CEH Job Trends in Northern Ireland

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
UK > Northern Ireland

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 - 64
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Permanent jobs citing CEH 16 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 1.69% - 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.46% - 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 - -
75th Percentile £44,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £40,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -42.86% -3.45% +11.54%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 153 63 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 16.16% 27.04% 26.96%
Number of salaries quoted 27 14 75
10th Percentile £24,000 £36,125 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £58,315 £32,748
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £69,692 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -42.60% +54.87% -
75th Percentile £57,750 £92,396 £62,200
90th Percentile £64,500 £98,125 £75,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

CEH job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

CEH
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing CEH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing CEH

CEH
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CEH within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 6 June 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
County Antrim - 16 £39,000 - 1
CEH
UK

CEH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 16 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
General
1 16 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (93.75%) Ethical Hacker
2 1 (6.25%) Consultant
2 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (6.25%) Security Consultant
2 1 (6.25%) Security Incident Consultant
2 1 (6.25%) SOC Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 15 (93.75%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (93.75%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (6.25%) Blue Team
3 1 (6.25%) Cloud Security
3 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (6.25%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (6.25%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (6.25%) Incident Response
3 1 (6.25%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (6.25%) Mentoring
3 1 (6.25%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.25%) Security Operations
3 1 (6.25%) SIEM
3 1 (6.25%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (6.25%) AWS Certification
2 1 (6.25%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (6.25%) ECIH
2 1 (6.25%) GCFA
2 1 (6.25%) GCIA
2 1 (6.25%) GCIH
2 1 (6.25%) GIAC
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) QRadar
Vendors
1 15 (93.75%) ForeScout
1 15 (93.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (6.25%) Splunk