CEH Job Trends in Central London

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for CEH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 171 159
Rank change year-on-year +38 -12 +80
Permanent jobs citing CEH 12 11 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.48% 0.34% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.96% 1.05% 2.18%
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 16
10th Percentile £50,950 - £62,500
25th Percentile £51,250 - £67,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £90,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +24.14% +1.75%
75th Percentile £97,500 - £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 - £86,250
London median annual salary £60,000 £85,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -29.41% +17.24% -6.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 611 1,045 735
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 24.39% 32.74% 23.72%
Number of salaries quoted 447 495 603
10th Percentile £30,950 £42,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £85,875 £92,500 £88,125
90th Percentile £118,000 £120,750 £117,250
London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +2.94%

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

CEH job vacancy trend in Central London

CEH
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CEH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CEH

CEH
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CEH in Central London over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CEH in Central London

CEH
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CEH within the Central London region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +30 12 £80,000 -11.11% 1
CEH
London

CEH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Lead
2 5 (41.67%) Security Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) Security Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 2 (16.67%) Information Security Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Security Specialist
4 2 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Technical Leader
5 1 (8.33%) IT Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) IT Security Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Security Advisor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Security Posture
2 3 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
2 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Information Security
2 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 4 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 4 (33.33%) SIEM
4 3 (25.00%) Agile
4 3 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 3 (25.00%) Business Transformation
4 3 (25.00%) Coaching
4 3 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
4 3 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (25.00%) Internal Audit
4 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (25.00%) Offensive Security
4 3 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Red Team
4 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) CISSP
2 5 (41.67%) CISM
3 3 (25.00%) CREST Certified
3 3 (25.00%) OSCP
4 2 (16.67%) GSEC
5 1 (8.33%) CSSLP
5 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 3 (25.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (25.00%) CyberArk
2 3 (25.00%) iManage
2 3 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (25.00%) Rapid7
3 2 (16.67%) Thales