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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 747 730 994
Rank change year-on-year -17 +264 -289
Permanent jobs citing CEH 155 246 235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.24% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.56% 0.74% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 103 172 165
10th Percentile £50,500 £32,875 £41,550
25th Percentile £62,500 £50,375 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +3.70% +17.39%
75th Percentile £88,500 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,175 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £59,193 £59,000
% change year-on-year +9.81% +0.33% +7.27%

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 27,444 33,124 42,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.69% 32.69% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 17,288 14,907 18,785
10th Percentile £28,374 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +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 9 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 9 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 +45 146 £72,500 +3.57% 62
London +89 80 £75,000 - 29
Work from Home +52 70 £70,000 -6.67% 20
UK excluding London -52 67 £65,000 +9.81% 36
North of England +56 21 £60,750 +51.88% 12
South West -31 15 £67,500 -10.00% 11
East of England +27 12 £90,000 +28.57% 1
North West +18 11 £65,000 - 5
Yorkshire +89 10 £56,500 +61.43% 6
Midlands -12 9 £115,000 +84.00% 7
South East -35 7 £45,000 -40.00% 1
West Midlands +8 5 £115,000 +109.09% 4
East Midlands -13 4 - - 3
Northern Ireland +24 1 - -
Scotland -70 1 £72,500 +24.17% 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 (1.29%) IIS
1 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 70 (45.16%) Azure
2 41 (26.45%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (14.84%) AWS
4 17 (10.97%) Cloud Computing
5 14 (9.03%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (9.03%) Azure Sentinel
5 14 (9.03%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (3.23%) GCP
6 5 (3.23%) PaaS
7 4 (2.58%) Serverless
8 3 (1.94%) SaaS
9 1 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.65%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 43 (27.74%) Firewall
2 32 (20.65%) TCP/IP
3 27 (17.42%) Network Security
4 20 (12.90%) Wireshark
5 14 (9.03%) LAN
5 14 (9.03%) WAN
6 8 (5.16%) VPN
7 3 (1.94%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (1.29%) 802.11
8 2 (1.29%) Bluetooth
8 2 (1.29%) VLAN
8 2 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.29%) ZigBee
9 1 (0.65%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.94%) Metasploit
General
1 49 (31.61%) Finance
2 44 (28.39%) Social Skills
3 19 (12.26%) Law
4 16 (10.32%) Legal
5 15 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (9.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (9.03%) Retail
6 14 (9.03%) Telecoms
7 9 (5.81%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (3.87%) Manufacturing
9 5 (3.23%) Banking
9 5 (3.23%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.94%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.29%) Cyber-Physical System
11 2 (1.29%) Electronics
11 2 (1.29%) Games
11 2 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.65%) Automotive
12 1 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (31.61%) Security Engineer
2 34 (21.94%) Senior
3 32 (20.65%) Analyst
4 28 (18.06%) Security Analyst
5 22 (14.19%) Lead
6 21 (13.55%) Senior Security Engineer
7 20 (12.90%) Consultant
8 19 (12.26%) Security Consultant
9 17 (10.97%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 15 (9.68%) Architect
11 14 (9.03%) Security Architect
12 13 (8.39%) Security Manager
12 13 (8.39%) Team Leader
13 12 (7.74%) Information Security Engineer
13 12 (7.74%) Managing Consultant
14 11 (7.10%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 10 (6.45%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 7 (4.52%) Penetration Tester
16 7 (4.52%) Senior Analyst
16 7 (4.52%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.52%) web3js
2 2 (1.29%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 38 (24.52%) Management Information System
2 19 (12.26%) Security Posture
3 18 (11.61%) Cyber Threat
3 18 (11.61%) Operational Technology
4 16 (10.32%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (5.16%) Cyberattack
5 8 (5.16%) PKI
6 7 (4.52%) Blockchain
6 7 (4.52%) Web3
7 6 (3.87%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.58%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.58%) IoT
9 3 (1.94%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.29%) CAN bus
10 2 (1.29%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.29%) SCADA
11 1 (0.65%) CESG
11 1 (0.65%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 1 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (20.00%) Windows
2 14 (9.03%) Android
2 14 (9.03%) Apple iOS
3 6 (3.87%) Linux
3 6 (3.87%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (78.06%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (51.61%) Information Security
3 59 (38.06%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (36.13%) Incident Response
5 52 (33.55%) Cloud Security
6 49 (31.61%) Vulnerability Management
7 47 (30.32%) SIEM
8 40 (25.81%) Agile
9 37 (23.87%) Penetration Testing
10 34 (21.94%) Data Loss Prevention
11 33 (21.29%) Security Architecture
12 32 (20.65%) Security Operations
13 31 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
14 30 (19.35%) Cryptography
15 28 (18.06%) Mentoring
16 26 (16.77%) Risk Management
17 24 (15.48%) Identity Access Management
18 23 (14.84%) Project Delivery
19 20 (12.90%) Key Management
19 20 (12.90%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 30 (19.35%) Python
2 24 (15.48%) PowerShell
3 9 (5.81%) Bash
4 2 (1.29%) SQL
5 1 (0.65%) C++
5 1 (0.65%) Java
Qualifications
1 126 (81.29%) CISSP
2 58 (37.42%) CISM
3 48 (30.97%) Cisco Certification
4 35 (22.58%) CompTIA Security+
5 32 (20.65%) Degree
6 30 (19.35%) OSCP
7 28 (18.06%) CCSP
8 24 (15.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 24 (15.48%) GIAC
9 21 (13.55%) SSCP
10 20 (12.90%) GSEC
10 20 (12.90%) SANS
11 18 (11.61%) CRISC
11 18 (11.61%) Security Cleared
12 16 (10.32%) CASP
13 15 (9.68%) SC Cleared
14 14 (9.03%) CCNA
14 14 (9.03%) CISA
15 12 (7.74%) GCIH
15 12 (7.74%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (27.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (24.52%) NIST
3 26 (16.77%) PCI DSS
4 17 (10.97%) NCSC
5 15 (9.68%) GDPR
5 15 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 10 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (5.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (3.87%) NIST 800
9 5 (3.23%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.94%) ISO 31000
10 3 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (1.29%) GRC
11 2 (1.29%) QA
System Software
1 14 (9.03%) Virtual Desktop
2 6 (3.87%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.65%) Snort
4 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (12.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (9.03%) Nmap
3 9 (5.81%) SCCM
4 7 (4.52%) CASB
4 7 (4.52%) CSIRT
5 3 (1.94%) Nessus
5 3 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (25.16%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.97%) Rapid7
3 16 (10.32%) Splunk
4 14 (9.03%) Qualys
4 14 (9.03%) Thycotic
5 10 (6.45%) CyberArk
5 10 (6.45%) ServiceNow
6 6 (3.87%) Citrix
7 4 (2.58%) CheckPoint
7 4 (2.58%) iManage
8 3 (1.94%) LogRhythm
8 3 (1.94%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.29%) Cisco
9 2 (1.29%) Darktrace
9 2 (1.29%) VMware
10 1 (0.65%) CA
10 1 (0.65%) Meraki