The first part of the table below looks at the demand for CEH in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CEH over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank770826704
Rank change year-on-year
Up+56Down-122
Matching permanent IT job ads1093248
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.090 %0.026 %0.050 %
As % of the Qualifications category0.324 %0.100 %0.208 %
Number of salaries quoted862641
Average salary£40,000£45,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11 %+12.50 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,795£38,750£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£58,000£57,250£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
336203192723074
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK27.74 %26.16 %24.23 %
Number of salaries quoted286142663719117
Average salary£42,500£41,000£41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£38,500£38,000
% change year-on-year
+3.89 %+1.31 %

CEH
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing CEH within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

CEH Demand Trend

CEH
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CEH within the UK.

CEH Salary Trend

CEH
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CEH over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

CEH Salary Histogram

CEH
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+6791£40,000-11.11 %
South EastUp+1042£40,000-
LondonDown-926£42,500-7.60 %
M4 CorridorUp+413£40,000-
BerkshireDown-2613£40,000-
WallingfordUp+119£27,795-18.04 %
OxfordshireUp+109£27,795-18.04 %
South WestDown-47£30,000-44.95 %
EdinburghNew entry-7£42,500-
ScotlandNew entry-7£42,500-
East of EnglandNew entry-7£35,000-
HertfordshireNew entry-6£35,000-
SloughNew entry-5£41,000-
Welwyn Garden CityNew entry-5--
CheshireNew entry-4£58,750-
West SussexNew entry-4£40,000-
North WestNew entry-4£58,750-
GloucesterNew entry-3£30,000-
GatwickNew entry-3£40,000-
CheltenhamNew entry-3£30,000-
BristolNew entry-3£47,500-
GloucestershireNew entry-3£30,000-
TewkesburyNew entry-3£30,000-
StroudNew entry-3£30,000-
NottinghamshireUp+52£31,000-34.73 %
City of LondonUp+52--
NottinghamUp+32£31,000-34.73 %
East MidlandsDown-12£31,000-34.73 %
YorkshireDown-32£22,000-41.33 %
SurreyDown-92£52,500+7.69 %

CEH
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1173 (76.89 %)CISSP
279 (35.11 %)Information Security
377 (34.22 %)Firewall
467 (29.78 %)Linux
561 (27.11 %)UNIX
651 (22.67 %)Finance
749 (21.78 %)CISA
846 (20.44 %)Windows
846 (20.44 %)Penetration Testing
846 (20.44 %)Degree
942 (18.67 %)French Language
1040 (17.78 %)Risk Management
1040 (17.78 %)CISM
1138 (16.89 %)Cisco Certification
1138 (16.89 %)Ethical Hacking
1236 (16.00 %)Network Security
1236 (16.00 %)ITIL
1236 (16.00 %)Vulnerability Management
1334 (15.11 %)Project Management
1433 (14.67 %)Nessus
1532 (14.22 %)PCI DSS
1532 (14.22 %)GIAC
1631 (13.78 %)Perl
1631 (13.78 %)Security Cleared
1631 (13.78 %)ISO/IEC 27001
1727 (12.00 %)CCSP
1727 (12.00 %)Management Information System
1826 (11.56 %)Windows Server 2008
1925 (11.11 %)Cisco
1925 (11.11 %)Microsoft

CEH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
18 (3.556 %)Web Services
24 (1.778 %).NET
32 (0.889 %)WAP
32 (0.889 %)J2EE
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (3.556 %)IIS
22 (0.889 %)Apache
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
117 (7.556 %)MS Excel
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
177 (34.22 %)Firewall
236 (16.00 %)Network Security
325 (11.11 %)TCP/IP
423 (10.22 %)WAN
423 (10.22 %)LAN
513 (5.778 %)Internet
611 (4.889 %)Cisco ASA
710 (4.444 %)Intrusion Detection
87 (3.111 %)VoIP
87 (3.111 %)VPN
96 (2.667 %)SAN
96 (2.667 %)NAS
105 (2.222 %)Wireshark
114 (1.778 %)Wireless
123 (1.333 %)Cisco IOS
123 (1.333 %)IP Telephony
123 (1.333 %)WLAN
132 (0.889 %)SMS
141 (0.444 %)HTTPS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (0.444 %)DB2
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (2.667 %)Metasploit
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
151 (22.67 %)Finance
242 (18.67 %)French Language
314 (6.222 %)Financial Institution
412 (5.333 %)Banking
58 (3.556 %)Legal
65 (2.222 %)Retail
65 (2.222 %)Telecoms
65 (2.222 %)Law
74 (1.778 %)Games
83 (1.333 %)Retail Banking
83 (1.333 %)Investment Banking
83 (1.333 %)Advertising
92 (0.889 %)Online Betting
101 (0.444 %)Military
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
152 (23.11 %)Analyst
244 (19.56 %)Security Analyst
342 (18.67 %)Technical Support
441 (18.22 %)Technical Engineer
441 (18.22 %)Support Engineer
441 (18.22 %)Technical Support Engineer
527 (12.00 %)Consultant
621 (9.333 %)Security Consultant
719 (8.444 %)Security Specialist
816 (7.111 %)Tester
816 (7.111 %)Penetration Tester
914 (6.222 %)IT Security Analyst
914 (6.222 %)Head of Security
1013 (5.778 %)Security Manager
1013 (5.778 %)Senior Analyst
1112 (5.333 %)Systems Engineer
1112 (5.333 %)Senior Security Analyst
1210 (4.444 %)Infrastructure Engineer
137 (3.111 %)Security Architect
137 (3.111 %)Delivery Manager
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
127 (12.00 %)Management Information System
221 (9.333 %)SaaS
318 (8.000 %)CESG
417 (7.556 %)Hedge funds
58 (3.556 %)Computer Science
67 (3.111 %)CESG CLAS
76 (2.667 %)AS400
76 (2.667 %)Informatics
85 (2.222 %)Cloud Computing
85 (2.222 %)Statistics
94 (1.778 %)PKI
103 (1.333 %)Mathematics
103 (1.333 %)Physics
103 (1.333 %)SecurID
103 (1.333 %)Cryptography
103 (1.333 %)Biometrics
112 (0.889 %)Blackberry
112 (0.889 %)Open Source
112 (0.889 %)iPhone
112 (0.889 %)Online Games
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
167 (29.78 %)Linux
261 (27.11 %)UNIX
346 (20.44 %)Windows
426 (11.56 %)Windows Server 2008
521 (9.333 %)Windows Server 2003
65 (2.222 %)Ubuntu
65 (2.222 %)Debian
74 (1.778 %)Windows 2000 Server
74 (1.778 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
83 (1.333 %)Android
91 (0.444 %)Solaris
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
179 (35.11 %)Information Security
246 (20.44 %)Penetration Testing
340 (17.78 %)Risk Management
438 (16.89 %)Ethical Hacking
536 (16.00 %)ITIL
536 (16.00 %)Vulnerability Management
634 (15.11 %)Project Management
723 (10.22 %)Security Management
818 (8.000 %)Incident Management
917 (7.556 %)SIEM
1016 (7.111 %)E-Commerce
1016 (7.111 %)Vulnerability Assessment
1115 (6.667 %)Disaster Recovery
129 (4.000 %)Risk Assessment
129 (4.000 %)Service Delivery
138 (3.556 %)Information Assurance
138 (3.556 %)Continuous Improvement
147 (3.111 %)Security Testing
147 (3.111 %)Security Architecture
147 (3.111 %)BCP
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
131 (13.78 %)Perl
221 (9.333 %)Shell Script
39 (4.000 %)R
47 (3.111 %)SQL
56 (2.667 %)C
65 (2.222 %)Java
74 (1.778 %)Fortran
74 (1.778 %)PowerShell
82 (0.889 %)C#
82 (0.889 %)C++
91 (0.444 %)Ruby
91 (0.444 %)PHP
91 (0.444 %)JavaScript
91 (0.444 %)Python
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1173 (76.89 %)CISSP
249 (21.78 %)CISA
346 (20.44 %)Degree
440 (17.78 %)CISM
538 (16.89 %)Cisco Certification
632 (14.22 %)GIAC
731 (13.78 %)Security Cleared
827 (12.00 %)CCSP
919 (8.444 %)SC Cleared
1016 (7.111 %)GCIH
1115 (6.667 %)GCIA
1115 (6.667 %)CCNA
1214 (6.222 %)CCSA
1313 (5.778 %)DV Cleared
1313 (5.778 %)Microsoft Certification
1313 (5.778 %)MCSE
1412 (5.333 %)ITIL Certification
1511 (4.889 %)SSCP
1610 (4.444 %)CCNP
177 (3.111 %)PCI QSA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
132 (14.22 %)PCI DSS
231 (13.78 %)ISO/IEC 27001
312 (5.333 %)COBIT
44 (1.778 %)TickIT
53 (1.333 %)ISO/IEC 17799
61 (0.444 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
118 (8.000 %)Nmap
210 (4.444 %)Active Directory
39 (4.000 %)Snort
43 (1.333 %)VMware Infrastructure
51 (0.444 %)Hyper-V
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
133 (14.67 %)Nessus
25 (2.222 %)WSUS
25 (2.222 %)SCCM
25 (2.222 %)CORE IMPACT
34 (1.778 %)Tivoli
34 (1.778 %)HP Quality Center
41 (0.444 %)Splunk
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
125 (11.11 %)Cisco
125 (11.11 %)Microsoft
214 (6.222 %)ArcSight
311 (4.889 %)Qualys
410 (4.444 %)CheckPoint
55 (2.222 %)HP
55 (2.222 %)IBM
55 (2.222 %)Symantec
64 (1.778 %)Websense
64 (1.778 %)Red Hat
64 (1.778 %)LogLogic
73 (1.333 %)Tripwire
73 (1.333 %)Mitel
73 (1.333 %)VMware
82 (0.889 %)Symbian
91 (0.444 %)Q1 Labs
91 (0.444 %)Webroot
91 (0.444 %)Postini
91 (0.444 %)F5
91 (0.444 %)Blue Coat