GSEC Contracts in London

GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for GSEC 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 394 478 596
Rank change year-on-year +84 +118 -99
Contract jobs citing GSEC 6 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.034% 0.016% 0.021%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% 0.073% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 7
10th Percentile £455 - £361
25th Percentile £463 - £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £820 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.59% +82.22% +3.45%
75th Percentile £738 - £638
90th Percentile £850 - -
England median daily rate £663 £650 £573
% change year-on-year +1.92% +13.54% +31.61%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

GSEC 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%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for GSEC in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for GSEC in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for GSEC in London

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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 (16.67%) Confluence
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) HTTP
2 1 (16.67%) HTTPS
2 1 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (16.67%) Kerberos
2 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) MySQL
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Security Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Security Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Applications Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Security Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Security Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) JSON
1 1 (16.67%) RESTful
1 1 (16.67%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Unix
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (83.33%) Threat Intelligence
2 4 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (50.00%) Information Security
3 3 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 3 (50.00%) SIEM
4 2 (33.33%) Antivirus Management
4 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 2 (33.33%) Cyber Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (33.33%) Identity Management
4 2 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 1 (16.67%) Agile
5 1 (16.67%) BCP
5 1 (16.67%) Change Management
5 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (16.67%) Information Management
5 1 (16.67%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) GCIH
2 3 (50.00%) GIAC
2 3 (50.00%) GREM
2 3 (50.00%) OSCP
3 2 (33.33%) CISM
3 2 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (33.33%) Linux+ Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Server+ Certification
4 1 (16.67%) CCNP
4 1 (16.67%) CEH
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
1 2 (33.33%) NIST 800
1 2 (33.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Docker
1 2 (33.33%) Snort
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 2 (33.33%) logstash
1 2 (33.33%) Terraform
2 1 (16.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Cybereason
2 2 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (33.33%) Splunk
3 1 (16.67%) Atlassian