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

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 471 459 497
Rank change year-on-year -12 +38 +171
Contract jobs citing CEH 82 52 80
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.27% 0.17% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.82% 0.57% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 39 63
10th Percentile £374 £500 £463
25th Percentile £416 £569 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £650 £630
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +3.17% +25.06%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £750
90th Percentile £700 £750 £865
UK median daily rate £488 £650 £627
% change year-on-year -25.00% +3.67% +25.40%
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 9,943 9,201 11,824
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.28% 29.78% 29.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,433 5,618 7,546
10th Percentile £304 £313 £308
25th Percentile £419 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% -4.36% -
75th Percentile £626 £638 £650
90th Percentile £719 £734 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 874 424 720
10th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.90 £27.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.63 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.32% -3.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £45.46 £68.04 £69.72
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year -44.11% -15.89% +18.89%

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 17 November 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 17 November 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 17 November 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 +11 33 £525 -19.23% 64
South East - 27 £425 - 62
West Midlands -23 5 £800 - 21
Midlands -24 5 £800 - 36
Yorkshire -34 5 £700 +7.69% 18
North of England -39 5 £700 +7.69% 45
South West +4 4 £488 -25.00% 16
East of England -14 3 £550 +10.00% 16
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 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 20 (24.39%) Azure
2 17 (20.73%) AWS
3 7 (8.54%) GCP
4 5 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.88%) Akamai
5 4 (4.88%) Cloudflare
6 3 (3.66%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (3.66%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (2.44%) GitHub
7 2 (2.44%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.22%) SaaS
8 1 (1.22%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 25 (30.49%) Firewall
2 20 (24.39%) Network Security
3 9 (10.98%) HTTP
4 8 (9.76%) Wireshark
5 4 (4.88%) HTTPS
5 4 (4.88%) Internet
6 3 (3.66%) DNS
6 3 (3.66%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (3.66%) SMTP
6 3 (3.66%) SSH
6 3 (3.66%) TCP/IP
7 2 (2.44%) SNMP
7 2 (2.44%) SSL
8 1 (1.22%) DMZ
8 1 (1.22%) SD-WAN
8 1 (1.22%) Telnet
8 1 (1.22%) VLAN
8 1 (1.22%) VPN
8 1 (1.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 11 (13.41%) Burp Suite
2 9 (10.98%) Metasploit
3 7 (8.54%) JIRA
4 2 (2.44%) Git
5 1 (1.22%) TestDirector
General
1 44 (53.66%) Social Skills
2 36 (43.90%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (15.85%) Finance
4 8 (9.76%) Public Sector
5 7 (8.54%) Legal
6 5 (6.10%) Law
7 2 (2.44%) Banking
7 2 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.22%) Military
8 1 (1.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (24.39%) Analyst
2 14 (17.07%) Security Engineer
3 13 (15.85%) Security Analyst
4 10 (12.20%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 10 (12.20%) Tester
5 9 (10.98%) Penetration Tester
5 9 (10.98%) SIEM Engineer
6 8 (9.76%) SOC Analyst
7 7 (8.54%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 5 (6.10%) Security Manager
8 5 (6.10%) Senior
9 4 (4.88%) Consultant
10 3 (3.66%) Architect
10 3 (3.66%) Developer
10 3 (3.66%) Network Engineer
10 3 (3.66%) Network Security Engineer
10 3 (3.66%) Operations Manager
10 3 (3.66%) Security Architect
10 3 (3.66%) Security Consultant
