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 26 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 442 493
Rank change year-on-year -108 +51 +40
Contract jobs citing CEH 64 47 56
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.19% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.47% 0.60% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 22 40
10th Percentile £420 £403 £396
25th Percentile £439 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £675 £578 £646
90th Percentile £713 £721 £701
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -1.90% -12.50% +2.13%
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 13,710 7,833 11,375
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.59% 31.07% 30.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,256 4,929 7,011
10th Percentile £350 £280 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £537
Median % change year-on-year - -2.32% -2.28%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £645
90th Percentile £716 £715 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,033 508 1,007
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £14.16
25th Percentile £23.78 £19.87 £20.75
Median hourly rate £53.00 £29.07 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +82.32% -31.60% -22.73%
75th Percentile £74.00 £63.94 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.40 £77.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £50.49 £28.34 £40.94
% change year-on-year +78.14% -30.78% -25.90%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -63 27 £613 +13.95% 21
North of England - 14 £444 - 8
South East -61 10 £450 -10.00% 31
South West -27 8 £500 - 7
North West - 8 £443 - 3
Yorkshire - 6 £675 - 4
West Midlands -62 3 £465 +29.93% 4
Midlands -67 3 £465 +29.93% 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 (6.25%) Confluence
2 1 (1.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 16 (25.00%) Azure
2 9 (14.06%) AWS
3 8 (12.50%) GCP
4 3 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.13%) Akamai
5 2 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (3.13%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.56%) AWS KMS
6 1 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.56%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.56%) IaaS
6 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.56%) PaaS
6 1 (1.56%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.50%) Network Security
2 6 (9.38%) Firewall
3 3 (4.69%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.56%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (1.56%) SSL
4 1 (1.56%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.56%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (9.38%) JIRA
2 3 (4.69%) Burp Suite
3 2 (3.13%) Snyk
4 1 (1.56%) Metasploit
General
1 26 (40.63%) Social Skills
2 20 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (10.94%) Finance
4 6 (9.38%) Banking
5 4 (6.25%) Aerospace
5 4 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.13%) Law
6 2 (3.13%) Marketing
7 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Retail
7 1 (1.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (21.88%) Consultant
1 14 (21.88%) Security Consultant
2 10 (15.63%) Analyst
2 10 (15.63%) Architect
2 10 (15.63%) Security Engineer
3 9 (14.06%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 9 (14.06%) Security Architect
4 7 (10.94%) Security Analyst
5 6 (9.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 5 (7.81%) Lead
7 4 (6.25%) Product Lead
7 4 (6.25%) SOC Analyst
8 3 (4.69%) Application Security Specialist
8 3 (4.69%) Applications Specialist
8 3 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 3 (4.69%) Security Specialist
8 3 (4.69%) SIEM Engineer
8 3 (4.69%) SOC Engineer
9 2 (3.13%) Operations Analyst
9 2 (3.13%) Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.50%) RESTful
2 2 (3.13%) OAuth
2 2 (3.13%) OpenID
2 2 (3.13%) SAML
3 1 (1.56%) .NET
3 1 (1.56%) JSON
3 1 (1.56%) Kafka
3 1 (1.56%) LDAP
3 1 (1.56%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.63%) Private Cloud
2 9 (14.06%) Management Information System
3 6 (9.38%) Operational Technology
3 6 (9.38%) Security Posture
4 5 (7.81%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (6.25%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (4.69%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (4.69%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (4.69%) Mainframe
6 3 (4.69%) Robotics
6 3 (4.69%) SCADA
6 3 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (3.13%) CMDB
7 2 (3.13%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (3.13%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.56%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.56%) CSOC
8 1 (1.56%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.38%) Windows
2 5 (7.81%) Linux
3 1 (1.56%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (81.25%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (42.19%) Threat Modelling
3 21 (32.81%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (31.25%) SIEM
5 18 (28.13%) Cryptography
6 17 (26.56%) Incident Response
6 17 (26.56%) OWASP
7 16 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 16 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
7 16 (25.00%) Security Management
8 15 (23.44%) Agile
8 15 (23.44%) Security Testing
9 14 (21.88%) Information Security
9 14 (21.88%) Security Architecture
10 13 (20.31%) SABSA
11 11 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (17.19%) TOGAF
12 10 (15.63%) Computer Science
12 10 (15.63%) Penetration Testing
12 10 (15.63%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 9 (14.06%) Python
2 8 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.69%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.56%) Bash
4 1 (1.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 59 (92.19%) CISSP
2 48 (75.00%) CISM
3 30 (46.88%) Security Cleared
4 22 (34.38%) CompTIA Security+
5 21 (32.81%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (31.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 20 (31.25%) GIAC
7 18 (28.13%) Degree
7 18 (28.13%) OSCP
7 18 (28.13%) SC Cleared
8 13 (20.31%) CISA
9 12 (18.75%) CCSP
10 9 (14.06%) DV Cleared
11 6 (9.38%) CRISC
12 4 (6.25%) CISMP
12 4 (6.25%) GCIH
12 4 (6.25%) GPEN
13 3 (4.69%) CSSLP
13 3 (4.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 3 (4.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (64.06%) NIST
2 30 (46.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (25.00%) COBIT
4 12 (18.75%) PCI DSS
5 9 (14.06%) NCSC
6 5 (7.81%) GDPR
7 3 (4.69%) GRC
7 3 (4.69%) HIPAA
7 3 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (4.69%) NIST 800
8 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.56%) EU AI Act
8 1 (1.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (1.56%) ISA99
8 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 4 (6.25%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (6.25%) Firmware
2 1 (1.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (6.25%) QRadar
2 3 (4.69%) Kibana
3 1 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.56%) CASB
3 1 (1.56%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (1.56%) Nmap
3 1 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.06%) Splunk
3 5 (7.81%) Tenable
4 3 (4.69%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (4.69%) FireEye
4 3 (4.69%) IBM
4 3 (4.69%) Tanium
5 2 (3.13%) Qualys
5 2 (3.13%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.56%) ArcSight
6 1 (1.56%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (1.56%) BMC
6 1 (1.56%) Exabeam
6 1 (1.56%) Google
6 1 (1.56%) LogRhythm
6 1 (1.56%) Proofpoint
6 1 (1.56%) Sparx