GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GCIA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 852 920 1179
Rank change year-on-year +68 +259 -264
Permanent jobs citing GCIA 32 55 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.032% 0.055% 0.039%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.17% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 16 48 40
10th Percentile £51,000 - £53,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £32,500 £60,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £40,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +65.63% -42.86% +20.23%
75th Percentile £90,000 £72,500 £85,000
90th Percentile - £81,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £35,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +71.43% -42.86% +11.36%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

GCIA 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 27,500 32,829 43,985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.52% 33.01% 27.02%
Number of salaries quoted 17,231 14,784 19,165
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.04%

GCIA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GCIA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GCIA in the UK

GCIA
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for GCIA in the UK

GCIA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCIA over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GCIA in the UK

GCIA
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCIA within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
UK excluding London -29 21 £60,000 +71.43% 5
Work from Home +90 20 £60,000 -14.29% 3
England +67 17 £62,500 +25.00% 12
Scotland -54 15 £72,500 +45.00%
London +113 11 £90,000 -14.29% 8
North of England +24 3 £54,750 +56.43% 1
South East +14 3 £60,000 +20.00% 4
North West -1 2 £47,000 -37.33%
Yorkshire +70 1 £62,500 +78.57% 1

GCIA
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 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (43.75%) SaaS
2 4 (12.50%) Azure
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.13%) AWS
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.50%) Network Security
2 3 (9.38%) Firewall
2 3 (9.38%) Wireshark
3 2 (6.25%) LAN
3 2 (6.25%) SSL
3 2 (6.25%) TCP/IP
3 2 (6.25%) WAN
4 1 (3.13%) tcpdump
General
1 18 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 15 (46.88%) Military
3 9 (28.13%) Finance
4 6 (18.75%) Banking
5 3 (9.38%) Retail
6 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Games
6 1 (3.13%) Law
6 1 (3.13%) Legal
6 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 19 (59.38%) Analyst
2 14 (43.75%) Support Analyst
2 14 (43.75%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 9 (28.13%) Security Engineer
4 6 (18.75%) IT Engineer
4 6 (18.75%) IT Security Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (12.50%) Security Analyst
6 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Consultant
7 2 (6.25%) Financial Analyst
7 2 (6.25%) Information Analyst
7 2 (6.25%) Information Security Analyst
7 2 (6.25%) Senior
7 2 (6.25%) Senior Security Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Service Analyst
7 2 (6.25%) SOC Analyst
8 1 (3.13%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 1 (3.13%) IT Support
8 1 (3.13%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (9.38%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.25%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (6.25%) Cyberattack
2 2 (6.25%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.13%) CSOC
3 1 (3.13%) SCADA
3 1 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (3.13%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (56.25%) Windows
2 16 (50.00%) Linux
2 16 (50.00%) Unix
3 14 (43.75%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (96.88%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (71.88%) Information Security
3 21 (65.63%) Incident Response
4 19 (59.38%) Security Operations
5 18 (56.25%) ITIL
6 17 (53.13%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 17 (53.13%) Threat Intelligence
7 16 (50.00%) Malware Analysis
8 15 (46.88%) Actionable Insight
8 15 (46.88%) Customer Service
8 15 (46.88%) DevOps
8 15 (46.88%) Open Source
9 14 (43.75%) Incident Management
9 14 (43.75%) Resource Management
9 14 (43.75%) Service Delivery
9 14 (43.75%) Situational Awareness
10 8 (25.00%) SIEM
11 6 (18.75%) Vulnerability Management
12 4 (12.50%) Computer Science
12 4 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.88%) PowerShell
1 7 (21.88%) Python
2 1 (3.13%) Bash
Qualifications
1 29 (90.63%) GCIH
2 27 (84.38%) CISSP
3 20 (62.50%) Degree
4 15 (46.88%) GREM
5 14 (43.75%) CISM
6 9 (28.13%) GIAC
7 8 (25.00%) CCNP
7 8 (25.00%) CEH
7 8 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (21.88%) GSEC
9 6 (18.75%) GCFA
10 3 (9.38%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (9.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (9.38%) SANS
11 2 (6.25%) CCNA
11 2 (6.25%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (6.25%) GCED
11 2 (6.25%) SC Cleared
11 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
12 1 (3.13%) GCWN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (15.63%) NIST
3 2 (6.25%) COBIT
3 2 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (6.25%) ISO 31000
4 1 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (3.13%) GDPR
4 1 (3.13%) GRC
4 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (3.13%) NCSC
4 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.13%) Snort
Systems Management
1 3 (9.38%) QRadar
Vendors
1 14 (43.75%) Dell
2 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.25%) Cisco
3 2 (6.25%) IBM
3 2 (6.25%) Splunk
3 2 (6.25%) VMware
4 1 (3.13%) Darktrace