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GIAC certifications jobs

Open security roles whose postings name the GIAC certifications (GSEC, GCIH, GPEN and others), from GIAC, as something they require or would like to see. Each opens the full posting at the employer with its stated salary.

218
open roles name it
$150k–$290k
a year, typical
95
employers
Postings read 11 Nov 2026, 22:07 UTC

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Roles naming the GIAC certifications

The 150 newest of 218.

Employers

Who asks for the GIAC certifications

Employers naming the GIAC certifications
EmployerPostings
Palo Alto Networks13
Sophos13
GuidePoint Security10
CrowdStrike8
Arctic Wolf7
SpaceX7
Elastic6
Nebius5
Thales5
Veeam5
Qualys4
7AI3
Airwallex3
Altruist3
Armadin3

Questions

The GIAC certifications in today's postings

How many jobs ask for the GIAC certifications?

218 of the 2,150 open security postings on the board name it (10.1%), as a requirement or as a plus.

What do jobs naming the GIAC certifications pay?

They state a typical $150k–$290k/yr, middle $179k/yr, against $205k/yr for every security posting read. The gap reflects which roles ask for the GIAC certifications as much as the certificate itself.

In what kind of security work does the GIAC certifications matter?

Mostly security operations & incident response (78), security engineering (46), penetration testing & red team (19). GIAC sets no years-of-experience rule for it, so it can come before a first security job.

Compare it with every certification the postings name.

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