CEH Contract Job Trends 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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 451 477 485
Rank change year-on-year +26 +8 +215
Contract jobs citing CEH 61 51 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.22% 0.15% 0.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.70% 0.52% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 39 88
10th Percentile £349 £473 £459
25th Percentile £448 £553 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% - +16.82%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £800
90th Percentile £778 £706 £875
UK median daily rate £523 £623 £600
% change year-on-year -16.06% +3.75% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £36.67 - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £62.25 - -
90th Percentile £62.85 - -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 - -

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 8,740 9,801 12,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.45% 29.76% 28.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,560 6,053 7,758
10th Percentile £303 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £715 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 688 574 658
10th Percentile £18.13 £17.20 £16.28
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £24.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £54.53
Median % change year-on-year -53.43% -0.97% +21.18%
75th Percentile £47.80 £69.94 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.00 £78.61
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £49.50 £54.53
% change year-on-year -49.19% -9.22% +21.18%

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

CEH
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CEH

CEH
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CEH in England over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CEH in England

CEH
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CEH.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CEH

CEH
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CEH in England over the 6 months to 18 September 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 18 September 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 +20 28 £563 -11.76% 57
South East - 13 £473 - 51
West Midlands -5 6 £700 - 16
Midlands -11 6 £700 - 31
South West +23 3 £488 -2.50% 18
East of England +7 3 £550 +10.00% 16
Yorkshire -20 2 £700 +7.69% 15
North of England -21 2 £700 +7.69% 40
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 (4.92%) Confluence
2 2 (3.28%) TPMS
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 17 (27.87%) Azure
2 14 (22.95%) AWS
3 7 (11.48%) GCP
4 3 (4.92%) Akamai
4 3 (4.92%) Cloudflare
4 3 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.28%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (3.28%) GitHub
6 1 (1.64%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.64%) SaaS
6 1 (1.64%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 22 (36.07%) Firewall
2 15 (24.59%) Network Security
3 9 (14.75%) HTTP
4 4 (6.56%) Internet
5 3 (4.92%) HTTPS
5 3 (4.92%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (4.92%) SSH
6 2 (3.28%) DNS
6 2 (3.28%) SMTP
6 2 (3.28%) SNMP
6 2 (3.28%) SSL
6 2 (3.28%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.64%) DMZ
7 1 (1.64%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.64%) Telnet
7 1 (1.64%) VLAN
7 1 (1.64%) VPN
7 1 (1.64%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.28%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 3 (4.92%) Burp Suite
1 3 (4.92%) Git
1 3 (4.92%) JIRA
2 2 (3.28%) Metasploit
3 1 (1.64%) GitLab
3 1 (1.64%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.64%) JMeter
3 1 (1.64%) Postman
3 1 (1.64%) REST Assured
3 1 (1.64%) Selenium
3 1 (1.64%) TestDirector
3 1 (1.64%) TestNG
3 1 (1.64%) Travis CI
General
1 32 (52.46%) Social Skills
2 24 (39.34%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (19.67%) Finance
4 4 (6.56%) Law
4 4 (6.56%) Legal
5 3 (4.92%) Military
6 2 (3.28%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.64%) Banking
7 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (32.79%) Analyst
2 11 (18.03%) Security Analyst
3 9 (14.75%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 9 (14.75%) SOC Analyst
4 8 (13.11%) Security Engineer
