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

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 753 753 1024
Rank change year-on-year 0 +271 -301
Permanent jobs citing CEH 151 190 254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.20% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.53% 0.60% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 99 158 172
10th Percentile £47,500 £32,500 £39,900
25th Percentile £56,875 £50,125 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £88,500 £80,938 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,250 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +5.91% -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 28,250 31,784 46,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.18% 33.91% 27.29%
Number of salaries quoted 17,298 14,393 19,390
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,861
25th Percentile £38,734 £42,500 £40,606
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £49,549
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.96% -0.90%

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 7 June 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 7 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
England +29 143 £72,500 +3.57% 101
London +82 76 £77,500 +19.23% 35
UK excluding London -68 70 £58,250 +5.91% 72
Work from Home +37 66 £65,000 -13.33% 16
North of England +30 21 £56,500 +41.25% 23
South West -27 19 £67,500 -10.00% 8
North West +3 13 £53,750 -17.31% 11
East of England +2 11 - - 5
Midlands -18 10 £115,000 +109.09% 13
Yorkshire +64 8 £56,500 +61.43% 10
South East -32 6 £50,000 -33.33% 14
West Midlands -7 5 £115,000 +109.09% 7
East Midlands -18 5 - - 6
Northern Ireland +17 1 - -
Scotland -64 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 (1.32%) IIS
1 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.65%) Ripple
Cloud Services
1 64 (42.38%) Azure
2 36 (23.84%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (17.88%) AWS
4 18 (11.92%) Cloud Computing
5 11 (7.28%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (7.28%) Azure Sentinel
5 11 (7.28%) Microsoft Purview
6 9 (5.96%) GCP
7 5 (3.31%) PaaS
8 4 (2.65%) Serverless
9 3 (1.99%) SaaS
10 1 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 41 (27.15%) Firewall
2 32 (21.19%) TCP/IP
3 25 (16.56%) Network Security
4 17 (11.26%) Wireshark
5 11 (7.28%) LAN
5 11 (7.28%) WAN
6 8 (5.30%) VPN
7 6 (3.97%) VLAN
8 3 (1.99%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (1.32%) 802.11
9 2 (1.32%) Bluetooth
9 2 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.32%) ZigBee
10 1 (0.66%) DNS
10 1 (0.66%) HTTP
10 1 (0.66%) SMTP
10 1 (0.66%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.65%) Artifactory
1 4 (2.65%) Git
2 3 (1.99%) Metasploit
General
1 53 (35.10%) Finance
2 45 (29.80%) Social Skills
3 20 (13.25%) Law
4 19 (12.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (9.27%) Telecoms
7 13 (8.61%) Retail
8 12 (7.95%) Legal
9 9 (5.96%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (4.64%) Banking
11 6 (3.97%) Manufacturing
12 5 (3.31%) Public Sector
13 4 (2.65%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.99%) Aerospace
15 2 (1.32%) Cyber-Physical System
15 2 (1.32%) Electronics
15 2 (1.32%) Games
15 2 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
16 1 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
16 1 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (33.77%) Security Engineer
2 29 (19.21%) Analyst
2 29 (19.21%) Senior
3 24 (15.89%) Security Analyst
4 23 (15.23%) Senior Security Engineer
5 19 (12.58%) Lead
6 18 (11.92%) Consultant
7 14 (9.27%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 14 (9.27%) Security Consultant
7 14 (9.27%) Security Manager
8 13 (8.61%) Architect
9 12 (7.95%) Security Architect
10 11 (7.28%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 11 (7.28%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 11 (7.28%) Managing Consultant
11 10 (6.62%) Information Security Engineer
11 10 (6.62%) Team Leader
12 7 (4.64%) IT Security Engineer
12 7 (4.64%) Penetration Tester
12 7 (4.64%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.65%) web3js
2 2 (1.32%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 37 (24.50%) Management Information System
2 19 (12.58%) Cyber Threat
2 19 (12.58%) Security Posture
3 18 (11.92%) Operational Technology
4 14 (9.27%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (5.30%) Blockchain
6 6 (3.97%) Cyberattack
6 6 (3.97%) Onboarding
7 5 (3.31%) PKI
8 4 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.65%) IoT
8 4 (2.65%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.65%) Public Cloud
8 4 (2.65%) Web3
9 3 (1.99%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.32%) CAN bus
10 2 (1.32%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (1.32%) SCADA
11 1 (0.66%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 24 (15.89%) Windows
2 11 (7.28%) Android
2 11 (7.28%) Apple iOS
3 6 (3.97%) Linux
4 2 (1.32%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (77.48%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (52.98%) Information Security
3 71 (47.02%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (35.10%) Incident Response
5 49 (32.45%) Vulnerability Management
6 46 (30.46%) SIEM
7 41 (27.15%) Cloud Security
8 37 (24.50%) Agile
9 34 (22.52%) Penetration Testing
9 34 (22.52%) Security Architecture
10 32 (21.19%) Data Loss Prevention
11 31 (20.53%) Ethical Hacking
12 25 (16.56%) Risk Management
13 24 (15.89%) Cryptography
13 24 (15.89%) Mentoring
14 23 (15.23%) Identity Access Management
14 23 (15.23%) Security Operations
15 18 (11.92%) Project Delivery
15 18 (11.92%) Roadmaps
16 17 (11.26%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 35 (23.18%) Python
2 24 (15.89%) PowerShell
3 10 (6.62%) Bash
4 2 (1.32%) C++
4 2 (1.32%) Java
4 2 (1.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 124 (82.12%) CISSP
2 55 (36.42%) CISM
3 51 (33.77%) Cisco Certification
4 36 (23.84%) Degree
5 30 (19.87%) CompTIA Security+
5 30 (19.87%) OSCP
6 25 (16.56%) CCSP
7 22 (14.57%) GIAC
8 21 (13.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 21 (13.91%) CRISC
8 21 (13.91%) Security Cleared
9 18 (11.92%) CCNA
9 18 (11.92%) GSEC
9 18 (11.92%) SC Cleared
10 17 (11.26%) SSCP
11 16 (10.60%) CISA
12 15 (9.93%) CASP
13 14 (9.27%) DBS Check
13 14 (9.27%) SANS
14 13 (8.61%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (27.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (23.84%) NIST
3 23 (15.23%) PCI DSS
4 18 (11.92%) GDPR
5 17 (11.26%) NCSC
6 15 (9.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 10 (6.62%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (5.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (4.64%) NIST 800
10 6 (3.97%) HIPAA
11 3 (1.99%) ISO 31000
11 3 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (1.32%) GRC
12 2 (1.32%) QA
System Software
1 11 (7.28%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (2.65%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.66%) Snort
4 1 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (8.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (7.28%) Nmap
3 10 (6.62%) SCCM
4 7 (4.64%) CASB
4 7 (4.64%) CSIRT
5 3 (1.99%) Nessus
5 3 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (27.81%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.27%) Rapid7
3 13 (8.61%) Splunk
4 11 (7.28%) Qualys
4 11 (7.28%) Thycotic
5 10 (6.62%) CyberArk
5 10 (6.62%) ServiceNow
6 6 (3.97%) Citrix
6 6 (3.97%) VMware
7 4 (2.65%) CheckPoint
7 4 (2.65%) iManage
8 3 (1.99%) LogRhythm
8 3 (1.99%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.32%) Cisco
9 2 (1.32%) Darktrace
10 1 (0.66%) CA
10 1 (0.66%) Meraki