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 27 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 497 418 506
Rank change year-on-year -79 +88 +107
Contract jobs citing CEH 66 66 49
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.19% 0.26% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.54% 0.85% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 40 32
10th Percentile £376 £448 £389
25th Percentile £416 £550 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year -31.23% +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £573 £691 £645
90th Percentile £693 £750 £672
UK median daily rate £445 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -31.54% +8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.25 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £39.50 £54.50 £87.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.52% -37.36% +32.82%
75th Percentile £42.75 £63.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £54.50 £87.00
% change year-on-year -27.52% -37.36% +32.82%

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 12,164 7,785 11,679
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.33% 30.28% 31.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,102 4,803 7,209
10th Percentile £325 £290 £290
25th Percentile £423 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.43% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 934 389 889
10th Percentile £16.11 £20.09 £14.25
25th Percentile £19.34 £25.26 £20.51
Median hourly rate £25.15 £49.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.67% +15.29% -10.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £82.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -36.33% -5.88% -11.46%

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

CEH job vacancy trend 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 27 February 2026.

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
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 27 February 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
South East -11 30 £425 -22.73% 18
London -57 20 £513 -18.00% 23
North of England -63 7 £675 -0.74% 21
Yorkshire -62 6 £688 +1.10% 11
South West -26 2 £525 -26.57% 9
West Midlands -50 2 - - 4
Midlands -55 2 - - 13
East of England -29 1 £550 +10.00% 11
North West -30 1 £325 -52.21% 8
CEH
UK

CEH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.52%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 17 (25.76%) Azure
2 15 (22.73%) AWS
3 6 (9.09%) GCP
4 4 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (4.55%) Akamai
5 3 (4.55%) Cloudflare
6 2 (3.03%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (3.03%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.52%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.52%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.52%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.52%) Serverless
7 1 (1.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 20 (30.30%) Network Security
2 12 (18.18%) Firewall
3 9 (13.64%) Wireshark
4 4 (6.06%) HTTP
5 3 (4.55%) HTTPS
6 1 (1.52%) DNS
6 1 (1.52%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.52%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (1.52%) SMTP
6 1 (1.52%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 11 (16.67%) Burp Suite
2 9 (13.64%) Metasploit
3 6 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 43 (65.15%) Social Skills
2 30 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 5 (7.58%) Finance
5 4 (6.06%) Legal
5 4 (6.06%) Marketing
6 2 (3.03%) Banking
7 1 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.52%) Law
7 1 (1.52%) Retail
7 1 (1.52%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (19.70%) SIEM Engineer
2 12 (18.18%) Analyst
2 12 (18.18%) Security Analyst
2 12 (18.18%) Security Engineer
3 11 (16.67%) Tester
4 10 (15.15%) Penetration Tester
5 9 (13.64%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 6 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 5 (7.58%) Consultant
8 4 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 4 (6.06%) Lead
8 4 (6.06%) Security Consultant
9 3 (4.55%) Operational Security Manager
9 3 (4.55%) Operations Manager
9 3 (4.55%) Security Manager
9 3 (4.55%) Security Operations Manager
10 2 (3.03%) Architect
10 2 (3.03%) Information Security Engineer
10 2 (3.03%) Security Architect
10 2 (3.03%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.55%) JSON
1 3 (4.55%) REST
1 3 (4.55%) XML
2 2 (3.03%) Flash
2 2 (3.03%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (1.52%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.18%) Security Posture
2 11 (16.67%) Cyber Security Posture
3 10 (15.15%) Management Information System
4 8 (12.12%) Operational Technology
5 5 (7.58%) Robotics
5 5 (7.58%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (6.06%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (3.03%) Blockchain
8 2 (3.03%) CSOC
8 2 (3.03%) SCADA
9 1 (1.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (1.52%) Hedge funds
9 1 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.52%) NHS
9 1 (1.52%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 12 (18.18%) Linux
2 10 (15.15%) Kali Linux
3 1 (1.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (71.21%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (45.45%) SIEM
3 23 (34.85%) Incident Response
4 22 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (30.30%) Penetration Testing
6 17 (25.76%) OWASP
6 17 (25.76%) Threat Detection
7 16 (24.24%) Risk Assessment
7 16 (24.24%) Security Operations
8 15 (22.73%) Ethical Hacking
8 15 (22.73%) Threat Modelling
8 15 (22.73%) Vulnerability Management
9 14 (21.21%) Cloud Security
9 14 (21.21%) Information Security
10 12 (18.18%) Analytical Thinking
10 12 (18.18%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 12 (18.18%) Test Automation
11 10 (15.15%) Application Security
12 9 (13.64%) DevSecOps
12 9 (13.64%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 26 (39.39%) PowerShell
1 26 (39.39%) Python
2 13 (19.70%) Kusto Query Language
3 12 (18.18%) Bash
4 3 (4.55%) SQL
5 2 (3.03%) Rust
5 2 (3.03%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 47 (71.21%) CISSP
2 43 (65.15%) Security Cleared
3 36 (54.55%) SC Cleared
4 27 (40.91%) GIAC
5 25 (37.88%) CISM
6 17 (25.76%) OSCP
7 14 (21.21%) CompTIA Security+
8 11 (16.67%) CISA
8 11 (16.67%) Degree
9 9 (13.64%) GPEN
10 8 (12.12%) DV Cleared
11 7 (10.61%) CREST Certified
12 6 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (9.09%) Master's Degree
13 4 (6.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (6.06%) SANS
14 3 (4.55%) CCSP
14 3 (4.55%) CRISC
14 3 (4.55%) GWAPT
15 2 (3.03%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (40.91%) NIST
2 21 (31.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (10.61%) GDPR
4 6 (9.09%) NIST 800
5 5 (7.58%) NCSC
6 3 (4.55%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (4.55%) PCI DSS
7 2 (3.03%) COBIT
7 2 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (3.03%) GRC
7 2 (3.03%) SOC 2
8 1 (1.52%) HIPAA
8 1 (1.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (1.52%) ISA99
8 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (1.52%) JSP 440
8 1 (1.52%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (19.70%) Kibana
2 10 (15.15%) Nmap
3 2 (3.03%) CASB
3 2 (3.03%) Nessus
3 2 (3.03%) QRadar
4 1 (1.52%) CSIRT
4 1 (1.52%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.52%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (1.52%) Nexpose
4 1 (1.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (18.18%) FireEye
1 12 (18.18%) Tanium
1 12 (18.18%) Tenable
2 11 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 8 (12.12%) Splunk
4 3 (4.55%) Cisco
4 3 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (4.55%) F5
4 3 (4.55%) Imperva
4 3 (4.55%) Qualys
5 2 (3.03%) Google
5 2 (3.03%) Rapid7
6 1 (1.52%) BeyondTrust
6 1 (1.52%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (1.52%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.52%) IBM
6 1 (1.52%) Juniper
6 1 (1.52%) Okta
6 1 (1.52%) Proofpoint
6 1 (1.52%) ServiceNow