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

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 373 434 451
Rank change year-on-year +61 +17 +276
Permanent jobs citing CEH 48 61 71
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.29% 0.26% 0.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.84% 0.95% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 46 42 65
10th Percentile - £48,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -7.14% -10.83%
75th Percentile £63,438 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £66,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -24.53% +10.42% -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 5,716 6,391 6,545
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.07% 27.27% 26.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,330 3,104 4,901
10th Percentile £31,000 £34,384 £36,174
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -1.79% -4.27% +6.36%

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

CEH
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing CEH.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing CEH

CEH
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CEH over the 6 months to 18 September 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 (12.50%) Azure
2 3 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.08%) AWS
3 1 (2.08%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.08%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 28 (58.33%) Network Security
2 11 (22.92%) Firewall
3 4 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.08%) SAN
General
1 34 (70.83%) Analytical Skills
1 34 (70.83%) Finance
2 27 (56.25%) Public Sector
3 26 (54.17%) Manufacturing
4 25 (52.08%) Electronics
4 25 (52.08%) Marketing
4 25 (52.08%) Telecoms
5 10 (20.83%) Social Skills
6 2 (4.17%) Retail
7 1 (2.08%) Digital Health
7 1 (2.08%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.08%) Local Government
7 1 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (56.25%) Consultant
1 27 (56.25%) Security Consultant
2 26 (54.17%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 7 (14.58%) Analyst
4 5 (10.42%) Security Manager
5 4 (8.33%) Information Manager
5 4 (8.33%) Information Security Manager
5 4 (8.33%) Security Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) Lead
6 3 (6.25%) SOC Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 2 (4.17%) IT Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) IT Security Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Security Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Security Specialist
7 2 (4.17%) Senior
7 2 (4.17%) Technical Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Technical Leader
8 1 (2.08%) Information Analyst
8 1 (2.08%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.08%) ModSecurity
1 1 (2.08%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (54.17%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (14.58%) Management Information System
3 5 (10.42%) Security Posture
4 3 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (4.17%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.08%) Cyberattack
6 1 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (2.08%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.08%) PKI
6 1 (2.08%) SCADA
6 1 (2.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.17%) Windows
2 1 (2.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (89.58%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (56.25%) Vulnerability Management
3 25 (52.08%) Business Intelligence
3 25 (52.08%) Digital Marketing
3 25 (52.08%) Mentoring
3 25 (52.08%) Programme Management
4 12 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 12 (25.00%) Information Security
5 8 (16.67%) SIEM
6 7 (14.58%) Risk Management
7 6 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (10.42%) Computer Science
8 5 (10.42%) Penetration Testing
8 5 (10.42%) Project Delivery
9 4 (8.33%) Due Diligence
9 4 (8.33%) Information Security Management
9 4 (8.33%) Security Management
9 4 (8.33%) Security Operations
9 4 (8.33%) SOAR
10 3 (6.25%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 45 (93.75%) CISSP
2 31 (64.58%) CompTIA Security+
3 27 (56.25%) Security Cleared
4 13 (27.08%) CISM
5 5 (10.42%) Degree
6 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (6.25%) GSEC
8 2 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (4.17%) GIAC
8 2 (4.17%) OSCP
8 2 (4.17%) SANS
9 1 (2.08%) AWS Certification
9 1 (2.08%) CISA
9 1 (2.08%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (2.08%) GCFA
9 1 (2.08%) GCFE
9 1 (2.08%) GCIA
9 1 (2.08%) MCSA
9 1 (2.08%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (72.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (70.83%) NIST
3 28 (58.33%) PCI DSS
4 7 (14.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (6.25%) GDPR
6 2 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (2.08%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (4.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.17%) ZENworks
2 1 (2.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (52.08%) SAP
2 9 (18.75%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.17%) Cisco
3 2 (4.17%) Juniper
3 2 (4.17%) Meraki
3 2 (4.17%) Palo Alto
3 2 (4.17%) Qualys
4 1 (2.08%) Google