GCIA Job Trends in Yorkshire

GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for GCIA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 145 166
Rank change year-on-year -18 +21 -
Permanent jobs citing GCIA 1 4 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.030% 0.13% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.098% 0.33% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £87,500 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £45,000
75th Percentile £92,500 - £48,750
90th Percentile - - £56,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £51,250
% change year-on-year -3.70% +31.71% -10.87%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Yorkshire

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 requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,019 1,215 699
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 30.55% 38.72% 20.95%
Number of salaries quoted 384 242 440
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £27,450
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £38,973
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

GCIA
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GCIA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

GCIA job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

GCIA
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing GCIA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing GCIA

GCIA
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCIA within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Yorkshire -23 1 £90,000 -
GCIA
England

GCIA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GCFA
1 1 (100.00%) GCFE