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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 738 744 1003
Rank change year-on-year +6 +259 -292
Permanent jobs citing CEH 152 236 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.24% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.55% 0.72% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 102 164 168
10th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £48,438 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £67,250
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -3.35% +12.08%
75th Percentile £88,500 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -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 27,486 32,730 43,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.51% 33.01% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,243 14,736 18,996
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,483 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.49% +4.70% +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 18 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 18 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 +36 143 £72,500 +3.57% 59
London +95 79 £77,500 +3.33% 26
Work from Home +60 68 £70,000 -6.67% 22
UK excluding London -81 66 £65,000 +18.18% 40
North of England +53 21 £60,750 +51.88% 15
South West -32 16 £67,500 -10.00% 9
East of England +10 11 - - 1
North West +9 11 £65,000 - 5
Yorkshire +80 10 £56,500 +61.43% 10
Midlands -10 10 £115,000 +84.00% 3
West Midlands +8 5 £115,000 +109.09% 2
East Midlands -4 5 - - 1
South East -34 5 £45,000 -40.00% 9
Northern Ireland +18 1 - -
Scotland -66 1 £72,500 +43.73% 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 (1.32%) IIS
1 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 68 (44.74%) Azure
2 40 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (15.13%) AWS
4 17 (11.18%) Cloud Computing
5 14 (9.21%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (9.21%) Azure Sentinel
5 14 (9.21%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (3.29%) GCP
6 5 (3.29%) PaaS
7 4 (2.63%) Serverless
8 3 (1.97%) SaaS
9 1 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 43 (28.29%) Firewall
2 32 (21.05%) TCP/IP
3 27 (17.76%) Network Security
4 20 (13.16%) Wireshark
5 14 (9.21%) LAN
5 14 (9.21%) WAN
6 8 (5.26%) VPN
7 3 (1.97%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (1.97%) VLAN
8 2 (1.32%) 802.11
8 2 (1.32%) Bluetooth
8 2 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.32%) ZigBee
9 1 (0.66%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.97%) Metasploit
General
1 49 (32.24%) Finance
2 45 (29.61%) Social Skills
3 17 (11.18%) Law
4 16 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (9.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (9.21%) Telecoms
6 13 (8.55%) Retail
7 12 (7.89%) Legal
8 9 (5.92%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (4.61%) Banking
10 6 (3.95%) Manufacturing
11 5 (3.29%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.97%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.32%) Cyber-Physical System
13 2 (1.32%) Electronics
13 2 (1.32%) Games
13 2 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 51 (33.55%) Security Engineer
2 34 (22.37%) Senior
3 31 (20.39%) Analyst
4 26 (17.11%) Security Analyst
5 22 (14.47%) Lead
6 21 (13.82%) Senior Security Engineer
7 19 (12.50%) Consultant
8 17 (11.18%) Security Consultant
9 15 (9.87%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 13 (8.55%) Architect
10 13 (8.55%) Security Manager
10 13 (8.55%) Team Leader
11 12 (7.89%) Information Security Engineer
11 12 (7.89%) Security Architect
12 11 (7.24%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 11 (7.24%) Managing Consultant
13 10 (6.58%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 7 (4.61%) IT Engineer
14 7 (4.61%) Penetration Tester
14 7 (4.61%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.61%) web3js
2 2 (1.32%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 39 (25.66%) Management Information System
2 18 (11.84%) Cyber Threat
2 18 (11.84%) Operational Technology
2 18 (11.84%) Security Posture
3 17 (11.18%) Security Operations Centre
4 9 (5.92%) Cyberattack
5 8 (5.26%) PKI
6 7 (4.61%) Blockchain
6 7 (4.61%) Web3
7 6 (3.95%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.63%) IoT
9 3 (1.97%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.32%) CAN bus
10 2 (1.32%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.32%) SCADA
11 1 (0.66%) CSOC
11 1 (0.66%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 1 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (19.74%) Windows
2 14 (9.21%) Android
2 14 (9.21%) Apple iOS
3 6 (3.95%) Linux
4 5 (3.29%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.66%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (78.95%) Cybersecurity
2 79 (51.97%) Information Security
3 61 (40.13%) Problem-Solving
4 55 (36.18%) Incident Response
5 50 (32.89%) Cloud Security
6 49 (32.24%) Vulnerability Management
7 48 (31.58%) SIEM
8 40 (26.32%) Agile
9 36 (23.68%) Penetration Testing
10 34 (22.37%) Data Loss Prevention
11 33 (21.71%) Security Architecture
12 32 (21.05%) Security Operations
13 31 (20.39%) Ethical Hacking
14 30 (19.74%) Cryptography
15 27 (17.76%) Mentoring
16 24 (15.79%) Identity Access Management
16 24 (15.79%) Risk Management
17 21 (13.82%) Process Improvement
17 21 (13.82%) Project Delivery
18 19 (12.50%) Key Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (21.05%) Python
2 26 (17.11%) PowerShell
3 9 (5.92%) Bash
4 2 (1.32%) SQL
5 1 (0.66%) C++
5 1 (0.66%) Java
Qualifications
1 124 (81.58%) CISSP
2 56 (36.84%) CISM
3 50 (32.89%) Cisco Certification
4 34 (22.37%) Degree
5 32 (21.05%) CompTIA Security+
6 29 (19.08%) OSCP
7 28 (18.42%) CCSP
8 24 (15.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 23 (15.13%) GIAC
10 21 (13.82%) SSCP
11 20 (13.16%) GSEC
12 18 (11.84%) SANS
12 18 (11.84%) Security Cleared
13 17 (11.18%) CRISC
14 15 (9.87%) CASP
14 15 (9.87%) SC Cleared
15 14 (9.21%) CCNA
15 14 (9.21%) GCIH
16 12 (7.89%) CISA
16 12 (7.89%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (26.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (25.00%) NIST
3 26 (17.11%) PCI DSS
4 17 (11.18%) NCSC
5 15 (9.87%) GDPR
5 15 (9.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 8 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (4.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (3.95%) NIST 800
9 5 (3.29%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.97%) ISO 31000
10 3 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (1.32%) GRC
11 2 (1.32%) QA
System Software
1 14 (9.21%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (2.63%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.66%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.66%) Snort
4 1 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (11.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (9.21%) Nmap
3 9 (5.92%) SCCM
4 7 (4.61%) CASB
4 7 (4.61%) CSIRT
5 3 (1.97%) Nessus
5 3 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.18%) Rapid7
3 16 (10.53%) Splunk
4 14 (9.21%) Qualys
4 14 (9.21%) Thycotic
5 10 (6.58%) CyberArk
6 9 (5.92%) ServiceNow
7 6 (3.95%) Citrix
8 4 (2.63%) CheckPoint
8 4 (2.63%) iManage
9 3 (1.97%) LogRhythm
9 3 (1.97%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.97%) VMware
10 2 (1.32%) Cisco
10 2 (1.32%) Darktrace
11 1 (0.66%) CA
11 1 (0.66%) Meraki