GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GCIA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 876 864 1218
Rank change year-on-year -12 +354 -294
Permanent jobs citing GCIA 33 56 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.060% 0.039%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.18% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 18 52 42
10th Percentile £52,600 - £53,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £32,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £41,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +69.70% -41.07% +27.27%
75th Percentile £90,000 £72,500 £84,375
90th Percentile - £84,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £40,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +50.00% -34.69% +20.10%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

GCIA 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 requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 28,317 31,629 46,924
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.19% 33.88% 27.27%
Number of salaries quoted 17,234 14,353 19,450
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £30,932
25th Percentile £38,734 £42,500 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,844 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +0.41%

GCIA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GCIA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GCIA in the UK

GCIA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GCIA.

Salary trend for GCIA in the UK

GCIA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCIA over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for GCIA in the UK

GCIA
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCIA within the UK over the 6 months to 8 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Work from Home +59 19 £60,000 -14.29% 2
England -5 19 £70,000 +40.00% 5
UK excluding London -66 19 £60,000 +50.00% 3
London +82 14 £70,000 -33.33% 2
Scotland -48 14 £72,500 +45.00%
South East -5 3 £60,000 +20.00%
North of England 0 2 £47,000 +34.29% 2
North West -7 2 £47,000 -37.33% 1

GCIA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (39.39%) SaaS
2 4 (12.12%) Azure
3 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.03%) AWS
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.18%) Wireshark
2 5 (15.15%) LAN
2 5 (15.15%) SSL
2 5 (15.15%) WAN
3 4 (12.12%) Network Security
4 3 (9.09%) Firewall
5 2 (6.06%) TCP/IP
6 1 (3.03%) tcpdump
General
1 16 (48.48%) Social Skills
2 14 (42.42%) Military
3 12 (36.36%) Finance
4 6 (18.18%) Banking
5 3 (9.09%) Retail
6 1 (3.03%) Games
6 1 (3.03%) Law
6 1 (3.03%) Legal
6 1 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 21 (63.64%) Analyst
2 13 (39.39%) Support Analyst
2 13 (39.39%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 9 (27.27%) Security Engineer
4 7 (21.21%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 7 (21.21%) Security Analyst
5 6 (18.18%) IT Engineer
5 6 (18.18%) IT Security Engineer
6 5 (15.15%) Financial Analyst
6 5 (15.15%) Information Analyst
6 5 (15.15%) Information Security Analyst
6 5 (15.15%) Service Analyst
7 3 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 2 (6.06%) Senior
8 2 (6.06%) Senior Security Engineer
8 2 (6.06%) SOC Analyst
9 1 (3.03%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 1 (3.03%) IT Support
9 1 (3.03%) Operational Security Manager
9 1 (3.03%) Security Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.06%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (6.06%) Cyberattack
2 2 (6.06%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.03%) CSOC
3 1 (3.03%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (3.03%) SCADA
3 1 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (3.03%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 20 (60.61%) Windows
2 18 (54.55%) Linux
2 18 (54.55%) Unix
3 13 (39.39%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (96.97%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 22 (66.67%) Information Security
3 19 (57.58%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 19 (57.58%) Threat Intelligence
4 17 (51.52%) ITIL
4 17 (51.52%) Security Operations
5 15 (45.45%) Malware Analysis
6 14 (42.42%) Customer Service
7 13 (39.39%) Actionable Insight
7 13 (39.39%) DevOps
7 13 (39.39%) Incident Management
7 13 (39.39%) Open Source
7 13 (39.39%) Resource Management
7 13 (39.39%) Service Delivery
7 13 (39.39%) Situational Awareness
8 11 (33.33%) SIEM
9 9 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
10 7 (21.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (21.21%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.18%) PowerShell
1 6 (18.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (90.91%) GCIH
2 26 (78.79%) CISSP
3 18 (54.55%) Degree
4 13 (39.39%) CISM
4 13 (39.39%) GREM
5 8 (24.24%) CCNP
5 8 (24.24%) CEH
5 8 (24.24%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (24.24%) GCFA
5 8 (24.24%) GIAC
6 7 (21.21%) GSEC
7 3 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (9.09%) SANS
8 2 (6.06%) CCNA
8 2 (6.06%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (6.06%) GCED
9 1 (3.03%) CASP
9 1 (3.03%) GCWN
9 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (24.24%) NIST
2 6 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (15.15%) COBIT
4 2 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (6.06%) ISO 31000
5 1 (3.03%) GDPR
5 1 (3.03%) GRC
5 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (3.03%) NCSC
5 1 (3.03%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.03%) Snort
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) QRadar
Vendors
1 13 (39.39%) Dell
2 5 (15.15%) Cisco
2 5 (15.15%) VMware
3 4 (12.12%) Microsoft
4 2 (6.06%) IBM
4 2 (6.06%) Splunk
5 1 (3.03%) Darktrace