CEH Jobs in the South East

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 273 390 371
Rank change year-on-year +117 -19 +65
Permanent jobs citing CEH 15 7 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.18% 0.042% 0.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.31% 0.12% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 12 3 12
10th Percentile £49,000 - -
25th Percentile £53,500 - £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £45,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -40.00% +17.19%
75th Percentile £72,500 £51,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £74,750 £55,000 -
England median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.90% - +7.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,788 5,747 5,936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 56.57% 34.44% 39.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,255 3,661 2,630
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £51,020 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.72% +2.04% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £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 South East

Job postings citing CEH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for CEH in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CEH in the South East.

Salary trend for CEH in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for CEH in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CEH within the South East 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
Hampshire - 10 £68,750 - 2
Surrey +68 2 £60,000 -
Sussex +20 1 - - 2
Thames Valley - 1 £59,498 - 2
Kent - 1 £70,000 - 1
Berkshire - 1 £59,498 - 2
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) TPMS
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Azure
1 5 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (20.00%) AWS
2 3 (20.00%) GCP
3 2 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (13.33%) Azure Key Vault
3 2 (13.33%) IaaS
3 2 (13.33%) PaaS
3 2 (13.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) Firewall
2 3 (20.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Burp Suite
1 1 (6.67%) Metasploit
General
1 10 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Aerospace
4 1 (6.67%) Automotive
4 1 (6.67%) Law
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Analyst
1 5 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Security Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Azure Security Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Cloud Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Information Assurance Specialist
4 2 (13.33%) Information Specialist
5 1 (6.67%) Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Information Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Information Security Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Information Security Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Lead
5 1 (6.67%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 3 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (13.33%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (6.67%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (6.67%) Cyberattack
4 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Kali Linux
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (73.33%) Incident Response
3 9 (60.00%) SIEM
4 8 (53.33%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (46.67%) Forensic Analysis
5 7 (46.67%) Threat Intelligence
6 6 (40.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 5 (33.33%) Cloud Security
8 4 (26.67%) Information Security
8 4 (26.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 4 (26.67%) Penetration Testing
8 4 (26.67%) Security Operations
9 3 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
9 3 (20.00%) Data Protection
9 3 (20.00%) Presales
9 3 (20.00%) Security Testing
9 3 (20.00%) Threat Detection
9 3 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
9 3 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 2 (13.33%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) PowerShell
2 6 (40.00%) Bash
2 6 (40.00%) Python
3 3 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 12 (80.00%) CISSP
2 10 (66.67%) Degree
3 8 (53.33%) CISM
4 6 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (33.33%) OSCP
6 3 (20.00%) CompTIA CySA+
6 3 (20.00%) GCIH
6 3 (20.00%) GIAC
7 2 (13.33%) Azure Certification
7 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (6.67%) CASP
8 1 (6.67%) SANS
8 1 (6.67%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (73.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (66.67%) NIST
3 7 (46.67%) GDPR
4 5 (33.33%) HIPAA
5 2 (13.33%) NCSC
6 1 (6.67%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (6.67%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) QRadar
2 1 (6.67%) Nessus
2 1 (6.67%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Cisco
2 3 (20.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (20.00%) Splunk
3 1 (6.67%) Darktrace
3 1 (6.67%) McAfee
3 1 (6.67%) Qualys