CEH Contracts 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 26 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 131 163
Rank change year-on-year +10 +32 +33
Contract jobs citing CEH 5 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.26% 0.084% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.04% 0.40% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 6
10th Percentile - £628 £375
25th Percentile £425 £650 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £700 £700
Median % change year-on-year -30.36% - +12.00%
75th Percentile £609 £750 £796
90th Percentile £739 £773 £820
London median daily rate £538 £550 £800
% change year-on-year -2.27% -31.25% +48.15%

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 480 495 759
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 24.69% 20.82% 20.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 306 455
10th Percentile £359 £363 £325
25th Percentile £463 £451 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -6.52% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £697
90th Percentile £763 £775 £818
London median daily rate £525 £525 £560
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 6
10th Percentile £24.24 £20.22 £17.31
25th Percentile £27.81 £20.29 £18.56
Median hourly rate £34.48 £24.00 £36.10
Median % change year-on-year +43.67% -33.52% -17.01%
75th Percentile £60.85 £27.00 £53.50
90th Percentile £69.02 £35.38 £68.75
London median hourly rate £25.74 £25.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +0.92% -51.43% +20.69%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for CEH in Central London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CEH in Central London.

Daily rate trend for CEH in Central London

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CEH in Central London over the 6 months to 26 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CEH in Central London

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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 26 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +12 4 £525 -25.00% 11
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £450 - 1
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London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Lead
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Security Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Operations Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (20.00%) QA Leader
1 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Tester
1 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (40.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (20.00%) Application Security
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (20.00%) Fuzz Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (20.00%) Offensive Security
3 1 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Threat Management
3 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Bash
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) Perl
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
1 3 (60.00%) OSCP
2 1 (20.00%) CISM
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) CREST Certified
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) GIAC
2 1 (20.00%) GPEN
2 1 (20.00%) GXPN
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (60.00%) NIST
2 2 (40.00%) SLA
3 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Google
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Tenable