GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GCIH 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 687 982 1006
Rank change year-on-year +295 +24 -292
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 43 92 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.080% 0.074% 0.070%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.25% 0.25% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 41 57 31
10th Percentile - £38,750 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -11.54% -7.14%
75th Percentile £66,250 £92,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £100,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -34.62% +18.18%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

GCIH 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%

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for GCIH in the UK

GCIH
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for GCIH in the UK

GCIH
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for GCIH in the UK

GCIH
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCIH 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 +219 30 £45,000 +5.88% 9
England +265 29 £52,500 -16.00% 13
Work from Home +266 14 £45,000 -33.33% 9
Wales +27 14 £45,000 +5.88%
London +249 13 £75,000 -13.04% 6
North of England +125 13 £45,000 +5.88% 1
Yorkshire +105 12 £45,000 - 1
South East +162 2 £50,000 +11.11% 4
Midlands +116 1 £55,000 -4.35% 1
North West +84 1 £50,000 +17.65%
East Midlands - 1 £55,000 -

GCIH
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 5 (11.63%) Azure
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.33%) AWS
3 1 (2.33%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.93%) Firewall
2 8 (18.60%) TCP/IP
3 6 (13.95%) Network Security
4 5 (11.63%) Wireless
5 2 (4.65%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (2.33%) DMZ
6 1 (2.33%) DNS
General
1 26 (60.47%) Finance
2 3 (6.98%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.65%) Banking
4 1 (2.33%) Advertising
4 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.33%) Law
4 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.33%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 32 (74.42%) Analyst
2 30 (69.77%) Security Analyst
3 14 (32.56%) IT Analyst
3 14 (32.56%) IT Security Analyst
4 10 (23.26%) ICT Analyst
5 5 (11.63%) Head of Cybersecurity
5 5 (11.63%) Head of Security
5 5 (11.63%) Information Analyst
5 5 (11.63%) Information Security Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) Security Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 2 (4.65%) Lead
8 2 (4.65%) SOC Analyst
8 2 (4.65%) Splunk Engineer
9 1 (2.33%) Consultant
9 1 (2.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 1 (2.33%) Incident Analyst
9 1 (2.33%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.98%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 16 (37.21%) Security Posture
2 3 (6.98%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (6.98%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.98%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (4.65%) PKI
4 1 (2.33%) Anti-Spyware
4 1 (2.33%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (2.33%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.33%) Hedge funds
4 1 (2.33%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (27.91%) Windows
2 6 (13.95%) Unix
3 5 (11.63%) Linux
4 1 (2.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (67.44%) Threat Analysis
2 26 (60.47%) SIEM
3 25 (58.14%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (53.49%) Risk Analysis
5 14 (32.56%) Analytics
5 14 (32.56%) Disaster Recovery
6 13 (30.23%) Business Continuity
6 13 (30.23%) Information Security
6 13 (30.23%) Security Analytics
7 9 (20.93%) Incident Response
8 8 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (18.60%) Vulnerability Management
9 7 (16.28%) Security Operations
9 7 (16.28%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 5 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (11.63%) Customer Service
10 5 (11.63%) Information Assurance
10 5 (11.63%) Mentoring
10 5 (11.63%) Process Improvement
10 5 (11.63%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.93%) Python
2 3 (6.98%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.65%) Bash
3 2 (4.65%) C#
3 2 (4.65%) Java
4 1 (2.33%) Ruby
4 1 (2.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 35 (81.40%) GCIA
2 32 (74.42%) GCFA
3 26 (60.47%) CEH
4 25 (58.14%) GREM
4 25 (58.14%) OSCP
5 13 (30.23%) CISSP
5 13 (30.23%) GIAC
6 9 (20.93%) Degree
7 8 (18.60%) SANS
8 5 (11.63%) CASP
9 4 (9.30%) CISM
10 3 (6.98%) GCFE
11 2 (4.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (4.65%) CCSP
11 2 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (4.65%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (4.65%) SC Cleared
11 2 (4.65%) Security Cleared
12 1 (2.33%) Azure Certification
12 1 (2.33%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (76.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (53.49%) PCI DSS
3 6 (13.95%) NIST
4 2 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (4.65%) GDPR
4 2 (4.65%) SOC 2
5 1 (2.33%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (2.33%) COBIT
5 1 (2.33%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (11.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (18.60%) VMware
2 3 (6.98%) Splunk
3 2 (4.65%) Carbon Black
3 2 (4.65%) Darktrace
3 2 (4.65%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.33%) Intel