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 6 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 515 420 484
Rank change year-on-year -95 +64 +80
Contract jobs citing CEH 67 61 57
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.25% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.51% 0.80% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 30 37
10th Percentile £331 £386 £400
25th Percentile £425 £503 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £653 £680 £645
90th Percentile £713 £750 £690
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £52.50 -
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 13,142 7,638 11,520
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.34% 31.31% 31.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,822 4,857 7,101
10th Percentile £340 £290 £308
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £623 £627 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -0.95% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 975 440 984
10th Percentile £17.10 £18.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £22.27 £18.10
Median hourly rate £47.50 £44.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% +10.00% -23.81%
75th Percentile £72.25 £67.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.46 £81.42 £76.47
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +18.75% - -25.93%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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
London -50 26 £575 +2.22% 36
South East -46 19 £430 -14.00% 33
North of England -54 10 £489 -31.68% 21
South West -31 7 £500 -33.33% 5
North West -39 5 £377 -47.27% 12
Yorkshire -54 5 £675 -5.59% 6
West Midlands -65 1 - - 5
Midlands -79 1 - - 13
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 2 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.49%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (23.88%) Azure
2 10 (14.93%) AWS
3 7 (10.45%) GCP
4 5 (7.46%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.99%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.49%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.49%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.49%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.49%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.49%) AWS KMS
6 1 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.49%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.49%) IaaS
6 1 (1.49%) PaaS
6 1 (1.49%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.49%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.49%) SaaS
6 1 (1.49%) Serverless
6 1 (1.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (23.88%) Network Security
2 6 (8.96%) Firewall
3 1 (1.49%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.49%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (1.49%) SSL
3 1 (1.49%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.49%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (4.48%) JIRA
2 1 (1.49%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.49%) Metasploit
General
1 33 (49.25%) Social Skills
2 23 (34.33%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.96%) Finance
3 6 (8.96%) Public Sector
4 5 (7.46%) Banking
5 4 (5.97%) Aerospace
5 4 (5.97%) Marketing
6 2 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.99%) Law
7 1 (1.49%) Legal
7 1 (1.49%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (20.90%) Analyst
2 11 (16.42%) Security Analyst
3 10 (14.93%) Consultant
3 10 (14.93%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 10 (14.93%) SIEM Engineer
4 9 (13.43%) Security Consultant
5 8 (11.94%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 8 (11.94%) Security Engineer
6 6 (8.96%) Architect
6 6 (8.96%) Security Architect
7 5 (7.46%) Lead
8 4 (5.97%) Product Lead
8 4 (5.97%) Security Manager
9 3 (4.48%) Application Security Specialist
9 3 (4.48%) Applications Specialist
9 3 (4.48%) Operational Security Manager
9 3 (4.48%) Operations Manager
9 3 (4.48%) Security Operations Manager
9 3 (4.48%) Security Specialist
9 3 (4.48%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.46%) RESTful
2 1 (1.49%) JSON
2 1 (1.49%) Kafka
2 1 (1.49%) OAuth
2 1 (1.49%) OpenID
2 1 (1.49%) SAML
2 1 (1.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.42%) Management Information System
2 8 (11.94%) Cyber Security Posture
2 8 (11.94%) Operational Technology
2 8 (11.94%) Security Posture
3 7 (10.45%) Private Cloud
4 5 (7.46%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (7.46%) Robotics
5 4 (5.97%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (5.97%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (5.97%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (4.48%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (4.48%) Mainframe
6 3 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.99%) CMDB
7 2 (2.99%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (2.99%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.99%) SCADA
8 1 (1.49%) Hedge funds
8 1 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.49%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.97%) Linux
2 3 (4.48%) Windows
3 1 (1.49%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (82.09%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (43.28%) SIEM
3 23 (34.33%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (31.34%) Incident Response
5 20 (29.85%) Threat Modelling
6 18 (26.87%) Risk Assessment
7 17 (25.37%) Information Security
8 15 (22.39%) Security Management
9 14 (20.90%) Threat Detection
10 12 (17.91%) OWASP
11 11 (16.42%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (14.93%) Computer Science
12 10 (14.93%) Cryptography
12 10 (14.93%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 10 (14.93%) Security Testing
12 10 (14.93%) Vulnerability Management
13 9 (13.43%) Analytical Thinking
13 9 (13.43%) Security Architecture
13 9 (13.43%) Security Operations
13 9 (13.43%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 17 (25.37%) PowerShell
1 17 (25.37%) Python
2 9 (13.43%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (4.48%) Bash
Qualifications
1 62 (92.54%) CISSP
2 40 (59.70%) CISM
3 38 (56.72%) Security Cleared
4 26 (38.81%) GIAC
5 24 (35.82%) SC Cleared
6 19 (28.36%) CompTIA Security+
7 15 (22.39%) Cisco Certification
7 15 (22.39%) Degree
8 14 (20.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 12 (17.91%) CISA
10 10 (14.93%) DV Cleared
10 10 (14.93%) OSCP
11 9 (13.43%) CCSP
12 5 (7.46%) CREST Certified
12 5 (7.46%) Master's Degree
13 4 (5.97%) CISMP
14 3 (4.48%) CRISC
14 3 (4.48%) CSSLP
14 3 (4.48%) GCIH
15 2 (2.99%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (58.21%) NIST
2 27 (40.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (17.91%) COBIT
4 10 (14.93%) PCI DSS
5 9 (13.43%) NCSC
6 4 (5.97%) GDPR
6 4 (5.97%) GRC
6 4 (5.97%) NIST 800
7 2 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (2.99%) HIPAA
8 1 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (1.49%) EU AI Act
8 1 (1.49%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (1.49%) ISA99
8 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (1.49%) JSP 440
8 1 (1.49%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.97%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (5.97%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (14.93%) Kibana
2 4 (5.97%) QRadar
3 1 (1.49%) CASB
3 1 (1.49%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.49%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (1.49%) Nmap
3 1 (1.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (14.93%) Splunk
2 9 (13.43%) FireEye
2 9 (13.43%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.43%) Tanium
3 7 (10.45%) Tenable
4 3 (4.48%) IBM
5 2 (2.99%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.49%) ArcSight
6 1 (1.49%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (1.49%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.49%) Exabeam
6 1 (1.49%) Google
6 1 (1.49%) LogRhythm
6 1 (1.49%) Proofpoint
6 1 (1.49%) Qualys
6 1 (1.49%) Rapid7