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 25 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 465 450 493
Rank change year-on-year -15 +43 +172
Contract jobs citing CEH 88 64 56
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.28% 0.22% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.82% 0.73% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 44 37
10th Percentile £340 £529 £443
25th Percentile £413 £575 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £650 £630
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +3.17% +17.21%
75th Percentile £595 £700 £738
90th Percentile £700 £750 £810
UK median daily rate £445 £650 £629
% change year-on-year -31.54% +3.42% +25.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £32.30 - -
25th Percentile £34.84 - -
Median hourly rate £47.00 - £87.00
75th Percentile £62.50 - -
90th Percentile £62.95 - -
UK median hourly rate £47.00 - £87.00
% change year-on-year - - +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 10,772 8,728 11,220
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.97% 30.37% 30.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,050 5,374 7,087
10th Percentile £313 £305 £300
25th Percentile £419 £420 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £626 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 910 416 676
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.67 £17.06
25th Percentile £19.01 £25.26 £26.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.37 £52.05
Median % change year-on-year -46.91% -8.99% +15.67%
75th Percentile £56.69 £68.00 £67.52
90th Percentile £76.58 £79.25 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -23.81% +16.67%

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 25 December 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 25 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CEH in England

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 25 December 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 -6 33 £519 -20.19% 26
South East +1 32 £425 -32.54% 48
North of England -54 6 £650 -2.26% 45
West Midlands -30 5 £800 +31.15% 18
Midlands -38 5 £800 +31.15% 34
Yorkshire -40 5 £700 +7.69% 16
East of England -19 3 £550 +10.00% 20
South West -17 2 £488 -31.82% 22
North West -32 1 £325 -52.21% 26
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 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 21 (23.86%) Azure
2 19 (21.59%) AWS
3 8 (9.09%) GCP
4 4 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.41%) Akamai
5 3 (3.41%) Cloudflare
6 2 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (2.27%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.27%) GitHub
6 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (2.27%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.14%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.14%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.14%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.14%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.14%) SaaS
7 1 (1.14%) Serverless
7 1 (1.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 25 (28.41%) Network Security
2 24 (27.27%) Firewall
3 8 (9.09%) HTTP
3 8 (9.09%) Wireshark
4 4 (4.55%) Internet
5 3 (3.41%) DNS
5 3 (3.41%) HTTPS
5 3 (3.41%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (3.41%) SMTP
5 3 (3.41%) SSH
5 3 (3.41%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.27%) SNMP
6 2 (2.27%) SSL
7 1 (1.14%) DMZ
7 1 (1.14%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.14%) Telnet
7 1 (1.14%) VLAN
7 1 (1.14%) VPN
7 1 (1.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 11 (12.50%) Burp Suite
2 9 (10.23%) Metasploit
3 7 (7.95%) JIRA
4 2 (2.27%) Git
5 1 (1.14%) TestDirector
General
1 50 (56.82%) Social Skills
2 38 (43.18%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (13.64%) Finance
4 9 (10.23%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.82%) Legal
6 5 (5.68%) Law
7 2 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.27%) Marketing
8 1 (1.14%) Banking
8 1 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.14%) Military
8 1 (1.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (25.00%) Analyst
2 17 (19.32%) Security Analyst
3 15 (17.05%) SIEM Engineer
4 14 (15.91%) Security Engineer
5 13 (14.77%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 10 (11.36%) Tester
7 9 (10.23%) Penetration Tester
8 8 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 5 (5.68%) Security Manager
