CEH Contracts in England

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
UK > England

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 446 498 533
Rank change year-on-year +52 +35 +168
Contract jobs citing CEH 52 54 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.15% 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.63% 0.48% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 38 87
10th Percentile £408 £389 £458
25th Percentile £488 £506 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £591 £649 £800
90th Percentile £760 £704 £875
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £35.15 - -
25th Percentile £41.97 - £72.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £75.00
75th Percentile £56.13 - £77.56
90th Percentile £60.40 - £77.68
UK median hourly rate £52.50 - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +25.21%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,216 11,342 13,105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.94% 30.48% 27.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,177 7,037 8,723
10th Percentile £282 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £650
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.76% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 551 987 645
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.16 £14.67
25th Percentile £20.07 £20.75 £22.51
Median hourly rate £28.18 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.69% -22.73% +35.80%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.19 £77.19 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £27.65 £40.94 £55.50
% change year-on-year -32.47% -26.23% +24.72%

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CEH in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for CEH in England

CEH
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CEH in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CEH in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CEH in England.

Hourly rate trend for CEH in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CEH in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CEH in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CEH within the England region over the 6 months to 6 July 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
London +37 26 £525 -4.55% 91
South East +50 13 £500 -16.67% 48
Midlands +21 9 £525 -18.60% 32
West Midlands +15 9 £525 -18.60% 17
South West +30 2 - - 20
East of England +28 1 - - 19
CEH
UK

CEH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.77%) Confluence
2 2 (3.85%) TPMS
Cloud Services
1 19 (36.54%) AWS
1 19 (36.54%) Azure
2 12 (23.08%) GCP
3 3 (5.77%) Akamai
3 3 (5.77%) Cloudflare
3 3 (5.77%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.92%) Cloud Functions
5 1 (1.92%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.92%) GitHub
5 1 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.92%) Serverless
5 1 (1.92%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 22 (42.31%) Firewall
2 13 (25.00%) Network Security
3 9 (17.31%) HTTP
4 5 (9.62%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (7.69%) DNS
5 4 (7.69%) TCP/IP
6 3 (5.77%) HTTPS
6 3 (5.77%) VPN
7 2 (3.85%) SMTP
8 1 (1.92%) BGP
8 1 (1.92%) LAN
8 1 (1.92%) SD-WAN
8 1 (1.92%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.77%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (1.92%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (7.69%) Git
1 4 (7.69%) Jenkins
2 3 (5.77%) GitLab
2 3 (5.77%) JIRA
2 3 (5.77%) JMeter
2 3 (5.77%) Postman
2 3 (5.77%) REST Assured
2 3 (5.77%) Selenium
2 3 (5.77%) TestNG
2 3 (5.77%) Travis CI
3 1 (1.92%) Burp Suite
3 1 (1.92%) Metasploit
General
1 28 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 24 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (13.46%) Finance
4 5 (9.62%) Public Sector
5 4 (7.69%) Legal
6 2 (3.85%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.85%) Military
6 2 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.92%) Banking
7 1 (1.92%) Electronics
7 1 (1.92%) Local Government
7 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.92%) Marketing
7 1 (1.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (25.00%) Analyst
2 8 (15.38%) SOC Analyst
3 7 (13.46%) Architect
3 7 (13.46%) Security Architect
3 7 (13.46%) Security Engineer
4 6 (11.54%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 6 (11.54%) Security Analyst
5 5 (9.62%) Senior
6 4 (7.69%) Applications Architect
6 4 (7.69%) Tester
7 3 (5.77%) Consultant
7 3 (5.77%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 3 (5.77%) Developer
8 2 (3.85%) Information Assurance Specialist
8 2 (3.85%) Information Specialist
8 2 (3.85%) Operational Security Manager
8 2 (3.85%) Penetration Tester
8 2 (3.85%) Security Operations Manager
8 2 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (3.85%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.69%) .NET
1 4 (7.69%) React
2 1 (1.92%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.92%) Node.js
2 1 (1.92%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (34.62%) Security Posture
2 5 (9.62%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (7.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 4 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 4 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (3.85%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.92%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.92%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.92%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.92%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.92%) NHS
5 1 (1.92%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.92%) PKI
5 1 (1.92%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.92%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.77%) Windows
2 2 (3.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (61.54%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (51.92%) Incident Response
2 27 (51.92%) SIEM
3 26 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (34.62%) Vulnerability Management
5 17 (32.69%) Security Operations
6 15 (28.85%) Information Security
6 15 (28.85%) Penetration Testing
7 12 (23.08%) Cloud Security
7 12 (23.08%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 12 (23.08%) Threat Intelligence
8 11 (21.15%) Computer Science
8 11 (21.15%) Security Testing
8 11 (21.15%) SOAR
9 10 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (17.31%) Agile
10 9 (17.31%) Application Security
10 9 (17.31%) DevOps
11 8 (15.38%) Risk Management
11 8 (15.38%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 25 (48.08%) Python
2 18 (34.62%) PowerShell
3 14 (26.92%) Bash
4 7 (13.46%) Java
5 4 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (7.69%) PHP
5 4 (7.69%) TypeScript
6 3 (5.77%) JavaScript
6 3 (5.77%) Perl
7 2 (3.85%) C++
8 1 (1.92%) Groovy
8 1 (1.92%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (1.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (82.69%) CISSP
2 15 (28.85%) CISM
3 13 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 13 (25.00%) Degree
3 13 (25.00%) OSCP
4 8 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (13.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (13.46%) GIAC
6 6 (11.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (9.62%) CISA
7 5 (9.62%) GCIH
7 5 (9.62%) Security Cleared
8 4 (7.69%) CCNA
8 4 (7.69%) CCSP
8 4 (7.69%) CRISC
8 4 (7.69%) GCIA
8 4 (7.69%) SC Cleared
9 3 (5.77%) CREST Certified
9 3 (5.77%) SANS
9 3 (5.77%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (34.62%) NIST
2 17 (32.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (25.00%) GDPR
4 10 (19.23%) PCI DSS
5 8 (15.38%) HIPAA
5 8 (15.38%) QA
6 3 (5.77%) GRC
6 3 (5.77%) SLA
7 2 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.92%) JSP 440
8 1 (1.92%) NCSC
8 1 (1.92%) NIST 800
8 1 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (7.69%) Docker
2 1 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.77%) Kibana
2 3 (5.77%) Nessus
2 3 (5.77%) QRadar
3 2 (3.85%) CSIRT
4 1 (1.92%) Ansible
4 1 (1.92%) CASB
4 1 (1.92%) Grafana
4 1 (1.92%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (19.23%) Splunk
3 7 (13.46%) Google
4 4 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (7.69%) SAP
5 3 (5.77%) Imperva
5 3 (5.77%) Oracle
5 3 (5.77%) Salesforce
5 3 (5.77%) ServiceNow
5 3 (5.77%) Tenable
6 2 (3.85%) CyberArk
6 2 (3.85%) IBM
6 2 (3.85%) Proofpoint
7 1 (1.92%) Cisco
7 1 (1.92%) Darktrace
7 1 (1.92%) Exabeam
7 1 (1.92%) Forcepoint
7 1 (1.92%) Palo Alto