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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 761 728 990
Rank change year-on-year -33 +262 -277
Permanent jobs citing CEH 153 225 249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.23% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.55% 0.69% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 103 165 171
10th Percentile £48,750 £32,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £48,750 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -3.70% +5.88%
75th Percentile £88,500 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,950 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% +5.45%

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 27,701 32,451 45,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.99% 33.33% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 17,227 14,614 19,248
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

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 28 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 28 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 +29 144 £72,500 +3.57% 79
London +136 79 £77,500 +10.71% 33
Work from Home +54 68 £68,750 -8.33% 21
UK excluding London -68 67 £60,000 +9.09% 52
North of England +46 21 £56,500 +41.25% 16
South West -32 16 £67,500 -10.00% 4
North West +10 12 £65,000 - 7
East of England +1 11 - - 2
Midlands -5 10 £115,000 +84.00% 13
Yorkshire +73 9 £56,500 +61.43% 8
South East -29 6 £50,000 -33.33% 9
West Midlands +7 5 £115,000 +109.09% 7
East Midlands -11 5 - - 6
Northern Ireland +18 1 - -
Scotland -60 1 £72,500 +43.73% 5
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 (1.31%) IIS
1 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 66 (43.14%) Azure
2 39 (25.49%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (15.03%) AWS
4 17 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
5 14 (9.15%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (9.15%) Azure Sentinel
5 14 (9.15%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (3.27%) GCP
6 5 (3.27%) PaaS
7 4 (2.61%) Serverless
8 3 (1.96%) SaaS
9 1 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 43 (28.10%) Firewall
2 33 (21.57%) TCP/IP
3 27 (17.65%) Network Security
4 20 (13.07%) Wireshark
5 14 (9.15%) LAN
5 14 (9.15%) WAN
6 8 (5.23%) VPN
7 4 (2.61%) VLAN
8 3 (1.96%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (1.31%) 802.11
9 2 (1.31%) Bluetooth
9 2 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.31%) ZigBee
10 1 (0.65%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.31%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.96%) Metasploit
General
1 50 (32.68%) Finance
2 45 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 17 (11.11%) Law
4 16 (10.46%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (9.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (9.15%) Telecoms
7 13 (8.50%) Retail
8 12 (7.84%) Legal
9 9 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (4.58%) Banking
11 6 (3.92%) Manufacturing
12 5 (3.27%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.96%) Aerospace
14 2 (1.31%) Cyber-Physical System
14 2 (1.31%) Electronics
14 2 (1.31%) Games
14 2 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.65%) Automotive
15 1 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (34.64%) Security Engineer
2 31 (20.26%) Senior
3 30 (19.61%) Analyst
4 25 (16.34%) Security Analyst
5 21 (13.73%) Lead
5 21 (13.73%) Senior Security Engineer
6 19 (12.42%) Consultant
7 16 (10.46%) Security Consultant
8 14 (9.15%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 14 (9.15%) Security Manager
9 13 (8.50%) Architect
9 13 (8.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 12 (7.84%) Information Security Engineer
10 12 (7.84%) Security Architect
10 12 (7.84%) Team Leader
11 11 (7.19%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 11 (7.19%) Managing Consultant
12 7 (4.58%) IT Engineer
12 7 (4.58%) IT Security Engineer
12 7 (4.58%) Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.58%) web3js
2 2 (1.31%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 39 (25.49%) Management Information System
2 19 (12.42%) Security Posture
3 18 (11.76%) Cyber Threat
3 18 (11.76%) Operational Technology
4 17 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (5.88%) PKI
6 8 (5.23%) Cyberattack
7 7 (4.58%) Blockchain
7 7 (4.58%) Web3
8 6 (3.92%) Onboarding
9 4 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (2.61%) IoT
10 3 (1.96%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.31%) CAN bus
11 2 (1.31%) Cloud Native
11 2 (1.31%) SCADA
12 1 (0.65%) CESG
12 1 (0.65%) Data Centre
12 1 (0.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 1 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 29 (18.95%) Windows
2 14 (9.15%) Android
2 14 (9.15%) Apple iOS
3 7 (4.58%) Linux
4 3 (1.96%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.31%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (79.08%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (52.29%) Information Security
3 62 (40.52%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (35.29%) Incident Response
5 49 (32.03%) SIEM
5 49 (32.03%) Vulnerability Management
6 48 (31.37%) Cloud Security
7 40 (26.14%) Agile
8 35 (22.88%) Data Loss Prevention
8 35 (22.88%) Penetration Testing
9 33 (21.57%) Security Architecture
10 32 (20.92%) Ethical Hacking
11 30 (19.61%) Cryptography
12 29 (18.95%) Security Operations
13 27 (17.65%) Mentoring
14 25 (16.34%) Identity Access Management
14 25 (16.34%) Risk Management
15 21 (13.73%) Process Improvement
16 19 (12.42%) Project Delivery
16 19 (12.42%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 34 (22.22%) Python
2 27 (17.65%) PowerShell
3 10 (6.54%) Bash
4 2 (1.31%) C++
4 2 (1.31%) Java
4 2 (1.31%) SQL
Qualifications
1 127 (83.01%) CISSP
2 56 (36.60%) CISM
3 51 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
4 35 (22.88%) Degree
5 31 (20.26%) CompTIA Security+
6 29 (18.95%) CCSP
6 29 (18.95%) OSCP
7 25 (16.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 22 (14.38%) GIAC
9 20 (13.07%) SSCP
10 19 (12.42%) Security Cleared
11 18 (11.76%) GSEC
11 18 (11.76%) SANS
12 17 (11.11%) CRISC
13 16 (10.46%) SC Cleared
14 15 (9.80%) CASP
15 14 (9.15%) CCNA
15 14 (9.15%) GCIH
16 12 (7.84%) CISA
16 12 (7.84%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (26.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 39 (25.49%) NIST
3 26 (16.99%) PCI DSS
4 17 (11.11%) NCSC
5 15 (9.80%) GDPR
5 15 (9.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 8 (5.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (4.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (4.58%) NIST 800
8 5 (3.27%) HIPAA
9 3 (1.96%) ISO 31000
9 3 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 2 (1.31%) GRC
10 2 (1.31%) QA
System Software
1 14 (9.15%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (1.31%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.31%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.65%) Snort
3 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (10.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (9.15%) Nmap
3 10 (6.54%) SCCM
4 7 (4.58%) CASB
4 7 (4.58%) CSIRT
5 3 (1.96%) Nessus
5 3 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (28.10%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.11%) Rapid7
3 16 (10.46%) Splunk
4 14 (9.15%) Qualys
4 14 (9.15%) Thycotic
5 10 (6.54%) CyberArk
5 10 (6.54%) ServiceNow
6 6 (3.92%) Citrix
7 4 (2.61%) CheckPoint
7 4 (2.61%) iManage
7 4 (2.61%) VMware
8 3 (1.96%) LogRhythm
8 3 (1.96%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.31%) Cisco
9 2 (1.31%) Darktrace
10 1 (0.65%) CA
10 1 (0.65%) Meraki