CEH Jobs in the North of England

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 263 372 416
Rank change year-on-year +109 +44 +20
Permanent jobs citing CEH 45 21 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.41% 0.12% 0.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.69% 0.54% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 42 20 17
10th Percentile - £36,250 -
25th Percentile - £55,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £60,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.51% +51.88% -20.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile - £108,750 £67,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.90% - +7.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,480 3,895 5,255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 59.15% 22.54% 30.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,129 2,664 1,760
10th Percentile £27,700 £26,250 £28,975
25th Percentile £40,748 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £48,007 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.27% -8.56% +10.53%
75th Percentile £58,943 £62,500 £69,537
90th Percentile £73,708 £78,061 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,193
% change year-on-year - -5.49% +5.81%

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for CEH in the North of England

CEH
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for CEH in the North of England

CEH
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for CEH in the North of England

CEH
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CEH within the North of 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 West +62 41 £47,683 -26.64% 8
Yorkshire +69 3 £65,000 +15.04% 6
North East - 1 - -
CEH
England

CEH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (6.67%) Azure
2 2 (4.44%) AWS
3 1 (2.22%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.22%) GCP
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (37.78%) Firewall
2 16 (35.56%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (4.44%) DNS
3 2 (4.44%) HTTP
3 2 (4.44%) SMTP
3 2 (4.44%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.22%) Network Security
General
1 39 (86.67%) Social Skills
2 22 (48.89%) Aviation
2 22 (48.89%) Electronics
3 18 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.22%) Banking
4 1 (2.22%) Finance
Job Titles
1 22 (48.89%) Radar Engineer
2 14 (31.11%) Architect
2 14 (31.11%) Security Architect
3 3 (6.67%) Analyst
3 3 (6.67%) Security Analyst
4 2 (4.44%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (4.44%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (4.44%) Security Engineer
5 1 (2.22%) Consultant
5 1 (2.22%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 1 (2.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (2.22%) Operational Security Manager
5 1 (2.22%) Operations Manager
5 1 (2.22%) Security Consultant
5 1 (2.22%) Security Manager
5 1 (2.22%) Security Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.22%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (40.00%) Management Information System
1 18 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 14 (31.11%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (31.11%) Social Media
2 14 (31.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (4.44%) Cyberattack
3 2 (4.44%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.44%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.22%) PKI
4 1 (2.22%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (33.33%) Windows
2 14 (31.11%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (86.67%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (51.11%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (48.89%) Safety Engineering
3 22 (48.89%) Systems Engineering
4 21 (46.67%) Incident Response
5 18 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (40.00%) Information Security
5 18 (40.00%) SIEM
6 17 (37.78%) Vulnerability Management
7 16 (35.56%) Ethical Hacking
7 16 (35.56%) Risk Management
8 15 (33.33%) Cloud Security
8 15 (33.33%) Computer Science
8 15 (33.33%) Identity Management
8 15 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
9 14 (31.11%) Collaborative Working
9 14 (31.11%) Data Protection
9 14 (31.11%) DevSecOps
9 14 (31.11%) Proactive Management
9 14 (31.11%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.44%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 40 (88.89%) Degree
2 22 (48.89%) BPSS Clearance
2 22 (48.89%) CISSP
3 21 (46.67%) CISM
4 17 (37.78%) CISA
5 15 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 15 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (33.33%) Master's Degree
6 14 (31.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (31.11%) DBS Check
7 3 (6.67%) SANS
7 3 (6.67%) SSCP
8 2 (4.44%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (4.44%) CRISC
8 2 (4.44%) GCIH
8 2 (4.44%) GIAC
8 2 (4.44%) GISF
8 2 (4.44%) ISACA
9 1 (2.22%) GCIA
9 1 (2.22%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (48.89%) DO-254
2 20 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (42.22%) NIST
4 15 (33.33%) GDPR
5 3 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (4.44%) PCI DSS
7 1 (2.22%) COBIT
7 1 (2.22%) NIST 800
System Software
1 22 (48.89%) Firmware
2 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.22%) Nessus
1 1 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.22%) Google
2 1 (2.22%) Qualys