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 19 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 407 514
Rank change year-on-year +37 +107 +45
Permanent jobs citing CEH 37 28 68
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.20% 0.19% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.87% 0.56% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 33 17 41
10th Percentile £48,165 £50,392 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,000 £56,250 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% - -6.67%
75th Percentile £92,500 £76,250 £74,000
90th Percentile - £87,500 £88,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -56.67% +3.45% +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 4,250 4,990 8,813
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.68% 33.06% 27.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,861 2,424 5,894
10th Percentile £32,750 £27,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,930 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £56,825
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.59% -5.29%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -9.28%

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 19 May 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 27 (72.97%) Azure
2 10 (27.03%) AWS
2 10 (27.03%) Nutanix
3 7 (18.92%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (10.81%) GCP
4 4 (10.81%) SaaS
5 3 (8.11%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 7 (18.92%) Firewall
2 6 (16.22%) Network Security
3 4 (10.81%) DNS
3 4 (10.81%) SSL
4 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.70%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Burp Suite
1 4 (10.81%) Metasploit
General
1 16 (43.24%) Law
2 15 (40.54%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Retail
4 3 (8.11%) Finance
5 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Legal
5 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.41%) Social Housing
6 1 (2.70%) Aviation
6 1 (2.70%) Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (43.24%) Security Specialist
2 11 (29.73%) IT Security Specialist
3 6 (16.22%) Analyst
3 6 (16.22%) Information Security Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Lead
3 6 (16.22%) Security Analyst
3 6 (16.22%) Security Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Head of Cybersecurity
5 4 (10.81%) Head of IT
5 4 (10.81%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
6 2 (5.41%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 2 (5.41%) Security Manager
7 1 (2.70%) CISSP Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) Consultant
7 1 (2.70%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 1 (2.70%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 1 (2.70%) Security Consultant
7 1 (2.70%) SIEM Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) SOC Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 12 (32.43%) Security Posture
2 10 (27.03%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (10.81%) Digital Media
3 4 (10.81%) Insider Threat
3 4 (10.81%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.41%) Housing Association
5 1 (2.70%) ASIC
5 1 (2.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.70%) FPGA
5 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.70%) PMI
5 1 (2.70%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.41%) Linux
1 2 (5.41%) Windows
2 1 (2.70%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (64.86%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (48.65%) Incident Response
3 17 (45.95%) SIEM
4 14 (37.84%) Disaster Recovery
5 13 (35.14%) Vulnerability Management
6 12 (32.43%) Cloud Security
7 11 (29.73%) Information Security
8 10 (27.03%) BCP
8 10 (27.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 10 (27.03%) Resilience Testing
8 10 (27.03%) Runbook
8 10 (27.03%) Test Automation
9 9 (24.32%) Computer Science
9 9 (24.32%) Penetration Testing
9 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (21.62%) Risk Management
11 7 (18.92%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (18.92%) Decision-Making
11 7 (18.92%) Security Architecture
12 6 (16.22%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 12 (32.43%) PowerShell
1 12 (32.43%) Python
2 1 (2.70%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (64.86%) CISSP
2 13 (35.14%) Degree
3 11 (29.73%) CISM
4 7 (18.92%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (18.92%) GIAC
5 5 (13.51%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (13.51%) OSCP
5 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
6 4 (10.81%) CCNA
6 4 (10.81%) CISMP
6 4 (10.81%) CREST Certified
6 4 (10.81%) GCIA
6 4 (10.81%) GPEN
6 4 (10.81%) MCSE
6 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
7 3 (8.11%) SSCP
8 2 (5.41%) CCNP
8 2 (5.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (67.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (48.65%) NIST
3 10 (27.03%) ISO 22301
4 6 (16.22%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (16.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (16.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 5 (13.51%) PCI DSS
6 4 (10.81%) GDPR
6 4 (10.81%) SOC 2
7 3 (8.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (8.11%) Data Quality
7 3 (8.11%) NCSC
8 1 (2.70%) DO-254
8 1 (2.70%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) Nmap
2 3 (8.11%) CSIRT
3 2 (5.41%) QRadar
4 1 (2.70%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 10 (27.03%) Commvault
1 10 (27.03%) VMware
2 6 (16.22%) iManage
2 6 (16.22%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.81%) Cisco
3 4 (10.81%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (8.11%) Palo Alto
5 2 (5.41%) CyberArk
5 2 (5.41%) Rapid7
5 2 (5.41%) Splunk
6 1 (2.70%) Google
6 1 (2.70%) Tenable