5 5 (8.20%) Security Manager
5 5 (8.20%) SIEM Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Applications Architect
6 4 (6.56%) Architect
6 4 (6.56%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Security Architect
6 4 (6.56%) Senior
7 3 (4.92%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 3 (4.92%) Data Analyst
7 3 (4.92%) Developer
7 3 (4.92%) Network Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Network Security Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Operational Security Manager
7 3 (4.92%) Operations Manager
7 3 (4.92%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.56%) .NET
1 4 (6.56%) React
2 2 (3.28%) JSON
2 2 (3.28%) REST
2 2 (3.28%) XML
3 1 (1.64%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.64%) Lucene
Miscellaneous
1 20 (32.79%) Security Posture
2 9 (14.75%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (9.84%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (8.20%) Cybercrime
5 4 (6.56%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (4.92%) Management Information System
6 3 (4.92%) PKI
7 2 (3.28%) Algorithms
7 2 (3.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (3.28%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.64%) Clustering
8 1 (1.64%) CSOC
8 1 (1.64%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.64%) MISP
8 1 (1.64%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.56%) Windows
2 3 (4.92%) Linux
3 1 (1.64%) Kali Linux
3 1 (1.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (72.13%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (59.02%) Incident Response
3 35 (57.38%) SIEM
4 27 (44.26%) Security Operations
5 24 (39.34%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (39.34%) Vulnerability Management
6 18 (29.51%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 18 (29.51%) Threat Intelligence
7 17 (27.87%) Penetration Testing
8 12 (19.67%) Application Security
8 12 (19.67%) DevOps
8 12 (19.67%) Information Security
8 12 (19.67%) Security Testing
8 12 (19.67%) Threat Detection
9 11 (18.03%) SOAR
9 11 (18.03%) Threat Modelling
10 10 (16.39%) Cloud Security
10 10 (16.39%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (14.75%) OWASP
11 9 (14.75%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (44.26%) Python
2 22 (36.07%) PowerShell
3 13 (21.31%) Bash
4 6 (9.84%) Java
5 5 (8.20%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (6.56%) PHP
6 4 (6.56%) TypeScript
7 3 (4.92%) Perl
7 3 (4.92%) SQL
8 2 (3.28%) C++
8 2 (3.28%) JavaScript
9 1 (1.64%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 49 (80.33%) CISSP
2 18 (29.51%) GIAC
2 18 (29.51%) OSCP
3 17 (27.87%) CISM
4 14 (22.95%) Security Cleared
5 13 (21.31%) CompTIA Security+
6 10 (16.39%) SC Cleared
7 9 (14.75%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (14.75%) CompTIA CySA+
8 7 (11.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 7 (11.48%) Degree
9 6 (9.84%) GCIH
10 5 (8.20%) DV Cleared
10 5 (8.20%) GREM
11 4 (6.56%) CRISC
12 3 (4.92%) CCNA
12 3 (4.92%) CISA
12 3 (4.92%) CREST Certified
12 3 (4.92%) GCIA
12 3 (4.92%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (32.79%) NIST
2 18 (29.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (24.59%) PCI DSS
4 9 (14.75%) GDPR
5 6 (9.84%) QA
5 6 (9.84%) SLA
6 5 (8.20%) HIPAA
7 3 (4.92%) GRC
8 2 (3.28%) COBIT
8 2 (3.28%) FIPS 140-2
9 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.64%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.64%) Docker
1 1 (1.64%) Firmware
1 1 (1.64%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (14.75%) QRadar
2 6 (9.84%) Nessus
3 3 (4.92%) Kibana
4 2 (3.28%) CSIRT
5 1 (1.64%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (1.64%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.64%) Fluentd
5 1 (1.64%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.64%) logstash
5 1 (1.64%) Nexpose
5 1 (1.64%) Rsyslog
Vendors
1 19 (31.15%) Splunk
2 17 (27.87%) Microsoft
3 6 (9.84%) Google
3 6 (9.84%) Tenable
4 5 (8.20%) Qualys
4 5 (8.20%) ServiceNow
5 4 (6.56%) ArcSight
5 4 (6.56%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (4.92%) Imperva
6 3 (4.92%) Oracle
6 3 (4.92%) Salesforce
6 3 (4.92%) SAP
7 2 (3.28%) Cisco
7 2 (3.28%) Darktrace
7 2 (3.28%) F5
7 2 (3.28%) FireEye
7 2 (3.28%) IBM
7 2 (3.28%) Proofpoint
7 2 (3.28%) Tanium
7 2 (3.28%) Thales