GIAC Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 450 531 590
Rank change year-on-year +81 +59 +174
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 11 54 56
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.060% 0.16% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.57% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 7 52 44
10th Percentile £50,392 £42,298 £39,294
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,313 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.19% -2.14% -17.65%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £92,688
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £100,600
UK median annual salary £55,000 £67,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -17.91% -10.67% -11.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,704 9,526 10,381
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.61% 28.24% 25.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3,120 5,895 6,319
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 £59,600
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.40% +8.36%

GIAC
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

GIAC 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 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 remote working options citing GIAC over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

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 5 (45.45%) AWS
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Firewall
2 2 (18.18%) Network Security
2 2 (18.18%) VPN
3 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
General
1 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Legal
3 1 (9.09%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 6 (54.55%) Security Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) AWS Architect
2 2 (18.18%) AWS Security Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Malware Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Security Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Applications Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Digital Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Forensic Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Incident Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 2 (18.18%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (18.18%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (18.18%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (18.18%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (18.18%) Security Posture
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (45.45%) Incident Response
2 5 (45.45%) Information Security
2 5 (45.45%) Risk Management
2 5 (45.45%) Security Operations
3 4 (36.36%) Compliance Management
3 4 (36.36%) Data Loss Prevention
3 4 (36.36%) ITIL
3 4 (36.36%) Problem Management
3 4 (36.36%) Risk Register
4 3 (27.27%) Agile
4 3 (27.27%) Application Security
4 3 (27.27%) Data Protection
4 3 (27.27%) DevOps
4 3 (27.27%) DevSecOps
4 3 (27.27%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (27.27%) OWASP
4 3 (27.27%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (27.27%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) Perl
2 1 (9.09%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) CISSP
2 10 (90.91%) CISM
3 9 (81.82%) SANS
4 6 (54.55%) CEH
4 6 (54.55%) CISA
4 6 (54.55%) ISACA
5 4 (36.36%) Degree
5 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
5 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
6 2 (18.18%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (18.18%) CRISC
6 2 (18.18%) GCIH
6 2 (18.18%) GISF
6 2 (18.18%) ISSAP
6 2 (18.18%) SSCP
7 1 (9.09%) CREST Certified
7 1 (9.09%) CSSLP
7 1 (9.09%) GWAPT
7 1 (9.09%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) GRC
1 4 (36.36%) JSP 440
1 4 (36.36%) NCSC
2 2 (18.18%) COBIT
2 2 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (18.18%) GDPR
2 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (18.18%) NIST
2 2 (18.18%) PCI DSS
2 2 (18.18%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 2 (18.18%) Tenable