The first table below looks at the demand for CEH in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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 - 102 -
Contract jobs citing CEH 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - 0.045% -
As % of the Qualifications category - 0.312% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
253 321 299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.49% 14.32% 15.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 147 127
Average daily rate £328 £301 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.98% -6.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £436 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 31 30
Average hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.15 £12.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £65.00 £31.75 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
CEH
England

CEH
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands CEH Daily Rate Trend

CEH
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ArcSight
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics

CEH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ArcSight