CEH Job Trends in Staffordshire

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire with a requirement for CEH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 62 -
Rank change year-on-year -9 - -
Permanent jobs citing CEH 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.10% 0.19% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.21% 0.55% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £65,000 -
West Midlands median annual salary £30,500 £65,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year -53.08% -5.45% -8.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 484 182 181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 49.14% 34.27% 27.42%
Number of salaries quoted 75 100 158
10th Percentile £26,375 - £21,500
25th Percentile £27,694 £32,500 £25,878
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £50,750 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% +23.03% -2.65%
75th Percentile £60,000 £54,625 £53,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £61,075 £60,000
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -21.74% +18.56% -3.00%

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

CEH job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

CEH
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing CEH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing CEH

CEH
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CEH within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 3 February 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
Stoke-on-Trent +13 1 - -
CEH
West Midlands

CEH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacker
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ForeScout
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft