Hybrid/Remote CEH Job Trends

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for CEH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 391 532
Rank change year-on-year +5 +141 +4
Permanent jobs citing CEH 35 27 65
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.18% 0.18% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.82% 0.53% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 32 17 40
10th Percentile £48,165 £48,892 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,105 £52,500 £55,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £67,500 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year +29.63% +1.89% -11.67%
75th Percentile £92,500 £73,886 £75,313
90th Percentile £97,250 £87,500 £88,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £67,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -40.74% -6.90% +11.54%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,270 5,116 9,115
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.68% 33.82% 26.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,929 2,346 5,915
10th Percentile £33,250 £27,418 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,300 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.83% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,333 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,924
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.00% -10.13%

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CEH and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

CEH job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

CEH
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CEH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CEH

CEH
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CEH over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

CEH salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

CEH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 21 (60.00%) Azure
2 8 (22.86%) AWS
2 8 (22.86%) Nutanix
3 7 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.71%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.86%) GCP
5 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.14%) Firewall
2 5 (14.29%) Network Security
3 1 (2.86%) DNS
3 1 (2.86%) SSL
3 1 (2.86%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.86%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Burp Suite
1 4 (11.43%) Metasploit
2 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 14 (40.00%) Law
3 6 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (14.29%) Finance
5 4 (11.43%) Banking
5 4 (11.43%) Retail
6 3 (8.57%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (8.57%) Legal
7 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
7 2 (5.71%) Social Housing
8 1 (2.86%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 13 (37.14%) Security Specialist
2 9 (25.71%) IT Security Specialist
3 7 (20.00%) Analyst
3 7 (20.00%) Security Analyst
4 6 (17.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 6 (17.14%) Security Engineer
5 5 (14.29%) Information Security Engineer
5 5 (14.29%) Lead
6 4 (11.43%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
7 2 (5.71%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 2 (5.71%) Security Manager
8 1 (2.86%) CISSP Analyst
8 1 (2.86%) Consultant
8 1 (2.86%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 1 (2.86%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) Head of Cybersecurity
8 1 (2.86%) Head of IT
8 1 (2.86%) Security Consultant
8 1 (2.86%) Security Incident Consultant
8 1 (2.86%) SIEM Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (42.86%) Security Posture
2 8 (22.86%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (11.43%) Insider Threat
4 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
5 2 (5.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (5.71%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (5.71%) Housing Association
6 1 (2.86%) ASIC
6 1 (2.86%) Digital Media
6 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.86%) FPGA
6 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.86%) PMI
6 1 (2.86%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.57%) Linux
1 3 (8.57%) Windows
2 1 (2.86%) Mac OS
2 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (54.29%) Incident Response
3 15 (42.86%) SIEM
4 13 (37.14%) Disaster Recovery
4 13 (37.14%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (37.14%) Vulnerability Management
5 10 (28.57%) Information Security
5 10 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
5 10 (28.57%) Risk Management
6 9 (25.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (25.71%) Data Loss Prevention
6 9 (25.71%) Resilience Testing
7 8 (22.86%) BCP
7 8 (22.86%) Cloud Security
7 8 (22.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (22.86%) Runbook
7 8 (22.86%) Test Automation
8 7 (20.00%) Decision-Making
8 7 (20.00%) Security Architecture
8 7 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 12 (34.29%) PowerShell
1 12 (34.29%) Python
2 2 (5.71%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (5.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (68.57%) CISSP
2 12 (34.29%) CISM
3 10 (28.57%) Degree
4 9 (25.71%) GIAC
5 7 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (14.29%) OSCP
6 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
7 4 (11.43%) CCNA
7 4 (11.43%) CISMP
7 4 (11.43%) CREST Certified
7 4 (11.43%) GCIA
7 4 (11.43%) GPEN
7 4 (11.43%) MCSE
7 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 4 (11.43%) SC Cleared
8 3 (8.57%) SSCP
9 2 (5.71%) CCNP
9 2 (5.71%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (62.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (45.71%) NIST
3 8 (22.86%) ISO 22301
3 8 (22.86%) PCI DSS
4 7 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (17.14%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (8.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (8.57%) Data Quality
7 3 (8.57%) NCSC
8 1 (2.86%) DO-254
8 1 (2.86%) GDPR
8 1 (2.86%) GRC
8 1 (2.86%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (11.43%) Nmap
2 3 (8.57%) CSIRT
3 2 (5.71%) QRadar
4 1 (2.86%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 1 (2.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (22.86%) Commvault
1 8 (22.86%) VMware
2 7 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (17.14%) Splunk
4 5 (14.29%) iManage
5 4 (11.43%) Cisco
5 4 (11.43%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (11.43%) Qualys
6 3 (8.57%) Forcepoint
6 3 (8.57%) Palo Alto
7 2 (5.71%) CyberArk
7 2 (5.71%) Rapid7
8 1 (2.86%) Google
8 1 (2.86%) New Relic
8 1 (2.86%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.86%) Tenable
8 1 (2.86%) Zerto