GCIH Jobs in Wales

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 - 123
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 3 0 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.23% - 0.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.74% - 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 13
10th Percentile £50,564 - -
25th Percentile £50,822 - £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £35,000
75th Percentile £54,375 - £40,000
90th Percentile £54,750 - £47,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £81,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +91.18% -46.88%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 407 517 665
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 30.79% 21.99% 38.89%
Number of salaries quoted 255 195 234
10th Percentile £37,733 £26,500 £26,391
25th Percentile £47,683 £32,625 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £46,131 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +34.40% +8.54% -5.56%
75th Percentile £70,600 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,044 £68,497
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing GCIH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for GCIH in Wales

GCIH
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GCIH in Wales.

Salary trend for GCIH in Wales

GCIH
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCIH within the Wales region over the 6 months to 10 June 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
South Wales - 3 £52,500 - 2
GCIH
UK

GCIH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Security Patching
3 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) GIAC
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (33.33%) SANS
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
1 1 (33.33%) Zscaler