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 Francisco15%3 of 20 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Albany12%3 of 25 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Buffalo12%3 of 25 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Washington, DC10%3 of 30 postings
- Information Security Analyst in New York7%4 of 56 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Austin6%1 of 16 postings
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator in Albany5%1 of 20 postings
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator in Buffalo5%1 of 20 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.
- Computer User Support Specialist (national)5%4 of 87 postings
- Computer Network Architect in Fresno5%1 of 22 postings
- Computer Network Architect in Los Angeles5%1 of 22 postings
- Computer Network Architect in Sacramento5%1 of 22 postings
- Computer Network Architect in San Diego5%1 of 22 postings
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator in Washington, DC4%1 of 24 postings
- Computer Network Architect in San Jose4%1 of 24 postings
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator in New York3%1 of 33 postings
- Computer Network Architect in San Francisco3%1 of 36 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Fresno3%2 of 80 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Sacramento3%2 of 80 postings
- Information Security Analyst in San Diego3%2 of 80 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Los Angeles2%2 of 81 postings
- Information Security Analyst in San Jose2%2 of 82 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Seattle2%1 of 41 postings
- Information Security Analyst (national)2%9 of 400 postings
- Information Security Analyst in San Francisco1%2 of 134 postings
- Computer Network Architect (national)1%1 of 161 postings
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator (national)0%1 of 363 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 →