CEH Contract Job Trends in Bristol

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for CEH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 62 68
Rank change year-on-year -16 +6 +19
Contract jobs citing CEH 3 2 8
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.24% 0.35% 0.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.67% 0.75% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - £687 -
25th Percentile £475 £698 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £715 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.07% - -
75th Percentile £525 £733 -
90th Percentile - £743 -
South West median daily rate £500 £715 £550
% change year-on-year -30.07% +30.00% -16.98%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 450 266 477
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 35.43% 46.26% 45.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 147 231
10th Percentile £288 £235 £300
25th Percentile £449 £361 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £450 £543
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -17.05% -7.66%
75th Percentile £597 £594 £650
90th Percentile £692 £683 £725
South West median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.09% - -5.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 52 118
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.51 £43.75
25th Percentile £35.00 £29.82 £54.74
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -10.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £67.25 £67.44 £77.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £57.35 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -0.26% -11.54% -

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CEH relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

CEH job vacancy trend in Bristol

CEH
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing CEH

CEH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) SOC Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Detection
2 2 (66.67%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISM
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk
2 1 (33.33%) IBM