9 5 (5.68%) Senior
9 5 (5.68%) SOC Analyst
10 4 (4.55%) Consultant
11 3 (3.41%) Architect
11 3 (3.41%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 3 (3.41%) Data Analyst
11 3 (3.41%) Operations Manager
11 3 (3.41%) Security Architect
11 3 (3.41%) Security Consultant
11 3 (3.41%) Senior Architect
11 3 (3.41%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.41%) JSON
1 3 (3.41%) REST
1 3 (3.41%) XML
2 2 (2.27%) .NET
2 2 (2.27%) Flash
2 2 (2.27%) React
2 2 (2.27%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.14%) Lucene
3 1 (1.14%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 15 (17.05%) Security Posture
2 12 (13.64%) Cyber Security Posture
3 9 (10.23%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (10.23%) Security Operations Centre
4 8 (9.09%) Management Information System
5 5 (5.68%) Cybercrime
6 4 (4.55%) Operational Technology
7 3 (3.41%) CSOC
7 3 (3.41%) PKI
8 2 (2.27%) Algorithms
8 2 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.27%) Blockchain
8 2 (2.27%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (2.27%) Robotics
9 1 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.14%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (1.14%) MISP
9 1 (1.14%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.14%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (14.77%) Linux
2 10 (11.36%) Kali Linux
3 4 (4.55%) Windows
4 1 (1.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (71.59%) Cybersecurity
2 44 (50.00%) SIEM
3 40 (45.45%) Incident Response
4 30 (34.09%) Security Operations
5 29 (32.95%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (28.41%) Vulnerability Management
7 22 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
8 20 (22.73%) Ethical Hacking
8 20 (22.73%) OWASP
8 20 (22.73%) Threat Detection
9 18 (20.45%) Cloud Security
9 18 (20.45%) Threat Modelling
10 15 (17.05%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 15 (17.05%) Information Security
10 15 (17.05%) Threat Intelligence
11 14 (15.91%) Analytical Thinking
11 14 (15.91%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 13 (14.77%) Application Security
12 13 (14.77%) Test Automation
13 12 (13.64%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 35 (39.77%) Python
2 33 (37.50%) PowerShell
3 18 (20.45%) Bash
4 13 (14.77%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (4.55%) SQL
6 2 (2.27%) Java
6 2 (2.27%) PHP
6 2 (2.27%) Rust
6 2 (2.27%) Solidity
6 2 (2.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 65 (73.86%) CISSP
2 45 (51.14%) Security Cleared
3 35 (39.77%) GIAC
4 34 (38.64%) SC Cleared
5 32 (36.36%) CISM
6 28 (31.82%) OSCP
7 18 (20.45%) CompTIA Security+
8 12 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (13.64%) DV Cleared
9 11 (12.50%) CompTIA CySA+
10 10 (11.36%) Degree
11 9 (10.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 8 (9.09%) CISA
12 8 (9.09%) GPEN
13 6 (6.82%) CREST Certified
13 6 (6.82%) GCIH
14 5 (5.68%) CCSP
14 5 (5.68%) CRISC
14 5 (5.68%) GREM
15 4 (4.55%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (36.36%) NIST
2 26 (29.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (15.91%) PCI DSS
4 11 (12.50%) GDPR
5 5 (5.68%) NIST 800
5 5 (5.68%) QA
6 4 (4.55%) GRC
6 4 (4.55%) SLA
7 3 (3.41%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (3.41%) COBIT
7 3 (3.41%) HIPAA
7 3 (3.41%) NCSC
8 2 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (2.27%) FIPS 140-2
8 2 (2.27%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (1.14%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (2.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.14%) Firmware
2 1 (1.14%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (13.64%) Kibana
2 9 (10.23%) Nmap
3 8 (9.09%) QRadar
4 6 (6.82%) Nessus
5 3 (3.41%) CSIRT
6 2 (2.27%) CASB
7 1 (1.14%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (1.14%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (1.14%) Fluentd
7 1 (1.14%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.14%) logstash
7 1 (1.14%) Nexpose
7 1 (1.14%) Rsyslog
7 1 (1.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (21.59%) Microsoft
2 18 (20.45%) Splunk
3 15 (17.05%) Tenable
4 11 (12.50%) FireEye
4 11 (12.50%) Tanium
5 7 (7.95%) Qualys
6 6 (6.82%) CrowdStrike
7 5 (5.68%) Google
8 4 (4.55%) ArcSight
8 4 (4.55%) Cisco
8 4 (4.55%) ServiceNow
9 3 (3.41%) Darktrace
9 3 (3.41%) F5
9 3 (3.41%) Imperva
10 2 (2.27%) Proofpoint
10 2 (2.27%) Rapid7
10 2 (2.27%) Thales
11 1 (1.14%) IBM
11 1 (1.14%) Oracle
11 1 (1.14%) SolarWinds