GIAC Job Trends in Wokingham

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wokingham with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wokingham 2.27% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 23.08% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £51,750 - £72,500
% change year-on-year - - +1.75%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wokingham

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 in Wokingham.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13 26 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wokingham 9.85% 63.41% 15.63%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 7
10th Percentile £43,179 £71,500 £35,540
25th Percentile £47,648 £81,250 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,885 £105,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -53.44% +133.33% -20.00%
75th Percentile £63,438 £112,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £66,250 - £81,500
Berkshire median annual salary £53,750 £56,673 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.16% +3.04% +7.11%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GIAC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wokingham.

GIAC job vacancy trend in Wokingham

GIAC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) HTTP
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (33.33%) CSOC
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Detection
2 2 (66.67%) Blue Team
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (66.67%) Offensive Security
2 2 (66.67%) Purple Team
2 2 (66.67%) Red Team
2 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Tradecraft
2 2 (66.67%) Use Case
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SANS
2 2 (66.67%) CREST Certified
2 2 (66.67%) GCED
2 2 (66.67%) GCIA
2 2 (66.67%) GCIH
2 2 (66.67%) OSCP
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Kibana
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk
2 2 (66.67%) Carbon Black
2 2 (66.67%) CrowdStrike