CEH Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 426 514 534
Rank change year-on-year +88 +20 +256
Permanent jobs citing CEH 31 61 78
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.15% 0.18% 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.41% 0.65% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 24 37 76
10th Percentile - £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £57,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,149 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.16% -13.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £73,750 £87,500 £79,813
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,500 £89,125
UK median annual salary £55,000 £71,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -23.34% +10.38% -7.14%

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 7,526 9,421 9,627
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.57% 27.62% 26.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3,061 5,676 5,944
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% -5.00% +2.64%
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

CEH
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CEH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CEH trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CEH.

CEH salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

CEH
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CEH over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

CEH salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CEH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 6 (19.35%) AWS
1 6 (19.35%) Azure
2 2 (6.45%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (29.03%) Network Security
2 8 (25.81%) Firewall
3 4 (12.90%) SAN
4 2 (6.45%) VPN
5 1 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Burp Suite
1 1 (3.23%) Metasploit
General
1 16 (51.61%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (48.39%) Finance
3 9 (29.03%) Public Sector
3 9 (29.03%) Social Skills
4 8 (25.81%) Manufacturing
5 7 (22.58%) Electronics
5 7 (22.58%) Marketing
5 7 (22.58%) Telecoms
6 2 (6.45%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (6.45%) Retail
7 1 (3.23%) Banking
7 1 (3.23%) Digital Health
7 1 (3.23%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.23%) Local Government
7 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (32.26%) Consultant
1 10 (32.26%) Security Consultant
2 8 (25.81%) Analyst
2 8 (25.81%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 6 (19.35%) Security Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) CISSP Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Incident Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Junior
4 3 (9.68%) Junior Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Junior Operations Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Junior Security Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Operations Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Security Incident Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Security Operations Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) SIEM Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) AWS Architect
5 2 (6.45%) AWS Security Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Senior
5 2 (6.45%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) ModSecurity
1 1 (3.23%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (22.58%) Security Posture
3 4 (12.90%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (12.90%) Management Information System
3 4 (12.90%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (9.68%) Hedge funds
4 3 (9.68%) Podcast
5 2 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (6.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (6.45%) Public Cloud
6 1 (3.23%) Cyberattack
6 1 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (3.23%) Operational Technology
6 1 (3.23%) PKI
6 1 (3.23%) Private Cloud
6 1 (3.23%) SCADA
6 1 (3.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (83.87%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (48.39%) Incident Response
3 10 (32.26%) Penetration Testing
3 10 (32.26%) SIEM
4 9 (29.03%) Information Security
4 9 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (29.03%) Programme Management
4 9 (29.03%) Vulnerability Management
5 7 (22.58%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (22.58%) Digital Marketing
5 7 (22.58%) Mentoring
6 6 (19.35%) Risk Management
6 6 (19.35%) Security Operations
7 5 (16.13%) Agile
7 5 (16.13%) Risk Register
8 4 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (12.90%) DevSecOps
8 4 (12.90%) Incident Management
8 4 (12.90%) OWASP
8 4 (12.90%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 6 (19.35%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.68%) Python
3 2 (6.45%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 27 (87.10%) CISSP
2 14 (45.16%) CompTIA Security+
3 12 (38.71%) CISM
4 11 (35.48%) Degree
5 9 (29.03%) SANS
5 9 (29.03%) Security Cleared
6 8 (25.81%) OSCP
7 6 (19.35%) GIAC
8 5 (16.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (16.13%) GCIH
9 4 (12.90%) CISA
9 4 (12.90%) SSCP
10 3 (9.68%) GCIA
10 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (6.45%) CRISC
11 2 (6.45%) GISF
11 2 (6.45%) ISACA
11 2 (6.45%) ISSAP
12 1 (3.23%) AWS Certification
12 1 (3.23%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (48.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (45.16%) NIST
3 10 (32.26%) PCI DSS
4 7 (22.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (12.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (12.90%) GDPR
6 3 (9.68%) COBIT
6 3 (9.68%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (9.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (3.23%) Nessus
2 1 (3.23%) Nmap
2 1 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.23%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 9 (29.03%) Microsoft
2 7 (22.58%) SAP
3 3 (9.68%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (6.45%) Cisco
4 2 (6.45%) Juniper
4 2 (6.45%) Palo Alto
4 2 (6.45%) Qualys
5 1 (3.23%) Google
5 1 (3.23%) Meraki