GIAC Contracts in London

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 373 415 564
Rank change year-on-year +42 +149 -102
Contract jobs citing GIAC 27 67 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.15% 0.27% 0.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.65% 1.23% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 46 27
10th Percentile £270 £600 £440
25th Percentile £400 £700 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £750 £625
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +20.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £713 £820 £770
90th Percentile £764 £838 £775
England median daily rate £563 £700 £638
% change year-on-year -19.64% +9.80% -5.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,184 5,456 6,739
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.67% 21.69% 17.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,872 3,745 4,671
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £767 £800 £750
England median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 89 148
10th Percentile £14.49 £19.23 £24.18
25th Percentile £20.22 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.00 £51.50 £44.13
Median % change year-on-year -51.46% +16.71% +17.67%
75th Percentile £42.75 £70.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.60 £87.50 £65.32
England median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for GIAC in London

GIAC
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for GIAC in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIAC within the London 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
Central London +43 5 £444 -45.88%
GIAC
England

GIAC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (3.70%) Confluence
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (18.52%) AWS
2 3 (11.11%) Azure
2 3 (11.11%) IaaS
2 3 (11.11%) SaaS
3 2 (7.41%) GCP
4 1 (3.70%) AWS IoT
4 1 (3.70%) PaaS
4 1 (3.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (37.04%) Firewall
2 5 (18.52%) Network Security
2 5 (18.52%) TCP/IP
3 4 (14.81%) HTTP
4 3 (11.11%) DHCP
4 3 (11.11%) DNS
4 3 (11.11%) FTP
5 2 (7.41%) Wireless
6 1 (3.70%) HTTPS
6 1 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (3.70%) Kerberos
6 1 (3.70%) tcpdump
6 1 (3.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) MySQL
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Finance
3 2 (7.41%) Legal
3 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Architect
1 8 (29.63%) Security Architect
2 7 (25.93%) Senior
3 6 (22.22%) Security Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) Senior Architect
3 6 (22.22%) Senior Security Architect
4 5 (18.52%) Analyst
5 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Junior
6 3 (11.11%) Consultant
6 3 (11.11%) Incident Engineer
6 3 (11.11%) SOC Analyst
7 2 (7.41%) Information Officer
7 2 (7.41%) Information Security Officer
7 2 (7.41%) IT Architect
7 2 (7.41%) IT Security Architect
7 2 (7.41%) Junior Consultant
7 2 (7.41%) Security Analyst
7 2 (7.41%) Security Officer
7 2 (7.41%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) JSON
1 1 (3.70%) RESTful
1 1 (3.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Cyber Threat
1 7 (25.93%) Management Information System
2 6 (22.22%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (18.52%) Security Posture
4 4 (14.81%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (11.11%) IoT
5 3 (11.11%) Mobile App
6 2 (7.41%) Cloud Native
6 2 (7.41%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (7.41%) Virtual Team
7 1 (3.70%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (3.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 9 (33.33%) Linux
2 7 (25.93%) Windows
3 1 (3.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (62.96%) Information Security
2 16 (59.26%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (51.85%) SIEM
4 13 (48.15%) Security Operations
5 11 (40.74%) Computer Science
6 9 (33.33%) Cloud Security
6 9 (33.33%) Incident Response
7 7 (25.93%) SABSA
7 7 (25.93%) Security Monitoring
8 6 (22.22%) Security Architecture
8 6 (22.22%) Threat Analysis
8 6 (22.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 6 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
9 5 (18.52%) Penetration Testing
9 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (14.81%) Data Loss Prevention
10 4 (14.81%) Information Assurance
10 4 (14.81%) Offensive Security
10 4 (14.81%) Remediation Plan
10 4 (14.81%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (29.63%) Python
2 3 (11.11%) Perl
2 3 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 2 (7.41%) C#
3 2 (7.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 16 (59.26%) CISSP
2 11 (40.74%) Degree
3 10 (37.04%) GCIH
4 9 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (29.63%) GCIA
5 8 (29.63%) SANS
6 6 (22.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (22.22%) CCSK
6 6 (22.22%) CEH
6 6 (22.22%) CISA
6 6 (22.22%) CRISC
7 5 (18.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (18.52%) OSCP
8 4 (14.81%) CISM
8 4 (14.81%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (11.11%) CREST Certified
9 3 (11.11%) GSEC
10 2 (7.41%) CCNA
10 2 (7.41%) CCNP
10 2 (7.41%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (40.74%) NIST
2 7 (25.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (22.22%) NIST 800
4 3 (11.11%) GDPR
5 2 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (7.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (7.41%) Docker
2 2 (7.41%) Snort
Systems Management
1 7 (25.93%) CSIRT
2 4 (14.81%) Nessus
2 4 (14.81%) QRadar
3 2 (7.41%) Kubernetes
3 2 (7.41%) logstash
3 2 (7.41%) Terraform
4 1 (3.70%) Ansible
4 1 (3.70%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) BeyondTrust
1 4 (14.81%) CrowdStrike
1 4 (14.81%) Oracle
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.41%) Cisco
3 2 (7.41%) Cybereason
3 2 (7.41%) Splunk
4 1 (3.70%) Atlassian
4 1 (3.70%) Google