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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 704 641
Rank change year-on-year +195 -63 +117
Permanent jobs citing CEH 68 67 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.090% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.32% 0.34% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 63 33 83
10th Percentile £42,200 £36,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,683 £48,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,507 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.16% +9.09% -5.17%
75th Percentile £71,875 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £108,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -17.24% +11.54% -3.70%

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 21,309 19,804 21,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.11% 26.56% 37.27%
Number of salaries quoted 8,672 12,268 8,007
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,900 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £79,600 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

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 30 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 30 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 +70 39 £47,683 -15.61% 54
North West +31 34 £47,683 -26.64% 24
South East +99 17 £65,000 +30.00% 68
South West +94 5 £67,500 - 31
Yorkshire +55 4 £65,000 +15.04% 24
East of England +40 4 £42,085 - 40
Scotland +119 2 £43,004 -40.68% 15
Midlands +78 2 £53,750 -53.26% 48
West Midlands +55 2 £53,750 -53.26% 24
North East - 1 - - 6
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 (2.94%) TPMS
Cloud Services
1 15 (22.06%) Azure
2 9 (13.24%) AWS
3 6 (8.82%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (7.35%) GCP
5 2 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.94%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (2.94%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.94%) IaaS
5 2 (2.94%) PaaS
5 2 (2.94%) SaaS
6 1 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 30 (44.12%) Firewall
2 10 (14.71%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (8.82%) VPN
4 3 (4.41%) Network Security
4 3 (4.41%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.94%) DNS
5 2 (2.94%) HTTP
5 2 (2.94%) SMTP
6 1 (1.47%) LAN
6 1 (1.47%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Burp Suite
1 2 (2.94%) Metasploit
General
1 48 (70.59%) Social Skills
2 22 (32.35%) Analytical Skills
2 22 (32.35%) Aviation
2 22 (32.35%) Electronics
3 5 (7.35%) Finance
4 4 (5.88%) Local Government
5 2 (2.94%) Aerospace
5 2 (2.94%) Banking
5 2 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.47%) Automotive
6 1 (1.47%) Law
6 1 (1.47%) Legal
6 1 (1.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (32.35%) Radar Engineer
2 14 (20.59%) Security Engineer
3 12 (17.65%) Analyst
3 12 (17.65%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 9 (13.24%) Architect
4 9 (13.24%) Security Analyst
4 9 (13.24%) Security Architect
5 5 (7.35%) SOC Analyst
6 4 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 4 (5.88%) Senior
6 4 (5.88%) Senior Security Engineer
7 2 (2.94%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (2.94%) Consultant
7 2 (2.94%) Information Assurance Specialist
7 2 (2.94%) Information Specialist
7 2 (2.94%) Operational Security Manager
7 2 (2.94%) Operations Manager
7 2 (2.94%) Security Consultant
7 2 (2.94%) Security Manager
7 2 (2.94%) Security Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.47%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (29.41%) Security Posture
2 15 (22.06%) Management Information System
3 7 (10.29%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (10.29%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (10.29%) Social Media
3 7 (10.29%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 6 (8.82%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (4.41%) Cyberattack
6 2 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.94%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.47%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.47%) PKI
7 1 (1.47%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.24%) Windows
2 7 (10.29%) Windows Vista
3 2 (2.94%) Linux
4 1 (1.47%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (67.65%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (60.29%) Cybersecurity
3 36 (52.94%) Incident Response
4 25 (36.76%) SIEM
5 22 (32.35%) Safety Engineering
5 22 (32.35%) Systems Engineering
6 20 (29.41%) Vulnerability Management
7 19 (27.94%) Information Security
8 18 (26.47%) Cloud Security
9 16 (23.53%) Risk Management
10 14 (20.59%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (20.59%) Penetration Testing
11 12 (17.65%) Data Protection
11 12 (17.65%) Ethical Hacking
11 12 (17.65%) Security Operations
11 12 (17.65%) Threat Intelligence
12 11 (16.18%) Computer Science
12 11 (16.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 10 (14.71%) DevSecOps
13 10 (14.71%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 8 (11.76%) Python
3 7 (10.29%) Bash
4 6 (8.82%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.47%) Perl
5 1 (1.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 50 (73.53%) Degree
2 39 (57.35%) CISSP
3 30 (44.12%) CISM
4 22 (32.35%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (17.65%) CISA
6 11 (16.18%) CompTIA Security+
6 11 (16.18%) GIAC
7 10 (14.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (11.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 8 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (11.76%) Master's Degree
8 8 (11.76%) OSCP
9 7 (10.29%) DBS Check
10 6 (8.82%) SANS
11 5 (7.35%) GCIH
12 4 (5.88%) CompTIA CySA+
12 4 (5.88%) CREST Certified
12 4 (5.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (4.41%) SSCP
14 2 (2.94%) GISF
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (47.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (41.18%) NIST
3 22 (32.35%) DO-254
4 21 (30.88%) GDPR
5 12 (17.65%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (8.82%) HIPAA
7 5 (7.35%) PCI DSS
8 4 (5.88%) NCSC
8 4 (5.88%) SOC 2
9 3 (4.41%) COBIT
9 3 (4.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (1.47%) NIST 800
10 1 (1.47%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (32.35%) Firmware
2 4 (5.88%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (10.29%) Nessus
2 4 (5.88%) FortiGate
2 4 (5.88%) QRadar
3 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.47%) Nmap
4 1 (1.47%) OpenVAS
4 1 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.82%) Qualys
2 6 (8.82%) Splunk
3 4 (5.88%) Cisco
3 4 (5.88%) Palo Alto
3 4 (5.88%) Tenable
4 1 (1.47%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.47%) Google
4 1 (1.47%) VMware