GIAC Contracts in England

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 512 524 717
Rank change year-on-year +12 +193 -130
Contract jobs citing GIAC 38 112 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.24% 0.100%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.33% 0.87% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 67 40
10th Percentile £370 £486 £454
25th Percentile £419 £528 £543
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £700 £638
Median % change year-on-year -19.64% +9.80% -5.56%
75th Percentile £650 £750 £764
90th Percentile £738 £838 £778
UK median daily rate £575 £700 £625
% change year-on-year -17.86% +12.00% -3.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

GIAC falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,463 12,852 15,408
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.56% 27.32% 21.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,093 8,593 10,289
10th Percentile £313 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £652 £638
90th Percentile £738 £745 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,006 655 691
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.35 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £21.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%
75th Percentile £64.25 £70.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.25 £68.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for GIAC in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIAC in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GIAC in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for GIAC in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIAC within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London +42 27 £450 -40.00% 6
North of England -8 7 £650 +33.74% 2
Yorkshire +17 4 £650 -
North East - 2 £625 -
South West - 2 £550 - 2
West Midlands +18 1 £600 - 5
Midlands +17 1 £600 - 5
North West -15 1 £600 +23.46% 2
GIAC
UK

GIAC
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.63%) Confluence
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.16%) AWS
2 4 (10.53%) Azure
2 4 (10.53%) IaaS
2 4 (10.53%) SaaS
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
Communications & Networking
1 12 (31.58%) Firewall
2 8 (21.05%) Wireless
3 6 (15.79%) Network Security
4 5 (13.16%) TCP/IP
5 4 (10.53%) HTTP
6 3 (7.89%) DHCP
6 3 (7.89%) DNS
6 3 (7.89%) FTP
7 1 (2.63%) HTTPS
7 1 (2.63%) Intrusion Detection
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
General
1 15 (39.47%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (15.79%) Legal
3 3 (7.89%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.26%) Finance
4 2 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (21.05%) Architect
1 8 (21.05%) Security Architect
1 8 (21.05%) Senior
2 7 (18.42%) Analyst
2 7 (18.42%) Security Engineer
3 6 (15.79%) Penetration Tester
3 6 (15.79%) Senior Architect
3 6 (15.79%) Senior Security Architect
3 6 (15.79%) Tester
4 5 (13.16%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) Junior
5 4 (10.53%) Security Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) SOC Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) Consultant
6 3 (7.89%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Incident Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) SOC Analyst
7 2 (5.26%) Information Security Officer
7 2 (5.26%) IT Security Architect
7 2 (5.26%) Security Monitoring Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) JSON
1 1 (2.63%) Regular Expression
1 1 (2.63%) RESTful
1 1 (2.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.68%) Mobile App
2 8 (21.05%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (18.42%) Management Information System
3 7 (18.42%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (15.79%) Operational Technology
5 5 (13.16%) Security Posture
6 4 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (7.89%) Cloud Native
7 3 (7.89%) IoT
8 2 (5.26%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (5.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (5.26%) Virtual Team
9 1 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (2.63%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (2.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (2.63%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 16 (42.11%) Linux
2 13 (34.21%) Windows
3 2 (5.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (65.79%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (47.37%) Information Security
3 16 (42.11%) SIEM
4 15 (39.47%) Security Operations
5 11 (28.95%) Cloud Security
5 11 (28.95%) Computer Science
5 11 (28.95%) Incident Response
5 11 (28.95%) Offensive Security
5 11 (28.95%) Penetration Testing
6 10 (26.32%) Application Security
7 9 (23.68%) Red Team
8 8 (21.05%) Ethical Hacking
8 8 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (18.42%) SABSA
9 7 (18.42%) Security Monitoring
9 7 (18.42%) Threat Analysis
10 6 (15.79%) Security Architecture
10 6 (15.79%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 6 (15.79%) Vulnerability Management
11 4 (10.53%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (39.47%) Python
2 6 (15.79%) C++
2 6 (15.79%) JavaScript
3 4 (10.53%) PowerShell
4 3 (7.89%) Perl
5 2 (5.26%) C#
5 2 (5.26%) Go
6 1 (2.63%) Bash
6 1 (2.63%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 18 (47.37%) CISSP
2 13 (34.21%) CEH
3 11 (28.95%) Degree
3 11 (28.95%) OSCP
4 10 (26.32%) GCIH
4 10 (26.32%) Security Cleared
5 9 (23.68%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (23.68%) CREST Certified
6 8 (21.05%) GCIA
6 8 (21.05%) GPEN
6 8 (21.05%) SANS
6 8 (21.05%) SC Cleared
7 6 (15.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 6 (15.79%) CCSK
7 6 (15.79%) CISA
7 6 (15.79%) CRISC
8 5 (13.16%) CISM
8 5 (13.16%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (13.16%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (10.53%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (44.74%) NIST
2 7 (18.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (15.79%) NIST 800
4 3 (7.89%) GDPR
5 2 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (5.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (15.79%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.53%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (7.89%) Docker
4 2 (5.26%) Snort
5 1 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (18.42%) CSIRT
2 4 (10.53%) Nessus
2 4 (10.53%) QRadar
3 2 (5.26%) Ansible
3 2 (5.26%) Kubernetes
3 2 (5.26%) logstash
3 2 (5.26%) Terraform
4 1 (2.63%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (2.63%) Puppet
Vendors
1 5 (13.16%) Oracle
2 4 (10.53%) BeyondTrust
2 4 (10.53%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.26%) Cisco
3 2 (5.26%) Cybereason
3 2 (5.26%) Splunk
4 1 (2.63%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.63%) Carbon Black
4 1 (2.63%) Citrix
4 1 (2.63%) Google
4 1 (2.63%) LogRhythm
4 1 (2.63%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.63%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.63%) TippingPoint
4 1 (2.63%) Trend Micro
4 1 (2.63%) VMware