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 citing CEH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	580	460	465
Rank change year-on-year	-120	+5	+17
Contract jobs citing CEH	59	71	47
As % of all contract jobs in England	0.13%	0.25%	0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category	0.39%	0.77%	0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted	31	43	37
10^th Percentile	£420	£385	£500
25^th Percentile	£447	£416	£563
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£513	£650
Median % change year-on-year	-2.44%	-21.15%	+5.69%
75^th Percentile	£583	£600	£700
90^th Percentile	£650	£700	£733
UK median daily rate	£500	£496	£650
% change year-on-year	+0.81%	-23.69%	+8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted	4	3	0
10^th Percentile	£61.55	£33.64	-
25^th Percentile	£67.63	£38.18	-
Median hourly rate	£71.00	£54.50	-
Median % change year-on-year	+30.28%	-	-
75^th Percentile	-	£62.75	-
90^th Percentile	-	£63.05	-
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 citing academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	15,276	9,196	9,426
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England	32.70%	32.36%	29.78%
Number of daily rates quoted	10,094	5,884	5,757
10^th Percentile	£353	£300	£313
25^th Percentile	£447	£413	£425
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£536	£525	£530
Median % change year-on-year	+2.18%	-0.94%	-3.64%
75^th Percentile	£638	£625	£638
90^th Percentile	£725	£713	£734
UK median daily rate	£535	£525	£525
% change year-on-year	+1.90%	-	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1,402	768	462
10^th Percentile	£17.17	£17.66	£19.35
25^th Percentile	£25.75	£18.87	£30.00
Median hourly rate	£48.77	£25.15	£52.50
Median % change year-on-year	+93.90%	-52.10%	-2.17%
75^th Percentile	£74.68	£43.00	£68.75
90^th Percentile	£91.31	£72.50	£75.00
UK median hourly rate	£43.96	£25.15	£47.50
% change year-on-year	+74.79%	-47.05%	-11.49%

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 23 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 23 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
London	-95	28	£541	+3.10%	33
North of England	-59	13	£444	-36.57%	25
South East	-70	9	£559	+31.62%	22
Yorkshire	-35	6	£450	-35.71%	14
North West	-	6	£444	-	7
Midlands	-39	5	£430	-46.31%	17
South West	-35	4	£483	-1.03%	10
West Midlands	-45	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 23 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 citing CEH.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CISSP	94.9%	56
2	Cybersecurity	79.7%	47
3	CISM	67.8%	40
4	ISO/IEC 27001	44.1%	26
4	NIST	44.1%	26
6	Azure	37.3%	22
7	CompTIA Security+	35.6%	21
7	Threat Modelling	35.6%	21
9	(ISC)2 CCSP	32.2%	19
9	Cisco Certification	32.2%	19
9	OSCP	32.2%	19
9	Security Cleared	32.2%	19
9	Stakeholder Management	32.2%	19
14	SIEM	30.5%	18
15	GIAC	27.1%	16
16	Cloud Security	25.4%	15
16	COBIT	25.4%	15
16	Cryptography	25.4%	15
16	MITRE ATT&CK	25.4%	15
16	Problem-Solving	25.4%	15
16	SC Cleared	25.4%	15
22	Degree	23.7%	14
22	Incident Response	23.7%	14
22	Security Architecture	23.7%	14
22	Vulnerability Management	23.7%	14
26	AWS	22.0%	13
26	Continuous Improvement	22.0%	13
26	OWASP	22.0%	13
29	CI/CD	20.3%	12
29	Firewall	20.3%	12

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	94.9%	56
2	CISM	67.8%	40
3	CompTIA Security+	35.6%	21
4	(ISC)2 CCSP	32.2%	19
4	Cisco Certification	32.2%	19
4	OSCP	32.2%	19
4	Security Cleared	32.2%	19
8	GIAC	27.1%	16
9	SC Cleared	25.4%	15
10	Degree	23.7%	14
11	CCSP	16.9%	10
12	CISA	15.3%	9
13	CRISC	8.5%	5
13	SANS	8.5%	5
15	GCIH	6.8%	4
16	CompTIA CySA+	5.1%	3
16	DV Cleared	5.1%	3
16	GPEN	5.1%	3
16	SSCP	5.1%	3
20	CISMP	3.4%	2