GCIA Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for GCIA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 419 563 647
Rank change year-on-year +144 +84 +185
Permanent jobs citing GCIA 13 20 15
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.079% 0.059% 0.035%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% 0.21% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 14
10th Percentile - £47,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% +5.66%
75th Percentile £63,125 £66,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £63,500 - £100,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% +56.25% -42.86%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,573 9,494 10,762
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.97% 28.04% 25.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,100 5,921 6,582
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.28% +8.23%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing GCIA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

GCIA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing GCIA.

GCIA salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 13 (100.00%) Firewall
2 9 (69.23%) SAN
3 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
4 3 (23.08%) Network Security
5 1 (7.69%) VPN
General
1 9 (69.23%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Retail
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Analyst
1 10 (76.92%) Security Analyst
2 9 (69.23%) CISSP Analyst
2 9 (69.23%) Incident Analyst
2 9 (69.23%) Junior
2 9 (69.23%) Junior Analyst
2 9 (69.23%) Junior Operations Analyst
2 9 (69.23%) Junior Security Analyst
2 9 (69.23%) Operations Analyst
2 9 (69.23%) Security Incident Analyst
2 9 (69.23%) Security Operations Analyst
2 9 (69.23%) SIEM Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Senior
4 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Security Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Senior Security Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Security Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Hedge funds
1 9 (69.23%) Podcast
2 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 13 (100.00%) SIEM
2 10 (76.92%) Incident Response
3 4 (30.77%) Security Operations
4 3 (23.08%) Application Security
4 3 (23.08%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
4 3 (23.08%) Information Security
4 3 (23.08%) ITIL
4 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (7.69%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (7.69%) Coaching
5 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
5 1 (7.69%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.69%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) PowerShell
1 9 (69.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (92.31%) CISSP
1 12 (92.31%) CompTIA Security+
1 12 (92.31%) Computer Science Degree
1 12 (92.31%) Degree
1 12 (92.31%) SANS
2 10 (76.92%) GCIH
2 10 (76.92%) OSCP
3 9 (69.23%) CEH
4 3 (23.08%) CCNA
4 3 (23.08%) CCNP
4 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
5 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Splunk