CEH Contracts 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 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 455 485 496
Rank change year-on-year +30 +11 +196
Contract jobs citing CEH 56 48 114
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.14% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.64% 0.47% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 35 95
10th Percentile £390 £378 £463
25th Percentile £446 £513 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £600 £627
Median % change year-on-year -13.54% -4.31% +18.30%
75th Percentile £597 £675 £800
90th Percentile £788 £700 £875
UK median daily rate £500 £588 £600
% change year-on-year -14.89% -2.08% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £36.67 - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - £72.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £75.00
75th Percentile £62.25 - £77.50
90th Percentile £62.85 - -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +25.21%

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 8,756 10,114 12,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.49% 30.51% 27.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,476 6,454 8,054
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +0.92%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £715 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -0.19% -4.36% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 677 735 588
10th Percentile £18.13 £15.10 £15.74
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.37 £23.43
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% -13.64% +22.22%
75th Percentile £56.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.32 £77.50 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% -21.82% +22.22%

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CEH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CEH in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CEH in England.

Daily rate trend for CEH in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CEH in England over the 6 months to 17 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CEH in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CEH in England.

Hourly rate trend for CEH in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CEH in England over the 6 months to 17 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CEH in England

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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 August 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 +16 25 £525 -12.50% 66
South East +31 13 £500 -16.67% 56
Midlands - 9 £800 - 34
West Midlands - 9 £800 - 19
South West +21 3 £488 -11.36% 21
East of England +8 2 - - 17
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UK

CEH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.36%) Confluence
2 2 (3.57%) TPMS
Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (28.57%) Azure
2 14 (25.00%) AWS
3 9 (16.07%) GCP
4 5 (8.93%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (3.57%) GitHub
6 1 (1.79%) Akamai
6 1 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.79%) Cloud Functions
6 1 (1.79%) Cloudflare
6 1 (1.79%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.79%) SaaS
6 1 (1.79%) Serverless
6 1 (1.79%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 20 (35.71%) Firewall
2 13 (23.21%) Network Security
3 7 (12.50%) HTTP
4 6 (10.71%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (5.36%) DNS
5 3 (5.36%) VPN
6 2 (3.57%) SMTP
6 2 (3.57%) SSH
6 2 (3.57%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.79%) DMZ
7 1 (1.79%) HTTPS
7 1 (1.79%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.79%) SNMP
7 1 (1.79%) SSL
7 1 (1.79%) Telnet
7 1 (1.79%) VLAN
7 1 (1.79%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.57%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (1.79%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (7.14%) Git
2 3 (5.36%) Jenkins
2 3 (5.36%) JIRA
3 2 (3.57%) Burp Suite
3 2 (3.57%) GitLab
3 2 (3.57%) JMeter
3 2 (3.57%) Metasploit
3 2 (3.57%) Postman
3 2 (3.57%) REST Assured
3 2 (3.57%) Selenium
3 2 (3.57%) TestNG
3 2 (3.57%) Travis CI
4 1 (1.79%) TestDirector
General
1 33 (58.93%) Social Skills
2 23 (41.07%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (19.64%) Finance
4 4 (7.14%) Legal
5 2 (3.57%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.57%) Military
5 2 (3.57%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.79%) Banking
6 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (23.21%) Analyst
2 9 (16.07%) SOC Analyst
3 8 (14.29%) Security Engineer
4 5 (8.93%) Architect
4 5 (8.93%) Security Analyst
4 5 (8.93%) Security Architect
4 5 (8.93%) Security Manager
5 4 (7.14%) Applications Architect
5 4 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 4 (7.14%) Senior
5 4 (7.14%) Tester
6 3 (5.36%) Consultant
6 3 (5.36%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 3 (5.36%) Developer
6 3 (5.36%) Operational Security Manager
6 3 (5.36%) Operations Manager
6 3 (5.36%) Security Operations Manager
6 3 (5.36%) SIEM Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.14%) .NET
1 4 (7.14%) React
2 1 (1.79%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.79%) Node.js
2 1 (1.79%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 19 (33.93%) Security Posture
2 7 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (8.93%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (5.36%) Cyber Security Posture
4 3 (5.36%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.36%) PKI
5 2 (3.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (3.57%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.79%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.79%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.79%) CSOC
6 1 (1.79%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.79%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.79%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.79%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.93%) Windows
2 3 (5.36%) Linux
3 1 (1.79%) Kali Linux
3 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (69.64%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (62.50%) SIEM
3 34 (60.71%) Incident Response
4 26 (46.43%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (42.86%) Security Operations
6 22 (39.29%) Vulnerability Management
7 17 (30.36%) Penetration Testing
8 14 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 14 (25.00%) Information Security
8 14 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
9 11 (19.64%) Cloud Security
9 11 (19.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (19.64%) DevOps
9 11 (19.64%) Security Testing
9 11 (19.64%) SOAR
9 11 (19.64%) Threat Detection
10 9 (16.07%) Application Security
10 9 (16.07%) Computer Science
10 9 (16.07%) Threat Modelling
11 8 (14.29%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 30 (53.57%) Python
2 23 (41.07%) PowerShell
3 14 (25.00%) Bash
4 7 (12.50%) Java
5 4 (7.14%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (7.14%) PHP
5 4 (7.14%) TypeScript
6 3 (5.36%) JavaScript
6 3 (5.36%) Perl
7 2 (3.57%) C++
8 1 (1.79%) Groovy
8 1 (1.79%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (1.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (87.50%) CISSP
2 18 (32.14%) CISM
3 14 (25.00%) OSCP
4 12 (21.43%) CompTIA Security+
5 11 (19.64%) Degree
5 11 (19.64%) GIAC
6 9 (16.07%) Security Cleared
7 8 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (14.29%) SC Cleared
8 7 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (10.71%) GCIH
10 5 (8.93%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (7.14%) CISA
11 4 (7.14%) CompTIA CySA+
12 3 (5.36%) CREST Certified
12 3 (5.36%) CRISC
12 3 (5.36%) GCIA
12 3 (5.36%) SSCP
13 2 (3.57%) CSSLP
13 2 (3.57%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (37.50%) NIST
2 20 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (25.00%) PCI DSS
4 12 (21.43%) GDPR
5 9 (16.07%) QA
6 6 (10.71%) SLA
7 5 (8.93%) HIPAA
8 3 (5.36%) GRC
9 2 (3.57%) COBIT
10 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (1.79%) FIPS 140-2
10 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (5.36%) Docker
2 1 (1.79%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.79%) Firmware
2 1 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (14.29%) QRadar
2 6 (10.71%) Nessus
3 3 (5.36%) Kubernetes
4 2 (3.57%) CSIRT
4 2 (3.57%) Kibana
5 1 (1.79%) Ansible
5 1 (1.79%) CASB
5 1 (1.79%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (1.79%) Grafana
5 1 (1.79%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 16 (28.57%) Splunk
3 8 (14.29%) Google
4 4 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (7.14%) Proofpoint
4 4 (7.14%) Qualys
4 4 (7.14%) ServiceNow
4 4 (7.14%) Tenable
5 3 (5.36%) ArcSight
5 3 (5.36%) Oracle
5 3 (5.36%) Salesforce
5 3 (5.36%) SAP
6 2 (3.57%) CyberArk
6 2 (3.57%) Darktrace
6 2 (3.57%) IBM
7 1 (1.79%) Citrix
7 1 (1.79%) Exabeam
7 1 (1.79%) Imperva
7 1 (1.79%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.79%) Thales