GCIH Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 386 574 655
Rank change year-on-year +188 +81 +160
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 11 18 18
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.074% 0.053% 0.042%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% 0.19% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 17
10th Percentile - - £32,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -10.71% -17.65%
75th Percentile £57,500 £69,375 £85,000
90th Percentile - £71,250 £98,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% +70.59% -41.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,703 9,496 10,878
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.45% 28.06% 25.44%
Number of salaries quoted 3,034 5,942 6,655
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,777 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% +0.45%
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%

GCIH
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

GCIH trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

GCIH
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

GCIH salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

GCIH
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (81.82%) Firewall
1 9 (81.82%) SAN
General
1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Analyst
1 9 (81.82%) CISSP Analyst
1 9 (81.82%) Incident Analyst
1 9 (81.82%) Junior
1 9 (81.82%) Junior Analyst
1 9 (81.82%) Junior Operations Analyst
1 9 (81.82%) Junior Security Analyst
1 9 (81.82%) Operations Analyst
1 9 (81.82%) Security Analyst
1 9 (81.82%) Security Incident Analyst
1 9 (81.82%) Security Operations Analyst
1 9 (81.82%) SIEM Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (81.82%) Hedge funds
1 9 (81.82%) Podcast
2 2 (18.18%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 2 (18.18%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (18.18%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (81.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 11 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 9 (81.82%) SIEM
3 2 (18.18%) Incident Management
3 2 (18.18%) Information Security
3 2 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
3 2 (18.18%) Risk Register
3 2 (18.18%) Runbook
3 2 (18.18%) Security Operations
3 2 (18.18%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 9 (81.82%) Python
3 2 (18.18%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) CEH
1 11 (100.00%) CISSP
1 11 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 11 (100.00%) Degree
1 11 (100.00%) SANS
2 9 (81.82%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (81.82%) GCIA
2 9 (81.82%) OSCP
3 2 (18.18%) CISA
3 2 (18.18%) CISM
3 2 (18.18%) CRISC
3 2 (18.18%) GIAC
3 2 (18.18%) GISF
3 2 (18.18%) ISACA
3 2 (18.18%) SSCP
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft