The first table below looks at the demand for the Ethical Hacker role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Ethical Hacker in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Ethical Hacker
Rank - 895 864
Permanent jobs requiring an Ethical Hacker 0 5 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK - 0.004% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.004% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 3
Average salary - £72,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +31.81%
UK excluding London average salary - £55,000 £55,000
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102708 116230 115193
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 85414 99672 97379
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Ethical Hacker
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Ethical Hacker within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Ethical Hacker Jobs Demand Trend

Ethical Hacker
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Ethical Hacker within the UK.

Ethical Hacker Salary Trend

Ethical Hacker
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Ethical Hacker in their job title 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 with Ethical Hacker in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering

Ethical Hacker
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Ethical Hacker in their job title 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 with Ethical Hacker in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering