CEH Job Trends in Belfast

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Belfast with a requirement for CEH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 6 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CEH 16 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast 3.07% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 13.01% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 - -
75th Percentile £44,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median annual salary £39,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Belfast

CEH falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Belfast.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 123 51 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 23.56% 29.31% 25.06%
Number of salaries quoted 24 12 56
10th Percentile £24,000 £57,076 £24,750
25th Percentile £31,750 £65,815 £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £72,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -45.52% +28.89% +27.84%
75th Percentile £59,375 £93,750 £62,588
90th Percentile £65,063 £99,375 £78,988
County Antrim median annual salary £40,000 £72,500 £46,250
% change year-on-year -44.83% +56.76% +5.11%

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CEH relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

CEH job vacancy trend in Belfast

CEH
Salary Trend in Belfast

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing CEH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing CEH

CEH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 16 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
General
1 16 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (93.75%) Ethical Hacker
2 1 (6.25%) Consultant
2 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (6.25%) Security Consultant
2 1 (6.25%) Security Incident Consultant
2 1 (6.25%) SOC Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 15 (93.75%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (93.75%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (6.25%) Blue Team
3 1 (6.25%) Cloud Security
3 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (6.25%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (6.25%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (6.25%) Incident Response
3 1 (6.25%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (6.25%) Mentoring
3 1 (6.25%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.25%) Security Operations
3 1 (6.25%) SIEM
3 1 (6.25%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (6.25%) AWS Certification
2 1 (6.25%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (6.25%) ECIH
2 1 (6.25%) GCFA
2 1 (6.25%) GCIA
2 1 (6.25%) GCIH
2 1 (6.25%) GIAC
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) QRadar
Vendors
1 15 (93.75%) ForeScout
1 15 (93.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (6.25%) Splunk