CEH Jobs in the UK excluding London

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 691 635 774
Rank change year-on-year -56 +139 -201
Permanent jobs citing CEH 67 100 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.088% 0.18% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.34% 0.47% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 33 84 64
10th Percentile £36,500 £32,500 £42,375
25th Percentile £48,750 £40,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £56,500 £57,800
Median % change year-on-year - -2.25% +5.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £81,250 £76,750
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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,903 21,317 24,108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.05% 37.79% 32.38%
Number of salaries quoted 12,256 7,993 10,602
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,800 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CEH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CEH in the UK excluding London

CEH
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CEH in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for CEH in the UK excluding London

CEH
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CEH in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Salary histogram for CEH in the UK excluding London

CEH
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CEH within the UK excluding London 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
North of England +25 21 £56,500 +41.25% 12
South West -31 16 £60,000 -20.00% 6
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% 9
East Midlands -8 5 - - 1
West Midlands -8 5 £115,000 +109.09% 2
Northern Ireland +17 1 - -
Scotland -78 1 £72,500 +43.73% 3
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
CEH
UK

CEH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (2.99%) IIS
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 26 (38.81%) Azure
2 13 (19.40%) AWS
3 9 (13.43%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (11.94%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (7.46%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (7.46%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (5.97%) Serverless
7 2 (2.99%) GCP
7 2 (2.99%) PaaS
8 1 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (32.84%) TCP/IP
2 18 (26.87%) Firewall
3 8 (11.94%) Network Security
3 8 (11.94%) Wireshark
4 5 (7.46%) LAN
4 5 (7.46%) WAN
5 3 (4.48%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (4.48%) VLAN
6 1 (1.49%) 802.11
6 1 (1.49%) Bluetooth
6 1 (1.49%) DNS
6 1 (1.49%) HTTP
6 1 (1.49%) SMTP
6 1 (1.49%) tcpdump
6 1 (1.49%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.99%) SQL Server
General
1 25 (37.31%) Finance
2 19 (28.36%) Social Skills
3 11 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (16.42%) Retail
3 11 (16.42%) Telecoms
4 6 (8.96%) Legal
5 2 (2.99%) Electronics
5 2 (2.99%) Games
5 2 (2.99%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.49%) Automotive
6 1 (1.49%) Cyber-Physical System
6 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.49%) Law
6 1 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 21 (31.34%) Analyst
2 18 (26.87%) Security Analyst
3 15 (22.39%) Consultant
4 13 (19.40%) Lead
5 12 (17.91%) Architect
5 12 (17.91%) Security Consultant
6 11 (16.42%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 11 (16.42%) Managing Consultant
6 11 (16.42%) Security Architect
7 9 (13.43%) Security Engineer
8 8 (11.94%) Team Leader
9 5 (7.46%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 5 (7.46%) Information Security Engineer
9 5 (7.46%) Security Solutions Architect
9 5 (7.46%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (5.97%) Enterprise Architect
10 4 (5.97%) Enterprise Security Architect
10 4 (5.97%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
10 4 (5.97%) Junior
10 4 (5.97%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.49%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 20 (29.85%) Management Information System
2 14 (20.90%) Cyber Threat
2 14 (20.90%) Security Posture
3 12 (17.91%) Operational Technology
4 6 (8.96%) Cyberattack
4 6 (8.96%) Onboarding
4 6 (8.96%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (5.97%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.99%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.49%) CAN bus
7 1 (1.49%) CESG
7 1 (1.49%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (1.49%) CSOC
7 1 (1.49%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.49%) IoT
7 1 (1.49%) PKI
7 1 (1.49%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (16.42%) Windows
2 5 (7.46%) Android
2 5 (7.46%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.99%) Linux
3 2 (2.99%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.99%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (83.58%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (56.72%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (41.79%) Information Security
4 27 (40.30%) Agile
4 27 (40.30%) Incident Response
5 23 (34.33%) Security Architecture
6 22 (32.84%) SIEM
7 20 (29.85%) Risk Management
8 19 (28.36%) Cloud Security
8 19 (28.36%) Vulnerability Management
9 16 (23.88%) Penetration Testing
10 15 (22.39%) Project Delivery
11 14 (20.90%) Ethical Hacking
11 14 (20.90%) Security Operations
12 12 (17.91%) Mentoring
13 11 (16.42%) Architectural Patterns
13 11 (16.42%) DevSecOps
13 11 (16.42%) Line Management
13 11 (16.42%) Roadmaps
14 10 (14.93%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.94%) Python
2 5 (7.46%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.99%) SQL
4 1 (1.49%) C++
4 1 (1.49%) Java
Qualifications
1 56 (83.58%) CISSP
2 33 (49.25%) CISM
3 21 (31.34%) Degree
4 20 (29.85%) CompTIA Security+
5 18 (26.87%) OSCP
6 17 (25.37%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (23.88%) SC Cleared
7 16 (23.88%) Security Cleared
8 14 (20.90%) CRISC
9 13 (19.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 12 (17.91%) CASP
11 11 (16.42%) CCSP
11 11 (16.42%) SSCP
12 10 (14.93%) AWS Certification
12 10 (14.93%) GIAC
13 9 (13.43%) GSEC
14 7 (10.45%) SANS
15 6 (8.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 6 (8.96%) Computer Science Degree
15 6 (8.96%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (32.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (29.85%) NIST
3 13 (19.40%) PCI DSS
4 12 (17.91%) NCSC
5 8 (11.94%) GDPR
6 5 (7.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (2.99%) HIPAA
7 2 (2.99%) QA
8 1 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (1.49%) GRC
8 1 (1.49%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (7.46%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (4.48%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.99%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.49%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.49%) Snort
4 1 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (8.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (7.46%) Nmap
3 4 (5.97%) CSIRT
4 1 (1.49%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (19.40%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.45%) Splunk
3 5 (7.46%) Qualys
3 5 (7.46%) Rapid7
3 5 (7.46%) Thycotic
3 5 (7.46%) VMware
4 2 (2.99%) Cisco
4 2 (2.99%) Citrix
4 2 (2.99%) Darktrace
5 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow