GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 659 858 909
Rank change year-on-year +199 +51 +206
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 58 36 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.036% 0.071%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.21% 0.13% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 34 18 52
10th Percentile £51,025 £57,250 -
25th Percentile £64,375 £59,688 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £81,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +91.18% -39.29%
75th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £72,500
90th Percentile - £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +56.25% -23.81%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

GCIH 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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,186 27,486 33,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 49.31% 27.70% 32.76%
Number of salaries quoted 11,493 17,304 14,953
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -9.28% +8.23%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -2.91% +3.00%

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 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GCIH in the UK

GCIH
Top 10 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 12 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
England +184 56 £75,000 -16.67% 27
London +146 45 £85,000 -5.56% 10
UK excluding London +152 13 £55,000 -12.00% 27
Work from Home +133 12 £55,000 -12.00% 24
South East +103 7 £60,500 - 11
North of England +60 2 £55,000 -4.35% 4
North West +1 2 £55,000 +5.26% 1
Wales - 2 £52,697 - 3
East of England +46 1 - - 1
South West - 1 £67,500 - 1

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 6 (10.34%) AWS
2 3 (5.17%) SaaS
3 2 (3.45%) IaaS
3 2 (3.45%) PaaS
4 1 (1.72%) Azure
4 1 (1.72%) GCP
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 26 (44.83%) Firewall
2 9 (15.52%) SAN
3 7 (12.07%) Wireshark
4 4 (6.90%) Network Security
5 3 (5.17%) TCP/IP
6 2 (3.45%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (3.45%) VPN
7 1 (1.72%) FTP
7 1 (1.72%) HTTP
7 1 (1.72%) LAN
7 1 (1.72%) SMTP
7 1 (1.72%) WAN
Development Applications
1 7 (12.07%) Burp Suite
General
1 29 (50.00%) Finance
2 27 (46.55%) Social Skills
3 10 (17.24%) Banking
4 6 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (10.34%) Legal
5 5 (8.62%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.45%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.45%) Law
7 1 (1.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 42 (72.41%) Analyst
2 37 (63.79%) Security Analyst
3 14 (24.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 13 (22.41%) Incident Analyst
5 11 (18.97%) Security Incident Analyst
5 11 (18.97%) SIEM Analyst
6 10 (17.24%) CISSP Analyst
7 9 (15.52%) Junior
7 9 (15.52%) Junior Analyst
7 9 (15.52%) Junior Operations Analyst
7 9 (15.52%) Junior Security Analyst
7 9 (15.52%) Operations Analyst
7 9 (15.52%) Security Operations Analyst
8 7 (12.07%) Information Analyst
8 7 (12.07%) Information Security Analyst
9 6 (10.34%) SOC Analyst
10 5 (8.62%) Incident Manager
11 4 (6.90%) Security Specialist
12 3 (5.17%) Security Engineer
12 3 (5.17%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 19 (32.76%) Hedge funds
2 15 (25.86%) Cyber Threat
3 12 (20.69%) Security Operations Centre
3 12 (20.69%) Security Posture
4 9 (15.52%) Management Information System
4 9 (15.52%) Podcast
5 5 (8.62%) Cyber Defence
5 5 (8.62%) Fixed Income
5 5 (8.62%) Virtual Team
6 2 (3.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.72%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.72%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 22 (37.93%) Windows
2 12 (20.69%) Linux
3 1 (1.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (96.55%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (77.59%) SIEM
3 43 (74.14%) Incident Response
4 28 (48.28%) Security Operations
5 22 (37.93%) Information Security
6 17 (29.31%) Vulnerability Management
7 15 (25.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 15 (25.86%) Threat Intelligence
8 12 (20.69%) Data Loss Prevention
8 12 (20.69%) Security Monitoring
9 11 (18.97%) Computer Science
10 10 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (15.52%) Risk Management
11 9 (15.52%) Threat Detection
11 9 (15.52%) Threat Modelling
12 8 (13.79%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 7 (12.07%) Project Management
14 6 (10.34%) Cloud Security
14 6 (10.34%) Collaborative Culture
15 5 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (56.90%) PowerShell
2 31 (53.45%) Python
3 8 (13.79%) Bash
4 2 (3.45%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 42 (72.41%) GCIA
2 37 (63.79%) CISSP
3 34 (58.62%) OSCP
4 33 (56.90%) CEH
5 28 (48.28%) Degree
6 27 (46.55%) CompTIA Security+
7 17 (29.31%) SANS
8 14 (24.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (18.97%) GCFA
9 11 (18.97%) GIAC
10 6 (10.34%) CCSP
10 6 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (8.62%) CISM
11 5 (8.62%) OSCE
11 5 (8.62%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 5 (8.62%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 4 (6.90%) CISA
12 4 (6.90%) Master's Degree
12 4 (6.90%) Security Cleared
13 3 (5.17%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (22.41%) NIST
2 8 (13.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (1.72%) GDPR
4 1 (1.72%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) Snort
1 1 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (15.52%) CSIRT
2 4 (6.90%) CASB
3 1 (1.72%) Ansible
3 1 (1.72%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (1.72%) Progress Chef
3 1 (1.72%) Puppet
3 1 (1.72%) QRadar
Vendors
1 15 (25.86%) CrowdStrike
2 10 (17.24%) Microsoft
3 8 (13.79%) VMware
4 5 (8.62%) Splunk
5 2 (3.45%) Cisco
6 1 (1.72%) LogRhythm