GCIH Contracts in Scotland

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 157 -
Rank change year-on-year +36 - -
Contract jobs citing GCIH 1 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.048% 0.19% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.18% 0.88% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 -
75th Percentile £438 £445 -
90th Percentile - £454 -
UK median daily rate £438 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -20.45% - -4.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

GCIH 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 Scotland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 552 569 576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 26.35% 21.33% 16.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 380 355
10th Percentile £186 £163 £200
25th Percentile £317 £380 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £453
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -0.55% +6.47%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £613 £638
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 10 19
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.71 £21.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.81 £25.28
Median hourly rate £22.95 £21.47 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.91% -57.07% +122.22%
75th Percentile £41.96 £57.90 £55.92
90th Percentile £65.60 £65.25 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +22.58%

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing GCIH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for GCIH in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GCIH in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for GCIH in Scotland

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ForeScout