The first table below looks at the demand for CEH in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CEH over the 3 months to 23 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
Rank 681 767 837
Rank change year-on-year
+86 +70
Permanent jobs citing CEH 155 93 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.154% 0.082% 0.028%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.560% 0.299% 0.106%
Number of salaries quoted 103 80 27
Average salary £47,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.50% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £27,795 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £56,500 £61,000
UK excluding London average salary £44,250 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+10.62% -
All Qualifications
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
27697 31093 30987
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 27.52% 27.42% 25.96%
Number of salaries quoted 22566 26632 26091
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £25,894
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
CEH
UK

CEH
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

England CEH Salary Trend

CEH
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CEH across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England CEH Salary Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 23 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
London +58 47 £58,750 +38.23%
South East +6 46 £43,750 +9.37%
Yorkshire +22 29 £51,750 +135.22%
West Midlands +5 26 £40,000 -
East of England +7 4 £47,500 +35.71%
North West -15 2 £49,040 -16.52%
East Midlands -4 1 £55,000 +77.41%
CEH
UK

CEH
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

1 247 (88.21%) CISSP
2 127 (45.36%) CISM
3 126 (45.00%) Firewall
4 113 (40.36%) Information Security
5 89 (31.79%) CISA
6 85 (30.36%) Penetration Testing
7 83 (29.64%) Windows
8 73 (26.07%) Network Security
8 73 (26.07%) Vulnerability Management
9 71 (25.36%) UNIX
10 69 (24.64%) TCP/IP
11 67 (23.93%) Finance
12 66 (23.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 65 (23.21%) Cisco Certification
14 63 (22.50%) Linux
15 61 (21.79%) Management Information System
16 59 (21.07%) Degree
17 54 (19.29%) Ethical Hacking
18 50 (17.86%) Cisco
19 49 (17.50%) WAN
20 48 (17.14%) LAN
21 46 (16.43%) Security Testing
22 45 (16.07%) Network Design
22 45 (16.07%) Risk Management
23 44 (15.71%) Wireless
24 41 (14.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
25 39 (13.93%) Security Architecture
26 37 (13.21%) Security Cleared
26 37 (13.21%) PCI DSS
27 36 (12.86%) Intrusion Detection

