The first table below looks at the demand for CEH in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CEH over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
Rank 202 213 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Contract jobs citing CEH 1 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.016% 0.064% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.106% 0.465% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Average daily rate £675 £463 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+45.94% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £450 -
% change year-on-year
-22.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
940 1076 1209
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 14.74% 13.68% 12.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 620 646 767
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 50 53
Average hourly rate £36.29 £17.85 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+103.30% -15.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £28.20 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CEH
London

CEH
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CEH across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

City of London CEH Jobs Demand Trend

CEH
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CEH across the City of London region.

City of London CEH Daily Rate Trend

CEH
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing CEH also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited CEH.

1 9 (100.00%) CISSP
2 7 (77.78%) SQL
2 7 (77.78%) J2EE
2 7 (77.78%) Firewall
2 7 (77.78%) Spring
2 7 (77.78%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (55.56%) Penetration Testing
3 5 (55.56%) HP
3 5 (55.56%) Java
4 4 (44.44%) Windows
4 4 (44.44%) Linux
4 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
6 2 (22.22%) CISM
6 2 (22.22%) ITIL
6 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
6 2 (22.22%) Information Security
6 2 (22.22%) Security Testing
6 2 (22.22%) Open Source
7 1 (11.11%) Network Management
7 1 (11.11%) ITIL V3
7 1 (11.11%) Bash shell
7 1 (11.11%) Java EE
7 1 (11.11%) Cisco PIX
7 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
7 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
7 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (11.11%) OWASP
7 1 (11.11%) Retail

CEH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing CEH also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited CEH. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (77.78%) J2EE
1 7 (77.78%) Spring
2 1 (11.11%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco PIX
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (11.11%) HTTP
2 1 (11.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) MySQL
General
1 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Applications Specialist
1 4 (44.44%) Security Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Tester
2 2 (22.22%) Penetration Tester
2 2 (22.22%) Applications Tester
2 2 (22.22%) Web Tester
2 2 (22.22%) Security Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Network Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Information Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (22.22%) Open Source
3 1 (11.11%) Client/Server
3 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) Information Security
3 2 (22.22%) Security Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Network Management
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL V3
4 1 (11.11%) OWASP
4 1 (11.11%) Network Design
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) SQL
2 5 (55.56%) Java
3 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
4 1 (11.11%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (22.22%) CISM
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (11.11%) CCSP
3 1 (11.11%) CISA
3 1 (11.11%) GIAC
3 1 (11.11%) CCSA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) HP
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) VMware
City of London
Security Architect: Key Skills and BackgroundPrevious experience working in a Security Architect role (or similar).Good understanding of systems in general as well a broad spectrum of security...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £600 - £750 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
ITIL Version 3... SABSA, CISSP, CISM, GIAC and/or CEH... It would be of advantage if Candidates have current SC clearance but must be willing and eligible to...
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Rate: £600 - £750 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013