CEH Contract Job Trends in Central London

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for CEH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 127 141
Rank change year-on-year -1 +14 +48
Contract jobs citing CEH 2 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.099% 0.18% 0.038%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.35% 0.71% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -
London median daily rate £519 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -20.19% +8.33% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 564 560 540
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 27.95% 24.93% 20.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 335 338
10th Percentile £355 £313 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £622 £675
90th Percentile £738 £730 £776
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 7
10th Percentile - £24.78 £16.26
25th Percentile £25.47 £28.94 £21.95
Median hourly rate £26.49 £72.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.34% +20.42% +39.53%
75th Percentile £29.31 £112.00 £69.38
90th Percentile £47.25 - £75.25
London median hourly rate £27.50 £38.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.10% -15.00% +7.14%

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

CEH job vacancy trend in Central London

CEH
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CEH.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CEH

CEH
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CEH within the Central London region over the 6 months to 3 January 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +1 1 - - 1
City of Westminster - 1 £700 -
CEH
London

CEH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance Leader
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Cybercrime
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Malware Reverse Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Reverse Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISA
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) GIAC
1 1 (50.00%) GREM
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) OSCP
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) NIST 800