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 19 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 448 376 443
Rank change year-on-year -72 +67 +15
Permanent jobs citing CEH 19 48 61
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.078% 0.29% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.37% 0.84% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 19 46 42
10th Percentile £54,250 - £48,750
25th Percentile £56,875 £47,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -23.08% -7.14%
75th Percentile £80,000 £63,438 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £82,500 £88,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £66,250
% change year-on-year +30.00% -24.53% +10.42%

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 5,092 5,720 6,377
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.78% 35.06% 27.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,205 2,338 3,073
10th Percentile £33,250 £31,000 £34,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,881
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.58% -4.48%

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 19 September 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (57.89%) Azure
2 9 (47.37%) AWS
2 9 (47.37%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (21.05%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (15.79%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
5 2 (10.53%) OneDrive
6 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) Firewall
2 4 (21.05%) TCP/IP
3 3 (15.79%) DNS
4 2 (10.53%) Kerberos
4 2 (10.53%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) JIRA
General
1 8 (42.11%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Banking
2 4 (21.05%) Finance
2 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Law
3 3 (15.79%) Legal
4 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.26%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Security Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Security Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Security Specialist
2 3 (15.79%) SOC Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 2 (10.53%) Threat Hunter
4 1 (5.26%) CISSP Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (5.26%) IT Security Specialist
4 1 (5.26%) Security Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Security Incident Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Security Manager
4 1 (5.26%) SIEM Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) SOC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 9 (47.37%) Security Posture
2 5 (26.32%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 5 (26.32%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (26.32%) Management Information System
3 3 (15.79%) CSOC
3 3 (15.79%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (5.26%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (5.26%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 11 (57.89%) Windows
2 9 (47.37%) Linux
3 5 (26.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) Cybersecurity
1 14 (73.68%) Incident Response
1 14 (73.68%) SIEM
2 11 (57.89%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 11 (57.89%) SOAR
2 11 (57.89%) Threat Intelligence
3 10 (52.63%) Vulnerability Management
4 9 (47.37%) Cloud Security
4 9 (47.37%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 9 (47.37%) Risk Management
5 8 (42.11%) Data Loss Prevention
5 8 (42.11%) Security Operations
6 7 (36.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (36.84%) Red Team
7 6 (31.58%) Blue Team
7 6 (31.58%) Business Continuity
7 6 (31.58%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (26.32%) Information Security
8 5 (26.32%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (63.16%) PowerShell
2 10 (52.63%) Python
3 7 (36.84%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (15.79%) Bash
5 2 (10.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (84.21%) CISSP
2 13 (68.42%) CISM
3 11 (57.89%) GIAC
4 5 (26.32%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (21.05%) CompTIA CySA+
5 4 (21.05%) GCIA
5 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
6 3 (15.79%) CCNA CyberOps
6 3 (15.79%) Degree
6 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
7 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (10.53%) ISACA
8 1 (5.26%) AWS Certification
8 1 (5.26%) CCNP
8 1 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (5.26%) ECIH
8 1 (5.26%) GCFA
8 1 (5.26%) GCIH
8 1 (5.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (5.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (52.63%) NIST
2 9 (47.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (31.58%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (21.05%) PCI DSS
5 1 (5.26%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (26.32%) Kubernetes
2 2 (10.53%) WMI
3 1 (5.26%) QRadar
Vendors
1 10 (52.63%) Microsoft
2 9 (47.37%) Splunk
3 8 (42.11%) Qualys
4 4 (21.05%) New Relic
4 4 (21.05%) SolarWinds
4 4 (21.05%) Zerto
5 3 (15.79%) Cisco
5 3 (15.79%) Forcepoint
5 3 (15.79%) Fortinet
6 1 (5.26%) CrowdStrike