The first table below looks at the demand for CEH in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CEH over the 3 months to 19 June 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
Rank 179 192 -
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -
Permanent jobs citing CEH 23 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.436% 0.042% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.554% 0.163% -
Number of salaries quoted 13 0 0
Average salary £40,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £43,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+8.75% -
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1480 1230 1253
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 28.06% 25.73% 28.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1226 1039 1016
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +2.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
CEH
England

CEH
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands CEH Salary Trend

CEH
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CEH across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Coventry - 10 £53,500 -
Birmingham -5 9 £40,000 -
Solihull - 1 £32,000 -
CEH
England

CEH
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 31 (100.00%) CISSP
2 16 (51.61%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (51.61%) CCSP
3 15 (48.39%) CISA
3 15 (48.39%) CISM
3 15 (48.39%) Information Security
4 14 (45.16%) Firewall
5 13 (41.94%) Active Directory
5 13 (41.94%) Windows
5 13 (41.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (35.48%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (35.48%) Data Protection
6 11 (35.48%) DHCP
6 11 (35.48%) DNS
6 11 (35.48%) Wireless
7 9 (29.03%) Risk Management
7 9 (29.03%) Risk Assessment
7 9 (29.03%) Management Information System
7 9 (29.03%) Project Management
7 9 (29.03%) Risk Analysis
7 9 (29.03%) Network Security
7 9 (29.03%) Penetration Testing
8 7 (22.58%) Security Management
9 6 (19.35%) UNIX
10 5 (16.13%) Retail
10 5 (16.13%) Cisco
11 4 (12.90%) COBIT
11 4 (12.90%) SC Cleared
11 4 (12.90%) Security Cleared
12 3 (9.677%) Cisco ASA

CEH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 Platforms
1 2 (6.452%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (45.16%) Firewall
2 11 (35.48%) DHCP
2 11 (35.48%) DNS
2 11 (35.48%) Wireless
3 9 (29.03%) Network Security
4 3 (9.677%) Cisco ASA
General
1 5 (16.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (61.29%) Security Specialist
2 8 (25.81%) Analyst
2 8 (25.81%) Security Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) Network Security Specialist
3 6 (19.35%) Information Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) Information Security Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) Senior Security Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) Network Specialist
3 6 (19.35%) Senior Information Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) Senior Information Security Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) IT Security Specialist
5 2 (6.452%) Compliance Specialist
5 2 (6.452%) Senior Security Specialist
6 1 (3.226%) Security Manager
6 1 (3.226%) Compliance Manager
6 1 (3.226%) IT Security Consultant
6 1 (3.226%) IT Risk Consultant
6 1 (3.226%) Team Leader
6 1 (3.226%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (35.48%) Data Protection Act
2 9 (29.03%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 13 (41.94%) Windows
2 6 (19.35%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (48.39%) Information Security
2 11 (35.48%) Data Protection
3 9 (29.03%) Risk Management
3 9 (29.03%) Risk Assessment
3 9 (29.03%) Project Management
3 9 (29.03%) Risk Analysis
3 9 (29.03%) Penetration Testing
4 7 (22.58%) Security Management
5 3 (9.677%) Ethical Hacking
5 3 (9.677%) ITIL
5 3 (9.677%) Service Delivery
6 2 (6.452%) Change Management
6 2 (6.452%) Information Security Management
6 2 (6.452%) Process Management
6 2 (6.452%) Online Security
6 2 (6.452%) E-Commerce
6 2 (6.452%) Document Management
6 2 (6.452%) CRAMM
6 2 (6.452%) Security Testing
Qualifications
1 31 (100.00%) CISSP
2 16 (51.61%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (51.61%) CCSP
3 15 (48.39%) CISA
3 15 (48.39%) CISM
4 4 (12.90%) SC Cleared
4 4 (12.90%) Security Cleared
5 3 (9.677%) CCSE
6 2 (6.452%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (41.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (12.90%) COBIT
System Software
1 13 (41.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (9.677%) FortiGate
2 2 (6.452%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (6.452%) Nessus
Vendors
1 5 (16.13%) Cisco
2 3 (9.677%) CheckPoint
3 2 (6.452%) GFI Software
3 2 (6.452%) McAfee
3 2 (6.452%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.452%) Tripwire
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