GIAC Jobs in the UK excluding London

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 714 664 799
Rank change year-on-year -50 +135 -171
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 54 72 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.071% 0.13% 0.064%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.27% 0.34% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 37 33 34
10th Percentile £43,500 £39,294 £46,075
25th Percentile £46,875 £42,019 £50,556
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £60,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £63,100 £90,300 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,000 £72,250 £85,000
% change year-on-year -7.27% -15.00% +30.77%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding 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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,915 21,308 23,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.21% 37.69% 32.42%
Number of salaries quoted 12,282 7,936 10,537
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.38% +9.09% -

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in the UK excluding London

GIAC
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GIAC in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for GIAC in the UK excluding London

GIAC
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIAC in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for GIAC in the UK excluding London

GIAC
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIAC within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
North of England +50 19 £50,000 -30.56% 4
South East -28 18 £58,750 +2.17% 6
North West +6 12 £50,000 -30.56% 4
South West -28 9 £52,500 +5.00% 2
West Midlands -16 6 £58,000 +0.87% 1
Midlands -16 6 £58,000 -17.14% 1
North East - 6 £40,000 -
Northern Ireland +19 1 - -
Wales +9 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £62,500 -
GIAC
UK

GIAC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (16.67%) Azure
2 6 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 18 (33.33%) Firewall
2 9 (16.67%) Network Security
3 7 (12.96%) TCP/IP
4 6 (11.11%) Internet
4 6 (11.11%) LAN
4 6 (11.11%) WAN
5 5 (9.26%) HTTP
5 5 (9.26%) SMTP
6 4 (7.41%) SSL
7 1 (1.85%) DNS
General
1 11 (20.37%) Finance
2 10 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (14.81%) Telecoms
4 7 (12.96%) Manufacturing
5 4 (7.41%) Social Skills
6 3 (5.56%) Retail
7 2 (3.70%) Electronics
7 2 (3.70%) Legal
8 1 (1.85%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.85%) Games
8 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.85%) Military
8 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (38.89%) Analyst
2 19 (35.19%) Senior
3 14 (25.93%) Security Manager
4 12 (22.22%) Security Analyst
5 9 (16.67%) Security Assurance Manager
6 8 (14.81%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 8 (14.81%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 4 (7.41%) Lead
9 2 (3.70%) Consultant
9 2 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 2 (3.70%) Security Engineer
9 2 (3.70%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
9 2 (3.70%) Senior Security Analyst
9 2 (3.70%) SIEM Analyst
9 2 (3.70%) SOC Analyst
9 2 (3.70%) Telecoms Manager
10 1 (1.85%) Operations Manager
10 1 (1.85%) Security Consultant
10 1 (1.85%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 24 (44.44%) Cyberattack
2 20 (37.04%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (14.81%) Security Posture
5 6 (11.11%) IoT
5 6 (11.11%) Management Information System
6 3 (5.56%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (3.70%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
7 2 (3.70%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.85%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.85%) PKI
8 1 (1.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.81%) Windows
1 8 (14.81%) Windows Server
2 6 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (90.74%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (57.41%) Incident Response
3 25 (46.30%) Vulnerability Management
4 24 (44.44%) Purple Team
5 22 (40.74%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 22 (40.74%) Threat Intelligence
6 21 (38.89%) Security Operations
7 19 (35.19%) Risk Management
8 16 (29.63%) Security Management
8 16 (29.63%) Threat Modelling
9 15 (27.78%) Analytics
9 15 (27.78%) Penetration Testing
10 14 (25.93%) Computer Science
10 14 (25.93%) Information Security
10 14 (25.93%) Red Team
11 13 (24.07%) SIEM
12 10 (18.52%) Data Protection
12 10 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
13 9 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
13 9 (16.67%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.81%) Python
2 7 (12.96%) Bash
2 7 (12.96%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.85%) C++
3 1 (1.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 29 (53.70%) CISSP
2 15 (27.78%) CREST Certified
2 15 (27.78%) Degree
3 12 (22.22%) CISA
3 12 (22.22%) CISM
4 11 (20.37%) CompTIA Security+
4 11 (20.37%) SANS
5 10 (18.52%) CEH
6 8 (14.81%) GPEN
7 6 (11.11%) CISMP
7 6 (11.11%) CRISC
8 4 (7.41%) GSEC
9 3 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (5.56%) GCIA
9 3 (5.56%) GCIH
10 2 (3.70%) GCFA
10 2 (3.70%) GCFE
10 2 (3.70%) GISP
10 2 (3.70%) OSCP
10 2 (3.70%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (25.93%) GDPR
2 10 (18.52%) GRC
2 10 (18.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (14.81%) NIST
4 7 (12.96%) NIST 800
5 4 (7.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 3 (5.56%) PCI DSS
7 2 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (3.70%) NCSC
8 1 (1.85%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (1.85%) HIPAA
System Software
1 13 (24.07%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (11.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (11.11%) Nessus
2 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.85%) QRadar
Vendors
1 9 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.11%) Qualys
3 3 (5.56%) Darktrace
4 2 (3.70%) Splunk
5 1 (1.85%) Thales