The first table below looks at the demand for CEH in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CEH over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the East of England region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
Rank 258 263 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Permanent jobs citing CEH 4 7 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.048% 0.080% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.164% 0.260% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 0
Average salary £47,500 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.71% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -
All Qualifications
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
2441 2688 3042
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 29.42% 30.66% 32.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2020 2216 2674
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
CEH
England

CEH
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing CEH across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

East of England CEH Jobs Demand Trend

CEH
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CEH across the East of England region.

East of England CEH Salary Trend

CEH
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CEH within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hertfordshire +3 2 £48,750 +39.28%
Cambridgeshire - 2 £47,500 -
CEH
England

CEH
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing CEH also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited CEH.

1 25 (92.59%) CISSP
2 21 (77.78%) CISA
2 21 (77.78%) CISM
3 18 (66.67%) Firewall
4 16 (59.26%) TCP/IP
5 14 (51.85%) VPN
5 14 (51.85%) DNS
5 14 (51.85%) Cisco
5 14 (51.85%) CCNP
5 14 (51.85%) LAN
5 14 (51.85%) VoIP
5 14 (51.85%) WAN
5 14 (51.85%) DHCP
5 14 (51.85%) RIP
5 14 (51.85%) Change Management
5 14 (51.85%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (51.85%) MPLS
5 14 (51.85%) VLAN
5 14 (51.85%) Network Security
5 14 (51.85%) Network Management
6 13 (48.15%) Information Security
7 11 (40.74%) GIAC
8 10 (37.04%) Penetration Testing
9 9 (33.33%) PCI DSS
10 8 (29.63%) Capacity Planning
10 8 (29.63%) F5
10 8 (29.63%) Intrusion Detection
10 8 (29.63%) Network Design
10 8 (29.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 8 (29.63%) Disaster Recovery

CEH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing CEH also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited CEH. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 18 (66.67%) Firewall
2 16 (59.26%) TCP/IP
3 14 (51.85%) VPN
3 14 (51.85%) DNS
3 14 (51.85%) LAN
3 14 (51.85%) VoIP
3 14 (51.85%) WAN
3 14 (51.85%) DHCP
3 14 (51.85%) RIP
3 14 (51.85%) MPLS
3 14 (51.85%) VLAN
3 14 (51.85%) Network Security
4 8 (29.63%) Intrusion Detection
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Security Officer
2 7 (25.93%) Analyst
2 7 (25.93%) Security Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Security Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) Security Specialist
3 6 (22.22%) Network Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) Network Security Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (18.52%) Senior Security Analyst
5 4 (14.81%) Operations Analyst
5 4 (14.81%) IT Operations Analyst
5 4 (14.81%) IT Security Specialist
5 4 (14.81%) Security Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Computer Science
2 2 (7.407%) Kindle
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) UNIX
1 4 (14.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Change Management
1 14 (51.85%) Network Management
2 13 (48.15%) Information Security
3 10 (37.04%) Penetration Testing
4 8 (29.63%) Capacity Planning
4 8 (29.63%) Network Design
4 8 (29.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 8 (29.63%) Disaster Recovery
5 7 (25.93%) Security Management
5 7 (25.93%) Risk Management
6 6 (22.22%) Ethical Hacking
7 4 (14.81%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (11.11%) Data Security
9 2 (7.407%) SIEM
9 2 (7.407%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 25 (92.59%) CISSP
2 21 (77.78%) CISA
2 21 (77.78%) CISM
3 14 (51.85%) CCNP
3 14 (51.85%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (40.74%) GIAC
5 6 (22.22%) CCDP
6 3 (11.11%) Degree
7 2 (7.407%) GCIA
7 2 (7.407%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 7 (25.93%) COBIT
3 2 (7.407%) ISO 9001
3 2 (7.407%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 4 (14.81%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Nessus
Vendors
1 14 (51.85%) Cisco
2 8 (29.63%) F5
3 6 (22.22%) VMware
3 6 (22.22%) Citrix
4 4 (14.81%) Qualys
5 2 (7.407%) Sourcefire
5 2 (7.407%) Juniper
5 2 (7.407%) Symantec