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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 454 452 511
Rank change year-on-year -2 +59 +176
Contract jobs citing CEH 83 60 72
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.27% 0.19% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.81% 0.65% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 43 53
10th Percentile £340 £525 £453
25th Percentile £416 £575 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £650 £630
Median % change year-on-year -24.31% +3.17% +14.55%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £750
90th Percentile £700 £750 £820
UK median daily rate £450 £650 £627
% change year-on-year -30.77% +3.67% +19.43%
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 10,257 9,221 11,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.58% 29.91% 30.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,675 5,627 7,396
10th Percentile £306 £313 £306
25th Percentile £415 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £626 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 889 432 701
10th Percentile £17.67 £20.00 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.00 £25.70 £26.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £49.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.19% -5.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £55.00 £68.00 £68.63
90th Percentile £76.58 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.71 £53.50
% change year-on-year -39.70% -22.05% +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 30 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 30 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 30 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 +14 35 £520 -20.00% 54
South East +20 27 £425 -34.62% 55
West Midlands -18 5 £800 +29.03% 18
Midlands -26 5 £800 +29.03% 34
Yorkshire -31 5 £700 +7.69% 17
North of England -49 5 £700 +5.26% 46
East of England -9 3 £550 +10.00% 15
South West +2 2 £488 -28.31% 15
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 (4.82%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 21 (25.30%) Azure
2 18 (21.69%) AWS
3 8 (9.64%) GCP
4 5 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.82%) Akamai
5 4 (4.82%) Cloudflare
6 3 (3.61%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (3.61%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (2.41%) GitHub
7 2 (2.41%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.20%) SaaS
8 1 (1.20%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 26 (31.33%) Firewall
2 22 (26.51%) Network Security
3 9 (10.84%) HTTP
4 8 (9.64%) Wireshark
5 4 (4.82%) HTTPS
5 4 (4.82%) Internet
6 3 (3.61%) DNS
6 3 (3.61%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (3.61%) SMTP
6 3 (3.61%) SSH
6 3 (3.61%) TCP/IP
7 2 (2.41%) SNMP
7 2 (2.41%) SSL
8 1 (1.20%) DMZ
8 1 (1.20%) SD-WAN
8 1 (1.20%) Telnet
8 1 (1.20%) VLAN
8 1 (1.20%) VPN
8 1 (1.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 11 (13.25%) Burp Suite
2 9 (10.84%) Metasploit
3 7 (8.43%) JIRA
4 2 (2.41%) Git
5 1 (1.20%) TestDirector
General
1 44 (53.01%) Social Skills
2 34 (40.96%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (15.66%) Finance
4 9 (10.84%) Public Sector
5 7 (8.43%) Legal
6 5 (6.02%) Law
7 2 (2.41%) Banking
7 2 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Marketing
8 1 (1.20%) Military
8 1 (1.20%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (24.10%) Analyst
2 15 (18.07%) Security Analyst
2 15 (18.07%) Security Engineer
3 11 (13.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 10 (12.05%) SIEM Engineer
4 10 (12.05%) Tester
5 9 (10.84%) Penetration Tester
6 8 (9.64%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) Security Manager
7 5 (6.02%) Senior
7 5 (6.02%) SOC Analyst
8 4 (4.82%) Consultant
9 3 (3.61%) Architect
9 3 (3.61%) Data Analyst
9 3 (3.61%) Network Engineer
9 3 (3.61%) Network Security Engineer
9 3 (3.61%) Operations Manager
9 3 (3.61%) Security Architect
9 3 (3.61%) Security Consultant
9 3 (3.61%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.61%) JSON
