Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 763 798 1086
Rank change year-on-year +35 +288 -312
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 139 174 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.17% 0.091%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.51% 0.53% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 115 95 106
10th Percentile £46,800 £42,211 £49,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,875 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -11.76% +30.77%
75th Percentile £83,750 £93,250 £109,063
90th Percentile £101,250 £105,250 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -14.58% -11.11% +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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,444 33,124 42,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.69% 32.69% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 17,288 14,907 18,785
10th Percentile £28,374 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for GIAC in the UK

GIAC
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIAC over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GIAC in the UK

GIAC
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIAC within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 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
England +68 125 £65,000 -13.33% 16
London +104 67 £75,000 -13.29% 6
Work from Home +66 57 £67,000 -4.29% 11
UK excluding London -23 57 £51,250 -14.58% 8
South East -26 20 £58,750 +2.17%
North of England +68 18 £50,000 -16.67% 3
North West +23 11 £50,000 -24.24% 1
South West -21 11 £52,500 +5.00% 4
West Midlands +11 6 £58,000 -17.14%
North East +1 6 £40,000 -
Midlands -12 6 £58,000 -17.14%
Yorkshire +90 1 £62,500 +4.17% 2
Northern Ireland +23 1 - -
Wales +4 1 - -

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:

Applications
1 11 (7.91%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (6.47%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 42 (30.22%) Azure
2 24 (17.27%) AWS
3 19 (13.67%) GCP
4 18 (12.95%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (8.63%) Entra ID
6 11 (7.91%) Power Platform
7 9 (6.47%) IaaS
7 9 (6.47%) SaaS
8 7 (5.04%) PaaS
9 6 (4.32%) Azure Service Fabric
10 3 (2.16%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.72%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 59 (42.45%) Firewall
2 23 (16.55%) Intrusion Detection
3 21 (15.11%) TCP/IP
4 20 (14.39%) Network Security
5 15 (10.79%) DNS
6 9 (6.47%) SSL
7 6 (4.32%) Internet
7 6 (4.32%) LAN
7 6 (4.32%) WAN
8 5 (3.60%) IPsec
9 4 (2.88%) HTTP
9 4 (2.88%) SMTP
10 3 (2.16%) Wireshark
11 2 (1.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.91%) Power BI
2 6 (4.32%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (2.88%) InfluxDB
3 4 (2.88%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 15 (10.79%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.88%) JMeter
2 4 (2.88%) Postman
2 4 (2.88%) SoapUI
3 3 (2.16%) Metasploit
General
1 35 (25.18%) Analytical Skills
1 35 (25.18%) Finance
2 28 (20.14%) Social Skills
3 20 (14.39%) Legal
4 13 (9.35%) Law
5 12 (8.63%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (8.63%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (5.76%) Marketing
6 8 (5.76%) Telecoms
7 7 (5.04%) Banking
7 7 (5.04%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.60%) Electronics
9 5 (3.60%) Retail
10 4 (2.88%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.88%) Welsh Language
11 3 (2.16%) Automotive
11 3 (2.16%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.44%) Advertising
13 1 (0.72%) Games
Job Titles
1 37 (26.62%) Analyst
2 36 (25.90%) Senior
3 22 (15.83%) Lead
3 22 (15.83%) Security Analyst
4 21 (15.11%) Security Engineer
5 17 (12.23%) Senior Analyst
6 16 (11.51%) Security Manager
7 11 (7.91%) Architect
7 11 (7.91%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 10 (7.19%) Security Architect
9 9 (6.47%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 9 (6.47%) Security Assurance Manager
10 8 (5.76%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
10 8 (5.76%) Senior Security Analyst
11 6 (4.32%) Consultant
11 6 (4.32%) Information Architect
11 6 (4.32%) Information Security Architect
11 6 (4.32%) Penetration Tester
11 6 (4.32%) Senior Security Engineer
11 6 (4.32%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.19%) SOAP
2 7 (5.04%) Web Services
3 6 (4.32%) REST
4 4 (2.88%) OAuth
4 4 (2.88%) OAuth2
4 4 (2.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (19.42%) Cyber Threat
2 24 (17.27%) Cyberattack
3 21 (15.11%) Management Information System
4 20 (14.39%) Security Posture
4 20 (14.39%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (11.51%) PKI
6 9 (6.47%) IoT
7 7 (5.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 7 (5.04%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (4.32%) Operational Technology
9 4 (2.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 3 (2.16%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (2.16%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (1.44%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (1.44%) Digital Media
11 2 (1.44%) NHS
11 2 (1.44%) Onboarding
11 2 (1.44%) Security Operations Centre
12 1 (0.72%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 28 (20.14%) Windows
2 12 (8.63%) Linux
2 12 (8.63%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (83.45%) Cybersecurity
2 56 (40.29%) Information Security
3 46 (33.09%) Incident Response
3 46 (33.09%) Vulnerability Management
4 40 (28.78%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (27.34%) Security Operations
6 37 (26.62%) Threat Modelling
7 36 (25.90%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 36 (25.90%) Threat Intelligence
8 31 (22.30%) Penetration Testing
9 30 (21.58%) Computer Science
10 27 (19.42%) Security Architecture
11 25 (17.99%) Purple Team
12 24 (17.27%) Business Continuity
12 24 (17.27%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 24 (17.27%) Security Management
13 23 (16.55%) Kalman Filter
14 22 (15.83%) Disaster Recovery
14 22 (15.83%) ITIL
14 22 (15.83%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (22.30%) Python
2 13 (9.35%) PowerShell
3 10 (7.19%) Bash
3 10 (7.19%) SQL
4 2 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 95 (68.35%) CISSP
2 47 (33.81%) CISM
3 40 (28.78%) Degree
4 26 (18.71%) SANS
5 25 (17.99%) CRISC
6 24 (17.27%) CEH
7 23 (16.55%) CISA
7 23 (16.55%) CompTIA Security+
7 23 (16.55%) GSEC
8 17 (12.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (12.23%) CREST Certified
9 15 (10.79%) ISSMP
10 14 (10.07%) GPEN
10 14 (10.07%) SSCP
11 10 (7.19%) OSCP
12 9 (6.47%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (5.04%) GCIA
13 7 (5.04%) GCIH
13 7 (5.04%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (4.32%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (24.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (22.30%) GDPR
3 22 (15.83%) NIST
4 21 (15.11%) COBIT
5 15 (10.79%) GRC
6 8 (5.76%) NCSC
7 6 (4.32%) NIST 800
7 6 (4.32%) Web Application Security Consortium
8 4 (2.88%) Accessibility
8 4 (2.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 4 (2.88%) PCI DSS
9 2 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.72%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (12.23%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.72%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (10.79%) Ansible
2 12 (8.63%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 9 (6.47%) Nessus
4 8 (5.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.88%) Grafana
6 1 (0.72%) CASB
6 1 (0.72%) QRadar
Vendors
1 35 (25.18%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.79%) Alibaba
3 11 (7.91%) Google
4 8 (5.76%) Splunk
5 6 (4.32%) Juniper
5 6 (4.32%) Qualys
6 4 (2.88%) Oracle
7 3 (2.16%) Darktrace
8 2 (1.44%) Sophos
9 1 (0.72%) Intel
9 1 (0.72%) Thales
9 1 (0.72%) VMware