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 24 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 419 459
Rank change year-on-year +65 +40 +229
Permanent jobs citing CEH 56 61 57
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.34% 0.30% 0.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.92% 1.14% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 54 38 50
10th Percentile - £48,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £48,341
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £63,250 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -19.28% +3.27% -21.97%
75th Percentile £65,000 £74,375 £76,875
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,500 £85,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £64,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -22.48% +7.50% -20.00%

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 6,096 5,371 6,427
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.29% 26.62% 27.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,316 2,635 4,683
10th Percentile £30,500 £34,750 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £93,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,513 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.37% +0.02% +4.55%

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 24 October 2025.

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 11 (19.64%) Azure
2 3 (5.36%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (5.36%) Nutanix
3 2 (3.57%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (50.00%) Network Security
2 12 (21.43%) Firewall
3 4 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (5.36%) Wireshark
5 1 (1.79%) SAN
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Burp Suite
1 2 (3.57%) Metasploit
General
1 40 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
2 37 (66.07%) Finance
3 26 (46.43%) Manufacturing
4 25 (44.64%) Electronics
4 25 (44.64%) Marketing
4 25 (44.64%) Public Sector
4 25 (44.64%) Telecoms
5 15 (26.79%) Social Skills
6 4 (7.14%) Retail
7 3 (5.36%) Law
8 1 (1.79%) Digital Health
8 1 (1.79%) Local Government
8 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (44.64%) Consultant
1 25 (44.64%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 25 (44.64%) Security Consultant
2 8 (14.29%) Security Specialist
3 7 (12.50%) Analyst
3 7 (12.50%) Lead
4 4 (7.14%) Security Analyst
4 4 (7.14%) Security Manager
5 3 (5.36%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 3 (5.36%) Information Manager
5 3 (5.36%) Information Security Manager
5 3 (5.36%) IT Security Specialist
5 3 (5.36%) SOC Analyst
5 3 (5.36%) Threat Hunter
6 2 (3.57%) IT Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Security Engineer
6 2 (3.57%) Senior
6 2 (3.57%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (3.57%) Technical Leader
6 2 (3.57%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 26 (46.43%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (16.07%) Security Posture
3 7 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 7 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (5.36%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 3 (5.36%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (5.36%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (3.57%) Insider Threat
6 1 (1.79%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.79%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.79%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.93%) Windows
2 4 (7.14%) Linux
3 3 (5.36%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (82.14%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (51.79%) Mentoring
3 28 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 25 (44.64%) Business Intelligence
4 25 (44.64%) Digital Marketing
4 25 (44.64%) Programme Management
5 14 (25.00%) Incident Response
5 14 (25.00%) Information Security
5 14 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (25.00%) SIEM
6 11 (19.64%) Security Operations
7 8 (14.29%) Risk Management
7 8 (14.29%) SOAR
8 7 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (10.71%) Cyber Resilience
9 6 (10.71%) Ethical Hacking
9 6 (10.71%) Threat Intelligence
9 6 (10.71%) Threat Modelling
10 5 (8.93%) Offensive Security
10 5 (8.93%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.71%) PowerShell
1 6 (10.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 44 (78.57%) CISSP
2 33 (58.93%) CompTIA Security+
3 31 (55.36%) Security Cleared
4 11 (19.64%) CISM
5 10 (17.86%) Degree
6 7 (12.50%) GIAC
7 6 (10.71%) OSCP
7 6 (10.71%) SC Cleared
8 5 (8.93%) CompTIA CySA+
8 5 (8.93%) GCIA
8 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (7.14%) GCIH
10 3 (5.36%) GREM
10 3 (5.36%) GSEC
11 2 (3.57%) CCNA
11 2 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (3.57%) CISMP
11 2 (3.57%) CREST Certified
11 2 (3.57%) GPEN
11 2 (3.57%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (66.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 37 (66.07%) NIST
2 28 (50.00%) PCI DSS
3 5 (8.93%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (5.36%) GDPR
4 3 (5.36%) ISO 22301
5 2 (3.57%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (1.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.36%) Computer Incident Response Team
1 3 (5.36%) QRadar
2 2 (3.57%) Nmap
2 2 (3.57%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 25 (44.64%) SAP
2 8 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.36%) Commvault
3 3 (5.36%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (5.36%) Splunk
3 3 (5.36%) VMware
4 2 (3.57%) Cisco
4 2 (3.57%) Meraki