Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 643 761 806
Rank change year-on-year +118 +45 +259
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 49 135 183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.094% 0.14% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.19% 0.49% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 29 113 101
10th Percentile £41,280 £46,775 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -10.34% -14.71%
75th Percentile £74,000 £78,750 £93,250
90th Percentile £85,500 £101,250 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -25.00% +3.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

GIAC 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 25,404 27,420 33,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.81% 27.84% 32.71%
Number of salaries quoted 11,182 17,336 15,221
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.99% +1.00%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in the UK

GIAC
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for GIAC in the UK

GIAC
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIAC over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GIAC in the UK

GIAC
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIAC within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +95 42 £55,000 -15.38% 75
UK excluding London +187 34 £55,000 +4.76% 55
London +58 13 £47,000 -37.33% 33
Work from Home +149 11 £70,000 +4.48% 68
Midlands +89 11 £53,688 -7.43% 4
West Midlands +57 11 £53,688 -7.43% 2
South East +95 6 £72,000 +22.55% 11
South West +99 4 £80,000 +52.38% 6
East of England - 4 £42,085 - 7
North of England +70 3 £55,000 +10.00% 24
Northern Ireland +37 3 - - 3
Wales +47 2 £52,697 - 3
North West +23 2 £55,000 +10.00% 13
North East +45 1 £80,000 +100.00% 2
Scotland - 1 £48,507 - 4

GIAC
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 12 (24.49%) AWS
2 7 (14.29%) Azure
3 3 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (6.12%) SaaS
4 2 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.08%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (4.08%) GCP
4 2 (4.08%) IaaS
4 2 (4.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (53.06%) Firewall
2 8 (16.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (14.29%) TCP/IP
4 6 (12.24%) VPN
5 5 (10.20%) IPsec
5 5 (10.20%) Network Security
5 5 (10.20%) SSL
6 4 (8.16%) Cisco Firepower
7 3 (6.12%) Wireshark
8 2 (4.08%) DNS
8 2 (4.08%) Internet
Development Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Burp Suite
1 4 (8.16%) Metasploit
2 3 (6.12%) AppScan
General
1 14 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (24.49%) Social Skills
3 6 (12.24%) Finance
4 5 (10.20%) Legal
4 5 (10.20%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (8.16%) Banking
5 4 (8.16%) Local Government
6 2 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.08%) Police
6 2 (4.08%) Retail
7 1 (2.04%) Automotive
7 1 (2.04%) Military
Job Titles
1 17 (34.69%) Security Engineer
2 16 (32.65%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 12 (24.49%) Analyst
4 7 (14.29%) Security Analyst
5 6 (12.24%) Senior
6 4 (8.16%) Senior Security Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Architect
7 3 (6.12%) Incident Analyst
7 3 (6.12%) Security Architect
7 3 (6.12%) SOC Manager
8 2 (4.08%) AWS Architect
8 2 (4.08%) AWS Security Architect
8 2 (4.08%) Consultant
8 2 (4.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Incident Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) Malware Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) Security Consultant
8 2 (4.08%) Security Specialist
8 2 (4.08%) SOC Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) SOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (22.45%) Security Posture
2 10 (20.41%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (18.37%) Management Information System
3 9 (18.37%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (10.20%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (8.16%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (6.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (4.08%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (4.08%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (4.08%) Insider Threat
7 2 (4.08%) PKI
8 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (2.04%) Cloud Native
8 1 (2.04%) Cyberattack
8 1 (2.04%) Data Centre
8 1 (2.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (2.04%) Learning Management System
8 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.16%) Kali Linux
2 3 (6.12%) Linux
3 2 (4.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (77.55%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (53.06%) Incident Response
3 19 (38.78%) Information Security
3 19 (38.78%) Security Operations
4 18 (36.73%) ITIL
5 16 (32.65%) SIEM
6 13 (26.53%) Risk Management
6 13 (26.53%) Vulnerability Management
7 12 (24.49%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 12 (24.49%) Threat Intelligence
8 11 (22.45%) Security Architecture
9 10 (20.41%) Cloud Security
9 10 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (20.41%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 9 (18.37%) Data Loss Prevention
10 9 (18.37%) Problem Management
11 8 (16.33%) Compliance Management
11 8 (16.33%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
13 6 (12.24%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.12%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.08%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (4.08%) Python
3 1 (2.04%) Perl
3 1 (2.04%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (67.35%) CISSP
2 25 (51.02%) CISM
3 20 (40.82%) SANS
4 16 (32.65%) Degree
5 13 (26.53%) CEH
5 13 (26.53%) CISA
5 13 (26.53%) ISACA
6 11 (22.45%) GCIH
6 11 (22.45%) Security Cleared
7 10 (20.41%) SC Cleared
8 7 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (12.24%) OSCP
10 5 (10.20%) CompTIA CySA+
10 5 (10.20%) CREST Certified
10 5 (10.20%) MCSA
10 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (8.16%) AWS Certification
11 4 (8.16%) GCIA
11 4 (8.16%) GWAPT
11 4 (8.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (38.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (36.73%) NCSC
3 15 (30.61%) NIST
4 8 (16.33%) GRC
4 8 (16.33%) JSP 440
5 7 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (12.24%) GDPR
7 4 (8.16%) PCI DSS
8 3 (6.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (4.08%) COBIT
9 2 (4.08%) SOC 2
10 1 (2.04%) NIST 800
10 1 (2.04%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Snort
1 1 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (26.53%) Nessus
2 8 (16.33%) FortiGate
3 2 (4.08%) Kubernetes
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.04%) Ansible
4 1 (2.04%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (2.04%) CSIRT
4 1 (2.04%) OpenVAS
4 1 (2.04%) Progress Chef
4 1 (2.04%) Puppet
Vendors
1 19 (38.78%) Microsoft
2 10 (20.41%) Tenable
3 6 (12.24%) Cisco
4 5 (10.20%) Qualys
5 3 (6.12%) Fortinet
5 3 (6.12%) Trustwave
6 1 (2.04%) Darktrace
6 1 (2.04%) Intel
6 1 (2.04%) LogRhythm
6 1 (2.04%) McAfee
6 1 (2.04%) Splunk
6 1 (2.04%) VMware