CEH Contracts in Berkshire

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for CEH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 - 111
Rank change year-on-year - - +21
DemandTrendContract jobs citing CEH 8 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.68% - 0.057%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.90% - 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £333 - -
25th Percentile £350 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £486 - -
90th Percentile £550 - -
South East median daily rate £500 - £500
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

CEH falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Berkshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 422 752 632
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 35.73% 44.50% 36.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 401 364
10th Percentile £330 £325 £286
25th Percentile £438 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £609 £663 £623
90th Percentile £700 £738 £697
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 68 44
10th Percentile £26.59 £41.43 £18.50
25th Percentile £32.05 £55.89 £49.40
Median hourly rate £57.50 £61.65 £63.84
Median % change year-on-year -6.74% -3.42% +203.99%
75th Percentile £87.31 £79.15 £74.06
90th Percentile £88.87 £98.25 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year -51.18% -4.42% +33.33%

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing CEH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for CEH in Berkshire

CEH
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CEH.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CEH

CEH
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CEH in Berkshire over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CEH in Berkshire

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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CEH within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 21 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wokingham - 5 £380 - 4
Reading - 3 £500 - 6
CEH
South East

CEH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Network Security
2 3 (37.50%) Firewall
3 2 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 7 (87.50%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) SIEM Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Support
3 1 (12.50%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Security Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Cyber Security Posture
2 2 (25.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (12.50%) Clustering
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (100.00%) SIEM
2 6 (75.00%) Incident Response
3 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (62.50%) Threat Detection
4 4 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 4 (50.00%) Security Operations
5 3 (37.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 3 (37.50%) Threat Intelligence
6 2 (25.00%) Data Security
6 2 (25.00%) SOAR
7 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
7 1 (12.50%) Ethical Hacking
7 1 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
7 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
7 1 (12.50%) Proactive Management
7 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
7 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
7 1 (12.50%) Software Deployment
7 1 (12.50%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) Python
2 5 (62.50%) PowerShell
3 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) CISSP
2 3 (37.50%) GIAC
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) CISM
3 2 (25.00%) ECSA
3 2 (25.00%) GCFA
3 2 (25.00%) GCIA
3 2 (25.00%) GCIH
4 1 (12.50%) CCNA
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) QRadar
2 1 (12.50%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Splunk
2 3 (37.50%) ArcSight
3 2 (25.00%) IBM
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) Proofpoint
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco
4 1 (12.50%) FireEye
4 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds
4 1 (12.50%) Tanium