CEH Jobs in England

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CEH qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 698 718 950
Rank change year-on-year +20 +232 -249
Permanent jobs citing CEH 143 197 207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.22% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.58% 0.68% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 95 129 148
10th Percentile £49,250 £40,000 £40,800
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £66,750
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +4.87% +8.98%
75th Percentile £89,250 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £67,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% -2.99% +11.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CEH is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,480 29,085 36,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.30% 32.85% 26.54%
Number of salaries quoted 15,745 13,288 16,781
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,680 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,134
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CEH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CEH in England

CEH
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CEH in England.

Salary trend for CEH in England

CEH
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CEH in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CEH in England

CEH
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CEH within the England region over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +85 79 £77,500 +3.33% 26
North of England +45 21 £60,750 +51.88% 16
South West -15 16 £67,500 -10.00% 9
East of England +7 11 - - 2
North West +6 11 £65,000 - 6
Yorkshire +78 10 £56,500 +61.43% 10
Midlands 0 10 £115,000 +84.00% 3
West Midlands +10 5 £115,000 +109.09% 2
East Midlands -7 5 - - 1
South East -40 5 £45,000 -40.00% 9
CEH
UK

CEH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.40%) IIS
1 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 68 (47.55%) Azure
2 40 (27.97%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (16.08%) AWS
4 17 (11.89%) Cloud Computing
5 14 (9.79%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (9.79%) Azure Sentinel
5 14 (9.79%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (3.50%) GCP
6 5 (3.50%) PaaS
7 4 (2.80%) Serverless
8 3 (2.10%) SaaS
9 1 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 42 (29.37%) Firewall
2 32 (22.38%) TCP/IP
3 25 (17.48%) Network Security
4 20 (13.99%) Wireshark
5 14 (9.79%) LAN
5 14 (9.79%) WAN
6 8 (5.59%) VPN
7 3 (2.10%) VLAN
8 2 (1.40%) 802.11
8 2 (1.40%) Bluetooth
8 2 (1.40%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.40%) ZigBee
9 1 (0.70%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.10%) Metasploit
General
1 48 (33.57%) Finance
2 42 (29.37%) Social Skills
3 17 (11.89%) Law
4 16 (11.19%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (9.79%) Telecoms
6 13 (9.09%) Retail
7 12 (8.39%) Legal
8 11 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (6.29%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (4.90%) Banking
11 6 (4.20%) Manufacturing
12 4 (2.80%) Public Sector
13 3 (2.10%) Aerospace
14 2 (1.40%) Cyber-Physical System
14 2 (1.40%) Electronics
14 2 (1.40%) Games
14 2 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.70%) Automotive
15 1 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (35.66%) Security Engineer
2 32 (22.38%) Senior
3 30 (20.98%) Analyst
4 25 (17.48%) Security Analyst
5 22 (15.38%) Lead
6 21 (14.69%) Senior Security Engineer
7 17 (11.89%) Consultant
8 16 (11.19%) Security Consultant
9 14 (9.79%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 13 (9.09%) Team Leader
11 12 (8.39%) Architect
11 12 (8.39%) Information Security Engineer
12 11 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 11 (7.69%) Managing Consultant
12 11 (7.69%) Security Architect
13 10 (6.99%) Security Manager
14 7 (4.90%) IT Security Engineer
14 7 (4.90%) Penetration Tester
14 7 (4.90%) Senior Analyst
14 7 (4.90%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.90%) web3js
2 2 (1.40%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 39 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 17 (11.89%) Security Operations Centre
2 17 (11.89%) Security Posture
3 16 (11.19%) Cyber Threat
3 16 (11.19%) Operational Technology
4 8 (5.59%) Cyberattack
4 8 (5.59%) PKI
5 7 (4.90%) Blockchain
5 7 (4.90%) Web3
6 6 (4.20%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.80%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.80%) IoT
8 3 (2.10%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.40%) CAN bus
9 2 (1.40%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.40%) SCADA
10 1 (0.70%) CESG
10 1 (0.70%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.70%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (20.98%) Windows
2 14 (9.79%) Android
2 14 (9.79%) Apple iOS
3 6 (4.20%) Linux
4 5 (3.50%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (79.02%) Cybersecurity
2 73 (51.05%) Information Security
3 60 (41.96%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (37.06%) Incident Response
5 50 (34.97%) Cloud Security
6 48 (33.57%) SIEM
7 46 (32.17%) Vulnerability Management
8 40 (27.97%) Agile
9 34 (23.78%) Data Loss Prevention
10 33 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
11 32 (22.38%) Security Architecture
11 32 (22.38%) Security Operations
12 31 (21.68%) Ethical Hacking
13 30 (20.98%) Cryptography
14 24 (16.78%) Risk Management
15 23 (16.08%) Identity Access Management
15 23 (16.08%) Mentoring
16 21 (14.69%) Project Delivery
17 20 (13.99%) Process Improvement
18 19 (13.29%) Key Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (22.38%) Python
2 26 (18.18%) PowerShell
3 9 (6.29%) Bash
4 2 (1.40%) SQL
5 1 (0.70%) C++
5 1 (0.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 117 (81.82%) CISSP
2 54 (37.76%) CISM
3 47 (32.87%) Cisco Certification
4 33 (23.08%) Degree
5 30 (20.98%) CompTIA Security+
6 28 (19.58%) CCSP
6 28 (19.58%) OSCP
7 24 (16.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 22 (15.38%) GIAC
9 21 (14.69%) SSCP
10 19 (13.29%) GSEC
11 18 (12.59%) SANS
12 17 (11.89%) Security Cleared
13 16 (11.19%) CRISC
14 15 (10.49%) CASP
15 14 (9.79%) SC Cleared
16 13 (9.09%) GCIH
17 12 (8.39%) CISA
18 11 (7.69%) CCNA
18 11 (7.69%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (27.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (25.87%) NIST
3 26 (18.18%) PCI DSS
4 16 (11.19%) NCSC
5 15 (10.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 14 (9.79%) GDPR
7 7 (4.90%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (4.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (3.50%) HIPAA
9 5 (3.50%) NIST 800
10 3 (2.10%) ISO 31000
10 3 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (1.40%) GRC
11 2 (1.40%) QA
System Software
1 14 (9.79%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (2.80%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.40%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.70%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.70%) Snort
4 1 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (12.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (9.79%) Nmap
3 7 (4.90%) CASB
3 7 (4.90%) CSIRT
4 6 (4.20%) SCCM
5 3 (2.10%) Nessus
5 3 (2.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (25.87%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.89%) Rapid7
3 16 (11.19%) Splunk
4 14 (9.79%) Qualys
4 14 (9.79%) Thycotic
5 10 (6.99%) CyberArk
6 6 (4.20%) Citrix
6 6 (4.20%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.80%) CheckPoint
7 4 (2.80%) iManage
8 3 (2.10%) LogRhythm
8 3 (2.10%) Palo Alto
8 3 (2.10%) VMware
9 2 (1.40%) Cisco
9 2 (1.40%) Darktrace
10 1 (0.70%) Meraki