GSEC Jobs with Work from Home Options

GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)
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 GSEC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 650 820
Rank change year-on-year +76 +170 -282
Permanent jobs citing GSEC 19 24 12
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.056% 0.055% 0.018%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% 0.21% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 14 24 12
10th Percentile £53,250 - £38,500
25th Percentile £72,500 £39,294 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +36.80% -3.85%
75th Percentile £78,438 £93,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £100,600 -
UK median annual salary £75,000 £85,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -12.28% +69.31% -22.31%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

GSEC 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 9,448 11,215 15,238
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.96% 25.67% 22.88%
Number of salaries quoted 5,949 6,763 8,579
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,844 £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 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £57,810 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.59% +5.11% -

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

GSEC 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 GSEC.

GSEC 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 GSEC over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

GSEC 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 (26.32%) AWS
1 5 (26.32%) Azure
2 4 (21.05%) Serverless
3 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (68.42%) Firewall
2 12 (63.16%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (5.26%) Network Security
3 1 (5.26%) tcpdump
3 1 (5.26%) Wireshark
General
1 13 (68.42%) Law
2 12 (63.16%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (63.16%) Documentation Skills
2 12 (63.16%) Legal
3 4 (21.05%) Retail
3 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (84.21%) Lead
2 4 (21.05%) Security Specialist
3 3 (15.79%) Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) SIEM Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (73.68%) Security Posture
2 12 (63.16%) Management Information System
3 4 (21.05%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.26%) CSOC
4 1 (5.26%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (89.47%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (78.95%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (68.42%) Information Security
4 12 (63.16%) Business Continuity
4 12 (63.16%) Data Privacy
4 12 (63.16%) Disaster Recovery
4 12 (63.16%) Kalman Filter
4 12 (63.16%) Security Architecture
4 12 (63.16%) Web Filtering
5 4 (21.05%) Agile
5 4 (21.05%) Cloud Security
5 4 (21.05%) DevSecOps
5 4 (21.05%) Digital Engineering
5 4 (21.05%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
5 4 (21.05%) Interactive Application Security Testing
5 4 (21.05%) OWASP
5 4 (21.05%) Static Application Security Testing
5 4 (21.05%) Threat Modelling
5 4 (21.05%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (15.79%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 18 (94.74%) CISSP
2 14 (73.68%) GIAC
2 14 (73.68%) SSCP
3 7 (36.84%) CEH
4 4 (21.05%) AWS Certification
4 4 (21.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 4 (21.05%) OSCP
5 2 (10.53%) GCFE
5 2 (10.53%) GISP
6 1 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (5.26%) Degree
6 1 (5.26%) GCIA
6 1 (5.26%) GCIH
6 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
6 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
6 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (68.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (63.16%) GDPR
3 5 (26.32%) NIST
4 1 (5.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Snort
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Darktrace
1 2 (10.53%) Splunk
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft