Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 634 897 972
Rank change year-on-year +263 +75 -271
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 99 193 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.15% 0.098%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.56% 0.52% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 75 126 100
10th Percentile £41,150 £47,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £71,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% -5.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £73,750 £92,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £79,400 £120,000 £113,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -14.29% +19.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

GIAC 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 17,632 37,186 31,972
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.59% 29.55% 24.77%
Number of salaries quoted 10,990 17,220 17,757
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £40,838
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,074 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.75% +3.77% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +1.01% +1.02%

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 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for GIAC in the UK

GIAC
Top 16 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 29 November 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
England +227 81 £62,500 -13.79% 43
UK excluding London +180 59 £62,500 +4.17% 28
Work from Home +227 58 £62,500 -10.71% 21
London +236 29 £73,500 -16.00% 22
South West +83 21 £62,500 -5.66% 2
North of England +129 12 £50,000 -21.57% 9
South East +109 11 £52,500 -12.50% 8
North West +112 8 £50,000 -16.67% 4
Midlands +116 5 £42,500 -26.09% 3
Northern Ireland +32 5 £42,500 -0.58% 2
West Midlands +103 4 £40,000 -30.43% 3
Yorkshire +91 4 - - 3
Wales +8 3 £52,500 -21.64%
East of England +119 1 - - 1
Scotland +58 1 - - 3
East Midlands +51 1 £72,500 +61.11%

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:

Applications
1 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (29.29%) Azure
2 23 (23.23%) AWS
3 9 (9.09%) OpenShift
4 7 (7.07%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.03%) SaaS
6 2 (2.02%) GCP
6 2 (2.02%) Serverless
7 1 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (15.15%) HTTP
1 15 (15.15%) SMTP
1 15 (15.15%) SSL
2 13 (13.13%) Firewall
2 13 (13.13%) Network Security
3 11 (11.11%) IPv4
3 11 (11.11%) OSPF
3 11 (11.11%) VLAN
3 11 (11.11%) VPN
4 6 (6.06%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (6.06%) LAN
5 5 (5.05%) TCP/IP
5 5 (5.05%) Wireless
6 1 (1.01%) DNS
6 1 (1.01%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.01%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.01%) Burp Suite
General
1 18 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 16 (16.16%) Finance
3 15 (15.15%) Legal
4 7 (7.07%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.06%) Aerospace
5 6 (6.06%) Local Government
5 6 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (5.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (5.05%) Law
7 4 (4.04%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.04%) Retail
8 2 (2.02%) Banking
8 2 (2.02%) Games
8 2 (2.02%) Military
8 2 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.01%) Advertising
9 1 (1.01%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 33 (33.33%) Analyst
2 26 (26.26%) Security Analyst
3 15 (15.15%) Architect
3 15 (15.15%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Manager
3 15 (15.15%) Cyber Threat Manager
3 15 (15.15%) Lead
3 15 (15.15%) Security Architect
3 15 (15.15%) Threat Intelligence Manager
4 12 (12.12%) Senior
4 12 (12.12%) Senior Analyst
5 11 (11.11%) Senior Security Analyst
6 10 (10.10%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 9 (9.09%) DevOps Engineer
7 9 (9.09%) Lead DevOps
7 9 (9.09%) Lead DevOps Engineer
8 8 (8.08%) Information Analyst
8 8 (8.08%) Information Security Analyst
9 6 (6.06%) Security Engineer
9 6 (6.06%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
10 5 (5.05%) Head of Cybersecurity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.05%) Regular Expression
2 1 (1.01%) React
Miscellaneous
1 29 (29.29%) Management Information System
2 18 (18.18%) Cyber Threat
3 14 (14.14%) Security Posture
4 11 (11.11%) Public Cloud
5 7 (7.07%) Data Centre
6 6 (6.06%) Insider Threat
6 6 (6.06%) IoT
7 5 (5.05%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (4.04%) Cyberattack
8 4 (4.04%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (4.04%) Operational Technology
9 3 (3.03%) Product Ownership
10 2 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (2.02%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (1.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 1 (1.01%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 14 (14.14%) Unix
1 14 (14.14%) Windows
2 12 (12.12%) Linux
3 4 (4.04%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.02%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (47.47%) Cybersecurity
1 47 (47.47%) Information Security
2 29 (29.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 29 (29.29%) Threat Intelligence
3 28 (28.28%) Incident Response
4 27 (27.27%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 27 (27.27%) Security Operations
5 25 (25.25%) SIEM
6 23 (23.23%) Vulnerability Management
7 21 (21.21%) Threat Modelling
8 20 (20.20%) Security Architecture
9 19 (19.19%) Cloud Security
10 17 (17.17%) Cyber Intelligence
10 17 (17.17%) Data Protection
11 16 (16.16%) Open Source
11 16 (16.16%) Risk Management
12 15 (15.15%) Agile
12 15 (15.15%) Identity Access Management
12 15 (15.15%) OSINT
12 15 (15.15%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (18.18%) Python
2 14 (14.14%) PowerShell
3 12 (12.12%) Bash
4 1 (1.01%) C#
4 1 (1.01%) Java
4 1 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.01%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 54 (54.55%) CISSP
2 37 (37.37%) Security Cleared
3 28 (28.28%) CompTIA Security+
3 28 (28.28%) Degree
4 26 (26.26%) SANS
5 24 (24.24%) CEH
5 24 (24.24%) SC Cleared
6 23 (23.23%) CISM
7 18 (18.18%) CREST Certified
8 15 (15.15%) ISACA
8 15 (15.15%) OSCP
9 12 (12.12%) GCIH
10 11 (11.11%) RHCE
11 9 (9.09%) GCIA
12 8 (8.08%) Master's Degree
13 7 (7.07%) GSEC
14 6 (6.06%) AWS Certification
14 6 (6.06%) Azure Certification
14 6 (6.06%) ISSAP
14 6 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (32.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (23.23%) NIST
3 13 (13.13%) PCI DSS
4 8 (8.08%) GDPR
5 7 (7.07%) QA
6 6 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (6.06%) IASME
6 6 (6.06%) NCSC
6 6 (6.06%) NIST 800
7 3 (3.03%) COBIT
8 2 (2.02%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.01%) FISMA
9 1 (1.01%) GRC
9 1 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (1.01%) PMO
9 1 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (11.11%) Docker
2 10 (10.10%) Active Directory
3 7 (7.07%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (11.11%) Ansible
1 11 (11.11%) Puppet
2 10 (10.10%) Kubernetes
3 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.02%) CSIRT
4 2 (2.02%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (1.01%) QRadar
5 1 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.01%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (16.16%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.11%) Oracle
2 11 (11.11%) Red Hat
3 10 (10.10%) Splunk
3 10 (10.10%) VMware
4 6 (6.06%) Google
5 2 (2.02%) Carbon Black
5 2 (2.02%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.01%) CrowdStrike