GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 853 904 1122
Rank change year-on-year +51 +218 -235
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 37 73 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.074% 0.076%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.22% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 19 54 87
10th Percentile £54,750 - £38,750
25th Percentile £58,750 £32,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £42,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +111.76% -43.33% +40.85%
75th Percentile - £72,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +56.25% -23.81% +2.44%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

GCIH 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 27,486 32,730 43,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.51% 33.01% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,243 14,736 18,996
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,483 £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 £52,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.49% +4.70% +1.01%

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for GCIH in the UK

GCIH
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for GCIH in the UK

GCIH
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCIH over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GCIH in the UK

GCIH
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCIH within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 -52 23 £62,500 +56.25% 5
England +55 22 £90,000 +56.52% 13
Work from Home +74 18 £62,500 -10.71% 7
Scotland -50 15 £72,500 +45.00%
London +104 14 £90,000 -2.17% 10
North of England +37 4 £57,500 +43.75% 2
North West +1 3 £52,250 +22.94%
West Midlands +8 2 £115,000 +64.29%
Midlands -13 2 £115,000 +64.29%
Yorkshire +72 1 £62,500 +78.57% 2
East of England +3 1 - -
South East +2 1 - - 2

GCIH
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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (37.84%) SaaS
2 5 (13.51%) Azure
3 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.70%) AWS
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.51%) Firewall
1 5 (13.51%) Network Security
1 5 (13.51%) Wireshark
2 4 (10.81%) TCP/IP
3 2 (5.41%) LAN
3 2 (5.41%) SSL
3 2 (5.41%) WAN
4 1 (2.70%) tcpdump
General
1 19 (51.35%) Social Skills
2 15 (40.54%) Military
3 9 (24.32%) Finance
4 6 (16.22%) Banking
5 3 (8.11%) Legal
6 2 (5.41%) Games
6 2 (5.41%) Law
7 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (62.16%) Analyst
2 14 (37.84%) Support Analyst
2 14 (37.84%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 9 (24.32%) Security Engineer
4 8 (21.62%) Security Analyst
5 7 (18.92%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 6 (16.22%) IT Engineer
6 6 (16.22%) IT Security Engineer
7 4 (10.81%) Consultant
8 3 (8.11%) Information Analyst
8 3 (8.11%) Information Security Analyst
8 3 (8.11%) IT Analyst
8 3 (8.11%) IT Security Analyst
8 3 (8.11%) Security Consultant
8 3 (8.11%) Senior
9 2 (5.41%) Financial Analyst
9 2 (5.41%) Incident Engineer
9 2 (5.41%) Senior Security Engineer
9 2 (5.41%) Service Analyst
9 2 (5.41%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (13.51%) Security Posture
3 2 (5.41%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (5.41%) Cyberattack
3 2 (5.41%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.70%) CSOC
4 1 (2.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.70%) PKI
4 1 (2.70%) SCADA
4 1 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (67.57%) Windows
2 21 (56.76%) Linux
3 17 (45.95%) Unix
4 14 (37.84%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (91.89%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (75.68%) Information Security
3 25 (67.57%) Incident Response
4 18 (48.65%) Security Operations
5 17 (45.95%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 17 (45.95%) Threat Intelligence
6 16 (43.24%) ITIL
6 16 (43.24%) Malware Analysis
7 15 (40.54%) Actionable Insight
7 15 (40.54%) Customer Service
7 15 (40.54%) DevOps
7 15 (40.54%) Incident Management
7 15 (40.54%) Open Source
8 14 (37.84%) Resource Management
8 14 (37.84%) Service Delivery
8 14 (37.84%) Situational Awareness
9 12 (32.43%) SIEM
10 8 (21.62%) Vulnerability Management
11 7 (18.92%) Data Loss Prevention
12 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 13 (35.14%) Python
2 11 (29.73%) PowerShell
3 5 (13.51%) Bash
Qualifications
1 30 (81.08%) CISSP
2 29 (78.38%) GCIA
3 22 (59.46%) Degree
4 18 (48.65%) GREM
5 16 (43.24%) CISM
6 14 (37.84%) CEH
7 10 (27.03%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (27.03%) GCFA
8 9 (24.32%) GIAC
9 7 (18.92%) GSEC
10 6 (16.22%) CCNP
10 6 (16.22%) OSCP
11 5 (13.51%) GCFE
12 4 (10.81%) CCSP
12 4 (10.81%) SANS
13 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
13 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
14 2 (5.41%) CompTIA CySA+
14 2 (5.41%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (5.41%) GCED
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) NIST
2 4 (10.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.41%) COBIT
3 2 (5.41%) ISO 31000
3 2 (5.41%) NCSC
4 1 (2.70%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.70%) GDPR
4 1 (2.70%) GRC
4 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (2.70%) NIST 800
4 1 (2.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.70%) Snort
Systems Management
1 5 (13.51%) CSIRT
2 3 (8.11%) CASB
2 3 (8.11%) QRadar
Vendors
1 14 (37.84%) Dell
2 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.41%) Cisco
3 2 (5.41%) IBM
3 2 (5.41%) Splunk
3 2 (5.41%) VMware
4 1 (2.70%) Darktrace