EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CEH qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 611 790 816
Rank change year-on-year +179 +26 -197
Permanent jobs citing CEH 133 300 282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.24% 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.76% 0.81% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 118 203 195
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,545
25th Percentile £48,341 £61,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +7.14% +33.33%
75th Percentile £79,375 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,625 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £72,500 £62,000
% change year-on-year -31.03% +16.94% +23.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CEH is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,493 37,066 32,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.58% 29.59% 24.79%
Number of salaries quoted 10,969 17,134 17,932
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.04%

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CEH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CEH in the UK

CEH
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for CEH in the UK

CEH
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CEH over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for CEH in the UK

CEH
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CEH within the UK over the 6 months to 1 December 2023. 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
England +163 103 £67,500 -10.00% 69
UK excluding London +176 70 £50,000 -31.03% 50
Work from Home +186 57 £61,250 -18.33% 38
London +211 50 £70,000 -9.68% 25
North of England +131 26 £52,500 -16.00% 14
Yorkshire +112 20 £45,000 - 10
Wales +14 14 £45,000 -40.00% 2
South East +131 7 £58,000 -22.67% 7
East of England +122 7 £70,000 - 3
North West +89 6 £82,500 +37.50% 4
South West +38 6 £51,250 -29.31% 10
Northern Ireland +47 5 £42,500 +6.25%
Midlands +123 4 £67,500 -6.90% 9
West Midlands +128 3 £62,500 -6.37% 4
East Midlands +51 1 £72,500 - 5
Scotland +33 1 £49,990 -39.41% 5

