The first table below looks at the demand for CEH in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CEH over the 3 months to 22 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
Rank 153 147 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Permanent jobs citing CEH 1 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.031% 0.171% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.111% 0.550% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
Average salary £21,300 £42,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-49.88% -
UK excluding London average salary £43,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+7.50% -
All Qualifications
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
902 1091 1032
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 28.27% 31.17% 30.18%
Number of salaries quoted 516 789 767
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 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
Edinburgh -5 1 £21,300 -49.88%
CEH
UK

CEH
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 7 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (57.14%) GIS
2 4 (57.14%) Statistics
2 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) QA
2 4 (57.14%) Time Management
3 3 (42.86%) ITIL V3
3 3 (42.86%) SIEM
3 3 (42.86%) Cryptography
3 3 (42.86%) Information Management
3 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 3 (42.86%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (42.86%) Firewall
3 3 (42.86%) Security Management
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
3 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 3 (42.86%) GIAC
3 3 (42.86%) ITIL
3 3 (42.86%) UNIX
3 3 (42.86%) Windows
3 3 (42.86%) LAN
3 3 (42.86%) WAN
3 3 (42.86%) CCSP
3 3 (42.86%) CISSP
3 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (42.86%) SSCP

CEH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 3 (42.86%) Intrusion Detection
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
1 3 (42.86%) LAN
1 3 (42.86%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) GIS
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Data Analyst
3 3 (42.86%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (57.14%) Statistics
3 3 (42.86%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) UNIX
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Time Management
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL V3
2 3 (42.86%) SIEM
2 3 (42.86%) Information Management
2 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 3 (42.86%) Security Management
2 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) GIAC
2 3 (42.86%) CCSP
2 3 (42.86%) CISSP
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (42.86%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) QA