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

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 444 472 484
Rank change year-on-year +28 +12 +210
Contract jobs citing CEH 73 46 100
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.26% 0.15% 0.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.79% 0.49% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 37 82
10th Percentile £385 £500 £433
25th Percentile £416 £563 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £650 £623
Median % change year-on-year -21.15% +4.42% +22.66%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £750
90th Percentile £700 £733 £836
UK median daily rate £496 £650 £605
% change year-on-year -23.69% +7.44% +21.00%
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 - - +61.11%

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 9,278 9,353 11,806
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.52% 29.81% 29.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,934 5,716 7,624
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £733 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 786 440 698
10th Percentile £17.57 £19.98 £16.65
25th Percentile £18.87 £30.00 £24.81
Median hourly rate £25.15 £51.72 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.37% -1.49% +16.67%
75th Percentile £42.63 £68.75 £69.40
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £52.50
% change year-on-year -45.54% -12.04% +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 26 October 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 26 October 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 26 October 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 31 £525 -19.23% 60
South East - 21 £425 - 66
West Midlands -15 5 £800 - 22
Midlands -22 5 £800 - 37
Yorkshire -26 5 £700 +14.29% 17
North of England -31 5 £700 +7.69% 59
South West +15 3 £488 -15.22% 19
East of England -9 3 £550 +10.00% 17
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 3 (4.11%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 18 (24.66%) Azure
2 17 (23.29%) AWS
3 8 (10.96%) GCP
4 4 (5.48%) Akamai
4 4 (5.48%) Cloudflare
5 3 (4.11%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (4.11%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (2.74%) GitHub
6 2 (2.74%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.37%) SaaS
7 1 (1.37%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 24 (32.88%) Firewall
2 14 (19.18%) Network Security
3 9 (12.33%) HTTP
4 8 (10.96%) Wireshark
5 4 (5.48%) HTTPS
5 4 (5.48%) Internet
6 3 (4.11%) DNS
6 3 (4.11%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (4.11%) SMTP
6 3 (4.11%) SSH
6 3 (4.11%) TCP/IP
7 2 (2.74%) SNMP
7 2 (2.74%) SSL
8 1 (1.37%) DMZ
8 1 (1.37%) SD-WAN
8 1 (1.37%) Telnet
8 1 (1.37%) VLAN
8 1 (1.37%) VPN
8 1 (1.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 11 (15.07%) Burp Suite
2 9 (12.33%) Metasploit
3 6 (8.22%) JIRA
4 2 (2.74%) Git
5 1 (1.37%) TestDirector
General
1 40 (54.79%) Social Skills
2 32 (43.84%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (17.81%) Finance
4 6 (8.22%) Legal
4 6 (8.22%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.85%) Law
6 2 (2.74%) Banking
6 2 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.74%) Military
7 1 (1.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (28.77%) Analyst
2 14 (19.18%) Security Analyst
3 12 (16.44%) Security Engineer
4 11 (15.07%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 9 (12.33%) Penetration Tester
5 9 (12.33%) SOC Analyst
5 9 (12.33%) Tester
6 6 (8.22%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 5 (6.85%) SIEM Engineer
8 4 (5.48%) Consultant
8 4 (5.48%) Senior
9 3 (4.11%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 3 (4.11%) Data Analyst
9 3 (4.11%) Developer
9 3 (4.11%) Network Engineer
9 3 (4.11%) Network Security Engineer
9 3 (4.11%) Security Consultant
9 3 (4.11%) Security Manager
9 3 (4.11%) SOC Manager
10 2 (2.74%) Cryptography Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.11%) JSON
1 3 (4.11%) REST
1 3 (4.11%) XML
