GIAC Jobs with Work from Home Options

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 532 598 763
Rank change year-on-year +66 +165 -236
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 57 63 79
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.15% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.60% 0.60% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 53 48 66
10th Percentile £42,598 £39,294 £55,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,938 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £70,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -17.65% +21.43%
75th Percentile £78,750 £92,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £96,400 £122,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% -11.76% +30.77%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

GIAC is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,505 10,536 15,647
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.15% 25.40% 22.86%
Number of salaries quoted 5,902 6,443 8,544
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,313
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £93,525
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing GIAC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

GIAC trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing GIAC.

GIAC salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing GIAC over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

GIAC salary histogram 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:

Cloud Services
1 19 (33.33%) Azure
2 12 (21.05%) AWS
3 7 (12.28%) GCP
4 6 (10.53%) Azure Service Fabric
4 6 (10.53%) Entra ID
4 6 (10.53%) IaaS
4 6 (10.53%) PaaS
4 6 (10.53%) SaaS
5 3 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.51%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (3.51%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.75%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 21 (36.84%) Firewall
2 16 (28.07%) Intrusion Detection
3 9 (15.79%) Network Security
4 6 (10.53%) TCP/IP
5 4 (7.02%) DNS
6 3 (5.26%) Wireshark
7 2 (3.51%) VPN
8 1 (1.75%) HTTP
8 1 (1.75%) SMTP
8 1 (1.75%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.53%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (7.02%) InfluxDB
2 4 (7.02%) MongoDB
3 2 (3.51%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (7.02%) Jenkins
1 4 (7.02%) JMeter
1 4 (7.02%) Postman
1 4 (7.02%) SoapUI
2 3 (5.26%) Metasploit
General
1 19 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (26.32%) Legal
3 13 (22.81%) Law
3 13 (22.81%) Social Skills
4 12 (21.05%) Documentation Skills
4 12 (21.05%) Finance
5 7 (12.28%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (7.02%) Welsh Language
7 3 (5.26%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.51%) Marketing
8 2 (3.51%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.75%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (26.32%) Lead
2 8 (14.04%) Analyst
3 7 (12.28%) Senior
4 6 (10.53%) Architect
4 6 (10.53%) Information Architect
4 6 (10.53%) Information Security Architect
4 6 (10.53%) Penetration Tester
4 6 (10.53%) Security Architect
4 6 (10.53%) Tester
5 4 (7.02%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 4 (7.02%) Cyber Threat Specialist
5 4 (7.02%) Security Engineer
5 4 (7.02%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (7.02%) SOC Analyst
5 4 (7.02%) Test Engineer
5 4 (7.02%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
5 4 (7.02%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 4 (7.02%) Vulnerability Manager
6 3 (5.26%) Security Manager
6 3 (5.26%) Threat Hunter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (17.54%) SOAP
2 6 (10.53%) REST
2 6 (10.53%) Web Services
3 4 (7.02%) OAuth
3 4 (7.02%) OAuth2
3 4 (7.02%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (26.32%) Security Posture
2 14 (24.56%) Management Information System
3 7 (12.28%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (12.28%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (8.77%) PKI
5 4 (7.02%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (5.26%) Virtual Team
7 2 (3.51%) Cyberattack
7 2 (3.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (3.51%) NHS
7 2 (3.51%) Operational Technology
7 2 (3.51%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (1.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.28%) Windows
2 4 (7.02%) Unix
3 2 (3.51%) Linux
3 2 (3.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (78.95%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (45.61%) Information Security
3 20 (35.09%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (33.33%) Security Architecture
5 17 (29.82%) Penetration Testing
6 14 (24.56%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 13 (22.81%) Kalman Filter
7 13 (22.81%) Security Operations
7 13 (22.81%) Web Filtering
8 12 (21.05%) Business Continuity
8 12 (21.05%) Data Privacy
8 12 (21.05%) Disaster Recovery
8 12 (21.05%) OWASP
8 12 (21.05%) Threat Modelling
9 11 (19.30%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 11 (19.30%) Incident Response
9 11 (19.30%) Threat Intelligence
10 10 (17.54%) Ethical Hacking
10 10 (17.54%) SDLC
10 10 (17.54%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (17.54%) SQL
2 9 (15.79%) Python
3 3 (5.26%) Bash
4 2 (3.51%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (3.51%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 44 (77.19%) CISSP
2 17 (29.82%) CISM
3 14 (24.56%) GSEC
3 14 (24.56%) SSCP
4 13 (22.81%) SANS
5 12 (21.05%) CEH
5 12 (21.05%) Degree
6 8 (14.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (14.04%) CRISC
6 8 (14.04%) GPEN
6 8 (14.04%) OSCP
7 7 (12.28%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (10.53%) Master's Degree
9 4 (7.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (7.02%) CCSP
9 4 (7.02%) CISA
9 4 (7.02%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (7.02%) ISSMP
9 4 (7.02%) ISTQB
10 3 (5.26%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (31.58%) GDPR
2 17 (29.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (28.07%) NIST
4 10 (17.54%) COBIT
5 6 (10.53%) Web Application Security Consortium
6 5 (8.77%) GRC
7 4 (7.02%) Accessibility
8 2 (3.51%) NIST 800
9 1 (1.75%) PCI DSS
9 1 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (1.75%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 8 (14.04%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 5 (8.77%) Nessus
3 4 (7.02%) Ansible
3 4 (7.02%) Grafana
Vendors
1 10 (17.54%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.02%) Alibaba
2 4 (7.02%) Oracle
2 4 (7.02%) Splunk
3 2 (3.51%) Darktrace
3 2 (3.51%) Juniper
3 2 (3.51%) Qualys
3 2 (3.51%) Sophos
4 1 (1.75%) Thales