GIAC Jobs in the North West

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 285 291 329
Rank change year-on-year +6 +38 -105
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 12 2 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.11% 0.027% 0.083%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.49% 0.074% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 12 1 7
10th Percentile £41,825 - £56,250
25th Percentile £47,375 £65,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £72,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.56% +15.20% -10.71%
75th Percentile - £78,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £52,250 - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% -14.71% +30.77%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 North West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,441 2,698 2,911
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 22.88% 36.50% 30.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,654 891 1,304
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +21.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,125 £62,995
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing GIAC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in the North West

GIAC
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GIAC in the North West.

Salary trend for GIAC in the North West

GIAC
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIAC within the North West 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
Lancashire - 10 £50,000 - 1
Manchester +13 2 £41,250 -42.71% 2
GIAC
England

GIAC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Firewall
2 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (16.67%) Internet
4 1 (8.33%) DNS
4 1 (8.33%) HTTP
4 1 (8.33%) SMTP
General
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Military
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Senior
2 3 (25.00%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Security Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (83.33%) Cyberattack
2 9 (75.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
4 1 (8.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (8.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (91.67%) Incident Response
3 10 (83.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 10 (83.33%) Threat Intelligence
4 8 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
5 7 (58.33%) Analytics
5 7 (58.33%) Purple Team
6 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (16.67%) Ethical Hacking
7 2 (16.67%) Information Security
7 2 (16.67%) Security Operations
7 2 (16.67%) Threat Detection
7 2 (16.67%) Use Case
8 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
8 1 (8.33%) DevSecOps
8 1 (8.33%) Forensic Analysis
8 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (8.33%) Runbook
8 1 (8.33%) Security Monitoring
8 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) C++
1 1 (8.33%) Java
1 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) CREST Certified
2 3 (25.00%) CISSP
3 2 (16.67%) CEH
3 2 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (8.33%) CISM
4 1 (8.33%) Degree
4 1 (8.33%) GCFA
4 1 (8.33%) GCIA
4 1 (8.33%) GCIH
4 1 (8.33%) GSEC
4 1 (8.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
1 1 (8.33%) HIPAA
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
1 1 (8.33%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft