GSEC Jobs in the North of England

GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for GSEC 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 409 421 459
Rank change year-on-year +12 +38 -
Permanent jobs citing GSEC 3 2 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.015% 0.013% 0.053%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.072% 0.039% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 10
10th Percentile £36,750 £67,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £70,000 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £42,500 £80,000 £69,063
90th Percentile £43,250 £83,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £77,500 £85,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.36% +36.80% -10.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

GSEC 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 in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,159 5,075 5,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 20.72% 32.30% 28.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,709 1,690 2,417
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £27,387
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £54,377 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.81% +14.48% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £79,225 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -

GSEC
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing GSEC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for GSEC in the North of England

GSEC
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GSEC in the North of England.

Salary trend for GSEC in the North of England

GSEC
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GSEC within the North of 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -23 2 £42,500 -43.33% 1
North East - 1 £37,500 -
GSEC
England

GSEC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) HTTP
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) SMTP
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) tcpdump
2 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Security Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) CSOC
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (33.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Ethical Hacking
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 1 (33.33%) Forensic Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Offensive Security
3 1 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Runbook
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (66.67%) CEH
2 2 (66.67%) CISM
2 2 (66.67%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (33.33%) CCSP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) GCIA
3 1 (33.33%) GCIH
3 1 (33.33%) GIAC
3 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (33.33%) OSCP
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (33.33%) HIPAA
3 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Snort
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (33.33%) iManage
1 1 (33.33%) Intel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft