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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 703 741 964
Rank change year-on-year +38 +223 -251
Permanent jobs citing CEH 140 167 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.20% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.56% 0.59% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 91 130 148
10th Percentile £47,500 £39,875 £39,750
25th Percentile £56,000 £54,063 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -1.82% +5.77%
75th Percentile £88,500 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +11.54% -3.70% +3.85%

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 24,838 28,338 37,765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.19% 33.70% 26.57%
Number of salaries quoted 15,697 13,038 16,996
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,825
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,750
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 £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +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 3 June 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 3 June 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 +91 75 £77,500 +19.23% 26
North of England +25 21 £56,500 +41.25% 12
South West -31 16 £60,000 -20.00% 5
North West -6 13 £53,750 -17.31% 6
East of England -3 11 - - 1
Midlands -19 10 £115,000 +84.00% 3
Yorkshire +56 8 £56,500 +61.43% 6
South East -1 6 £50,000 -33.33% 10
East Midlands -8 5 - - 1
West Midlands -8 5 £115,000 +109.09% 2
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 (1.43%) IIS
1 2 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.43%) Ripple
Cloud Services
1 63 (45.00%) Azure
2 36 (25.71%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (17.14%) AWS
4 17 (12.14%) Cloud Computing
5 12 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (8.57%) Azure Sentinel
5 12 (8.57%) Microsoft Purview
6 7 (5.00%) GCP
7 5 (3.57%) PaaS
8 4 (2.86%) Serverless
9 3 (2.14%) SaaS
10 1 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 40 (28.57%) Firewall
2 32 (22.86%) TCP/IP
3 22 (15.71%) Network Security
4 18 (12.86%) Wireshark
5 12 (8.57%) LAN
5 12 (8.57%) WAN
6 8 (5.71%) VPN
7 5 (3.57%) VLAN
8 2 (1.43%) 802.11
8 2 (1.43%) Bluetooth
8 2 (1.43%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.43%) ZigBee
9 1 (0.71%) DNS
9 1 (0.71%) HTTP
9 1 (0.71%) SMTP
9 1 (0.71%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.14%) Metasploit
2 2 (1.43%) Artifactory
2 2 (1.43%) Git
General
1 49 (35.00%) Finance
2 43 (30.71%) Social Skills
3 18 (12.86%) Law
4 17 (12.14%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (10.00%) Telecoms
6 13 (9.29%) Retail
7 12 (8.57%) Legal
8 9 (6.43%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (5.00%) Banking
10 6 (4.29%) Manufacturing
11 4 (2.86%) Public Sector
12 3 (2.14%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.43%) Cyber-Physical System
13 2 (1.43%) Electronics
13 2 (1.43%) Financial Institution
13 2 (1.43%) Games
13 2 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.71%) Automotive
14 1 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (35.71%) Security Engineer
2 28 (20.00%) Analyst
3 27 (19.29%) Senior
4 23 (16.43%) Security Analyst
5 21 (15.00%) Senior Security Engineer
6 19 (13.57%) Lead
7 17 (12.14%) Consultant
8 14 (10.00%) Security Consultant
9 13 (9.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 12 (8.57%) Architect
11 11 (7.86%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 11 (7.86%) Managing Consultant
11 11 (7.86%) Security Architect
11 11 (7.86%) Security Manager
12 10 (7.14%) Information Security Engineer
12 10 (7.14%) Team Leader
13 8 (5.71%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 7 (5.00%) IT Engineer
14 7 (5.00%) IT Security Engineer
14 7 (5.00%) Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.86%) web3js
2 2 (1.43%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 37 (26.43%) Management Information System
2 18 (12.86%) Security Posture
3 16 (11.43%) Cyber Threat
3 16 (11.43%) Operational Technology
4 15 (10.71%) Security Operations Centre
5 6 (4.29%) Blockchain
5 6 (4.29%) Cyberattack
5 6 (4.29%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.57%) PKI
7 4 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.86%) IoT
7 4 (2.86%) Web3
8 3 (2.14%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.43%) CAN bus
9 2 (1.43%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.43%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.43%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.43%) SCADA
10 1 (0.71%) CESG
10 1 (0.71%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 25 (17.86%) Windows
2 12 (8.57%) Android
2 12 (8.57%) Apple iOS
3 6 (4.29%) Linux
4 2 (1.43%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.43%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (77.86%) Cybersecurity
2 73 (52.14%) Information Security
3 65 (46.43%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (36.43%) Incident Response
5 47 (33.57%) SIEM
6 45 (32.14%) Vulnerability Management
7 42 (30.00%) Cloud Security
8 38 (27.14%) Agile
9 33 (23.57%) Data Loss Prevention
10 32 (22.86%) Security Architecture
11 31 (22.14%) Ethical Hacking
11 31 (22.14%) Penetration Testing
12 25 (17.86%) Cryptography
12 25 (17.86%) Risk Management
13 24 (17.14%) Security Operations
14 22 (15.71%) Identity Access Management
14 22 (15.71%) Mentoring
15 18 (12.86%) Process Improvement
15 18 (12.86%) Project Delivery
16 17 (12.14%) Key Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (24.29%) Python
2 25 (17.86%) PowerShell
3 10 (7.14%) Bash
4 2 (1.43%) C++
4 2 (1.43%) Java
4 2 (1.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 116 (82.86%) CISSP
2 51 (36.43%) CISM
3 47 (33.57%) Cisco Certification
4 34 (24.29%) Degree
5 29 (20.71%) CompTIA Security+
5 29 (20.71%) OSCP
6 26 (18.57%) CCSP
7 22 (15.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 21 (15.00%) GIAC
9 19 (13.57%) Security Cleared
10 18 (12.86%) CRISC
10 18 (12.86%) SSCP
11 17 (12.14%) GSEC
12 16 (11.43%) SC Cleared
13 15 (10.71%) CASP
13 15 (10.71%) SANS
14 14 (10.00%) CISA
15 13 (9.29%) CCNA
16 12 (8.57%) GCIH
17 10 (7.14%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (27.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (25.71%) NIST
3 24 (17.14%) PCI DSS
4 16 (11.43%) NCSC
5 15 (10.71%) GDPR
5 15 (10.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 7 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (4.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (4.29%) HIPAA
7 6 (4.29%) NIST 800
8 3 (2.14%) ISO 31000
8 3 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (1.43%) GRC
9 2 (1.43%) QA
System Software
1 12 (8.57%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (2.14%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.71%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.71%) Snort
4 1 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (9.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (8.57%) Nmap
3 7 (5.00%) CASB
3 7 (5.00%) CSIRT
3 7 (5.00%) SCCM
4 3 (2.14%) Nessus
4 3 (2.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (27.86%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.71%) Rapid7
3 14 (10.00%) Splunk
4 12 (8.57%) Qualys
4 12 (8.57%) Thycotic
5 10 (7.14%) CyberArk
6 7 (5.00%) ServiceNow
7 6 (4.29%) Citrix
8 5 (3.57%) VMware
9 4 (2.86%) CheckPoint
9 4 (2.86%) iManage
10 3 (2.14%) LogRhythm
10 3 (2.14%) Palo Alto
11 2 (1.43%) Cisco
11 2 (1.43%) Darktrace
12 1 (0.71%) Meraki