certification
Certified Ethical Hacker
EC-Council
$1,199
exam fee · checked 2026-08
160 hrs
160 hours — about 16 weeks at 10 hrs/wk
3 yr
renewal cycle — this is a recurring cost
Where it is actually asked for
- Computer User Support Specialist in San Francisco19%3 of 16 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Washington, DC14%4 of 29 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Albany10%3 of 31 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Buffalo10%3 of 31 postings
Where it barely came up
It appeared in these samples, but rarely. If one of these is the job you want, this credential is probably not the thing standing between you and it.
- Information Security Analyst in New York5%3 of 61 postings
- Computer User Support Specialist (national)5%4 of 84 postings
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator in Albany5%1 of 21 postings
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator in Buffalo5%1 of 21 postings
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator in Washington, DC5%1 of 22 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Dallas–Fort Worth4%1 of 24 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Houston4%1 of 24 postings
- Information Security Analyst in San Antonio4%1 of 24 postings
- Computer Network Architect in Fresno4%1 of 25 postings
- Computer Network Architect in Los Angeles4%1 of 25 postings
- Computer Network Architect in Sacramento4%1 of 25 postings
- Computer Network Architect in San Diego4%1 of 25 postings
- Computer Network Architect in San Jose4%1 of 26 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Austin4%1 of 28 postings
- Computer Network Architect in San Francisco3%1 of 31 postings
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator in New York3%1 of 33 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Fresno3%2 of 78 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Los Angeles3%2 of 78 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Sacramento3%2 of 78 postings
- Information Security Analyst in San Diego3%2 of 78 postings
- Information Security Analyst in San Jose3%2 of 80 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Seattle2%1 of 45 postings
- Information Security Analyst in San Francisco2%2 of 123 postings
- Information Security Analyst (national)2%5 of 314 postings
- Computer Network Architect (national)1%1 of 132 postings
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator (national)0%1 of 322 postings
These percentages describe the samples we read, listed above with their sizes and dates. They are not a statement about the whole labour market, and absence from this page means we have no evidence either way — not that the credential is worthless. How we know →