CEH Jobs in the UK excluding London

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 484 703 620
Rank change year-on-year +219 -83 +141
Permanent jobs citing CEH 73 63 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.090% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.36% 0.32% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 66 31 87
10th Percentile £46,115 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,683 £55,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,750 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.92% - +12.07%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,125 £76,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £108,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20,233 19,440 22,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.94% 27.65% 36.46%
Number of salaries quoted 8,693 12,245 8,229
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -0.99% +1.00%
75th Percentile £63,495 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £78,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CEH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CEH in the UK excluding London

CEH
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CEH in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for CEH in the UK excluding London

CEH
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CEH in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CEH in the UK excluding London

CEH
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CEH within the UK excluding London 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 of England +109 45 £47,683 -21.51% 14
North West +62 41 £47,683 -26.64% 8
South East +117 15 £63,750 +41.67% 17
South West +98 5 £73,750 +7.27% 9
East of England +49 4 £42,085 -53.24% 6
Yorkshire +69 3 £65,000 +15.04% 6
Scotland +133 2 £43,004 -40.68% 10
Midlands +78 2 £53,750 -53.26% 6
West Midlands +49 2 £53,750 -53.26% 5
North East - 1 - -
CEH
UK

CEH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (2.74%) TPMS
Cloud Services
1 13 (17.81%) Azure
2 8 (10.96%) AWS
3 5 (6.85%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (5.48%) GCP
5 2 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.74%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (2.74%) IaaS
5 2 (2.74%) PaaS
5 2 (2.74%) SaaS
6 1 (1.37%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 34 (46.58%) Firewall
2 16 (21.92%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (6.85%) VPN
4 4 (5.48%) Network Security
5 3 (4.11%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.74%) DNS
6 2 (2.74%) HTTP
6 2 (2.74%) SMTP
Development Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Burp Suite
1 2 (2.74%) Metasploit
General
1 51 (69.86%) Social Skills
2 27 (36.99%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (30.14%) Aviation
3 22 (30.14%) Electronics
4 5 (6.85%) Finance
5 4 (5.48%) Local Government
6 2 (2.74%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.74%) Banking
6 2 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.37%) Automotive
7 1 (1.37%) Law
7 1 (1.37%) Legal
7 1 (1.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (30.14%) Radar Engineer
2 16 (21.92%) Architect
2 16 (21.92%) Security Architect
3 13 (17.81%) Security Engineer
4 11 (15.07%) Analyst
4 11 (15.07%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 7 (9.59%) Security Analyst
6 6 (8.22%) SOC Analyst
7 4 (5.48%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (5.48%) Senior
7 4 (5.48%) Senior Security Engineer
8 2 (2.74%) AWS Security Architect
8 2 (2.74%) Azure Engineer
8 2 (2.74%) Azure Security Engineer
8 2 (2.74%) Cloud Engineer
8 2 (2.74%) Consultant
8 2 (2.74%) Information Assurance Specialist
8 2 (2.74%) Information Specialist
8 2 (2.74%) Lead
8 2 (2.74%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.37%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (35.62%) Security Posture
2 22 (30.14%) Management Information System
3 14 (19.18%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (19.18%) Social Media
3 14 (19.18%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 7 (9.59%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (8.22%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (4.11%) Cyberattack
7 2 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.74%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.37%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (1.37%) Insider Threat
8 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.37%) PKI
8 1 (1.37%) Private Cloud
8 1 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (21.92%) Windows
2 14 (19.18%) Windows Vista
3 2 (2.74%) Linux
4 1 (1.37%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (69.86%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (64.38%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (60.27%) Incident Response
4 31 (42.47%) SIEM
5 27 (36.99%) Vulnerability Management
6 26 (35.62%) Information Security
7 24 (32.88%) Risk Management
8 23 (31.51%) Cloud Security
9 22 (30.14%) Safety Engineering
9 22 (30.14%) Systems Engineering
10 20 (27.40%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (26.03%) Data Protection
11 19 (26.03%) Ethical Hacking
12 18 (24.66%) Security Architecture
13 17 (23.29%) Computer Science
14 16 (21.92%) DevSecOps
14 16 (21.92%) Information Assurance
15 15 (20.55%) Identity Management
15 15 (20.55%) Risk Analysis
15 15 (20.55%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.07%) PowerShell
2 7 (9.59%) Python
3 6 (8.22%) Bash
4 5 (6.85%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.37%) Perl
5 1 (1.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 56 (76.71%) Degree
2 46 (63.01%) CISSP
3 38 (52.05%) CISM
4 22 (30.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (23.29%) CISA
6 16 (21.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (20.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 15 (20.55%) Cisco Certification
7 15 (20.55%) Master's Degree
8 14 (19.18%) DBS Check
9 13 (17.81%) GIAC
10 8 (10.96%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (9.59%) OSCP
12 6 (8.22%) SANS
13 5 (6.85%) GCIH
14 4 (5.48%) CREST Certified
14 4 (5.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (5.48%) SSCP
15 3 (4.11%) CompTIA CySA+
16 2 (2.74%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (54.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (47.95%) NIST
3 27 (36.99%) GDPR
4 22 (30.14%) DO-254
5 12 (16.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (8.22%) NCSC
7 5 (6.85%) HIPAA
7 5 (6.85%) PCI DSS
8 4 (5.48%) SOC 2
9 3 (4.11%) COBIT
9 3 (4.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (1.37%) NIST 800
System Software
1 22 (30.14%) Firmware
2 4 (5.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (9.59%) Nessus
2 4 (5.48%) FortiGate
3 3 (4.11%) QRadar
4 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.37%) CSIRT
5 1 (1.37%) Nmap
5 1 (1.37%) OpenVAS
5 1 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (24.66%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.22%) Qualys
3 4 (5.48%) Splunk
3 4 (5.48%) Tenable
4 3 (4.11%) Cisco
4 3 (4.11%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.37%) Darktrace
5 1 (1.37%) Google
5 1 (1.37%) Intel
5 1 (1.37%) McAfee