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

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 722 728 978
Rank change year-on-year +6 +250 -273
Permanent jobs citing CEH 143 173 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.21% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.57% 0.61% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 95 130 147
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 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £88,500 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £96,500 £93,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +11.54% -3.70% +8.00%

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 24,881 28,320 37,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.35% 33.66% 26.59%
Number of salaries quoted 15,751 12,947 16,894
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,875
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 £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.38% +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 1 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 1 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 +106 77 £77,500 +19.23% 26
North of England +33 22 £56,500 +41.25% 9
South West -32 16 £60,000 -20.00% 7
North West +2 13 £53,750 -17.31% 5
East of England +4 11 - - 1
Midlands -13 10 £115,000 +84.00% 4
Yorkshire +57 9 £56,500 +61.43% 4
South East -28 6 £50,000 -33.33% 9
East Midlands -14 5 - - 2
West Midlands -17 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 (1.40%) IIS
1 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Ripple
Cloud Services
1 65 (45.45%) Azure
2 38 (26.57%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (16.78%) AWS
4 18 (12.59%) Cloud Computing
5 14 (9.79%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (9.79%) Azure Sentinel
5 14 (9.79%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (4.20%) GCP
7 5 (3.50%) PaaS
8 4 (2.80%) Serverless
9 3 (2.10%) SaaS
10 1 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 42 (29.37%) Firewall
2 34 (23.78%) TCP/IP
3 25 (17.48%) Network Security
4 20 (13.99%) Wireshark
5 14 (9.79%) LAN
5 14 (9.79%) WAN
6 8 (5.59%) VPN
7 5 (3.50%) VLAN
8 2 (1.40%) 802.11
8 2 (1.40%) Bluetooth
8 2 (1.40%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.40%) ZigBee
9 1 (0.70%) DNS
9 1 (0.70%) HTTP
9 1 (0.70%) SMTP
9 1 (0.70%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.10%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.70%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.70%) Git
General
1 50 (34.97%) Finance
2 43 (30.07%) Social Skills
3 17 (11.89%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (11.89%) Law
4 14 (9.79%) Telecoms
5 13 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (9.09%) Retail
6 12 (8.39%) Legal
7 9 (6.29%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (4.90%) Banking
9 6 (4.20%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.80%) Public Sector
11 3 (2.10%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.40%) Cyber-Physical System
12 2 (1.40%) Electronics
12 2 (1.40%) Games
12 2 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.70%) Automotive
13 1 (0.70%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (37.06%) Security Engineer
2 28 (19.58%) Analyst
3 27 (18.88%) Senior
4 23 (16.08%) Security Analyst
5 21 (14.69%) Lead
5 21 (14.69%) Senior Security Engineer
6 17 (11.89%) Consultant
7 14 (9.79%) Security Consultant
8 13 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 12 (8.39%) Architect
9 12 (8.39%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 12 (8.39%) Information Security Engineer
9 12 (8.39%) Team Leader
10 11 (7.69%) Managing Consultant
10 11 (7.69%) Security Architect
10 11 (7.69%) Security Manager
11 8 (5.59%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 7 (4.90%) IT Engineer
12 7 (4.90%) IT Security Engineer
12 7 (4.90%) Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.20%) web3js
2 2 (1.40%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 39 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 18 (12.59%) Security Posture
3 17 (11.89%) Security Operations Centre
4 16 (11.19%) Cyber Threat
4 16 (11.19%) Operational Technology
5 7 (4.90%) Blockchain
5 7 (4.90%) PKI
6 6 (4.20%) Cyberattack
6 6 (4.20%) Onboarding
6 6 (4.20%) Web3
7 4 (2.80%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.80%) IoT
8 3 (2.10%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.40%) CAN bus
9 2 (1.40%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.40%) SCADA
10 1 (0.70%) CESG
10 1 (0.70%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (18.88%) Windows
2 14 (9.79%) Android
2 14 (9.79%) Apple iOS
3 6 (4.20%) Linux
4 2 (1.40%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (79.02%) Cybersecurity
2 74 (51.75%) Information Security
3 64 (44.76%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (35.66%) Incident Response
5 49 (34.27%) SIEM
6 46 (32.17%) Cloud Security
6 46 (32.17%) Vulnerability Management
7 40 (27.97%) Agile
8 35 (24.48%) Data Loss Prevention
9 33 (23.08%) Ethical Hacking
10 32 (22.38%) Security Architecture
11 31 (21.68%) Penetration Testing
12 29 (20.28%) Cryptography
13 26 (18.18%) Security Operations
14 25 (17.48%) Risk Management
15 24 (16.78%) Identity Access Management
16 22 (15.38%) Mentoring
17 20 (13.99%) Process Improvement
18 19 (13.29%) Key Management
18 19 (13.29%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 35 (24.48%) Python
2 27 (18.88%) PowerShell
3 10 (6.99%) Bash
4 2 (1.40%) C++
4 2 (1.40%) Java
4 2 (1.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 119 (83.22%) CISSP
2 53 (37.06%) CISM
3 48 (33.57%) Cisco Certification
4 34 (23.78%) Degree
5 29 (20.28%) CompTIA Security+
5 29 (20.28%) OSCP
6 28 (19.58%) CCSP
7 24 (16.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 21 (14.69%) GIAC
9 20 (13.99%) SSCP
10 19 (13.29%) Security Cleared
11 17 (11.89%) CRISC
11 17 (11.89%) GSEC
11 17 (11.89%) SANS
12 16 (11.19%) SC Cleared
13 15 (10.49%) CASP
14 13 (9.09%) CISA
15 12 (8.39%) CCNA
15 12 (8.39%) GCIH
16 10 (6.99%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (28.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (26.57%) NIST
3 26 (18.18%) PCI DSS
4 16 (11.19%) NCSC
5 15 (10.49%) GDPR
5 15 (10.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 7 (4.90%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (4.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (4.20%) HIPAA
7 6 (4.20%) NIST 800
8 3 (2.10%) ISO 31000
8 3 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (1.40%) GRC
9 2 (1.40%) QA
System Software
1 14 (9.79%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (2.10%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.40%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.70%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.70%) Snort
4 1 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (10.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (9.79%) Nmap
3 7 (4.90%) CASB
3 7 (4.90%) CSIRT
3 7 (4.90%) SCCM
4 3 (2.10%) Nessus
4 3 (2.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (28.67%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.89%) Rapid7
3 16 (11.19%) Splunk
4 14 (9.79%) Qualys
4 14 (9.79%) Thycotic
5 10 (6.99%) CyberArk
6 7 (4.90%) ServiceNow
7 6 (4.20%) Citrix
8 5 (3.50%) VMware
9 4 (2.80%) CheckPoint
9 4 (2.80%) iManage
10 3 (2.10%) LogRhythm
10 3 (2.10%) Palo Alto
11 2 (1.40%) Cisco
11 2 (1.40%) Darktrace
12 1 (0.70%) Meraki