EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CEH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 618 627 872
Rank change year-on-year +9 +245 -60
Permanent jobs citing CEH 161 137 300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.23% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.67% 0.70% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 95 127 210
10th Percentile £40,517 £38,250 £47,375
25th Percentile £53,375 £42,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £60,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -20.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £80,625 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £93,500 £98,750 £92,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £46,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +35.87% -36.55% +11.54%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,053 19,473 40,448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.79% 32.75% 28.78%
Number of salaries quoted 8,835 11,703 17,713
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,738 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.37% +5.00% +4.17%

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 23 October 2024.

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 23 October 2024. 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 +13 150 £65,000 - 90
UK excluding London -35 90 £62,500 +35.87% 66
London +31 65 £85,000 +6.25% 32
Work from Home +42 61 £63,250 +3.27% 102
South West +17 27 £62,500 +25.00% 5
North of England -36 27 £40,000 -11.11% 18
South East -2 19 £62,500 +3.73% 14
North West -10 19 £40,000 -46.67% 10
Midlands -24 10 £65,000 +4.00% 15
Yorkshire +8 7 - - 5
West Midlands -33 6 £72,500 +19.34% 9
Scotland -5 4 £57,500 +15.02% 4
East Midlands -21 4 £57,500 -20.69% 6
East of England -49 2 - - 5
Northern Ireland +23 1 £60,000 +41.18% 1
North East - 1 £50,000 - 3

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 1 (0.62%) CMS
1 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.62%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.62%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (9.32%) Ripple
Cloud Services
1 44 (27.33%) Azure
2 31 (19.25%) AWS
2 31 (19.25%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (11.18%) GCP
4 17 (10.56%) Cloud Computing
5 8 (4.97%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (4.97%) SaaS
6 7 (4.35%) Entra ID
6 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (2.48%) Azure Key Vault
7 4 (2.48%) IaaS
7 4 (2.48%) PaaS
8 3 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.86%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.24%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.62%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.62%) AWS CloudTrail
10 1 (0.62%) AWS KMS
10 1 (0.62%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.62%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 60 (37.27%) Firewall
2 46 (28.57%) Network Security
3 27 (16.77%) TCP/IP
4 20 (12.42%) VLAN
5 10 (6.21%) Intrusion Detection
6 7 (4.35%) Internet
7 5 (3.11%) VPN
8 3 (1.86%) Wireless
9 2 (1.24%) IPsec
10 1 (0.62%) ADSL
10 1 (0.62%) DNS
10 1 (0.62%) HTTP
10 1 (0.62%) Modbus
10 1 (0.62%) SMTP
10 1 (0.62%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.24%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 15 (9.32%) Artifactory
1 15 (9.32%) Git
2 11 (6.83%) Burp Suite
2 11 (6.83%) Metasploit
General
1 46 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 40 (24.84%) Finance
3 29 (18.01%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (9.94%) Financial Institution
4 16 (9.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (9.32%) Law
6 12 (7.45%) Pharmaceutical
7 8 (4.97%) Legal
8 7 (4.35%) Banking
9 4 (2.48%) Retail
10 2 (1.24%) Electronics
10 2 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.24%) Local Government
10 2 (1.24%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.24%) Military
10 2 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.62%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (25.47%) Analyst
2 39 (24.22%) Senior
3 37 (22.98%) Consultant
3 37 (22.98%) Security Engineer
4 31 (19.25%) Security Analyst
5 20 (12.42%) Senior Security Engineer
6 19 (11.80%) Technical Consultant
7 18 (11.18%) Security Consultant
8 16 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 16 (9.94%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 16 (9.94%) IT Consultant
8 16 (9.94%) Solutions Consultant
9 15 (9.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (8.07%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 13 (8.07%) ITSM Consultant
10 13 (8.07%) Lead
10 13 (8.07%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (6.21%) Security Manager
12 9 (5.59%) Architect
12 9 (5.59%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.62%) .NET
1 1 (0.62%) AngularJS
1 1 (0.62%) CSS
1 1 (0.62%) HTML
1 1 (0.62%) jQuery
1 1 (0.62%) React
1 1 (0.62%) RESTful
1 1 (0.62%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 1 (0.62%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 40 (24.84%) Security Posture
2 31 (19.25%) Management Information System
3 21 (13.04%) Cyber Threat
4 17 (10.56%) Security Operations Centre
5 15 (9.32%) Blockchain
5 15 (9.32%) Product Ownership
5 15 (9.32%) Public Cloud
6 14 (8.70%) Operational Technology
7 13 (8.07%) SCADA
8 9 (5.59%) Cyberattack
9 8 (4.97%) Onboarding
10 6 (3.73%) IoT
11 4 (2.48%) Insider Threat
11 4 (2.48%) Smart City
12 3 (1.86%) Driving Licence
12 3 (1.86%) PKI
12 3 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (1.24%) Cyber Defence
13 2 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
13 2 (1.24%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 19 (11.80%) Windows
2 16 (9.94%) Linux
3 3 (1.86%) Kali Linux
3 3 (1.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (65.22%) Cybersecurity
2 84 (52.17%) Problem-Solving
3 61 (37.89%) Incident Response
4 58 (36.02%) Information Security
5 50 (31.06%) Vulnerability Management
6 40 (24.84%) Security Operations
7 39 (24.22%) Roadmaps
8 36 (22.36%) Computer Science
9 34 (21.12%) Penetration Testing
9 34 (21.12%) SIEM
10 32 (19.88%) Risk Management
11 31 (19.25%) Continuous Improvement
12 26 (16.15%) DevOps
13 24 (14.91%) Cloud Security
13 24 (14.91%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 23 (14.29%) Ethical Hacking
15 21 (13.04%) Technology Roadmap
16 20 (12.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 19 (11.80%) Presales
17 19 (11.80%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 41 (25.47%) Python
2 28 (17.39%) PowerShell
3 20 (12.42%) Bash
4 3 (1.86%) Java
5 2 (1.24%) C#
5 2 (1.24%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.24%) SQL
6 1 (0.62%) C++
6 1 (0.62%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 129 (80.12%) CISSP
2 76 (47.20%) Degree
3 53 (32.92%) CISM
4 46 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
5 38 (23.60%) CISA
5 38 (23.60%) CompTIA Security+
6 37 (22.98%) Security Cleared
7 34 (21.12%) SC Cleared
8 30 (18.63%) OSCP
9 27 (16.77%) GCIH
10 25 (15.53%) Computer Science Degree
11 23 (14.29%) GCIA
12 21 (13.04%) BPSS Clearance
12 21 (13.04%) CCNA
13 20 (12.42%) CCNP
13 20 (12.42%) DBS Check
13 20 (12.42%) Microsoft Certification
14 19 (11.80%) CRISC
15 17 (10.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 16 (9.94%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (29.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 41 (25.47%) NIST
3 26 (16.15%) GDPR
4 14 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (5.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (3.73%) HIPAA
6 6 (3.73%) NIST 800
7 5 (3.11%) PCI DSS
7 5 (3.11%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.86%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (1.86%) NCSC
9 1 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.62%) COBIT
9 1 (0.62%) QA
System Software
1 22 (13.66%) Hyper-V
2 6 (3.73%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.86%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (4.97%) Nmap
2 7 (4.35%) CSIRT
3 4 (2.48%) CASB
4 3 (1.86%) QRadar
4 3 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.24%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.62%) Nessus
6 1 (0.62%) SCCM
6 1 (0.62%) Terraform
Vendors
1 60 (37.27%) Microsoft
2 22 (13.66%) VMware
3 3 (1.86%) Google
3 3 (1.86%) Intel
3 3 (1.86%) Splunk
4 2 (1.24%) Darktrace
4 2 (1.24%) McAfee
5 1 (0.62%) ArcSight
5 1 (0.62%) ESET
5 1 (0.62%) Netskope
5 1 (0.62%) Progress
5 1 (0.62%) ServiceNow