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

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 854 924 1129
Rank change year-on-year +70 +205 -250
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 34 71 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.070% 0.067%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.21% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 16 51 73
10th Percentile £56,250 - £38,750
25th Percentile £58,750 £32,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,250 £42,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +91.18% -39.29% +32.08%
75th Percentile £91,250 £72,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +56.25% -23.81% +5.00%

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 27,491 33,185 42,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.72% 32.68% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 17,282 14,890 18,866
10th Percentile £28,254 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%

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 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GCIH in the UK

GCIH
Top 12 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 8 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
UK excluding London -31 23 £62,500 +56.25% 4
England +44 19 £90,000 +46.94% 11
Work from Home +70 18 £62,500 -10.71% 6
Scotland -46 15 £72,500 +45.00% 1
London +116 11 £90,000 - 5
North of England +28 4 £57,500 +43.75% 2
North West +2 3 £52,250 +22.94% 1
West Midlands +8 2 £115,000 +64.29%
Midlands 0 2 £115,000 +64.29%
Yorkshire +71 1 £62,500 +78.57% 1
South East +15 1 - -
East of England +11 1 - - 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 14 (41.18%) SaaS
2 6 (17.65%) Azure
3 2 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.94%) AWS
4 1 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.71%) Firewall
1 5 (14.71%) Network Security
1 5 (14.71%) TCP/IP
2 3 (8.82%) Wireshark
3 1 (2.94%) tcpdump
General
1 20 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 15 (44.12%) Military
3 6 (17.65%) Finance
4 4 (11.76%) Banking
5 3 (8.82%) Legal
6 2 (5.88%) Games
6 2 (5.88%) Law
7 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (64.71%) Analyst
2 14 (41.18%) Support Analyst
2 14 (41.18%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 7 (20.59%) Security Analyst
3 7 (20.59%) Security Engineer
4 5 (14.71%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Consultant
5 4 (11.76%) IT Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) IT Security Engineer
6 3 (8.82%) IT Analyst
6 3 (8.82%) IT Security Analyst
6 3 (8.82%) Security Consultant
6 3 (8.82%) Senior
6 3 (8.82%) SOC Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Incident Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Information Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Information Security Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Senior Security Engineer
8 1 (2.94%) Information Security Consultant
8 1 (2.94%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Cyber Threat
1 6 (17.65%) Security Posture
2 2 (5.88%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (5.88%) Cyberattack
2 2 (5.88%) Operational Technology
2 2 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.94%) Anti-Spyware
3 1 (2.94%) CSOC
3 1 (2.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.94%) PKI
3 1 (2.94%) SCADA
3 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (67.65%) Windows
2 20 (58.82%) Linux
3 15 (44.12%) Unix
4 14 (41.18%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (91.18%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (79.41%) Information Security
3 24 (70.59%) Incident Response
4 19 (55.88%) Security Operations
5 16 (47.06%) ITIL
5 16 (47.06%) Malware Analysis
5 16 (47.06%) Open Source
6 15 (44.12%) Actionable Insight
6 15 (44.12%) Customer Service
6 15 (44.12%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 15 (44.12%) DevOps
6 15 (44.12%) Incident Management
6 15 (44.12%) Threat Intelligence
7 14 (41.18%) Resource Management
7 14 (41.18%) Service Delivery
7 14 (41.18%) Situational Awareness
8 11 (32.35%) SIEM
9 7 (20.59%) Vulnerability Management
10 6 (17.65%) Data Loss Prevention
10 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 12 (35.29%) Python
2 9 (26.47%) PowerShell
3 6 (17.65%) Bash
Qualifications
1 28 (82.35%) CISSP
2 26 (76.47%) GCIA
3 22 (64.71%) Degree
4 18 (52.94%) GREM
5 16 (47.06%) CISM
6 12 (35.29%) CEH
7 8 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (23.53%) GCFA
8 7 (20.59%) GIAC
9 6 (17.65%) OSCP
10 5 (14.71%) GCFE
10 5 (14.71%) GSEC
11 4 (11.76%) CCNP
11 4 (11.76%) CCSP
11 4 (11.76%) SANS
12 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
12 3 (8.82%) Security Cleared
13 2 (5.88%) CASP
13 2 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (5.88%) GCED
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (14.71%) NIST
2 2 (5.88%) GDPR
2 2 (5.88%) ISO 31000
2 2 (5.88%) NCSC
3 1 (2.94%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.94%) GRC
3 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (2.94%) NIST 800
3 1 (2.94%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.94%) Snort
Systems Management
1 5 (14.71%) CSIRT
2 3 (8.82%) CASB
2 3 (8.82%) QRadar
Vendors
1 14 (41.18%) Dell
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.88%) IBM
3 2 (5.88%) Splunk
4 1 (2.94%) Darktrace