CEH Job Trends 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 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 534 689
Rank change year-on-year +355 +155 +31
Permanent jobs citing CEH 915 99 147
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.14% 0.25% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.84% 0.62% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 184 68 97
10th Percentile - £46,878 £50,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £54,375 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -56.67% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £66,250 £82,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £93,500 £93,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -56.67% +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 18,907 16,011 23,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 23.49% 40.96% 27.86%
Number of salaries quoted 8,285 7,089 15,718
10th Percentile £29,625 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £42,215 £41,250 £38,354
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.72%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,296
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.30% -8.79%

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

CEH job vacancy trend in England

CEH
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CEH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CEH

CEH
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CEH in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

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 12 May 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
North of England +158 285 £30,500 -59.33% 19
Midlands +119 192 £30,500 -43.26% 12
South East +121 161 £33,500 -48.46% 34
Yorkshire +70 156 £30,500 -53.08% 7
South West +63 122 £30,500 -58.64% 5
East Midlands - 99 £51,058 - 7
London +43 94 £89,000 -1.11% 36
West Midlands +62 93 £30,500 -43.26% 5
North West +64 90 £30,500 -59.33% 9
East of England +50 70 £50,000 +18.81% 9
North East +2 39 £30,500 - 4
CEH
UK

CEH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 758 (82.84%) Azure
2 24 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (2.30%) AWS
4 11 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
4 11 (1.20%) Nutanix
5 7 (0.77%) GCP
6 3 (0.33%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.22%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 2 (0.22%) AWS CloudTrail
7 2 (0.22%) AWS KMS
7 2 (0.22%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.11%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.11%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.11%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 1 (0.11%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.72%) Firewall
2 8 (0.87%) Network Security
3 7 (0.77%) TCP/IP
3 7 (0.77%) VPN
4 5 (0.55%) FTP
4 5 (0.55%) HTTP
4 5 (0.55%) LAN
4 5 (0.55%) SMTP
4 5 (0.55%) WAN
5 1 (0.11%) Internet
5 1 (0.11%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.11%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.11%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.44%) Burp Suite
1 4 (0.44%) Metasploit
General
1 728 (79.56%) Social Skills
2 111 (12.13%) Multimedia
3 22 (2.40%) Finance
4 20 (2.19%) Law
5 17 (1.86%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (0.66%) Legal
8 5 (0.55%) Aerospace
9 4 (0.44%) Retail
10 3 (0.33%) Banking
11 2 (0.22%) Avionics
11 2 (0.22%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.22%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.22%) Marketing
11 2 (0.22%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.22%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.22%) Public Speaking
11 2 (0.22%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.11%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 705 (77.05%) Ethical Hacker
2 111 (12.13%) Trainee
3 21 (2.30%) Security Engineer
4 20 (2.19%) Analyst
5 19 (2.08%) Lead
6 18 (1.97%) Security Specialist
7 13 (1.42%) Consultant
7 13 (1.42%) IT Security Specialist
7 13 (1.42%) Security Consultant
8 11 (1.20%) Information Security Engineer
8 11 (1.20%) Security Analyst
9 7 (0.77%) Security Manager
10 6 (0.66%) SOC Analyst
11 5 (0.55%) Azure Engineer
11 5 (0.55%) Cloud Engineer
11 5 (0.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 5 (0.55%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 5 (0.55%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 5 (0.55%) Lead Cloud Engineer
11 5 (0.55%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.55%) LDAP
2 2 (0.22%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 705 (77.05%) Cyberattack
2 32 (3.50%) Security Posture
3 12 (1.31%) Cyber Defence
4 11 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (0.98%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (0.55%) Client/Server
6 5 (0.55%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (0.55%) Operational Technology
7 4 (0.44%) Insider Threat
7 4 (0.44%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.33%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (0.33%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.22%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.22%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.22%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.11%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.11%) FPGA
10 1 (0.11%) PKI
10 1 (0.11%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.66%) Linux
2 5 (0.55%) Windows
3 2 (0.22%) Unix
4 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 876 (95.74%) Cybersecurity
2 824 (90.05%) Ethical Hacking
3 129 (14.10%) Mentoring
4 113 (12.35%) Line Management
5 48 (5.25%) SIEM
6 37 (4.04%) Incident Response
6 37 (4.04%) Information Security
7 31 (3.39%) Cloud Security
8 30 (3.28%) Vulnerability Management
9 26 (2.84%) Penetration Testing
10 25 (2.73%) Problem-Solving
10 25 (2.73%) Security Architecture
11 22 (2.40%) Security Operations
12 21 (2.30%) Red Team
13 20 (2.19%) Data Loss Prevention
13 20 (2.19%) Disaster Recovery
14 16 (1.75%) Risk Management
15 15 (1.64%) Offensive Security
16 14 (1.53%) Coaching
16 14 (1.53%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 22 (2.40%) Python
2 21 (2.30%) PowerShell
3 10 (1.09%) C++
4 7 (0.77%) Perl
5 5 (0.55%) Bash
5 5 (0.55%) Go
5 5 (0.55%) Rust
6 3 (0.33%) SQL
7 2 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 708 (77.38%) Azure Certification
2 137 (14.97%) CompTIA Security+
3 101 (11.04%) A+ Certification
3 101 (11.04%) Network+ Certification
4 55 (6.01%) CISSP
5 27 (2.95%) OSCP
6 25 (2.73%) Degree
7 23 (2.51%) CISM
8 20 (2.19%) CREST Certified
9 16 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
9 16 (1.75%) CompTIA CySA+
9 16 (1.75%) Security Cleared
10 15 (1.64%) SC Cleared
11 12 (1.31%) GIAC
12 9 (0.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 8 (0.87%) CCSP
13 8 (0.87%) CISA
14 7 (0.77%) DV Cleared
14 7 (0.77%) GCIH
15 5 (0.55%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (3.83%) NIST
3 13 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 12 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (1.20%) ISO 22301
6 9 (0.98%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.87%) GDPR
8 6 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.66%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.55%) NCSC
10 4 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.33%) GRC
12 2 (0.22%) COBIT
12 2 (0.22%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.11%) DO-254
13 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.11%) PMO
13 1 (0.11%) RMADS
13 1 (0.11%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (0.77%) QRadar
2 4 (0.44%) Nmap
3 2 (0.22%) CASB
3 2 (0.22%) CSIRT
3 2 (0.22%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.11%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 1 (0.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 742 (81.09%) Microsoft
2 705 (77.05%) ForeScout
3 18 (1.97%) CrowdStrike
3 18 (1.97%) iManage
4 15 (1.64%) Palo Alto
5 13 (1.42%) CyberArk
5 13 (1.42%) Rapid7
6 12 (1.31%) Splunk
7 11 (1.20%) Commvault
7 11 (1.20%) VMware
8 10 (1.09%) Thales
9 4 (0.44%) Cisco
9 4 (0.44%) Tenable
10 2 (0.22%) Google
11 1 (0.11%) Darktrace
11 1 (0.11%) LogRhythm