CEH Contracts in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for CEH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 123 168
Rank change year-on-year +6 +45 +19
Contract jobs citing CEH 3 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.17% 0.046% 0.083%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.70% 0.23% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £443 - £364
25th Percentile £469 £763 £535
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £775 £820
Median % change year-on-year -32.26% -5.49% +36.67%
75th Percentile £681 £788 -
90th Percentile £768 - -
Central London median daily rate £525 £775 £820
% change year-on-year -32.26% -5.49% +36.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 426 443 708
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 24.37% 20.39% 19.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 292 410
10th Percentile £404 £376 £374
25th Percentile £459 £453 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £531 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.53% -7.61% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £713
90th Percentile £763 £775 £820
Central London median daily rate £550 £525 £563
% change year-on-year +4.76% -6.67% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile £23.62 - £18.06
25th Percentile £26.04 £20.22 £20.22
Median hourly rate £45.33 £20.82 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year +117.75% -59.58% +13.19%
75th Percentile £72.81 £24.20 £53.75
90th Percentile £89.13 £25.88 £71.75
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.99 £51.50
% change year-on-year +11.87% -49.54% +13.19%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for CEH in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CEH in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for CEH in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CEH in the City of London over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CEH in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Security Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Operations Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (33.33%) QA Leader
1 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Information Assurance
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Offensive Security
2 1 (33.33%) OWASP
2 1 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Bash
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) OSCP
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) GIAC
2 1 (33.33%) GPEN
2 1 (33.33%) GXPN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft