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 15 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 426 375 459
Rank change year-on-year -51 +84 +23
Permanent jobs citing CEH 28 47 42
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.12% 0.28% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.59% 0.82% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 26 45 35
10th Percentile £53,710 - £48,750
25th Percentile £56,438 £47,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +55.00% -23.08% -7.14%
75th Percentile £92,500 £65,000 £88,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £82,500 £88,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £53,750 £70,000
% change year-on-year +11.63% -23.21% +15.70%

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 4,731 5,706 6,528
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.74% 34.44% 26.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3,076 2,445 3,759
10th Percentile £33,425 £29,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £46,500 £40,903 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 15 August 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 17 (60.71%) Azure
2 12 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (28.57%) AWS
4 4 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (14.29%) Nutanix
5 3 (10.71%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (28.57%) Firewall
2 5 (17.86%) Network Security
3 4 (14.29%) TCP/IP
4 3 (10.71%) DNS
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) JIRA
General
1 10 (35.71%) Law
2 8 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Legal
4 4 (14.29%) Banking
4 4 (14.29%) Finance
5 3 (10.71%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 2 (7.14%) Social Housing
7 1 (3.57%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 6 (21.43%) Security Specialist
3 5 (17.86%) Information Security Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) IT Security Specialist
3 5 (17.86%) Lead
4 4 (14.29%) Analyst
4 4 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Security Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) SOC Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Security Manager
7 1 (3.57%) CISSP Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) Consultant
7 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 1 (3.57%) Security Consultant
7 1 (3.57%) Security Incident Consultant
7 1 (3.57%) SIEM Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) SOC Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 13 (46.43%) Security Posture
2 5 (17.86%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (17.86%) Management Information System
3 4 (14.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 4 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (10.71%) CSOC
4 3 (10.71%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (7.14%) Housing Association
6 1 (3.57%) ASIC
6 1 (3.57%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (3.57%) FPGA
6 1 (3.57%) PMI
6 1 (3.57%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 8 (28.57%) Linux
1 8 (28.57%) Windows
2 4 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (67.86%) Incident Response
2 17 (60.71%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (60.71%) SIEM
3 15 (53.57%) Vulnerability Management
4 13 (46.43%) Risk Management
5 12 (42.86%) Cloud Security
5 12 (42.86%) Data Loss Prevention
5 12 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (35.71%) SOAR
7 9 (32.14%) Information Security
7 9 (32.14%) Security Architecture
8 8 (28.57%) Business Continuity
8 8 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 8 (28.57%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 8 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (28.57%) Resilience Testing
8 8 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
9 7 (25.00%) Runbook
9 7 (25.00%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 13 (46.43%) PowerShell
1 13 (46.43%) Python
2 5 (17.86%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (10.71%) Bash
4 2 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (78.57%) CISSP
2 13 (46.43%) CISM
3 10 (35.71%) GIAC
4 5 (17.86%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (17.86%) Degree
4 5 (17.86%) GCIA
5 4 (14.29%) CompTIA CySA+
5 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
6 3 (10.71%) CCNA CyberOps
6 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
7 2 (7.14%) CCNP
7 2 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (7.14%) ISACA
7 2 (7.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (7.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (3.57%) GCFA
8 1 (3.57%) GCIH
8 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
8 1 (3.57%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (60.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (50.00%) NIST
3 7 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (17.86%) PCI DSS
5 4 (14.29%) ISO 22301
6 2 (7.14%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
7 1 (3.57%) DO-254
7 1 (3.57%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.57%) CSIRT
2 1 (3.57%) QRadar
Vendors
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 8 (28.57%) Splunk
3 7 (25.00%) Qualys
4 5 (17.86%) iManage
5 4 (14.29%) Commvault
5 4 (14.29%) VMware
6 3 (10.71%) Cisco
6 3 (10.71%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (10.71%) Forcepoint
6 3 (10.71%) Fortinet
6 3 (10.71%) New Relic
6 3 (10.71%) SolarWinds
6 3 (10.71%) Zerto
7 2 (7.14%) CyberArk
7 2 (7.14%) Palo Alto
7 2 (7.14%) Rapid7