1 3 (3.61%) REST
1 3 (3.61%) XML
2 2 (2.41%) .NET
2 2 (2.41%) Flash
2 2 (2.41%) React
2 2 (2.41%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (1.20%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.20%) Lucene
3 1 (1.20%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.28%) Security Posture
2 9 (10.84%) Security Operations Centre
3 8 (9.64%) Cyber Security Posture
3 8 (9.64%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (8.43%) Management Information System
5 5 (6.02%) Cybercrime
6 3 (3.61%) CSOC
6 3 (3.61%) PKI
7 2 (2.41%) Algorithms
7 2 (2.41%) Blockchain
7 2 (2.41%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (2.41%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.41%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.20%) Clustering
8 1 (1.20%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.20%) NHS
8 1 (1.20%) Robotics
8 1 (1.20%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (13.25%) Linux
2 10 (12.05%) Kali Linux
3 4 (4.82%) Windows
4 1 (1.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (69.88%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (49.40%) Incident Response
2 41 (49.40%) SIEM
3 32 (38.55%) Security Operations
4 26 (31.33%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (30.12%) Vulnerability Management
6 23 (27.71%) Penetration Testing
7 20 (24.10%) Ethical Hacking
7 20 (24.10%) OWASP
8 18 (21.69%) Threat Detection
8 18 (21.69%) Threat Modelling
9 17 (20.48%) Cloud Security
10 16 (19.28%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 16 (19.28%) Threat Intelligence
11 15 (18.07%) Information Security
12 14 (16.87%) Application Security
12 14 (16.87%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 13 (15.66%) Test Automation
14 11 (13.25%) DevSecOps
14 11 (13.25%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 31 (37.35%) Python
2 28 (33.73%) PowerShell
3 17 (20.48%) Bash
4 8 (9.64%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (4.82%) SQL
6 2 (2.41%) Java
6 2 (2.41%) PHP
6 2 (2.41%) Rust
6 2 (2.41%) Solidity
6 2 (2.41%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.20%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.20%) Perl
7 1 (1.20%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 59 (71.08%) CISSP
2 39 (46.99%) Security Cleared
3 30 (36.14%) CISM
3 30 (36.14%) GIAC
3 30 (36.14%) OSCP
4 29 (34.94%) SC Cleared
5 17 (20.48%) CompTIA Security+
6 12 (14.46%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (13.25%) CompTIA CySA+
7 11 (13.25%) DV Cleared
8 10 (12.05%) Degree
9 9 (10.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 8 (9.64%) GPEN
11 7 (8.43%) GCIH
12 6 (7.23%) CISA
12 6 (7.23%) CREST Certified
13 5 (6.02%) CCSP
13 5 (6.02%) CRISC
13 5 (6.02%) GREM
14 4 (4.82%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (36.14%) NIST
2 25 (30.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (16.87%) PCI DSS
4 12 (14.46%) GDPR
5 6 (7.23%) QA
6 5 (6.02%) NIST 800
7 4 (4.82%) GRC
7 4 (4.82%) SLA
8 3 (3.61%) COBIT
8 3 (3.61%) HIPAA
9 2 (2.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (2.41%) FIPS 140-2
9 2 (2.41%) NCSC
9 2 (2.41%) SOC 2
10 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 2 (2.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.20%) Firmware
2 1 (1.20%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (10.84%) Nmap
1 9 (10.84%) QRadar
2 7 (8.43%) Kibana
3 6 (7.23%) Nessus
4 3 (3.61%) CSIRT
5 2 (2.41%) CASB
6 1 (1.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (1.20%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.20%) Fluentd
6 1 (1.20%) logstash
6 1 (1.20%) Nexpose
6 1 (1.20%) Rsyslog
Vendors
1 21 (25.30%) Splunk
2 19 (22.89%) Microsoft
3 14 (16.87%) Tenable
4 7 (8.43%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (8.43%) FireEye
4 7 (8.43%) Tanium
5 6 (7.23%) Qualys
6 5 (6.02%) Cisco
6 5 (6.02%) Google
7 4 (4.82%) ArcSight
7 4 (4.82%) Imperva
7 4 (4.82%) ServiceNow
8 3 (3.61%) Darktrace
8 3 (3.61%) F5
9 2 (2.41%) IBM
9 2 (2.41%) Proofpoint
9 2 (2.41%) Thales
10 1 (1.20%) Citrix
10 1 (1.20%) Oracle
10 1 (1.20%) SAP