ECIH Job Trends in the UK excluding London

EC-Council Certified Incident Handler (ECIH)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for ECIH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 581 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing ECIH 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.002% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.006% - -
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 £39,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

ECIH 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 17,077 11,426 17,901
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.81% 42.75% 26.67%
Number of salaries quoted 5,955 5,225 12,104
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,601
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £58,500 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +1.74% +6.48% -6.59%

ECIH
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ECIH relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

ECIH job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ECIH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ECIH

ECIH
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 ECIH within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 April 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
Northern Ireland - 1 £39,000 -
ECIH
UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Incident Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) GCFA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk