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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 761 786 1090
Rank change year-on-year +25 +304 -319
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 135 184 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.18% 0.092%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.49% 0.54% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 113 102 104
10th Percentile £46,775 £42,067 £49,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% -14.71% +30.77%
75th Percentile £78,750 £93,250 £107,188
90th Percentile £101,250 £103,750 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% - +16.67%

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 27,286 34,290 41,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.76% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 17,237 15,306 18,961
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for GIAC in the UK

GIAC
Top 14 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 27 April 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
England +70 121 £65,000 -10.34% 24
London +126 65 £75,000 -12.28% 5
Work from Home +77 57 £67,000 -4.29% 16
UK excluding London -20 56 £52,500 -25.00% 20
South East +1 20 £58,750 +2.17% 5
North of England +64 18 £50,000 -23.08% 5
South West +1 12 £52,500 -9.71% 5
North West +20 11 £50,000 -28.57% 3
North East +3 6 £40,000 -
West Midlands +23 4 £58,000 -17.14% 1
Midlands +4 4 £58,000 -17.14% 2
Yorkshire +93 1 £62,500 +4.17% 2
Northern Ireland +25 1 - -
Wales +12 1 - - 1

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 10 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 42 (31.11%) Azure
2 23 (17.04%) AWS
3 18 (13.33%) GCP
3 18 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (8.89%) Entra ID
5 11 (8.15%) Power Platform
6 9 (6.67%) IaaS
6 9 (6.67%) SaaS
7 7 (5.19%) PaaS
8 6 (4.44%) Azure Service Fabric
9 3 (2.22%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 57 (42.22%) Firewall
2 23 (17.04%) Intrusion Detection
3 20 (14.81%) TCP/IP
4 19 (14.07%) Network Security
5 14 (10.37%) DNS
6 9 (6.67%) SSL
7 6 (4.44%) Internet
7 6 (4.44%) LAN
7 6 (4.44%) WAN
8 5 (3.70%) IPsec
9 4 (2.96%) HTTP
9 4 (2.96%) SMTP
10 3 (2.22%) Wireshark
11 2 (1.48%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.15%) Power BI
2 6 (4.44%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (2.96%) InfluxDB
3 4 (2.96%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 14 (10.37%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.96%) JMeter
2 4 (2.96%) Postman
2 4 (2.96%) SoapUI
3 3 (2.22%) Metasploit
General
1 34 (25.19%) Analytical Skills
2 33 (24.44%) Finance
3 28 (20.74%) Social Skills
4 19 (14.07%) Legal
5 13 (9.63%) Law
6 12 (8.89%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (5.93%) Telecoms
9 7 (5.19%) Manufacturing
9 7 (5.19%) Marketing
10 6 (4.44%) Banking
10 6 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (3.70%) Retail
12 4 (2.96%) Aerospace
12 4 (2.96%) Welsh Language
13 3 (2.22%) Automotive
13 3 (2.22%) Electronics
13 3 (2.22%) Public Sector
14 2 (1.48%) Advertising
15 1 (0.74%) Games
Job Titles
1 37 (27.41%) Senior
2 36 (26.67%) Analyst
3 22 (16.30%) Lead
4 21 (15.56%) Security Analyst
5 19 (14.07%) Security Engineer
6 18 (13.33%) Senior Analyst
7 15 (11.11%) Security Manager
8 12 (8.89%) Architect
8 12 (8.89%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 11 (8.15%) Security Architect
10 9 (6.67%) Security Assurance Manager
10 9 (6.67%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
10 9 (6.67%) Senior Security Analyst
11 8 (5.93%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 6 (4.44%) Consultant
12 6 (4.44%) Information Architect
12 6 (4.44%) Information Security Architect
12 6 (4.44%) Penetration Tester
12 6 (4.44%) Senior Security Engineer
12 6 (4.44%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.41%) SOAP
2 6 (4.44%) REST
2 6 (4.44%) Web Services
3 4 (2.96%) OAuth
3 4 (2.96%) OAuth2
3 4 (2.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 24 (17.78%) Cyberattack
3 19 (14.07%) Management Information System
3 19 (14.07%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (13.33%) Security Posture
5 15 (11.11%) PKI
6 9 (6.67%) IoT
7 7 (5.19%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (4.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 6 (4.44%) Operational Technology
9 4 (2.96%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 3 (2.22%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (2.22%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (1.48%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (1.48%) Digital Media
11 2 (1.48%) NHS
11 2 (1.48%) Security Operations Centre
12 1 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.74%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 28 (20.74%) Windows
2 13 (9.63%) Windows Server
3 11 (8.15%) Linux
4 4 (2.96%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (83.70%) Cybersecurity
2 53 (39.26%) Information Security
3 45 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 44 (32.59%) Vulnerability Management
5 37 (27.41%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 37 (27.41%) Security Operations
5 37 (27.41%) Threat Intelligence
6 36 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (26.67%) Threat Modelling
7 29 (21.48%) Penetration Testing
8 28 (20.74%) Security Architecture
9 27 (20.00%) Computer Science
10 25 (18.52%) Purple Team
11 24 (17.78%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 23 (17.04%) Business Continuity
13 22 (16.30%) Disaster Recovery
13 22 (16.30%) Kalman Filter
13 22 (16.30%) Security Management
13 22 (16.30%) Web Filtering
14 20 (14.81%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (21.48%) Python
2 12 (8.89%) PowerShell
3 10 (7.41%) Bash
3 10 (7.41%) SQL
4 2 (1.48%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 91 (67.41%) CISSP
2 44 (32.59%) CISM
3 36 (26.67%) Degree
4 25 (18.52%) CompTIA Security+
4 25 (18.52%) SANS
5 23 (17.04%) GSEC
6 22 (16.30%) CEH
6 22 (16.30%) CRISC
7 20 (14.81%) CISA
8 17 (12.59%) CREST Certified
9 14 (10.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (10.37%) GPEN
9 14 (10.37%) ISSMP
9 14 (10.37%) SSCP
10 10 (7.41%) OSCP
11 8 (5.93%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (5.19%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (4.44%) CISMP
13 6 (4.44%) GCIA
13 6 (4.44%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (23.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (22.96%) GDPR
3 22 (16.30%) NIST
4 20 (14.81%) COBIT
5 14 (10.37%) GRC
6 9 (6.67%) NCSC
7 6 (4.44%) NIST 800
7 6 (4.44%) Web Application Security Consortium
8 4 (2.96%) Accessibility
8 4 (2.96%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (1.48%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 18 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.74%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (10.37%) Ansible
2 12 (8.89%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 9 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (6.67%) Nessus
4 4 (2.96%) Grafana
5 1 (0.74%) CASB
5 1 (0.74%) QRadar
Vendors
1 35 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.37%) Alibaba
3 10 (7.41%) Google
4 7 (5.19%) Splunk
5 6 (4.44%) Qualys
6 5 (3.70%) Juniper
7 4 (2.96%) Oracle
8 3 (2.22%) Darktrace
9 2 (1.48%) Sophos
10 1 (0.74%) Intel
10 1 (0.74%) Thales
10 1 (0.74%) VMware