GCIA Job Trends in West Yorkshire

GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire with a requirement for GCIA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 113 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Permanent jobs citing GCIA 1 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.063% 0.22% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.19% 0.94% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £87,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - -
75th Percentile £92,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £90,000 - £45,000

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Yorkshire

GCIA 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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 529 427 458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 33.06% 23.33% 22.43%
Number of salaries quoted 213 123 250
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,438 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,039 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.92% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,225 £72,433
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £83,750
Yorkshire median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -30.00% -4.76% -

GCIA
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GCIA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

GCIA job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

GCIA
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing GCIA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing GCIA

GCIA
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCIA within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 25 November 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
Leeds -1 1 £90,000 - 1
GCIA
Yorkshire

GCIA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GCFA
1 1 (100.00%) GCFE