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 27 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 563 461 494
Rank change year-on-year -102 +33 +16
Contract jobs citing CEH 68 57 49
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.21% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.48% 0.67% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 27 33
10th Percentile £426 £380 £400
25th Percentile £456 £453 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £684 £569 £650
90th Percentile £713 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £524 £594
% change year-on-year +0.24% -11.79% -1.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £52.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £52.50 -

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 14,243 8,536 10,508
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.65% 30.92% 30.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,596 5,387 6,690
10th Percentile £350 £285 £325
25th Percentile £430 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £719 £715 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £522 £525
% change year-on-year +0.62% -0.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,074 632 821
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.13 £14.48
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -41.51% -21.82%
75th Percentile £75.00 £58.75 £66.74
90th Percentile £88.00 £76.20 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +98.81% -41.51% -23.82%

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 27 July 2026.

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
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 27 July 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 -57 30 £613 +16.67% 25
North of England - 17 £444 - 16
South West -34 9 £500 +2.56% 10
North West - 8 £443 - 8
Yorkshire - 8 £675 - 5
South East -78 7 £675 +35.00% 23
Midlands -56 5 £430 -18.10% 5
West Midlands -56 4 £430 -18.10% 2
North East - 1 - - 4
East Midlands - 1 - - 3
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 (5.88%) Confluence
2 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 18 (26.47%) Azure
2 10 (14.71%) AWS
3 8 (11.76%) GCP
4 4 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.94%) Akamai
5 2 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (2.94%) Cloudflare
5 2 (2.94%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.94%) SaaS
6 1 (1.47%) AWS KMS
6 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.47%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.47%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.47%) IaaS
6 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.47%) PaaS
6 1 (1.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (14.71%) Firewall
2 8 (11.76%) Network Security
3 4 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.94%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (2.94%) Internet
5 1 (1.47%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (1.47%) SSL
5 1 (1.47%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.47%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (8.82%) JIRA
2 2 (2.94%) Burp Suite
2 2 (2.94%) Snyk
General
1 25 (36.76%) Social Skills
2 22 (32.35%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (10.29%) Finance
4 6 (8.82%) Banking
5 5 (7.35%) Aerospace
6 3 (4.41%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.94%) Italian Language
7 2 (2.94%) Law
7 2 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.47%) Retail
8 1 (1.47%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (19.12%) Architect
1 13 (19.12%) Consultant
1 13 (19.12%) Security Consultant
2 12 (17.65%) Security Engineer
3 11 (16.18%) Analyst
4 10 (14.71%) Security Architect
5 8 (11.76%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 6 (8.82%) Lead
6 6 (8.82%) Security Analyst
6 6 (8.82%) SOC Analyst
7 5 (7.35%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 4 (5.88%) Product Lead
9 3 (4.41%) Application Security Specialist
9 3 (4.41%) Applications Specialist
9 3 (4.41%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 3 (4.41%) Data Engineer
9 3 (4.41%) Security Specialist
9 3 (4.41%) Senior
9 3 (4.41%) SOC Engineer
10 2 (2.94%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.76%) RESTful
2 4 (5.88%) SAML
3 2 (2.94%) OAuth
3 2 (2.94%) OpenID
4 1 (1.47%) .NET
4 1 (1.47%) JSON
4 1 (1.47%) Kafka
4 1 (1.47%) LDAP
4 1 (1.47%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.71%) Private Cloud
2 7 (10.29%) Management Information System
3 6 (8.82%) Security Posture
4 5 (7.35%) Operational Technology
4 5 (7.35%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (5.88%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (5.88%) Onboarding
5 4 (5.88%) SCADA
6 3 (4.41%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (4.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 3 (4.41%) Mainframe
6 3 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.94%) AI Agents
7 2 (2.94%) CMDB
7 2 (2.94%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.94%) IBM Mainframe
8 1 (1.47%) Hedge funds
8 1 (1.47%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.76%) Windows
2 6 (8.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (79.41%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (38.24%) Threat Modelling
3 20 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (27.94%) Incident Response
5 18 (26.47%) Cryptography
5 18 (26.47%) SIEM
6 17 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 16 (23.53%) Information Security
7 16 (23.53%) OWASP
8 15 (22.06%) Agile
8 15 (22.06%) Security Testing
9 14 (20.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (20.59%) Security Architecture
9 14 (20.59%) Security Management
10 13 (19.12%) Computer Science
10 13 (19.12%) SABSA
10 13 (19.12%) Security Operations
11 12 (17.65%) Risk Assessment
11 12 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
12 11 (16.18%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.35%) Python
2 4 (5.88%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.47%) Java
Qualifications
1 64 (94.12%) CISSP
2 51 (75.00%) CISM
3 24 (35.29%) CompTIA Security+
3 24 (35.29%) Security Cleared
4 23 (33.82%) Cisco Certification
5 22 (32.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 21 (30.88%) OSCP
7 20 (29.41%) Degree
8 17 (25.00%) GIAC
9 14 (20.59%) CCSP
10 13 (19.12%) CISA
11 12 (17.65%) SC Cleared
12 8 (11.76%) DV Cleared
13 7 (10.29%) GCIH
14 6 (8.82%) CRISC
15 5 (7.35%) CISMP
16 3 (4.41%) CompTIA CySA+
16 3 (4.41%) CSSLP
16 3 (4.41%) GPEN
16 3 (4.41%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (58.82%) NIST
2 31 (45.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (22.06%) COBIT
4 13 (19.12%) PCI DSS
5 8 (11.76%) NCSC
6 7 (10.29%) GDPR
7 5 (7.35%) HIPAA
8 4 (5.88%) NIST 800
9 3 (4.41%) GRC
9 3 (4.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (1.47%) EU AI Act
11 1 (1.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (1.47%) ISA99
11 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 4 (5.88%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (5.88%) Firmware
2 1 (1.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.88%) QRadar
2 2 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.47%) CASB
3 1 (1.47%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 12 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.76%) Splunk
3 4 (5.88%) Tenable
4 3 (4.41%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (4.41%) IBM
5 2 (2.94%) Cisco
5 2 (2.94%) F5
5 2 (2.94%) ForeScout
5 2 (2.94%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.94%) Qualys
5 2 (2.94%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.47%) ArcSight
6 1 (1.47%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (1.47%) BMC
6 1 (1.47%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.47%) Exabeam
6 1 (1.47%) Google
6 1 (1.47%) LogRhythm
6 1 (1.47%) Proofpoint
6 1 (1.47%) Sparx