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 6 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 693 1038 1009
Rank change year-on-year +345 -29 -279
Permanent jobs citing GCIA 37 36 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.069% 0.029% 0.068%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.21% 0.098% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 34 30 31
10th Percentile - £41,125 £46,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,813 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -11.54% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £69,375 -
90th Percentile £76,250 £100,000 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £51,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.20% -21.15% +15.04%

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 17,416 36,561 31,683
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.49% 29.44% 24.77%
Number of salaries quoted 10,947 17,109 17,861
10th Percentile £31,233 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £73,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.04%

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

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCIA over the 6 months to 6 December 2023.

Salary histogram for GCIA in the UK

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Top 10 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 6 December 2023. 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 +256 28 £45,000 -12.20% 5
England +316 23 £50,000 -13.04% 6
Work from Home +279 15 £45,000 -30.77% 3
Wales +27 14 £45,000 +5.88%
North of England +158 11 £45,000 -21.74% 1
Yorkshire - 11 £45,000 - 1
London +260 9 £75,000 -14.29% 2
South East +164 2 £50,000 -31.03% 3
Midlands +118 1 £55,000 -4.35%
East Midlands - 1 £55,000 -

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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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) Azure
2 1 (2.70%) AWS
2 1 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (21.62%) Firewall
2 6 (16.22%) Network Security
2 6 (16.22%) TCP/IP
3 5 (13.51%) Wireless
4 1 (2.70%) DMZ
4 1 (2.70%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 24 (64.86%) Finance
2 5 (13.51%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.70%) Advertising
3 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (2.70%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 26 (70.27%) Analyst
1 26 (70.27%) Security Analyst
2 14 (37.84%) IT Analyst
2 14 (37.84%) IT Security Analyst
3 10 (27.03%) ICT Analyst
4 7 (18.92%) Head of Cybersecurity
4 7 (18.92%) Head of Security
5 3 (8.11%) Security Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Head of Operations
6 2 (5.41%) Splunk Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Consultant
7 1 (2.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) Information Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) Information Security Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 14 (37.84%) Security Posture
2 3 (8.11%) Cyber Defence
2 3 (8.11%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (5.41%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.70%) Anti-Spyware
4 1 (2.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.70%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.62%) Windows
2 3 (8.11%) Unix
3 1 (2.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (78.38%) Threat Analysis
2 23 (62.16%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (62.16%) Risk Analysis
2 23 (62.16%) SIEM
3 14 (37.84%) Analytics
3 14 (37.84%) Disaster Recovery
4 13 (35.14%) Business Continuity
4 13 (35.14%) Security Analytics
5 10 (27.03%) Information Security
6 8 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (18.92%) Project Management
8 6 (16.22%) Vulnerability Management
9 5 (13.51%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (13.51%) Customer Service
9 5 (13.51%) Incident Response
9 5 (13.51%) Information Assurance
9 5 (13.51%) Process Improvement
9 5 (13.51%) Security Operations
9 5 (13.51%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 4 (10.81%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.22%) Python
2 2 (5.41%) Bash
3 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 35 (94.59%) GCIH
2 28 (75.68%) GCFA
3 26 (70.27%) GREM
4 23 (62.16%) CEH
4 23 (62.16%) OSCP
5 11 (29.73%) CISSP
6 10 (27.03%) GIAC
7 7 (18.92%) Degree
8 5 (13.51%) CASP
8 5 (13.51%) SANS
9 4 (10.81%) CompTIA CySA+
10 3 (8.11%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (5.41%) CISM
11 2 (5.41%) SSCP
12 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (2.70%) GCED
12 1 (2.70%) GCFE
12 1 (2.70%) GISP
12 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
12 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (81.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (62.16%) PCI DSS
3 2 (5.41%) GDPR
3 2 (5.41%) NIST
4 1 (2.70%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.70%) COBIT
4 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 5 (13.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (21.62%) VMware
2 3 (8.11%) Splunk
3 2 (5.41%) Microsoft