CEH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (2.26%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 41 (30.83%) Azure
2 13 (9.77%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (9.02%) AWS
4 6 (4.51%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (3.01%) Mimecast
6 3 (2.26%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (2.26%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.26%) WhatsApp
7 2 (1.50%) GCP
7 2 (1.50%) Tessian
8 1 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.75%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.75%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 24 (18.05%) Firewall
2 22 (16.54%) Network Security
3 11 (8.27%) LAN
3 11 (8.27%) TCP/IP
4 8 (6.02%) Intrusion Detection
5 7 (5.26%) Internet
6 4 (3.01%) VPN
7 3 (2.26%) WAN
7 3 (2.26%) Wireshark
8 2 (1.50%) VoIP
8 2 (1.50%) Wireless
9 1 (0.75%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.75%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (3.01%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.26%) InstallShield
2 3 (2.26%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.75%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.75%) JIRA
3 1 (0.75%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.75%) MSI
3 1 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 43 (32.33%) Finance
2 40 (30.08%) Social Skills
3 13 (9.77%) Legal
4 10 (7.52%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (6.77%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (6.02%) Retail
7 7 (5.26%) Law
8 6 (4.51%) Local Government
8 6 (4.51%) Public Sector
9 5 (3.76%) Games
9 5 (3.76%) Marketing
10 4 (3.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (3.01%) Manufacturing
11 3 (2.26%) Police
12 2 (1.50%) Automotive
12 2 (1.50%) Electronics
12 2 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.50%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.75%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 63 (47.37%) Analyst
2 55 (41.35%) Security Analyst
3 23 (17.29%) Senior
4 16 (12.03%) Architect
4 16 (12.03%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 16 (12.03%) IT Analyst
4 16 (12.03%) IT Security Analyst
4 16 (12.03%) Security Architect
5 14 (10.53%) Consultant
5 14 (10.53%) Security Engineer
6 12 (9.02%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 11 (8.27%) Senior Analyst
8 10 (7.52%) ICT Analyst
8 10 (7.52%) Security Consultant
8 10 (7.52%) Senior Security Analyst
9 9 (6.77%) Security Manager
10 8 (6.02%) Information Analyst
10 8 (6.02%) Information Security Analyst
10 8 (6.02%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
11 7 (5.26%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.77%) web3js
2 1 (0.75%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 29 (21.80%) Security Posture
2 26 (19.55%) Management Information System
3 12 (9.02%) Cyberattack
4 11 (8.27%) PKI
5 10 (7.52%) Web3
6 9 (6.77%) Blockchain
6 9 (6.77%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (6.02%) Data Centre
8 7 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (4.51%) IoT
9 6 (4.51%) Product Ownership
10 4 (3.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (3.01%) Operational Technology
11 3 (2.26%) Onboarding
11 3 (2.26%) Public Cloud
12 2 (1.50%) Housing Association
12 2 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
13 1 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
13 1 (0.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 16 (12.03%) Windows
2 9 (6.77%) Linux
3 7 (5.26%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.26%) Unix
5 2 (1.50%) Android
5 2 (1.50%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.50%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (67.67%) Cybersecurity
2 68 (51.13%) Information Security
3 43 (32.33%) SIEM
4 32 (24.06%) Cloud Security
4 32 (24.06%) Incident Response
5 30 (22.56%) Security Operations
6 28 (21.05%) Vulnerability Management
7 27 (20.30%) Penetration Testing
8 25 (18.80%) Threat Analysis
9 24 (18.05%) Risk Analysis
10 22 (16.54%) Computer Science
10 22 (16.54%) Data Protection
11 21 (15.79%) Application Security
11 21 (15.79%) Security Architecture
12 18 (13.53%) Business Continuity
12 18 (13.53%) Disaster Recovery
13 16 (12.03%) Problem-Solving
13 16 (12.03%) Security Monitoring
14 14 (10.53%) Security Analytics
14 14 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.26%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (1.50%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.50%) Python
3 1 (0.75%) Bash
3 1 (0.75%) C#
3 1 (0.75%) Java
3 1 (0.75%) VB
Qualifications
1 90 (67.67%) CISSP
2 66 (49.62%) CISM
3 49 (36.84%) OSCP
4 38 (28.57%) Degree
5 29 (21.80%) CompTIA Security+
6 27 (20.30%) GCIH
7 25 (18.80%) Cisco Certification
7 25 (18.80%) GCFA
7 25 (18.80%) GIAC
8 24 (18.05%) GCIA
8 24 (18.05%) GREM
9 22 (16.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 19 (14.29%) Security Cleared
11 18 (13.53%) SANS
12 16 (12.03%) CCSP
13 15 (11.28%) CISA
13 15 (11.28%) SC Cleared
14 13 (9.77%) GSEC
15 11 (8.27%) Computer Science Degree
15 11 (8.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (42.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (30.08%) PCI DSS
3 27 (20.30%) NIST
4 16 (12.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (9.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 13 (9.77%) NIST 800
6 8 (6.02%) COBIT
7 6 (4.51%) GDPR
7 6 (4.51%) IASME
7 6 (4.51%) QA
8 5 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 5 (3.76%) NCSC
9 4 (3.01%) GRC
9 4 (3.01%) ISO 31000
10 3 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.75%) FISMA
11 1 (0.75%) PMO
11 1 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.75%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (13.53%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.76%) Docker
3 2 (1.50%) BitLocker
3 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (1.50%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.50%) XenApp
3 2 (1.50%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 7 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.76%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.76%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.50%) CSIRT
3 2 (1.50%) Nmap
3 2 (1.50%) SCCM
4 1 (0.75%) QRadar
4 1 (0.75%) SCOM
4 1 (0.75%) WMI
4 1 (0.75%) WSUS
Vendors
1 26 (19.55%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.51%) Google
3 5 (3.76%) Cisco
3 5 (3.76%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.26%) Oracle
4 3 (2.26%) Qualys
5 2 (1.50%) Citrix
5 2 (1.50%) Meraki
5 2 (1.50%) Mitel
5 2 (1.50%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.50%) SAP
5 2 (1.50%) Splunk
5 2 (1.50%) VMware
6 1 (0.75%) ArcSight
6 1 (0.75%) Datto
6 1 (0.75%) NetWitness
6 1 (0.75%) Sonatype
6 1 (0.75%) Sun
6 1 (0.75%) Ubiquiti