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 18 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 371 503
Rank change year-on-year +25 +132 +76
Permanent jobs citing CEH 50 28 68
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.28% 0.21% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.17% 0.71% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 45 17 39
10th Percentile £48,165 £50,392 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,421 £56,250 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -6.67%
75th Percentile £92,500 £73,886 £77,000
90th Percentile - £82,500 £88,500
UK median annual salary £30,500 £75,000 £71,750
% change year-on-year -59.33% +4.53% +2.50%

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 4,266 3,958 8,739
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.07% 29.94% 26.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,842 2,482 5,959
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,125 £42,563 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,790 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £54,260
% change year-on-year +0.87% +5.97% -5.64%

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 18 April 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 38 (76.00%) Azure
2 13 (26.00%) AWS
2 13 (26.00%) Nutanix
3 11 (22.00%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (8.00%) GCP
5 4 (8.00%) SaaS
6 3 (6.00%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 11 (22.00%) Firewall
2 7 (14.00%) Network Security
3 5 (10.00%) DNS
4 4 (8.00%) SSL
4 4 (8.00%) Wireshark
5 1 (2.00%) HTTP
5 1 (2.00%) SSH
5 1 (2.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 6 (12.00%) Burp Suite
1 6 (12.00%) Metasploit
General
1 19 (38.00%) Law
1 19 (38.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.00%) Documentation Skills
2 6 (12.00%) Finance
2 6 (12.00%) Retail
3 5 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.00%) Legal
4 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.00%) Social Housing
5 1 (2.00%) Aviation
5 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 21 (42.00%) Security Specialist
2 13 (26.00%) IT Security Specialist
3 10 (20.00%) Security Engineer
4 9 (18.00%) Information Security Engineer
4 9 (18.00%) Lead
5 7 (14.00%) Analyst
6 6 (12.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 6 (12.00%) Security Analyst
6 6 (12.00%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
7 4 (8.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
7 4 (8.00%) Head of IT
7 4 (8.00%) Threat Hunter
8 2 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 2 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 2 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 2 (4.00%) Security Manager
9 1 (2.00%) Senior
9 1 (2.00%) Senior Analyst
9 1 (2.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 19 (38.00%) Security Posture
2 13 (26.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (12.00%) Insider Threat
4 5 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (8.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 4 (8.00%) Digital Media
5 4 (8.00%) Onboarding
6 3 (6.00%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (4.00%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (4.00%) Housing Association
8 1 (2.00%) ASIC
8 1 (2.00%) Cloud Native
8 1 (2.00%) FPGA
8 1 (2.00%) PMI
8 1 (2.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.00%) Linux
1 4 (8.00%) Mac OS
1 4 (8.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (68.00%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (44.00%) SIEM
3 21 (42.00%) Incident Response
4 17 (34.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 17 (34.00%) Information Security
5 16 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 14 (28.00%) Cloud Security
8 13 (26.00%) BCP
8 13 (26.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 13 (26.00%) Resilience Testing
8 13 (26.00%) Runbook
8 13 (26.00%) Test Automation
9 12 (24.00%) Penetration Testing
10 10 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
10 10 (20.00%) Offensive Security
10 10 (20.00%) Security Architecture
10 10 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
11 9 (18.00%) Actionable Insight
11 9 (18.00%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 18 (36.00%) PowerShell
1 18 (36.00%) Python
2 1 (2.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 30 (60.00%) CISSP
2 17 (34.00%) Degree
3 12 (24.00%) CISM
4 11 (22.00%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (22.00%) OSCP
5 10 (20.00%) GIAC
6 8 (16.00%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (14.00%) SC Cleared
7 7 (14.00%) Security Cleared
8 6 (12.00%) CCNA
8 6 (12.00%) CISMP
8 6 (12.00%) CREST Certified
8 6 (12.00%) GPEN
8 6 (12.00%) MCSE
8 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 4 (8.00%) GCIA
9 4 (8.00%) GREM
10 3 (6.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (6.00%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (68.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (46.00%) NIST
3 13 (26.00%) ISO 22301
4 9 (18.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (16.00%) Actionable Recommendations
5 8 (16.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 6 (12.00%) PCI DSS
7 5 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (8.00%) GDPR
8 4 (8.00%) SOC 2
9 3 (6.00%) Data Quality
9 3 (6.00%) GRC
9 3 (6.00%) NCSC
10 1 (2.00%) DO-254
Systems Management
1 6 (12.00%) Nmap
2 4 (8.00%) Computer Incident Response Team
2 4 (8.00%) QRadar
3 3 (6.00%) CSIRT
4 1 (2.00%) Nessus
4 1 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (26.00%) Commvault
1 13 (26.00%) VMware
2 10 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (16.00%) iManage
4 7 (14.00%) CrowdStrike
5 6 (12.00%) Cisco
5 6 (12.00%) Palo Alto
6 4 (8.00%) Splunk
7 3 (6.00%) CyberArk
7 3 (6.00%) Google
7 3 (6.00%) Rapid7
7 3 (6.00%) Tenable
8 1 (2.00%) Qualys