CEH Jobs in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 216 278 293
Rank change year-on-year +62 +15 +31
Permanent jobs citing CEH 41 11 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.54% 0.11% 0.089%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.81% 0.46% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 39 10 7
10th Percentile - - £43,250
25th Percentile - £36,250 £45,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.64% - +26.83%
75th Percentile £77,500 £108,750 £67,500
90th Percentile - - £74,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.90% - +7.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,066 2,376 2,739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 66.89% 24.45% 34.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,617 1,611 927
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £39,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £58,943 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £71,399 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,193
% change year-on-year - -5.49% +5.81%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for CEH in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for CEH in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for CEH in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CEH within the North West 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
Lancashire - 22 £47,683 - 5
Manchester +77 17 £75,000 +15.38% 6
Cheshire - 2 £55,000 -
CEH
England

CEH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (4.88%) AWS
2 1 (2.44%) Azure
2 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.44%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 16 (39.02%) Firewall
1 16 (39.02%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (4.88%) DNS
2 2 (4.88%) HTTP
2 2 (4.88%) SMTP
2 2 (4.88%) TCP/IP
General
1 38 (92.68%) Social Skills
2 22 (53.66%) Aviation
2 22 (53.66%) Electronics
3 18 (43.90%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (53.66%) Radar Engineer
2 14 (34.15%) Architect
2 14 (34.15%) Security Architect
3 2 (4.88%) Analyst
3 2 (4.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (4.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (4.88%) Security Analyst
3 2 (4.88%) Security Engineer
4 1 (2.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (43.90%) Management Information System
1 18 (43.90%) Security Posture
2 14 (34.15%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (34.15%) Social Media
2 14 (34.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (4.88%) Cyberattack
3 2 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.88%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.44%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 14 (34.15%) Windows
1 14 (34.15%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (92.68%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (53.66%) Safety Engineering
2 22 (53.66%) Systems Engineering
3 19 (46.34%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (46.34%) Incident Response
4 18 (43.90%) Information Security
5 17 (41.46%) SIEM
6 16 (39.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (39.02%) Ethical Hacking
6 16 (39.02%) Risk Management
6 16 (39.02%) Vulnerability Management
7 15 (36.59%) Cloud Security
7 15 (36.59%) Identity Management
8 14 (34.15%) Computer Science
8 14 (34.15%) Data Protection
8 14 (34.15%) DevSecOps
8 14 (34.15%) Information Assurance
8 14 (34.15%) Risk Analysis
8 14 (34.15%) Security Architecture
8 14 (34.15%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.32%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.88%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 38 (92.68%) Degree
2 22 (53.66%) BPSS Clearance
3 18 (43.90%) CISM
3 18 (43.90%) CISSP
4 16 (39.02%) CISA
5 14 (34.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 14 (34.15%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (34.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (34.15%) DBS Check
5 14 (34.15%) Master's Degree
6 2 (4.88%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (4.88%) CRISC
6 2 (4.88%) GCIH
6 2 (4.88%) GIAC
6 2 (4.88%) GISF
6 2 (4.88%) ISACA
6 2 (4.88%) SANS
6 2 (4.88%) SSCP
7 1 (2.44%) MCSA
7 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (53.66%) DO-254
2 17 (41.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (39.02%) NIST
4 14 (34.15%) GDPR
5 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 22 (53.66%) Firmware
2 1 (2.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.44%) Google