EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 754 742 1011
Rank change year-on-year -12 +269 -275
Permanent jobs citing CEH 151 204 254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.22% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.54% 0.64% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 100 163 173
10th Percentile £47,500 £32,500 £40,050
25th Percentile £57,188 £48,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £88,500 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,250 £93,100 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £56,500 £57,800
% change year-on-year - -2.25% +5.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CEH 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 27,942 32,039 45,768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.55% 33.80% 27.07%
Number of salaries quoted 17,249 14,523 19,205
10th Percentile £28,668 £32,000 £30,932
25th Percentile £38,524 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,818 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.30% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CEH in the UK

CEH
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for CEH in the UK

CEH
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CEH over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for CEH in the UK

CEH
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CEH within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +42 143 £72,500 +7.41% 59
London +100 77 £77,500 +19.23% 26
UK excluding London -69 68 £56,500 - 35
Work from Home +36 66 £65,000 -13.33% 30
North of England +33 22 £56,500 +41.25% 11
South West -34 16 £60,000 -20.00% 8
North West -6 13 £53,750 -17.31% 5
East of England 0 11 - - 1
Midlands -11 10 £115,000 +84.00% 3
Yorkshire +55 9 £56,500 +61.43% 6
South East -28 6 £50,000 -33.33% 9
East Midlands -11 5 - - 1
West Midlands -13 5 £115,000 +109.09% 2
Northern Ireland +18 1 - -
Scotland -71 1 £72,500 +43.73% 3
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -

CEH
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.32%) IIS
1 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Ripple
Cloud Services
1 65 (43.05%) Azure
2 38 (25.17%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (16.56%) AWS
4 19 (12.58%) Cloud Computing
5 14 (9.27%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (9.27%) Azure Sentinel
5 14 (9.27%) Microsoft Purview
6 7 (4.64%) GCP
7 5 (3.31%) PaaS
8 4 (2.65%) Serverless
9 3 (1.99%) SaaS
10 1 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 43 (28.48%) Firewall
2 34 (22.52%) TCP/IP
3 27 (17.88%) Network Security
4 20 (13.25%) Wireshark
5 14 (9.27%) LAN
5 14 (9.27%) WAN
6 8 (5.30%) VPN
7 5 (3.31%) VLAN
8 3 (1.99%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (1.32%) 802.11
9 2 (1.32%) Bluetooth
9 2 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.32%) ZigBee
10 1 (0.66%) DNS
10 1 (0.66%) HTTP
10 1 (0.66%) SMTP
10 1 (0.66%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.99%) Metasploit
2 2 (1.32%) Artifactory
2 2 (1.32%) Git
General
1 52 (34.44%) Finance
2 45 (29.80%) Social Skills
3 18 (11.92%) Law
4 17 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (11.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (9.27%) Telecoms
6 13 (8.61%) Retail
7 12 (7.95%) Legal
8 9 (5.96%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (4.64%) Banking
10 6 (3.97%) Manufacturing
11 5 (3.31%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.99%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.32%) Cyber-Physical System
13 2 (1.32%) Electronics
13 2 (1.32%) Financial Institution
13 2 (1.32%) Games
13 2 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 53 (35.10%) Security Engineer
2 29 (19.21%) Analyst
3 28 (18.54%) Senior
4 24 (15.89%) Security Analyst
5 21 (13.91%) Lead
5 21 (13.91%) Senior Security Engineer
6 18 (11.92%) Consultant
7 15 (9.93%) Security Consultant
8 14 (9.27%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 14 (9.27%) Security Manager
9 13 (8.61%) Architect
10 12 (7.95%) Information Security Engineer
10 12 (7.95%) Security Architect
10 12 (7.95%) Team Leader
11 11 (7.28%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 11 (7.28%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 11 (7.28%) Managing Consultant
12 7 (4.64%) IT Engineer
12 7 (4.64%) IT Security Engineer
12 7 (4.64%) Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.31%) web3js
2 2 (1.32%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 39 (25.83%) Management Information System
2 19 (12.58%) Security Posture
3 18 (11.92%) Cyber Threat
3 18 (11.92%) Operational Technology
4 17 (11.26%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (4.64%) Blockchain
6 6 (3.97%) Cyberattack
6 6 (3.97%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.97%) PKI
7 5 (3.31%) Web3
8 4 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.65%) IoT
9 3 (1.99%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.32%) CAN bus
10 2 (1.32%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (1.32%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.32%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.32%) SCADA
11 1 (0.66%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 27 (17.88%) Windows
2 14 (9.27%) Android
2 14 (9.27%) Apple iOS
3 6 (3.97%) Linux
4 2 (1.32%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (78.81%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (52.98%) Information Security
3 66 (43.71%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (35.10%) Incident Response
5 50 (33.11%) Vulnerability Management
6 49 (32.45%) SIEM
7 45 (29.80%) Cloud Security
8 40 (26.49%) Agile
9 35 (23.18%) Data Loss Prevention
10 33 (21.85%) Ethical Hacking
10 33 (21.85%) Penetration Testing
10 33 (21.85%) Security Architecture
11 28 (18.54%) Cryptography
12 26 (17.22%) Security Operations
13 25 (16.56%) Identity Access Management
13 25 (16.56%) Mentoring
13 25 (16.56%) Risk Management
14 21 (13.91%) Process Improvement
15 20 (13.25%) Roadmaps
16 19 (12.58%) Key Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (23.84%) Python
2 27 (17.88%) PowerShell
3 10 (6.62%) Bash
4 2 (1.32%) C++
4 2 (1.32%) Java
4 2 (1.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 125 (82.78%) CISSP
2 54 (35.76%) CISM
3 52 (34.44%) Cisco Certification
4 35 (23.18%) Degree
5 30 (19.87%) CompTIA Security+
5 30 (19.87%) OSCP
6 28 (18.54%) CCSP
7 24 (15.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 22 (14.57%) GIAC
9 20 (13.25%) Security Cleared
9 20 (13.25%) SSCP
10 19 (12.58%) CRISC
11 18 (11.92%) GSEC
12 17 (11.26%) SANS
12 17 (11.26%) SC Cleared
13 16 (10.60%) CCNA
14 15 (9.93%) CASP
15 14 (9.27%) CISA
16 13 (8.61%) DBS Check
16 13 (8.61%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (27.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 39 (25.83%) NIST
3 26 (17.22%) PCI DSS
4 17 (11.26%) NCSC
5 16 (10.60%) GDPR
6 15 (9.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 8 (5.30%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (4.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (4.64%) NIST 800
9 6 (3.97%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.99%) ISO 31000
10 3 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (1.32%) GRC
11 2 (1.32%) QA
System Software
1 14 (9.27%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (1.99%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.66%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.66%) Snort
4 1 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (9.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (9.27%) Nmap
3 10 (6.62%) SCCM
4 7 (4.64%) CASB
4 7 (4.64%) CSIRT
5 3 (1.99%) Nessus
5 3 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 44 (29.14%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.26%) Rapid7
3 16 (10.60%) Splunk
4 14 (9.27%) Qualys
4 14 (9.27%) Thycotic
5 10 (6.62%) CyberArk
5 10 (6.62%) ServiceNow
6 6 (3.97%) Citrix
7 5 (3.31%) VMware
8 4 (2.65%) CheckPoint
8 4 (2.65%) iManage
9 3 (1.99%) LogRhythm
9 3 (1.99%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.32%) Cisco
10 2 (1.32%) Darktrace
11 1 (0.66%) CA
11 1 (0.66%) Meraki