CEH Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CEH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 709 641 777
Rank change year-on-year -68 +136 -197
Permanent jobs citing CEH 71 87 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.089% 0.16% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.34% 0.42% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 37 81 61
10th Percentile £37,000 £32,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £40,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year +11.54% -5.45% +5.77%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CEH falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20,605 20,946 25,343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.72% 37.91% 33.19%
Number of salaries quoted 12,346 7,921 10,596
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% +0.20%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +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 12 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 12 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 +10 20 £56,500 +41.25% 24
South West -42 19 £67,500 -10.00% 11
North West -16 13 £53,750 -17.31% 11
East of England -5 11 - - 5
Midlands -35 11 £97,500 +77.27% 14
Yorkshire +58 7 £56,500 +61.43% 11
South East -33 7 £55,000 -26.67% 15
West Midlands -11 6 £97,500 +77.27% 8
East Midlands -25 5 - - 6
Northern Ireland +18 1 - -
Scotland -70 1 £72,500 +43.73% 5
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 (2.82%) IIS
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 27 (38.03%) Azure
2 15 (21.13%) AWS
3 9 (12.68%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (9.86%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (5.63%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (5.63%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Purview
5 4 (5.63%) Serverless
6 2 (2.82%) GCP
6 2 (2.82%) PaaS
7 1 (1.41%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.41%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.41%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (1.41%) AWS KMS
7 1 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (30.99%) TCP/IP
2 18 (25.35%) Firewall
3 7 (9.86%) Network Security
3 7 (9.86%) Wireshark
4 4 (5.63%) LAN
4 4 (5.63%) VLAN
4 4 (5.63%) WAN
5 3 (4.23%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.41%) 802.11
6 1 (1.41%) Bluetooth
6 1 (1.41%) DNS
6 1 (1.41%) HTTP
6 1 (1.41%) SMTP
6 1 (1.41%) tcpdump
6 1 (1.41%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.82%) SQL Server
General
1 26 (36.62%) Finance
2 20 (28.17%) Social Skills
3 12 (16.90%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (15.49%) Retail
4 11 (15.49%) Telecoms
5 6 (8.45%) Legal
6 2 (2.82%) Electronics
6 2 (2.82%) Games
6 2 (2.82%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.41%) Automotive
7 1 (1.41%) Cyber-Physical System
7 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.41%) Law
7 1 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 22 (30.99%) Analyst
2 19 (26.76%) Security Analyst
3 16 (22.54%) Consultant
4 12 (16.90%) Architect
4 12 (16.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 12 (16.90%) Lead
4 12 (16.90%) Security Consultant
5 11 (15.49%) Managing Consultant
5 11 (15.49%) Security Architect
6 9 (12.68%) Security Engineer
7 7 (9.86%) Team Leader
8 5 (7.04%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 5 (7.04%) Security Solutions Architect
8 5 (7.04%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (5.63%) Enterprise Security Architect
9 4 (5.63%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
9 4 (5.63%) IT Consultant
9 4 (5.63%) Junior
9 4 (5.63%) Security Specialist
9 4 (5.63%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.41%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 20 (28.17%) Management Information System
2 15 (21.13%) Cyber Threat
3 14 (19.72%) Security Posture
4 12 (16.90%) Operational Technology
5 6 (8.45%) Cyberattack
5 6 (8.45%) Onboarding
6 5 (7.04%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (5.63%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.82%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (1.41%) CAN bus
9 1 (1.41%) CESG
9 1 (1.41%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (1.41%) CSOC
9 1 (1.41%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (1.41%) IoT
9 1 (1.41%) PKI
9 1 (1.41%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.08%) Windows
2 4 (5.63%) Android
2 4 (5.63%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.82%) Linux
3 2 (2.82%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.82%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (80.28%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (59.15%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (40.85%) Incident Response
3 29 (40.85%) Information Security
4 26 (36.62%) Agile
5 24 (33.80%) Security Architecture
6 23 (32.39%) SIEM
7 21 (29.58%) Risk Management
8 19 (26.76%) Penetration Testing
8 19 (26.76%) Vulnerability Management
9 18 (25.35%) Cloud Security
10 15 (21.13%) Project Delivery
11 14 (19.72%) Ethical Hacking
12 13 (18.31%) Security Operations
13 12 (16.90%) Mentoring
14 11 (15.49%) Architectural Patterns
14 11 (15.49%) DevSecOps
14 11 (15.49%) Line Management
14 11 (15.49%) Roadmaps
15 10 (14.08%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.27%) Python
2 5 (7.04%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.82%) SQL
4 1 (1.41%) Bash
4 1 (1.41%) C++
4 1 (1.41%) Java
Qualifications
1 59 (83.10%) CISSP
2 35 (49.30%) CISM
3 23 (32.39%) Degree
4 22 (30.99%) CompTIA Security+
5 18 (25.35%) OSCP
6 17 (23.94%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (23.94%) SC Cleared
6 17 (23.94%) Security Cleared
7 14 (19.72%) CRISC
8 13 (18.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 12 (16.90%) CASP
10 11 (15.49%) AWS Certification
10 11 (15.49%) CCSP
11 10 (14.08%) GIAC
11 10 (14.08%) SSCP
12 9 (12.68%) GSEC
13 7 (9.86%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (9.86%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (8.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 6 (8.45%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (33.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (28.17%) NIST
3 12 (16.90%) NCSC
3 12 (16.90%) PCI DSS
4 10 (14.08%) GDPR
5 5 (7.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (4.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (2.82%) HIPAA
7 2 (2.82%) QA
8 1 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.41%) GRC
8 1 (1.41%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (5.63%) Hyper-V
1 4 (5.63%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (2.82%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.82%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.41%) Snort
3 1 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (8.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.63%) CSIRT
2 4 (5.63%) Nmap
3 1 (1.41%) SCCM
3 1 (1.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (19.72%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.45%) Splunk
2 6 (8.45%) VMware
3 4 (5.63%) Qualys
3 4 (5.63%) Rapid7
3 4 (5.63%) Thycotic
4 2 (2.82%) Cisco
4 2 (2.82%) Citrix
4 2 (2.82%) Darktrace
5 1 (1.41%) ServiceNow