GIAC Contracts in England

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 507 528 705
Rank change year-on-year +21 +177 -135
Contract jobs citing GIAC 35 112 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.096% 0.23% 0.096%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.31% 0.85% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 70 35
10th Percentile £400 £486 £460
25th Percentile £423 £586 £535
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £650 £750 £766
90th Percentile £721 £838 £790
UK median daily rate £600 £700 £650
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +13.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,150 13,223 15,449
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.67% 27.55% 21.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,914 8,870 10,234
10th Percentile £313 £337 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 971 672 690
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.28 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.07 £21.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £53.61 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -25.39% +29.63% +10.28%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.33 £56.00
90th Percentile £76.99 £80.25 £68.30
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.23
% change year-on-year -27.27% +24.36% +21.82%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing GIAC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GIAC in England.

Daily rate trend for GIAC in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIAC in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GIAC in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GIAC in England.

Hourly rate trend for GIAC in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIAC within the England region over the 6 months to 21 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +49 21 £438 -41.67% 10
North of England +3 7 £650 +33.74% 7
Yorkshire +24 4 £650 - 2
Midlands +24 3 £600 - 1
West Midlands +17 3 £600 - 1
South West - 2 £550 - 4
North East - 2 £625 -
North West -3 1 £600 +23.46% 5
GIAC
UK

GIAC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.86%) Confluence
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.43%) IaaS
1 4 (11.43%) SaaS
2 3 (8.57%) AWS
2 3 (8.57%) Azure
3 1 (2.86%) AWS IoT
3 1 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.86%) GCP
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.86%) PaaS
3 1 (2.86%) Serverless
3 1 (2.86%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 9 (25.71%) Firewall
1 9 (25.71%) Wireless
2 4 (11.43%) Network Security
3 3 (8.57%) TCP/IP
4 2 (5.71%) HTTP
5 1 (2.86%) DHCP
5 1 (2.86%) DNS
5 1 (2.86%) FTP
5 1 (2.86%) HTTPS
5 1 (2.86%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.86%) IPv4
5 1 (2.86%) Kerberos
5 1 (2.86%) OSPF
5 1 (2.86%) tcpdump
5 1 (2.86%) VLAN
5 1 (2.86%) VPN
5 1 (2.86%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) MySQL
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 14 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.14%) Public Sector
3 4 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.43%) Legal
4 2 (5.71%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (25.71%) Architect
1 9 (25.71%) Security Architect
2 8 (22.86%) Senior
3 6 (17.14%) Penetration Tester
3 6 (17.14%) Senior Architect
3 6 (17.14%) Senior Security Architect
3 6 (17.14%) SOC Engineer
3 6 (17.14%) Tester
4 5 (14.29%) Analyst
4 5 (14.29%) Security Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Consultant
5 3 (8.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) SOC Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Cloud Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Information Officer
6 2 (5.71%) Information Security Officer
6 2 (5.71%) IT Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Junior
6 2 (5.71%) Junior Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) Regular Expression
2 1 (2.86%) JSON
2 1 (2.86%) RESTful
2 1 (2.86%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (28.57%) Mobile App
2 6 (17.14%) Management Information System
2 6 (17.14%) Operational Technology
3 5 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (11.43%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (11.43%) IoT
4 4 (11.43%) Security Posture
5 3 (8.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (5.71%) Cloud Native
6 2 (5.71%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (5.71%) Taxonomies
6 2 (5.71%) Virtual Team
7 1 (2.86%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (2.86%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 13 (37.14%) Linux
2 12 (34.29%) Windows
3 2 (5.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (37.14%) Information Security
2 13 (37.14%) Offensive Security
2 13 (37.14%) SIEM
3 11 (31.43%) Penetration Testing
3 11 (31.43%) Security Operations
4 10 (28.57%) Cloud Security
4 10 (28.57%) Red Team
5 9 (25.71%) Application Security
6 8 (22.86%) Ethical Hacking
7 7 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 7 (20.00%) Incident Response
7 7 (20.00%) SABSA
8 6 (17.14%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (17.14%) Security Architecture
8 6 (17.14%) Vulnerability Management
9 5 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
9 5 (14.29%) Threat Analysis
9 5 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 12 (34.29%) Python
2 6 (17.14%) C++
2 6 (17.14%) JavaScript
3 3 (8.57%) C#
3 3 (8.57%) Go
4 2 (5.71%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.86%) Bash
5 1 (2.86%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (2.86%) Perl
Qualifications
1 18 (51.43%) CISSP
2 12 (34.29%) CEH
2 12 (34.29%) OSCP
3 11 (31.43%) Security Cleared
4 10 (28.57%) CREST Certified
5 9 (25.71%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (25.71%) SC Cleared
6 8 (22.86%) GPEN
7 7 (20.00%) Degree
8 6 (17.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (17.14%) CCSK
8 6 (17.14%) CISA
8 6 (17.14%) CRISC
9 5 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (14.29%) SANS
10 4 (11.43%) GCIA
10 4 (11.43%) GCIH
11 3 (8.57%) CHECK Team Leader
11 3 (8.57%) GCED
11 3 (8.57%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (45.71%) NIST
2 5 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (11.43%) NIST 800
4 2 (5.71%) GDPR
4 2 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 6 (17.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.71%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.86%) Docker
3 1 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) CSIRT
2 2 (5.71%) Ansible
2 2 (5.71%) Nessus
2 2 (5.71%) QRadar
3 1 (2.86%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (2.86%) Puppet
Vendors
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.57%) LogRhythm
2 3 (8.57%) Oracle
2 3 (8.57%) TippingPoint
3 2 (5.71%) Atlassian
3 2 (5.71%) BeyondTrust
3 2 (5.71%) Cisco
3 2 (5.71%) Citrix
3 2 (5.71%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (5.71%) Palo Alto
3 2 (5.71%) Trend Micro
4 1 (2.86%) Carbon Black
4 1 (2.86%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.86%) VMware