10 3 (3.66%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.66%) JSON
1 3 (3.66%) REST
1 3 (3.66%) XML
2 2 (2.44%) .NET
2 2 (2.44%) Flash
2 2 (2.44%) React
2 2 (2.44%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (1.22%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.22%) Lucene
3 1 (1.22%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.51%) Security Posture
2 11 (13.41%) Security Operations Centre
3 10 (12.20%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (9.76%) Cyber Security Posture
5 6 (7.32%) Management Information System
6 5 (6.10%) Cybercrime
7 3 (3.66%) CSOC
7 3 (3.66%) PKI
8 2 (2.44%) Algorithms
8 2 (2.44%) Blockchain
8 2 (2.44%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (2.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (2.44%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.22%) Clustering
9 1 (1.22%) Data Centre
9 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (1.22%) SCADA
9 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (13.41%) Linux
2 10 (12.20%) Kali Linux
3 4 (4.88%) Windows
4 1 (1.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (70.73%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (52.44%) Incident Response
3 42 (51.22%) SIEM
4 36 (43.90%) Security Operations
5 28 (34.15%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (31.71%) Vulnerability Management
7 25 (30.49%) Penetration Testing
8 20 (24.39%) Ethical Hacking
8 20 (24.39%) OWASP
8 20 (24.39%) Threat Detection
9 19 (23.17%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 19 (23.17%) Threat Intelligence
10 17 (20.73%) Threat Modelling
11 16 (19.51%) Cloud Security
12 15 (18.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 14 (17.07%) Application Security
13 14 (17.07%) Information Security
14 13 (15.85%) Test Automation
15 11 (13.41%) DevSecOps
16 10 (12.20%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 33 (40.24%) Python
2 29 (35.37%) PowerShell
3 17 (20.73%) Bash
4 10 (12.20%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (4.88%) SQL
6 2 (2.44%) Java
6 2 (2.44%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.44%) PHP
6 2 (2.44%) Rust
6 2 (2.44%) Solidity
6 2 (2.44%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.22%) Perl
7 1 (1.22%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 56 (68.29%) CISSP
2 35 (42.68%) Security Cleared
3 30 (36.59%) OSCP
4 28 (34.15%) GIAC
5 26 (31.71%) CISM
5 26 (31.71%) SC Cleared
6 17 (20.73%) CompTIA Security+
7 12 (14.63%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (13.41%) CompTIA CySA+
9 9 (10.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 9 (10.98%) Degree
9 9 (10.98%) DV Cleared
10 8 (9.76%) GCIH
10 8 (9.76%) GPEN
11 6 (7.32%) CREST Certified
12 5 (6.10%) CCSP
12 5 (6.10%) CISA
12 5 (6.10%) GREM
13 4 (4.88%) CCNA
13 4 (4.88%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (34.15%) NIST
2 23 (28.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (15.85%) PCI DSS
4 10 (12.20%) GDPR
5 6 (7.32%) QA
6 5 (6.10%) NIST 800
7 4 (4.88%) SLA
8 3 (3.66%) COBIT
8 3 (3.66%) GRC
9 2 (2.44%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (2.44%) FIPS 140-2
9 2 (2.44%) HIPAA
9 2 (2.44%) SOC 2
10 1 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (1.22%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.22%) Firmware
2 1 (1.22%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (10.98%) Nmap
1 9 (10.98%) QRadar
2 6 (7.32%) Kibana
2 6 (7.32%) Nessus
3 3 (3.66%) CSIRT
4 2 (2.44%) CASB
5 1 (1.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (1.22%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.22%) Fluentd
5 1 (1.22%) logstash
5 1 (1.22%) Nexpose
5 1 (1.22%) Rsyslog
Vendors
1 22 (26.83%) Splunk
2 20 (24.39%) Microsoft
3 13 (15.85%) Tenable
4 7 (8.54%) CrowdStrike
5 6 (7.32%) FireEye
5 6 (7.32%) Qualys
5 6 (7.32%) Tanium
6 5 (6.10%) Cisco
6 5 (6.10%) Google
6 5 (6.10%) ServiceNow
7 4 (4.88%) ArcSight
7 4 (4.88%) Imperva
8 3 (3.66%) Darktrace
8 3 (3.66%) F5
8 3 (3.66%) IBM
9 2 (2.44%) Oracle
9 2 (2.44%) Proofpoint
9 2 (2.44%) Salesforce
9 2 (2.44%) SAP
9 2 (2.44%) Thales