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 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 463 413 487
Rank change year-on-year -50 +74 +157
Contract jobs citing CEH 78 65 56
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.25% 0.24% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.73% 0.80% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 44 36
10th Percentile £339 £529 £413
25th Percentile £413 £575 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -31.23% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £700
90th Percentile £700 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £438 £650 £615
% change year-on-year -32.69% +5.69% +22.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £37.90 - -
25th Percentile £40.38 - -
Median hourly rate £48.50 - £87.00
75th Percentile £57.38 - -
90th Percentile £60.30 - -
UK median hourly rate £48.50 - £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 10,631 8,135 11,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.28% 30.45% 30.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,005 4,957 7,069
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £420 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £730 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 855 384 700
10th Percentile £16.17 £19.46 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.26 £23.56
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% -7.64% +11.11%
75th Percentile £57.38 £68.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £82.25 £78.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -35.51% -22.00% +11.11%

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 12 January 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CEH in England over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

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 12 January 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
South East +12 32 £425 -32.54% 27
London -19 27 £525 -19.23% 13
North of England -49 6 £650 -2.26% 21
Yorkshire -38 5 £700 +7.69% 9
West Midlands -35 3 £700 +14.75% 3
Midlands -45 3 £700 +14.75% 16
East of England -18 2 £550 +10.00% 9
South West -23 1 - - 11
North West -32 1 £325 -52.21% 9
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 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 17 (21.79%) Azure
2 15 (19.23%) AWS
3 6 (7.69%) GCP
4 4 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.85%) Akamai
5 3 (3.85%) Cloudflare
6 2 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (2.56%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.56%) GitHub
6 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (2.56%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.28%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.28%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.28%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.28%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.28%) SaaS
7 1 (1.28%) Serverless
7 1 (1.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (28.21%) Network Security
2 16 (20.51%) Firewall
3 8 (10.26%) Wireshark
4 5 (6.41%) HTTP
5 4 (5.13%) Internet
6 3 (3.85%) HTTPS
7 2 (2.56%) DNS
7 2 (2.56%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (2.56%) SMTP
7 2 (2.56%) SNMP
7 2 (2.56%) SSH
7 2 (2.56%) SSL
7 2 (2.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 11 (14.10%) Burp Suite
2 9 (11.54%) Metasploit
3 7 (8.97%) JIRA
4 2 (2.56%) Git
5 1 (1.28%) TestDirector
General
1 43 (55.13%) Social Skills
2 34 (43.59%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (11.54%) Finance
3 9 (11.54%) Public Sector
4 5 (6.41%) Law
4 5 (6.41%) Legal
5 3 (3.85%) Marketing
6 2 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.28%) Banking
7 1 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.28%) Military
7 1 (1.28%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (24.36%) Analyst
2 16 (20.51%) Security Analyst
3 15 (19.23%) SIEM Engineer
4 12 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 12 (15.38%) Security Engineer
5 10 (12.82%) Tester
6 9 (11.54%) Penetration Tester
7 7 (8.97%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 5 (6.41%) Consultant
9 4 (5.13%) Security Consultant
9 4 (5.13%) Security Manager
10 3 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 3 (3.85%) Data Analyst
10 3 (3.85%) Lead
10 3 (3.85%) Operational Security Manager
10 3 (3.85%) Operations Manager
10 3 (3.85%) Security Operations Manager
10 3 (3.85%) SOC Analyst
10 3 (3.85%) SOC Manager
11 2 (2.56%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.85%) JSON
1 3 (3.85%) REST
1 3 (3.85%) XML
2 2 (2.56%) Flash
2 2 (2.56%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (1.28%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.28%) Lucene
3 1 (1.28%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.38%) Cyber Security Posture
1 12 (15.38%) Security Posture
2 10 (12.82%) Management Information System
3 9 (11.54%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (10.26%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (6.41%) Cybercrime
5 5 (6.41%) Operational Technology
6 3 (3.85%) CSOC
6 3 (3.85%) Robotics
7 2 (2.56%) Algorithms
7 2 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (2.56%) Blockchain
7 2 (2.56%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (2.56%) PKI
8 1 (1.28%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.28%) MISP
8 1 (1.28%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 13 (16.67%) Linux
2 10 (12.82%) Kali Linux
3 3 (3.85%) Windows
4 1 (1.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (75.64%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (51.28%) SIEM
3 35 (44.87%) Incident Response
4 26 (33.33%) Security Operations
5 24 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (25.64%) Penetration Testing
7 19 (24.36%) Ethical Hacking
7 19 (24.36%) Threat Detection
8 18 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
9 17 (21.79%) OWASP
10 16 (20.51%) Threat Modelling
11 14 (17.95%) Analytical Thinking
11 14 (17.95%) Cloud Security
11 14 (17.95%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 14 (17.95%) Threat Intelligence
12 13 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 13 (16.67%) Test Automation
13 12 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
14 11 (14.10%) Information Security
14 11 (14.10%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 30 (38.46%) Python
2 28 (35.90%) PowerShell
3 13 (16.67%) Bash
4 12 (15.38%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (5.13%) SQL
6 2 (2.56%) Rust
6 2 (2.56%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 56 (71.79%) CISSP
2 46 (58.97%) Security Cleared
3 36 (46.15%) SC Cleared
4 34 (43.59%) GIAC
5 27 (34.62%) CISM
6 23 (29.49%) OSCP
7 16 (20.51%) CompTIA Security+
8 12 (15.38%) DV Cleared
9 9 (11.54%) CompTIA CySA+
9 9 (11.54%) Degree
10 8 (10.26%) GPEN
11 7 (8.97%) CISA
11 7 (8.97%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (7.69%) CREST Certified
13 5 (6.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (6.41%) GREM
13 5 (6.41%) Master's Degree
14 4 (5.13%) CCSP
14 4 (5.13%) GCIH
15 3 (3.85%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (35.90%) NIST
2 24 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (10.26%) GDPR
4 7 (8.97%) PCI DSS
5 5 (6.41%) NIST 800
6 4 (5.13%) NCSC
7 3 (3.85%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (2.56%) COBIT
8 2 (2.56%) FIPS 140-2
8 2 (2.56%) GRC
8 2 (2.56%) QA
8 2 (2.56%) SLA
8 2 (2.56%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.28%) HIPAA
9 1 (1.28%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (2.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (15.38%) Kibana
2 9 (11.54%) Nmap
3 8 (10.26%) QRadar
4 5 (6.41%) Nessus
5 2 (2.56%) CASB
5 2 (2.56%) CSIRT
6 1 (1.28%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.28%) Fluentd
6 1 (1.28%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.28%) logstash
6 1 (1.28%) Nexpose
6 1 (1.28%) Rsyslog
6 1 (1.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (23.08%) Splunk
2 15 (19.23%) Microsoft
3 14 (17.95%) Tenable
4 11 (14.10%) FireEye
4 11 (14.10%) Tanium
5 6 (7.69%) Qualys
6 5 (6.41%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (5.13%) ArcSight
7 4 (5.13%) Cisco
7 4 (5.13%) Google
8 3 (3.85%) F5
8 3 (3.85%) Imperva
8 3 (3.85%) ServiceNow
9 2 (2.56%) Darktrace
9 2 (2.56%) Proofpoint
9 2 (2.56%) Rapid7
9 2 (2.56%) Thales
10 1 (1.28%) BeyondTrust
10 1 (1.28%) Okta
10 1 (1.28%) SolarWinds