Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 762 778 1097
Rank change year-on-year +16 +319 -274
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 142 141 166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.15% 0.096%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.49% 0.45% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 117 78 122
10th Percentile £45,750 £39,294 £47,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £72,250 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% -15.00% +30.77%
75th Percentile £83,750 £93,250 £110,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £106,625 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £56,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% -6.67% -4.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 28,735 31,345 47,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.15% 33.90% 27.61%
Number of salaries quoted 17,299 14,299 19,297
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £30,762
25th Percentile £38,734 £42,500 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% +0.20%

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 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for GIAC in the UK

GIAC
Top 13 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +28 128 £65,000 -10.34% 20
London +111 71 £76,250 -15.98% 6
UK excluding London -65 56 £50,000 -10.71% 15
Work from Home +38 54 £67,000 -4.29% 10
North of England +29 20 £50,000 -30.56% 2
South East -45 19 £58,750 +2.17% 5
North West -11 14 £50,000 -30.56% 2
South West -42 9 £52,500 +5.00% 2
West Midlands -13 6 £58,000 +28.89% 5
Midlands -41 6 £58,000 +0.87% 5
North East - 6 £40,000 -
Northern Ireland +18 1 - -
Wales +13 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 12 (8.45%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (6.34%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 40 (28.17%) Azure
2 25 (17.61%) AWS
3 20 (14.08%) GCP
4 16 (11.27%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (8.45%) Entra ID
6 11 (7.75%) Power Platform
7 9 (6.34%) IaaS
7 9 (6.34%) SaaS
8 7 (4.93%) PaaS
9 6 (4.23%) Azure Service Fabric
10 4 (2.82%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 57 (40.14%) Firewall
2 22 (15.49%) Intrusion Detection
2 22 (15.49%) TCP/IP
3 20 (14.08%) Network Security
4 17 (11.97%) DNS
5 9 (6.34%) SSL
6 6 (4.23%) Internet
6 6 (4.23%) LAN
6 6 (4.23%) WAN
7 5 (3.52%) HTTP
7 5 (3.52%) IPsec
7 5 (3.52%) SMTP
8 3 (2.11%) Wireshark
9 2 (1.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.75%) Power BI
2 6 (4.23%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (2.82%) InfluxDB
3 4 (2.82%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 16 (11.27%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.82%) JMeter
2 4 (2.82%) Postman
2 4 (2.82%) SoapUI
3 3 (2.11%) Metasploit
General
1 41 (28.87%) Finance
2 38 (26.76%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (21.83%) Social Skills
4 18 (12.68%) Legal
5 12 (8.45%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (7.75%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (7.75%) Law
7 9 (6.34%) Banking
8 8 (5.63%) Marketing
8 8 (5.63%) Telecoms
9 7 (4.93%) Manufacturing
10 5 (3.52%) Electronics
10 5 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (3.52%) Retail
11 4 (2.82%) Aerospace
11 4 (2.82%) Welsh Language
12 3 (2.11%) Automotive
12 3 (2.11%) Public Sector
13 2 (1.41%) Advertising
14 1 (0.70%) Military
Job Titles
1 35 (24.65%) Senior
2 34 (23.94%) Analyst
3 24 (16.90%) Security Engineer
4 21 (14.79%) Lead
5 19 (13.38%) Security Analyst
6 17 (11.97%) Security Manager
7 14 (9.86%) Senior Analyst
8 11 (7.75%) Architect
9 10 (7.04%) Security Architect
10 9 (6.34%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 9 (6.34%) Security Assurance Manager
11 8 (5.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 6 (4.23%) Information Architect
12 6 (4.23%) Information Security Architect
12 6 (4.23%) IT Engineer
12 6 (4.23%) IT Security Engineer
12 6 (4.23%) Penetration Tester
12 6 (4.23%) Senior Security Engineer
12 6 (4.23%) Tester
12 6 (4.23%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.04%) SOAP
2 8 (5.63%) Web Services
3 6 (4.23%) REST
4 4 (2.82%) OAuth
4 4 (2.82%) OAuth2
4 4 (2.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (19.72%) Cyber Threat
2 26 (18.31%) Cyberattack
3 24 (16.90%) Security Posture
4 21 (14.79%) Management Information System
5 19 (13.38%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (12.68%) PKI
7 9 (6.34%) IoT
8 8 (5.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 7 (4.93%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (4.23%) Security Operations Centre
11 5 (3.52%) Operational Technology
12 3 (2.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 3 (2.11%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (2.11%) Virtual Team
13 2 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
13 2 (1.41%) Client/Server
13 2 (1.41%) Digital Media
13 2 (1.41%) NHS
13 2 (1.41%) Onboarding
14 1 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 25 (17.61%) Windows
2 12 (8.45%) Linux
3 8 (5.63%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.82%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (85.92%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (42.96%) Information Security
3 49 (34.51%) Incident Response
4 47 (33.10%) Vulnerability Management
5 43 (30.28%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (28.87%) Threat Modelling
7 37 (26.06%) Security Operations
8 36 (25.35%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 36 (25.35%) Threat Intelligence
9 33 (23.24%) Computer Science
10 32 (22.54%) Penetration Testing
11 29 (20.42%) Security Architecture
12 27 (19.01%) Purple Team
13 24 (16.90%) Security Management
14 23 (16.20%) Business Continuity
14 23 (16.20%) ITIL
14 23 (16.20%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 22 (15.49%) SIEM
16 21 (14.79%) Disaster Recovery
16 21 (14.79%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (23.94%) Python
2 14 (9.86%) PowerShell
3 10 (7.04%) SQL
4 9 (6.34%) Bash
5 3 (2.11%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.70%) C++
6 1 (0.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 101 (71.13%) CISSP
2 51 (35.92%) CISM
3 43 (30.28%) Degree
4 26 (18.31%) CRISC
5 24 (16.90%) CISA
6 23 (16.20%) SANS
7 22 (15.49%) CEH
8 21 (14.79%) CompTIA Security+
8 21 (14.79%) GSEC
9 18 (12.68%) CREST Certified
10 16 (11.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (11.27%) ISSMP
11 14 (9.86%) GPEN
12 13 (9.15%) SSCP
13 11 (7.75%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (6.34%) OSCP
15 8 (5.63%) GCIA
15 8 (5.63%) GCIH
15 8 (5.63%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (4.93%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (26.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (22.54%) GDPR
3 26 (18.31%) NIST
4 22 (15.49%) COBIT
5 15 (10.56%) GRC
6 8 (5.63%) NCSC
7 7 (4.93%) NIST 800
8 6 (4.23%) Web Application Security Consortium
9 4 (2.82%) Accessibility
9 4 (2.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 4 (2.82%) PCI DSS
10 2 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.70%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (9.15%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (11.27%) Ansible
2 12 (8.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 9 (6.34%) Nessus
4 4 (2.82%) Grafana
4 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.70%) CASB
5 1 (0.70%) QRadar
Vendors
1 36 (25.35%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.27%) Alibaba
3 12 (8.45%) Google
4 8 (5.63%) Splunk
5 6 (4.23%) Juniper
5 6 (4.23%) Qualys
6 4 (2.82%) Oracle
7 3 (2.11%) Darktrace
8 2 (1.41%) Sophos
9 1 (0.70%) Carbon Black
9 1 (0.70%) Intel
9 1 (0.70%) Thales
9 1 (0.70%) VMware