GIAC Contracts

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates 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 537 560 758
Rank change year-on-year +23 +198 -126
Contract jobs citing GIAC 38 122 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.088% 0.22% 0.091%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.30% 0.80% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 73 49
10th Percentile £400 £486 £450
25th Percentile £422 £538 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £700 £638
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +9.80% -1.92%
75th Percentile £650 £750 £763
90th Percentile £718 £838 £780
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £700 £613
% change year-on-year -14.29% +14.29% -12.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,872 15,254 19,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.89% 27.21% 21.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,011 10,183 12,699
10th Percentile £310 £338 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,100 745 759
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.67 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.32 £79.19 £67.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.25 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% +50.00% +16.67%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in the UK

GIAC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for GIAC in the UK

GIAC
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIAC over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GIAC in the UK

GIAC
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for GIAC in the UK

GIAC
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIAC within the UK 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +6 36 £587 -16.07% 26
London +45 23 £438 -41.67% 12
UK excluding London -15 11 £600 -14.29% 15
Work from Home +65 7 £600 -14.29% 13
North of England -2 7 £650 +33.74% 4
Yorkshire +21 4 £650 -
Midlands +24 2 £600 - 1
West Midlands +15 2 £600 - 1
South West - 2 £550 - 2
North East - 2 £625 -
North West -9 1 £600 +23.46% 4

GIAC
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.63%) Confluence
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.16%) SaaS
2 4 (10.53%) AWS
2 4 (10.53%) Azure
2 4 (10.53%) IaaS
3 2 (5.26%) GCP
4 1 (2.63%) AWS IoT
4 1 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.63%) PaaS
4 1 (2.63%) Serverless
4 1 (2.63%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 10 (26.32%) Firewall
2 9 (23.68%) Wireless
3 6 (15.79%) Network Security
4 4 (10.53%) TCP/IP
5 3 (7.89%) HTTP
6 2 (5.26%) DHCP
6 2 (5.26%) DNS
6 2 (5.26%) FTP
6 2 (5.26%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (2.63%) HTTPS
7 1 (2.63%) IPv4
7 1 (2.63%) Kerberos
7 1 (2.63%) OSPF
7 1 (2.63%) tcpdump
7 1 (2.63%) VLAN
7 1 (2.63%) VPN
7 1 (2.63%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) MySQL
1 1 (2.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) JIRA
1 1 (2.63%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 17 (44.74%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (15.79%) Legal
3 4 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.26%) Finance
5 1 (2.63%) Law
Job Titles
1 9 (23.68%) Architect
1 9 (23.68%) Security Architect
2 8 (21.05%) Senior
3 7 (18.42%) Penetration Tester
3 7 (18.42%) Tester
4 6 (15.79%) Analyst
4 6 (15.79%) Security Engineer
4 6 (15.79%) Senior Architect
4 6 (15.79%) Senior Security Architect
5 5 (13.16%) SOC Engineer
6 4 (10.53%) Consultant
6 4 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 3 (7.89%) Junior
7 3 (7.89%) Security Analyst
7 3 (7.89%) SOC Analyst
8 2 (5.26%) Cloud Architect
8 2 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (5.26%) Information Officer
8 2 (5.26%) Junior Consultant
8 2 (5.26%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.26%) Regular Expression
2 1 (2.63%) JSON
2 1 (2.63%) RESTful
2 1 (2.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (26.32%) Mobile App
2 8 (21.05%) Management Information System
3 7 (18.42%) Operational Technology
3 7 (18.42%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (15.79%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (13.16%) Security Posture
6 3 (7.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 3 (7.89%) IoT
6 3 (7.89%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (5.26%) Cloud Native
7 2 (5.26%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (5.26%) Taxonomies
7 2 (5.26%) Virtual Team
8 1 (2.63%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (2.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (2.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 14 (36.84%) Linux
2 13 (34.21%) Windows
3 2 (5.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (60.53%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (42.11%) Information Security
3 15 (39.47%) SIEM
4 14 (36.84%) Security Operations
5 13 (34.21%) Offensive Security
5 13 (34.21%) Penetration Testing
6 11 (28.95%) Application Security
6 11 (28.95%) Cloud Security
7 10 (26.32%) Red Team
8 9 (23.68%) Computer Science
8 9 (23.68%) Ethical Hacking
8 9 (23.68%) Incident Response
8 9 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (21.05%) Vulnerability Management
10 7 (18.42%) SABSA
10 7 (18.42%) Security Architecture
10 7 (18.42%) Threat Analysis
11 6 (15.79%) Security Monitoring
11 6 (15.79%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 5 (13.16%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (34.21%) Python
2 7 (18.42%) C++
2 7 (18.42%) JavaScript
3 2 (5.26%) C#
3 2 (5.26%) Go
3 2 (5.26%) Perl
3 2 (5.26%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.63%) Bash
4 1 (2.63%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 20 (52.63%) CISSP
2 15 (39.47%) CEH
3 12 (31.58%) OSCP
3 12 (31.58%) Security Cleared
4 10 (26.32%) CREST Certified
4 10 (26.32%) GPEN
4 10 (26.32%) SC Cleared
5 9 (23.68%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (23.68%) Degree
6 7 (18.42%) GCIH
6 7 (18.42%) SANS
7 6 (15.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 6 (15.79%) CCSK
7 6 (15.79%) CISA
7 6 (15.79%) CRISC
7 6 (15.79%) GCIA
8 5 (13.16%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (7.89%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (7.89%) GCED
9 3 (7.89%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (44.74%) NIST
2 6 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (10.53%) NIST 800
4 3 (7.89%) GDPR
5 2 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (2.63%) GRC
System Software
1 8 (21.05%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.89%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.63%) Docker
3 1 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (13.16%) CSIRT
2 3 (7.89%) Nessus
2 3 (7.89%) QRadar
3 2 (5.26%) Ansible
4 1 (2.63%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (2.63%) Puppet
Vendors
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.53%) Oracle
3 3 (7.89%) BeyondTrust
4 2 (5.26%) Atlassian
4 2 (5.26%) Cisco
4 2 (5.26%) Citrix
4 2 (5.26%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (5.26%) LogRhythm
4 2 (5.26%) Palo Alto
4 2 (5.26%) TippingPoint
4 2 (5.26%) Trend Micro
5 1 (2.63%) Carbon Black
5 1 (2.63%) Google
5 1 (2.63%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.63%) VMware