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 1 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 397 515
Rank change year-on-year +1 +118 -3
Permanent jobs citing CEH 29 27 61
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.14% 0.17% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.66% 0.50% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 26 19 37
10th Percentile £52,421 £47,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £59,813 £51,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +56.52% -11.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £92,500 £73,818 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £88,500
UK median annual salary £48,000 £66,250 £72,500
% change year-on-year -27.55% -8.62% +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 4,362 5,372 8,908
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.05% 33.81% 26.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3,027 2,407 5,757
10th Percentile £33,250 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,300 £60,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +3.83% +6.15% -5.79%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,777
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.21% -12.04%

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 1 July 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 15 (51.72%) Azure
2 7 (24.14%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (20.69%) Nutanix
4 4 (13.79%) AWS
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) Firewall
1 5 (17.24%) Network Security
2 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.45%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) JIRA
2 1 (3.45%) Burp Suite
2 1 (3.45%) Metasploit
General
1 12 (41.38%) Law
2 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
3 7 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (17.24%) Finance
5 4 (13.79%) Banking
5 4 (13.79%) Legal
6 3 (10.34%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
7 2 (6.90%) Social Housing
8 1 (3.45%) Aviation
8 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Security Specialist
2 7 (24.14%) IT Security Specialist
3 6 (20.69%) Analyst
3 6 (20.69%) Security Analyst
3 6 (20.69%) Security Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 5 (17.24%) Information Security Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Lead
5 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Security Manager
6 1 (3.45%) CISSP Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Consultant
6 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 1 (3.45%) Security Consultant
6 1 (3.45%) Security Incident Consultant
6 1 (3.45%) SIEM Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) SOC Consultant
6 1 (3.45%) Threat Hunter
6 1 (3.45%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 13 (44.83%) Security Posture
2 6 (20.69%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (13.79%) Management Information System
4 3 (10.34%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 3 (10.34%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (6.90%) Housing Association
6 1 (3.45%) ASIC
6 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (3.45%) FPGA
6 1 (3.45%) Insider Threat
6 1 (3.45%) PMI
6 1 (3.45%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.79%) Linux
1 4 (13.79%) Windows
2 2 (6.90%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (65.52%) Incident Response
2 17 (58.62%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (51.72%) SIEM
4 12 (41.38%) Disaster Recovery
4 12 (41.38%) Vulnerability Management
5 11 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (37.93%) Risk Management
6 10 (34.48%) Data Loss Prevention
7 9 (31.03%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (27.59%) Cloud Security
8 8 (27.59%) Information Security
8 8 (27.59%) Penetration Testing
8 8 (27.59%) Resilience Testing
9 7 (24.14%) Security Architecture
10 6 (20.69%) BCP
10 6 (20.69%) Business Continuity
10 6 (20.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 6 (20.69%) Runbook
10 6 (20.69%) Test Automation
11 5 (17.24%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 11 (37.93%) PowerShell
1 11 (37.93%) Python
2 2 (6.90%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (6.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (68.97%) CISSP
2 11 (37.93%) CISM
3 7 (24.14%) GIAC
4 6 (20.69%) Degree
5 4 (13.79%) GCIA
6 3 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (10.34%) SSCP
7 2 (6.90%) CCNP
7 2 (6.90%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (6.90%) ISACA
7 2 (6.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (6.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (6.90%) OSCP
7 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
8 1 (3.45%) AWS Certification
8 1 (3.45%) Azure Certification
8 1 (3.45%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (3.45%) GPEN
8 1 (3.45%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (65.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (48.28%) NIST
3 7 (24.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (24.14%) PCI DSS
4 6 (20.69%) ISO 22301
5 5 (17.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (10.34%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (10.34%) Data Quality
6 3 (10.34%) NCSC
7 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (3.45%) DO-254
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) CSIRT
2 2 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.90%) QRadar
3 1 (3.45%) Computer Incident Response Team
3 1 (3.45%) Nmap
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Splunk
2 6 (20.69%) Commvault
2 6 (20.69%) VMware
3 5 (17.24%) iManage
3 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
3 5 (17.24%) Qualys
4 4 (13.79%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (10.34%) Forcepoint
6 2 (6.90%) CyberArk
6 2 (6.90%) New Relic
6 2 (6.90%) Palo Alto
6 2 (6.90%) Rapid7
6 2 (6.90%) SolarWinds
6 2 (6.90%) Zerto
7 1 (3.45%) Cisco