CEH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

Application Development
1 21 (7.500%) Web Services
2 8 (2.857%) JSP
3 4 (1.429%) .NET
4 2 (0.714%) ASP
5 1 (0.357%) J2EE
5 1 (0.357%) Struts
5 1 (0.357%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 26 (9.286%) IIS
2 22 (7.857%) Apache
3 8 (2.857%) MS Exchange
4 2 (0.714%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.357%) GroupWise
5 1 (0.357%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (2.857%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.357%) MS Office
2 1 (0.357%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (0.357%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (0.357%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 1 (0.357%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 126 (45.00%) Firewall
2 73 (26.07%) Network Security
3 69 (24.64%) TCP/IP
4 49 (17.50%) WAN
5 48 (17.14%) LAN
6 44 (15.71%) Wireless
7 36 (12.86%) Intrusion Detection
8 34 (12.14%) DNS
9 27 (9.643%) Internet
10 24 (8.571%) VPN
10 24 (8.571%) DHCP
11 17 (6.071%) MPLS
12 16 (5.714%) VoIP
13 14 (5.000%) VLAN
13 14 (5.000%) RIP
14 11 (3.929%) HTTP
15 10 (3.571%) SMTP
15 10 (3.571%) Wireshark
15 10 (3.571%) Cisco ASA
16 9 (3.214%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.857%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.357%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.357%) MySQL
2 1 (0.357%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (1.429%) GitHub
2 2 (0.714%) Metasploit
General
1 67 (23.93%) Finance
2 25 (8.929%) German Language
3 17 (6.071%) Banking
4 16 (5.714%) Retail
4 16 (5.714%) Legal
5 15 (5.357%) French Language
6 13 (4.643%) Telecoms
7 10 (3.571%) Military
7 10 (3.571%) Aerospace
7 10 (3.571%) Law
7 10 (3.571%) Electronics
8 5 (1.786%) Advertising
9 4 (1.429%) Marketing
9 4 (1.429%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.357%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.357%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 48 (17.14%) Analyst
2 40 (14.29%) Security Analyst
3 39 (13.93%) Penetration Tester
3 39 (13.93%) Tester
4 36 (12.86%) Support Engineer
4 36 (12.86%) Security Specialist
5 31 (11.07%) Security Engineer
5 31 (11.07%) Security Tester
6 30 (10.71%) Consultant
7 28 (10.00%) Security Consultant
8 21 (7.500%) Technical Support
8 21 (7.500%) Technical Support Engineer
8 21 (7.500%) Technical Engineer
9 16 (5.714%) Information Security Consultant
10 14 (5.000%) Senior Information Security Consultant
10 14 (5.000%) Senior Security Consultant
10 14 (5.000%) Senior Consultant
11 13 (4.643%) Systems Tester
12 11 (3.929%) Architect
12 11 (3.929%) Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 61 (21.79%) Management Information System
2 23 (8.214%) Computer Science
3 21 (7.500%) SaaS
4 18 (6.429%) Open Source
5 11 (3.929%) CESG
6 8 (2.857%) Fixed Income
6 8 (2.857%) Equities
6 8 (2.857%) Firmware
6 8 (2.857%) Client/Server
6 8 (2.857%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.429%) PKI
7 4 (1.429%) PMI
8 3 (1.071%) Cryptography
8 3 (1.071%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.071%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.714%) Kindle
9 2 (0.714%) Blog
9 2 (0.714%) SCADA
9 2 (0.714%) AS400
9 2 (0.714%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 83 (29.64%) Windows
2 71 (25.36%) UNIX
3 63 (22.50%) Linux
4 8 (2.857%) Solaris
5 2 (0.714%) Android
5 2 (0.714%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.714%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.714%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.357%) AIX
6 1 (0.357%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (40.36%) Information Security
2 85 (30.36%) Penetration Testing
3 73 (26.07%) Vulnerability Management
4 66 (23.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 54 (19.29%) Ethical Hacking
6 46 (16.43%) Security Testing
7 45 (16.07%) Network Design
7 45 (16.07%) Risk Management
8 39 (13.93%) Security Architecture
9 33 (11.79%) Disaster Recovery
10 29 (10.36%) Security Management
11 26 (9.286%) Project Management
12 23 (8.214%) ITIL
12 23 (8.214%) Risk Assessment
12 23 (8.214%) Data Protection
13 21 (7.500%) Business Continuity
13 21 (7.500%) SIEM
14 19 (6.786%) Reverse Engineering
15 18 (6.429%) Digital Forensics
15 18 (6.429%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 19 (6.786%) Perl
2 18 (6.429%) PHP
2 18 (6.429%) Java
3 13 (4.643%) VB
4 8 (2.857%) C
5 6 (2.143%) Python
6 4 (1.429%) SQL
7 2 (0.714%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.714%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.714%) C++
8 1 (0.357%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.357%) R
Qualifications
1 247 (88.21%) CISSP
2 127 (45.36%) CISM
3 89 (31.79%) CISA
4 65 (23.21%) Cisco Certification
5 59 (21.07%) Degree
6 37 (13.21%) Security Cleared
7 34 (12.14%) GCIH
8 30 (10.71%) SC Cleared
8 30 (10.71%) GIAC
9 23 (8.214%) SSCP
9 23 (8.214%) CCSP
9 23 (8.214%) CHFI
10 21 (7.500%) CCNP
10 21 (7.500%) CISMP
11 18 (6.429%) CRISC
11 18 (6.429%) GPEN
12 16 (5.714%) GWAPT
12 16 (5.714%) OSCP
12 16 (5.714%) OSCE
13 14 (5.000%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (14.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (13.21%) PCI DSS
3 18 (6.429%) HIPAA
4 14 (5.000%) COBIT
5 8 (2.857%) QA
6 7 (2.500%) JSP 440
7 5 (1.786%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.429%) SLA
9 3 (1.071%) ISO/IEC 17799
10 2 (0.714%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.357%) BS7799
System Software
1 27 (9.643%) Nmap
2 17 (6.071%) Active Directory
3 16 (5.714%) Snort
Systems Management
1 10 (3.571%) Nessus
2 8 (2.857%) Norton AntiVirus
3 4 (1.429%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.714%) McAfee ePO
4 2 (0.714%) WebInspect
5 1 (0.357%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 50 (17.86%) Cisco
2 26 (9.286%) Oracle
3 21 (7.500%) McAfee
4 20 (7.143%) CheckPoint
5 19 (6.786%) Juniper
6 16 (5.714%) Qualys
7 13 (4.643%) Microsoft
7 13 (4.643%) Tripwire
7 13 (4.643%) F5
8 12 (4.286%) Symantec
9 10 (3.571%) Blue Coat
9 10 (3.571%) Websense
10 8 (2.857%) IronPort
11 6 (2.143%) VMware
11 6 (2.143%) Citrix
12 3 (1.071%) Novell
12 3 (1.071%) Sourcefire
13 2 (0.714%) SolarWinds
13 2 (0.714%) Fortinet
13 2 (0.714%) IBM
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