GCIH Jobs in England

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GCIH 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 842 848 1061
Rank change year-on-year +6 +213 -189
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 23 53 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.063% 0.091%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.092% 0.19% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 19 40 89
10th Percentile £54,750 £32,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £58,750 £38,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £50,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% -37.50% +51.66%
75th Percentile - £76,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £122,500
UK median annual salary £81,250 £42,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +91.18% -45.16% +46.23%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,881 28,320 37,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.35% 33.66% 26.59%
Number of salaries quoted 15,751 12,947 16,894
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,875
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.38% +9.09% -

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GCIH in England

GCIH
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GCIH in England.

Salary trend for GCIH in England

GCIH
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCIH in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for GCIH in England

GCIH
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCIH within the England 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
London +111 15 £90,000 -9.55% 11
North of England +16 4 £57,500 +43.75% 5
North West -8 3 £52,250 +22.94% 3
Midlands -16 2 £115,000 +64.29% 2
West Midlands -17 2 £115,000 +64.29% 1
Yorkshire +50 1 £62,500 +78.57% 2
East of England -2 1 - -
South East -8 1 - -
GCIH
UK

GCIH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (17.39%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) AWS
2 1 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (30.43%) Wireshark
2 4 (17.39%) Firewall
2 4 (17.39%) LAN
2 4 (17.39%) Network Security
2 4 (17.39%) SSL
2 4 (17.39%) WAN
3 3 (13.04%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.35%) tcpdump
General
1 11 (47.83%) Finance
2 6 (26.09%) Banking
3 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Legal
5 2 (8.70%) Games
6 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Law
6 1 (4.35%) Military
6 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Analyst
2 9 (39.13%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 9 (39.13%) Security Analyst
2 9 (39.13%) Security Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) IT Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) IT Security Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Financial Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Information Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Information Security Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Service Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Consultant
5 3 (13.04%) IT Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) IT Security Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Senior
6 2 (8.70%) Incident Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Security Consultant
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Security Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) SOC Analyst
7 1 (4.35%) Operations Manager
7 1 (4.35%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (13.04%) Security Posture
3 2 (8.70%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (8.70%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.35%) CSOC
4 1 (4.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.35%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.35%) SCADA
4 1 (4.35%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (52.17%) Windows
2 8 (34.78%) Linux
3 4 (17.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (91.30%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (60.87%) Information Security
3 13 (56.52%) SIEM
4 12 (52.17%) Incident Response
5 9 (39.13%) Data Loss Prevention
5 9 (39.13%) Vulnerability Management
6 7 (30.43%) Threat Modelling
7 6 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (26.09%) Risk Management
8 5 (21.74%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (21.74%) Security Monitoring
8 5 (21.74%) Threat Intelligence
9 4 (17.39%) Application Security
9 4 (17.39%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 4 (17.39%) Threat Management
10 3 (13.04%) Digital Forensics
10 3 (13.04%) Fintech
10 3 (13.04%) Identity Access Management
10 3 (13.04%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 13 (56.52%) Python
2 11 (47.83%) PowerShell
3 5 (21.74%) Bash
Qualifications
1 16 (69.57%) GCIA
2 14 (60.87%) CISSP
3 12 (52.17%) CEH
3 12 (52.17%) GCFA
4 9 (39.13%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (39.13%) GIAC
5 7 (30.43%) GSEC
6 6 (26.09%) CCNP
6 6 (26.09%) Degree
6 6 (26.09%) OSCP
7 4 (17.39%) GCFE
7 4 (17.39%) GREM
8 3 (13.04%) CCSP
8 3 (13.04%) SANS
8 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
8 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
9 2 (8.70%) CASP
9 2 (8.70%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (8.70%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (8.70%) GCED
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (34.78%) NIST
2 4 (17.39%) COBIT
2 4 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (8.70%) ISO 31000
3 2 (8.70%) NCSC
4 1 (4.35%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (4.35%) GDPR
4 1 (4.35%) GRC
4 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (4.35%) NIST 800
4 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.35%) Snort
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) CSIRT
2 3 (13.04%) CASB
2 3 (13.04%) QRadar
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Cisco
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
1 4 (17.39%) VMware
2 2 (8.70%) IBM
2 2 (8.70%) Splunk
3 1 (4.35%) Darktrace