GIAC Contracts in London

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 365 417 581
Rank change year-on-year +52 +164 -130
Contract jobs citing GIAC 21 70 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.12% 0.27% 0.090%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.51% 1.23% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 49 21
10th Percentile - £633 £425
25th Percentile £400 £700 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £750 £700
Median % change year-on-year -41.67% +7.14% +30.23%
75th Percentile £663 £820 £770
90th Percentile £804 £838 £775
England median daily rate £600 £700 £650
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,139 5,680 6,781
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.68% 21.83% 17.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,814 3,859 4,665
10th Percentile £325 £363 £369
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +5.77%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 80 152
10th Percentile £14.19 £19.32 £24.77
25th Percentile £19.98 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.00 £42.25 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% -5.06% +21.92%
75th Percentile £42.75 £64.63 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.23 £87.50 £66.57
England median hourly rate £40.00 £53.35 £40.93
% change year-on-year -25.02% +30.35% +9.14%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for GIAC in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIAC in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GIAC in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIAC within the London region over the 6 months to 20 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
Central London +37 3 £438 -41.67% 1
GIAC
England

GIAC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (4.76%) Confluence
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) IaaS
1 3 (14.29%) SaaS
2 2 (9.52%) AWS
2 2 (9.52%) Azure
3 1 (4.76%) AWS IoT
3 1 (4.76%) GCP
3 1 (4.76%) PaaS
3 1 (4.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (23.81%) Firewall
2 3 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 3 (14.29%) Wireless
3 2 (9.52%) HTTP
3 2 (9.52%) Network Security
4 1 (4.76%) DHCP
4 1 (4.76%) DNS
4 1 (4.76%) FTP
4 1 (4.76%) HTTPS
4 1 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (4.76%) Kerberos
4 1 (4.76%) tcpdump
4 1 (4.76%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) MySQL
1 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.52%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Architect
1 8 (38.10%) Security Architect
2 7 (33.33%) Senior
3 6 (28.57%) Senior Architect
3 6 (28.57%) Senior Security Architect
4 3 (14.29%) Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Consultant
4 3 (14.29%) Security Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) SOC Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Information Officer
5 2 (9.52%) Information Security Officer
5 2 (9.52%) IT Architect
5 2 (9.52%) IT Security Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Junior
5 2 (9.52%) Junior Consultant
5 2 (9.52%) Security Officer
5 2 (9.52%) SOC Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Incident Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Network Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) JSON
1 1 (4.76%) RESTful
1 1 (4.76%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Management Information System
2 4 (19.05%) IoT
2 4 (19.05%) Mobile App
2 4 (19.05%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (19.05%) Security Posture
3 3 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (9.52%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (9.52%) Virtual Team
5 1 (4.76%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (4.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (28.57%) Linux
1 6 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Information Security
2 10 (47.62%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (42.86%) Security Operations
3 9 (42.86%) SIEM
4 7 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 7 (33.33%) SABSA
5 6 (28.57%) Cloud Security
6 5 (23.81%) Incident Response
6 5 (23.81%) Offensive Security
6 5 (23.81%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (23.81%) Security Architecture
6 5 (23.81%) Security Monitoring
6 5 (23.81%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 5 (23.81%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (19.05%) Risk Management
7 4 (19.05%) Threat Analysis
8 3 (14.29%) Application Security
8 3 (14.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 3 (14.29%) OWASP
8 3 (14.29%) Social Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) Python
2 3 (14.29%) C#
2 3 (14.29%) Go
3 1 (4.76%) Perl
3 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (71.43%) CISSP
2 9 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (33.33%) Degree
4 6 (28.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 6 (28.57%) CCSK
4 6 (28.57%) CISA
4 6 (28.57%) CRISC
4 6 (28.57%) OSCP
5 5 (23.81%) CEH
5 5 (23.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (23.81%) SANS
6 4 (19.05%) CREST Certified
6 4 (19.05%) GCIA
6 4 (19.05%) GCIH
7 3 (14.29%) CHECK Team Leader
8 2 (9.52%) CCNA
8 2 (9.52%) CCNP
8 2 (9.52%) CCSP
8 2 (9.52%) FFIEC
8 2 (9.52%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (42.86%) NIST
2 4 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (19.05%) NIST 800
3 2 (9.52%) GDPR
3 2 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) CSIRT
2 2 (9.52%) Nessus
2 2 (9.52%) QRadar
3 1 (4.76%) Ansible
3 1 (4.76%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) BeyondTrust
2 2 (9.52%) Cisco
2 2 (9.52%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (9.52%) Oracle
3 1 (4.76%) Atlassian