GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GCIA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 868 924 1168
Rank change year-on-year +56 +244 -288
Permanent jobs citing GCIA 28 46 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.029% 0.044% 0.042%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.10% 0.13% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 12 39 28
10th Percentile £48,050 - £48,375
25th Percentile £57,500 £32,500 £60,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £40,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -42.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £81,563 £72,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £40,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +50.00% -27.27% -10.20%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

GCIA 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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,286 34,290 41,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.76% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 17,237 15,306 18,961
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -

GCIA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GCIA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GCIA in the UK

GCIA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GCIA.

Salary trend for GCIA in the UK

GCIA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCIA over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for GCIA in the UK

GCIA
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCIA within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
UK excluding London +1 21 £60,000 +50.00% 6
Work from Home +97 20 £60,000 -14.29% 3
Scotland -53 15 £72,500 +45.00% 1
England +98 13 £62,500 -10.71% 8
London +133 7 £65,000 -38.10% 3
North of England +44 3 £54,750 +36.88% 2
South East +33 3 £60,000 +20.00% 3
North West +12 2 £47,000 -37.33% 1
Yorkshire +86 1 £62,500 +66.67% 1

GCIA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (50.00%) SaaS
2 5 (17.86%) Azure
3 2 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.57%) AWS
4 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) Network Security
2 3 (10.71%) Firewall
2 3 (10.71%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.57%) tcpdump
3 1 (3.57%) Wireshark
General
1 19 (67.86%) Social Skills
2 15 (53.57%) Military
3 5 (17.86%) Finance
4 3 (10.71%) Banking
4 3 (10.71%) Retail
5 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Games
5 1 (3.57%) Law
5 1 (3.57%) Legal
5 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 18 (64.29%) Analyst
2 14 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 14 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 6 (21.43%) Security Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) IT Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) IT Security Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Security Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) SOC Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Senior
5 2 (7.14%) Senior Security Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Information Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Information Security Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Operations Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Security Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Security Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Security Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (7.14%) Cyberattack
2 2 (7.14%) Operational Technology
2 2 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (7.14%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.57%) Anti-Spyware
3 1 (3.57%) CSOC
3 1 (3.57%) SCADA
3 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (57.14%) Windows
2 15 (53.57%) Linux
3 14 (50.00%) Mac OS X
3 14 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (96.43%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (78.57%) Information Security
3 20 (71.43%) Incident Response
3 20 (71.43%) Security Operations
4 18 (64.29%) ITIL
5 16 (57.14%) Malware Analysis
5 16 (57.14%) Open Source
6 15 (53.57%) Actionable Insight
6 15 (53.57%) Customer Service
6 15 (53.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 15 (53.57%) DevOps
6 15 (53.57%) Threat Intelligence
7 14 (50.00%) Incident Management
7 14 (50.00%) Resource Management
7 14 (50.00%) Service Delivery
7 14 (50.00%) Situational Awareness
8 7 (25.00%) SIEM
9 5 (17.86%) Vulnerability Management
10 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
10 4 (14.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) Python
2 4 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 2 (7.14%) Bash
Qualifications
1 25 (89.29%) GCIH
2 24 (85.71%) CISSP
3 20 (71.43%) Degree
4 15 (53.57%) GREM
5 14 (50.00%) CISM
6 6 (21.43%) GIAC
7 5 (17.86%) CCNP
7 5 (17.86%) CEH
7 5 (17.86%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (14.29%) GCFA
8 4 (14.29%) GSEC
9 3 (10.71%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (10.71%) SANS
10 2 (7.14%) CCNA
10 2 (7.14%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (7.14%) GCED
10 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
10 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
11 1 (3.57%) GCWN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (14.29%) NIST
3 2 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (7.14%) GDPR
3 2 (7.14%) ISO 31000
4 1 (3.57%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (3.57%) GRC
4 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (3.57%) NCSC
4 1 (3.57%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.57%) Snort
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) QRadar
Vendors
1 14 (50.00%) Dell
2 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.14%) IBM
3 2 (7.14%) Splunk
4 1 (3.57%) Darktrace