CEH Job Trends in Exeter

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Exeter with a requirement for CEH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 20 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Permanent jobs citing CEH 11 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Exeter 3.59% 0.99% -
As % of the Qualifications category 14.10% 2.04% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,250 £66,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% - -
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +7.41% -10.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 78 49 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Exeter 25.49% 48.51% 17.81%
Number of salaries quoted 18 26 35
10th Percentile £25,375 - £26,950
25th Percentile £27,977 £29,750 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £33,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.30% -16.88% +4.50%
75th Percentile £50,938 £59,375 £51,250
90th Percentile £53,750 £66,875 £65,000
Devon median annual salary £42,750 £33,500 £46,958
% change year-on-year +27.61% -28.66% +19.52%

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

CEH job vacancy trend in Exeter

CEH
Salary Trend in Exeter

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing CEH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing CEH

CEH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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 11 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
General
1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Ethical Hacker
2 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Information Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (90.91%) Cyberattack
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (90.91%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (9.09%) AI
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
3 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
3 1 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (9.09%) Identity Management
3 1 (9.09%) Incident Response
3 1 (9.09%) Information Security
3 1 (9.09%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (9.09%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) Azure Certification
2 1 (9.09%) CISM
2 1 (9.09%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (9.09%) NIST
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (90.91%) ForeScout