 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (14.81%) Telecoms
4 7 (12.96%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.56%) Retail
5 3 (5.56%) Social Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Electronics
6 2 (3.70%) Legal
7 1 (1.85%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.85%) Games
7 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.85%) Military
7 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (40.74%) Analyst
2 21 (38.89%) Senior
3 14 (25.93%) Security Manager
4 13 (24.07%) Security Analyst
5 10 (18.52%) Senior Analyst
6 9 (16.67%) Security Assurance Manager
7 8 (14.81%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 7 (12.96%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 4 (7.41%) Lead
9 4 (7.41%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
9 4 (7.41%) Senior Security Analyst
10 2 (3.70%) Consultant
10 2 (3.70%) SIEM Analyst
10 2 (3.70%) SOC Analyst
10 2 (3.70%) Telecoms Manager
11 1 (1.85%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 1 (1.85%) Operations Manager
11 1 (1.85%) Security Consultant
11 1 (1.85%) Security Engineer
11 1 (1.85%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 24 (44.44%) Cyberattack
2 19 (35.19%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (11.11%) IoT
4 6 (11.11%) Management Information System
4 6 (11.11%) Security Posture
5 3 (5.56%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (3.70%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.70%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.85%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (18.52%) Windows
1 10 (18.52%) Windows Server
2 6 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (90.74%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (59.26%) Incident Response
3 26 (48.15%) Vulnerability Management
4 24 (44.44%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 24 (44.44%) Purple Team
4 24 (44.44%) Threat Intelligence
5 23 (42.59%) Security Operations
6 19 (35.19%) Risk Management
7 16 (29.63%) Security Management
8 15 (27.78%) Analytics
8 15 (27.78%) Penetration Testing
8 15 (27.78%) Threat Modelling
9 14 (25.93%) Red Team
10 13 (24.07%) Computer Science
11 12 (22.22%) Information Security
11 12 (22.22%) SIEM
12 10 (18.52%) Data Protection
13 9 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
14 8 (14.81%) Application Security
14 8 (14.81%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.96%) Bash
1 7 (12.96%) PowerShell
1 7 (12.96%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (50.00%) CISSP
2 15 (27.78%) CREST Certified
3 14 (25.93%) Degree
4 12 (22.22%) CISA
5 11 (20.37%) CISM
5 11 (20.37%) CompTIA Security+
5 11 (20.37%) SANS
6 10 (18.52%) CEH
7 8 (14.81%) GPEN
8 6 (11.11%) CISMP
8 6 (11.11%) CRISC
9 5 (9.26%) GSEC
10 3 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (5.56%) GCIA
10 3 (5.56%) GCIH
11 2 (3.70%) CASP
11 2 (3.70%) GCFA
11 2 (3.70%) GCFE
11 2 (3.70%) GISP
11 2 (3.70%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (24.07%) GDPR
2 10 (18.52%) GRC
3 9 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (12.96%) NIST
5 6 (11.11%) NIST 800
6 4 (7.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (5.56%) PCI DSS
8 2 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (3.70%) NCSC
9 1 (1.85%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 15 (27.78%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (11.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (11.11%) Nessus
2 1 (1.85%) QRadar
Vendors
1 9 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.11%) Qualys
3 3 (5.56%) Darktrace
4 2 (3.70%) Splunk
5 1 (1.85%) Thales