2 2 (2.74%) .NET
2 2 (2.74%) Flash
2 2 (2.74%) React
2 2 (2.74%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (1.37%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.37%) Lucene
3 1 (1.37%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.92%) Security Posture
2 10 (13.70%) Cyber Threat
2 10 (13.70%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (6.85%) Cybercrime
3 5 (6.85%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.48%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (4.11%) CSOC
5 3 (4.11%) PKI
6 2 (2.74%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.74%) Blockchain
6 2 (2.74%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (2.74%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.37%) Clustering
7 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.37%) MISP
7 1 (1.37%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.37%) SCADA
7 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (15.07%) Linux
2 10 (13.70%) Kali Linux
3 4 (5.48%) Windows
4 1 (1.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (69.86%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (54.79%) Incident Response
3 35 (47.95%) SIEM
4 34 (46.58%) Security Operations
5 24 (32.88%) Penetration Testing
5 24 (32.88%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (31.51%) Vulnerability Management
7 19 (26.03%) OWASP
8 18 (24.66%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 18 (24.66%) Ethical Hacking
8 18 (24.66%) Threat Intelligence
9 16 (21.92%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 16 (21.92%) Threat Modelling
10 15 (20.55%) Cloud Security
11 14 (19.18%) Application Security
11 14 (19.18%) Threat Detection
12 13 (17.81%) Information Security
13 12 (16.44%) Test Automation
14 11 (15.07%) DevSecOps
14 11 (15.07%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 31 (42.47%) Python
2 27 (36.99%) PowerShell
3 18 (24.66%) Bash
4 6 (8.22%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (5.48%) SQL
6 3 (4.11%) Java
7 2 (2.74%) JavaScript
7 2 (2.74%) Perl
7 2 (2.74%) PHP
7 2 (2.74%) Rust
7 2 (2.74%) Solidity
7 2 (2.74%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.37%) C++
8 1 (1.37%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 47 (64.38%) CISSP
2 30 (41.10%) OSCP
3 28 (38.36%) Security Cleared
4 22 (30.14%) CISM
5 21 (28.77%) SC Cleared
6 20 (27.40%) GIAC
7 15 (20.55%) CompTIA Security+
8 11 (15.07%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (15.07%) CompTIA CySA+
9 8 (10.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (10.96%) Degree
9 8 (10.96%) GCIH
9 8 (10.96%) GPEN
10 7 (9.59%) DV Cleared
11 5 (6.85%) CCSP
11 5 (6.85%) GREM
12 4 (5.48%) CCNA
12 4 (5.48%) CISA
12 4 (5.48%) CREST Certified
12 4 (5.48%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (35.62%) NIST
2 22 (30.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (17.81%) PCI DSS
4 10 (13.70%) GDPR
5 5 (6.85%) QA
6 4 (5.48%) SLA
7 3 (4.11%) GRC
7 3 (4.11%) NIST 800
8 2 (2.74%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (2.74%) COBIT
8 2 (2.74%) FIPS 140-2
8 2 (2.74%) HIPAA
8 2 (2.74%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (1.37%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (2.74%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.37%) Firmware
2 1 (1.37%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (12.33%) Nmap
1 9 (12.33%) QRadar
2 6 (8.22%) Nessus
3 3 (4.11%) CSIRT
4 2 (2.74%) CASB
4 2 (2.74%) Kibana
5 1 (1.37%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (1.37%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.37%) Fluentd
5 1 (1.37%) logstash
5 1 (1.37%) Nexpose
5 1 (1.37%) Rsyslog
Vendors
1 21 (28.77%) Splunk
2 19 (26.03%) Microsoft
3 11 (15.07%) Tenable
4 7 (9.59%) CrowdStrike
5 6 (8.22%) Google
5 6 (8.22%) Qualys
5 6 (8.22%) ServiceNow
6 5 (6.85%) Cisco
7 4 (5.48%) ArcSight
7 4 (5.48%) Imperva
8 3 (4.11%) Darktrace
8 3 (4.11%) F5
8 3 (4.11%) IBM
8 3 (4.11%) Oracle
8 3 (4.11%) Salesforce
8 3 (4.11%) SAP
9 2 (2.74%) FireEye
9 2 (2.74%) Proofpoint
9 2 (2.74%) Tanium
9 2 (2.74%) Thales