CEH Jobs in England

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CEH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 531 675 740
Rank change year-on-year +144 +65 +192
Permanent jobs citing CEH 118 147 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.17% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.51% 0.60% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 87 100 138
10th Percentile - £50,000 £40,500
25th Percentile £47,683 £59,375 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% - +7.41%
75th Percentile £77,500 £88,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £93,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 22,991 24,349 30,200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 49.92% 28.58% 32.64%
Number of salaries quoted 10,025 15,815 13,648
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,500 £38,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £58,193
Median % change year-on-year - -5.49% +5.81%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,700 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CEH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CEH in England

CEH
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CEH in England.

Salary trend for CEH in England

CEH
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CEH in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CEH in England

CEH
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CEH within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
North of England +109 45 £47,683 -21.51% 14
London +66 41 £90,000 +20.00% 37
North West +62 41 £47,683 -26.64% 8
South East +117 15 £63,750 +41.67% 17
South West +98 5 £73,750 +7.27% 9
East of England +49 4 £42,085 -53.24% 6
Yorkshire +69 3 £65,000 +15.04% 6
Midlands +78 2 £53,750 -53.26% 6
West Midlands +49 2 £53,750 -53.26% 5
North East - 1 - -
CEH
UK

CEH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.69%) TPMS
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 17 (14.41%) Azure
2 13 (11.02%) AWS
3 7 (5.93%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (4.24%) GCP
5 3 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.69%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (1.69%) IaaS
6 2 (1.69%) PaaS
6 2 (1.69%) SaaS
7 1 (0.85%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 54 (45.76%) Firewall
2 16 (13.56%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (9.32%) Network Security
4 9 (7.63%) SAN
5 6 (5.08%) VPN
6 2 (1.69%) DNS
6 2 (1.69%) HTTP
6 2 (1.69%) SMTP
6 2 (1.69%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.85%) Internet
7 1 (0.85%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.85%) WAN
7 1 (0.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.85%) Metasploit
General
1 73 (61.86%) Social Skills
2 30 (25.42%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (22.03%) Finance
4 22 (18.64%) Aviation
4 22 (18.64%) Electronics
5 4 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (3.39%) Law
5 4 (3.39%) Local Government
6 3 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.69%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.69%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.85%) Automotive
8 1 (0.85%) Banking
8 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.85%) Legal
8 1 (0.85%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 44 (37.29%) Analyst
2 38 (32.20%) Security Analyst
3 22 (18.64%) Radar Engineer
4 18 (15.25%) Architect
4 18 (15.25%) Security Architect
5 17 (14.41%) Security Engineer
6 12 (10.17%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 12 (10.17%) SIEM Analyst
7 11 (9.32%) Incident Analyst
7 11 (9.32%) Security Incident Analyst
8 10 (8.47%) CISSP Analyst
8 10 (8.47%) Operations Analyst
8 10 (8.47%) Security Operations Analyst
9 9 (7.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 9 (7.63%) Junior
9 9 (7.63%) Junior Analyst
9 9 (7.63%) Junior Operations Analyst
9 9 (7.63%) Junior Security Analyst
9 9 (7.63%) Senior
10 8 (6.78%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.85%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (29.66%) Security Posture
2 24 (20.34%) Management Information System
3 19 (16.10%) Hedge funds
4 14 (11.86%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (11.86%) Social Media
4 14 (11.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 9 (7.63%) Podcast
6 8 (6.78%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (5.93%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (2.54%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.69%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.85%) CMDB
10 1 (0.85%) Insider Threat
10 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.85%) PKI
10 1 (0.85%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.85%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 30 (25.42%) Windows
2 14 (11.86%) Windows Vista
3 7 (5.93%) Linux
4 1 (0.85%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (72.88%) Cybersecurity
2 68 (57.63%) Incident Response
3 63 (53.39%) Problem-Solving
4 60 (50.85%) SIEM
5 41 (34.75%) Information Security
6 36 (30.51%) Vulnerability Management
7 28 (23.73%) Security Operations
8 26 (22.03%) Cloud Security
8 26 (22.03%) Risk Management
9 23 (19.49%) Computer Science
9 23 (19.49%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (18.64%) Safety Engineering
10 22 (18.64%) Systems Engineering
11 21 (17.80%) Threat Intelligence
12 20 (16.95%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 20 (16.95%) Data Protection
12 20 (16.95%) Security Architecture
13 19 (16.10%) Ethical Hacking
14 17 (14.41%) DevSecOps
15 16 (13.56%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 39 (33.05%) PowerShell
2 34 (28.81%) Python
3 11 (9.32%) Bash
4 7 (5.93%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 87 (73.73%) CISSP
2 79 (66.95%) Degree
3 45 (38.14%) CISM
4 38 (32.20%) CompTIA Security+
4 38 (32.20%) OSCP
5 33 (27.97%) GCIH
6 28 (23.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (19.49%) GCIA
8 22 (18.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (17.80%) Cisco Certification
10 19 (16.10%) Master's Degree
11 17 (14.41%) CISA
11 17 (14.41%) SANS
12 16 (13.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 14 (11.86%) DBS Check
14 12 (10.17%) GIAC
15 6 (5.08%) CCSP
16 4 (3.39%) CREST Certified
16 4 (3.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 4 (3.39%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (42.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 48 (40.68%) NIST
3 29 (24.58%) GDPR
4 22 (18.64%) DO-254
5 12 (10.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (9.32%) PCI DSS
7 6 (5.08%) NCSC
8 5 (4.24%) HIPAA
8 5 (4.24%) SOC 2
9 3 (2.54%) COBIT
10 2 (1.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.85%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.85%) NIST 800
System Software
1 22 (18.64%) Firmware
2 5 (4.24%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (5.08%) Nessus
2 5 (4.24%) CSIRT
3 4 (3.39%) CASB
3 4 (3.39%) FortiGate
4 3 (2.54%) QRadar
5 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.85%) OpenVAS
6 1 (0.85%) SCCM
6 1 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (19.49%) Microsoft
2 16 (13.56%) CrowdStrike
3 8 (6.78%) Qualys
4 7 (5.93%) Splunk
5 4 (3.39%) Cisco
5 4 (3.39%) Palo Alto
5 4 (3.39%) Tenable
6 1 (0.85%) ArcSight
6 1 (0.85%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.85%) Exabeam
6 1 (0.85%) Google
6 1 (0.85%) Intel
6 1 (0.85%) Juniper
6 1 (0.85%) LogRhythm
6 1 (0.85%) McAfee
6 1 (0.85%) ServiceNow