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 17 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	593	455	479
Rank change year-on-year	-138	+24	-12
Contract jobs citing CEH	57	65	44
As % of all contract jobs in England	0.12%	0.23%	0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category	0.37%	0.72%	0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted	30	39	34
10^th Percentile	£419	£374	£500
25^th Percentile	£443	£416	£541
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£500	£635
Median % change year-on-year	-	-21.26%	+3.25%
75^th Percentile	£574	£600	£700
90^th Percentile	£689	£723	-
UK median daily rate	£500	£490	£624
% change year-on-year	+2.09%	-21.48%	+3.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted	3	3	0
Median hourly rate	£71.00	£54.50	-
Median % change year-on-year	+30.28%	-	-
UK median hourly rate	£71.00	£54.50	-
% change year-on-year	+30.28%	-	-

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.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	15,209	9,041	9,516
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	32.50%	32.02%	29.78%
Number of daily rates quoted	10,071	5,766	5,780
10^th Percentile	£350	£300	£313
25^th Percentile	£447	£413	£425
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£535	£525	£526
Median % change year-on-year	+1.90%	-0.19%	-4.36%
75^th Percentile	£638	£625	£638
90^th Percentile	£725	£713	£738
UK median daily rate	£534	£525	£525
% change year-on-year	+1.62%	-	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1,368	757	491
10^th Percentile	£17.18	£17.87	£19.83
25^th Percentile	£25.75	£18.87	£30.33
Median hourly rate	£48.00	£25.15	£52.50
Median % change year-on-year	+90.85%	-52.10%	-2.02%
75^th Percentile	£74.00	£43.00	£70.00
90^th Percentile	£91.09	£72.50	£75.40
UK median hourly rate	£43.96	£25.15	£47.84
% change year-on-year	+74.79%	-47.43%	-10.85%

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 Daily Rate Trend in England

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 17 October 2026.

CEH Hourly Rate Trend in England

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 17 October 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	-96	25	£508	-3.33%	27
North of England	-65	12	£443	-36.71%	22
South East	-71	10	£617	+45.22%	23
Yorkshire	-28	6	£450	-35.71%	13
South West	-34	5	£450	-7.69%	9
Midlands	-40	5	£430	-46.31%	17
North West	-	5	£443	-	5
West Midlands	-42	4	£430	-46.31%	7
North East	-	1	-	-	4
East Midlands	-	1	-	-	10
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CEH Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing CEH also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region with a requirement for CEH.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CISSP	96.5%	55
2	Cybersecurity	80.7%	46
3	CISM	68.4%	39
4	ISO/IEC 27001	45.6%	26
4	NIST	45.6%	26
6	Azure	40.4%	23
7	CompTIA Security+	38.6%	22
8	Threat Modelling	35.1%	20
9	Security Cleared	33.3%	19
10	(ISC)2 CCSP	31.6%	18
10	Cisco Certification	31.6%	18
10	SIEM	31.6%	18
13	Stakeholder Management	29.8%	17
14	GIAC	28.1%	16
14	OSCP	28.1%	16
16	SC Cleared	26.3%	15
17	AWS	24.6%	14
17	Cloud Security	24.6%	14
17	Degree	24.6%	14
17	Incident Response	24.6%	14
17	Problem-Solving	24.6%	14
22	COBIT	22.8%	13
22	Cryptography	22.8%	13
22	MITRE ATT&CK	22.8%	13
22	Security Architecture	22.8%	13
22	Vulnerability Management	22.8%	13
27	CI/CD	21.1%	12
27	Firewall	21.1%	12
29	Continuous Improvement	19.3%	11
29	Information Security	19.3%	11

CEH Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CISSP	96.5%	55
2	CISM	68.4%	39
3	CompTIA Security+	38.6%	22
4	Security Cleared	33.3%	19
5	(ISC)2 CCSP	31.6%	18
5	Cisco Certification	31.6%	18
7	GIAC	28.1%	16
7	OSCP	28.1%	16
9	SC Cleared	26.3%	15
10	Degree	24.6%	14
11	CISA	17.5%	10
12	CCSP	14.0%	8
13	CRISC	8.8%	5
14	GCIH	7.0%	4
14	SANS	7.0%	4
16	CompTIA CySA+	5.3%	3
16	DV Cleared	5.3%	3
16	GPEN	5.3%	3
16	SSCP	5.3%	3
20	CISMP	3.5%	2