EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CEH qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 734 750 1001
Rank change year-on-year +16 +251 -299
Permanent jobs citing CEH 154 246 237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.24% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.56% 0.74% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 105 172 166
10th Percentile £51,000 £32,875 £41,625
25th Percentile £62,500 £50,375 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £67,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +4.09% +16.96%
75th Percentile £88,500 £81,250 £84,688
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,175 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £61,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.12% +2.08% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,491 33,185 42,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.72% 32.68% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 17,282 14,890 18,866
10th Percentile £28,254 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CEH in the UK

CEH
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for CEH in the UK

CEH
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CEH over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CEH in the UK

CEH
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CEH within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
England +22 145 £72,500 - 65
London +110 82 £75,000 - 31
Work from Home +49 70 £70,000 -6.67% 21
UK excluding London -68 64 £65,000 +6.12% 37
North of England +43 21 £60,750 +51.88% 13
South West -34 15 £67,500 -10.00% 10
East of England +19 12 £90,000 +28.57% 1
North West +10 11 £65,000 - 6
Yorkshire +79 10 £56,500 +61.43% 6
South East -20 7 £45,000 -40.00% 1
Midlands -1 6 £115,000 +84.00% 8
West Midlands +6 3 £115,000 +109.09% 4
East Midlands -11 3 - - 4
Northern Ireland +24 1 - -
Scotland -63 1 £72,500 +24.17% 3
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -

CEH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.30%) IIS
1 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 71 (46.10%) Azure
2 42 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (14.94%) AWS
4 15 (9.74%) Cloud Computing
5 14 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
5 14 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (3.25%) GCP
6 5 (3.25%) PaaS
7 4 (2.60%) Serverless
8 3 (1.95%) SaaS
9 1 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.65%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 42 (27.27%) Firewall
2 32 (20.78%) TCP/IP
3 27 (17.53%) Network Security
4 20 (12.99%) Wireshark
5 14 (9.09%) LAN
5 14 (9.09%) WAN
6 8 (5.19%) VPN
7 3 (1.95%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (1.30%) 802.11
8 2 (1.30%) Bluetooth
8 2 (1.30%) VLAN
8 2 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.30%) ZigBee
9 1 (0.65%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.95%) Metasploit
General
1 49 (31.82%) Finance
2 45 (29.22%) Social Skills
3 19 (12.34%) Law
4 16 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (10.39%) Legal
5 14 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (9.09%) Retail
5 14 (9.09%) Telecoms
6 9 (5.84%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.90%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.25%) Banking
8 5 (3.25%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.95%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.30%) Cyber-Physical System
10 2 (1.30%) Games
10 2 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Automotive
11 1 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 49 (31.82%) Security Engineer
2 36 (23.38%) Senior
3 31 (20.13%) Analyst
4 26 (16.88%) Security Analyst
5 22 (14.29%) Lead
6 21 (13.64%) Senior Security Engineer
7 20 (12.99%) Consultant
8 19 (12.34%) Security Consultant
9 18 (11.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 15 (9.74%) Architect
11 14 (9.09%) Security Architect
12 13 (8.44%) Security Manager
12 13 (8.44%) Team Leader
13 12 (7.79%) Information Security Engineer
13 12 (7.79%) Managing Consultant
14 11 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 10 (6.49%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 9 (5.84%) Senior Analyst
17 7 (4.55%) Penetration Tester
17 7 (4.55%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.55%) web3js
2 2 (1.30%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 37 (24.03%) Management Information System
2 18 (11.69%) Cyber Threat
2 18 (11.69%) Operational Technology
3 17 (11.04%) Security Operations Centre
3 17 (11.04%) Security Posture
4 8 (5.19%) PKI
5 7 (4.55%) Blockchain
5 7 (4.55%) Cyberattack
5 7 (4.55%) Web3
6 4 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.60%) IoT
6 4 (2.60%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.95%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.30%) CAN bus
8 2 (1.30%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.30%) SCADA
9 1 (0.65%) CSOC
9 1 (0.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 32 (20.78%) Windows
2 14 (9.09%) Android
2 14 (9.09%) Apple iOS
3 7 (4.55%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.90%) Linux
5 2 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (77.27%) Cybersecurity
2 78 (50.65%) Information Security
3 56 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (35.06%) Incident Response
5 53 (34.42%) Cloud Security
6 48 (31.17%) Vulnerability Management
7 46 (29.87%) SIEM
8 40 (25.97%) Agile
9 34 (22.08%) Data Loss Prevention
9 34 (22.08%) Penetration Testing
10 32 (20.78%) Security Architecture
10 32 (20.78%) Security Operations
11 30 (19.48%) Cryptography
11 30 (19.48%) Ethical Hacking
12 28 (18.18%) Mentoring
13 24 (15.58%) Project Delivery
13 24 (15.58%) Risk Management
14 22 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
15 20 (12.99%) Key Management
16 19 (12.34%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 30 (19.48%) Python
2 24 (15.58%) PowerShell
3 9 (5.84%) Bash
4 2 (1.30%) SQL
5 1 (0.65%) C++
5 1 (0.65%) Java
Qualifications
1 124 (80.52%) CISSP
2 56 (36.36%) CISM
3 48 (31.17%) Cisco Certification
4 36 (23.38%) CompTIA Security+
5 31 (20.13%) Degree
6 29 (18.83%) OSCP
7 28 (18.18%) CCSP
8 24 (15.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 23 (14.94%) GIAC
10 21 (13.64%) GSEC
10 21 (13.64%) SSCP
11 20 (12.99%) SANS
12 18 (11.69%) Security Cleared
13 16 (10.39%) CASP
13 16 (10.39%) CRISC
14 15 (9.74%) SC Cleared
15 14 (9.09%) CCNA
16 12 (7.79%) CISA
16 12 (7.79%) GCIH
16 12 (7.79%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (26.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (24.68%) NIST
3 24 (15.58%) PCI DSS
4 17 (11.04%) NCSC
5 15 (9.74%) GDPR
5 15 (9.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 10 (6.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (5.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (3.90%) NIST 800
9 5 (3.25%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.95%) ISO 31000
10 3 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (1.30%) GRC
11 2 (1.30%) QA
System Software
1 14 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
2 7 (4.55%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.65%) Snort
4 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (12.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (9.09%) Nmap
3 9 (5.84%) SCCM
4 7 (4.55%) CASB
4 7 (4.55%) CSIRT
5 3 (1.95%) Nessus
5 3 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (25.32%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.04%) Rapid7
3 16 (10.39%) Splunk
4 14 (9.09%) Qualys
4 14 (9.09%) Thycotic
5 10 (6.49%) CyberArk
5 10 (6.49%) ServiceNow
6 6 (3.90%) Citrix
7 4 (2.60%) CheckPoint
7 4 (2.60%) iManage
8 3 (1.95%) LogRhythm
8 3 (1.95%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.30%) Cisco
9 2 (1.30%) Darktrace
9 2 (1.30%) VMware
10 1 (0.65%) CA
10 1 (0.65%) Meraki