CEH Job Trends in Gloucestershire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire with a requirement for CEH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 63 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Permanent jobs citing CEH 14 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 1.20% 0.25% -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.02% 0.41% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £70,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £30,500 £73,750 £68,750
% change year-on-year -58.64% +7.27% -8.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 463 242 838
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 39.54% 61.27% 50.21%
Number of salaries quoted 276 138 601
10th Percentile £40,000 £27,425 £30,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,813 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,750 £81,250
South West median annual salary £57,500 £51,058 £52,500
% change year-on-year +12.62% -2.75% -

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

CEH job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

CEH
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing CEH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing CEH

CEH
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CEH within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 13 April 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
Cheltenham - 13 - -
CEH
South West

CEH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 13 (92.86%) Azure
General
1 13 (92.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (92.86%) Ethical Hacker
2 1 (7.14%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (92.86%) Cyberattack
2 1 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (92.86%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (7.14%) Reverse Engineering
3 1 (7.14%) Secure Coding
3 1 (7.14%) Software Engineering
3 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) C++
1 1 (7.14%) Go
1 1 (7.14%) Rust
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) OSCP
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 13 (92.86%) ForeScout
1 13 (92.86%) Microsoft