CEH Job Trends in Bristol

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for CEH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 - 130
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Permanent jobs citing CEH 29 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 1.42% - 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.68% - 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 29 0 4
10th Percentile - - £40,500
25th Percentile £28,250 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.69%
75th Percentile £52,500 - £68,438
90th Percentile £54,750 - £70,125
South West median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +19.05% -27.59%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 620 446 478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 30.41% 31.88% 26.67%
Number of salaries quoted 411 235 363
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £48,084 £46,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,625 £72,116
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £85,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

CEH job vacancy trend in Bristol

CEH
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing CEH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing CEH

CEH
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing CEH in Bristol over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CEH in Bristol

CEH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 2 (6.90%) AWS
1 2 (6.90%) Azure
2 1 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (41.38%) Network Security
2 2 (6.90%) Firewall
3 1 (3.45%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.45%) VPN
3 1 (3.45%) Wireshark
General
1 14 (48.28%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (44.83%) Finance
2 13 (44.83%) Multimedia
3 12 (41.38%) Electronics
3 12 (41.38%) Manufacturing
3 12 (41.38%) Marketing
3 12 (41.38%) Public Sector
3 12 (41.38%) Telecoms
4 2 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (44.83%) Trainee
2 12 (41.38%) Consultant
2 12 (41.38%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 12 (41.38%) Security Consultant
3 1 (3.45%) Analyst
3 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (3.45%) IT Analyst
3 1 (3.45%) IT Security Analyst
3 1 (3.45%) Security Analyst
3 1 (3.45%) Security Engineer
3 1 (3.45%) Security Manager
3 1 (3.45%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 12 (41.38%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (6.90%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Linux
1 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (86.21%) Mentoring
3 14 (48.28%) Ethical Hacking
4 13 (44.83%) Line Management
5 12 (41.38%) Business Intelligence
5 12 (41.38%) Digital Marketing
5 12 (41.38%) Programme Management
5 12 (41.38%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (10.34%) Incident Response
6 3 (10.34%) Security Operations
6 3 (10.34%) SIEM
7 2 (6.90%) Cloud Security
7 2 (6.90%) Forensic Analysis
7 2 (6.90%) Information Security
7 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (3.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (3.45%) Data Protection
8 1 (3.45%) Penetration Testing
8 1 (3.45%) Risk Assessment
8 1 (3.45%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (96.55%) CompTIA Security+
2 13 (44.83%) A+ Certification
2 13 (44.83%) Network+ Certification
3 12 (41.38%) CISSP
3 12 (41.38%) Security Cleared
4 2 (6.90%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (3.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (3.45%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.45%) CCSP
5 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.45%) Degree
5 1 (3.45%) GIAC
5 1 (3.45%) GREM
5 1 (3.45%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (48.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 14 (48.28%) NIST
1 14 (48.28%) PCI DSS
2 3 (10.34%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (6.90%) SOC 2
4 1 (3.45%) COBIT
4 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (3.45%) GDPR
4 1 (3.45%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) CASB
1 1 (3.45%) Computer Incident Response Team
1 1 (3.45%) QRadar
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) SAP
2 1 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) Splunk
2 1 (3.45%) Tenable