CEH Contract Job Trends in London

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CEH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 411 342 364
Rank change year-on-year -69 +22 +40
Contract jobs citing CEH 32 27 28
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.16% 0.20% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.57% 0.76% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 21
10th Percentile - £408 £363
25th Percentile £500 £446 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -25.00%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £700
90th Percentile £831 £760 £750
England median daily rate £520 £524 £600
% change year-on-year -0.72% -12.71% -4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £56.00 -
England median hourly rate £71.00 £52.50 -
% change year-on-year +35.24% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,590 3,530 3,923
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.87% 26.28% 24.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,027 2,375 2,687
10th Percentile £374 £338 £350
25th Percentile £456 £431 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £530 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.83% -1.40% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £659 £650
90th Percentile £735 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 88 69
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.57 £17.88
25th Percentile £25.63 £25.12 £22.00
Median hourly rate £53.00 £25.15 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +110.74% -16.17% -45.45%
75th Percentile £73.00 £40.31 £48.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £65.00 £65.60
England median hourly rate £53.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +110.74% -47.05% -13.64%

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CEH relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

CEH job vacancy trend in London

CEH
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CEH.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CEH

CEH
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CEH in London over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CEH in London

CEH
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CEH.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CEH

CEH
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CEH within the London region over the 6 months to 20 August 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
Central London -13 3 £550 +12.82% 1
CEH
England

CEH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 13 (40.63%) Azure
2 5 (15.63%) AWS
2 5 (15.63%) GCP
3 3 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.25%) Akamai
4 2 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (6.25%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.13%) IaaS
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (3.13%) PaaS
5 1 (3.13%) PowerApps
5 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.38%) Internet
1 3 (9.38%) Network Security
2 2 (6.25%) Firewall
3 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Burp Suite
1 2 (6.25%) JIRA
1 2 (6.25%) Snyk
General
1 14 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 11 (34.38%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Banking
3 4 (12.50%) Finance
4 3 (9.38%) Italian Language
4 3 (9.38%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Law
6 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (25.00%) Analyst
2 6 (18.75%) Architect
2 6 (18.75%) Security Engineer
3 5 (15.63%) Security Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Security Architect
3 5 (15.63%) SOC Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) Application Security Specialist
5 3 (9.38%) Applications Specialist
5 3 (9.38%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Cloud Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Consultant
5 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 3 (9.38%) IT Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) IT Security Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Security Consultant
5 3 (9.38%) Security Specialist
6 2 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Head of Cybersecurity
6 2 (6.25%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) JSON
1 1 (3.13%) Kafka
1 1 (3.13%) RESTful
1 1 (3.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Cyber Defence
2 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 4 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 3 (9.38%) AI Agents
3 3 (9.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 3 (9.38%) Mainframe
3 3 (9.38%) Onboarding
3 3 (9.38%) Operational Technology
3 3 (9.38%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (6.25%) CMDB
4 2 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (6.25%) IBM Mainframe
4 2 (6.25%) SCADA
4 2 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (3.13%) CSOC
5 1 (3.13%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.63%) Windows
2 3 (9.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (34.38%) SABSA
2 11 (34.38%) Threat Modelling
3 10 (31.25%) Security Architecture
4 9 (28.13%) AI
4 9 (28.13%) Incident Response
4 9 (28.13%) Information Security
4 9 (28.13%) SIEM
4 9 (28.13%) TOGAF
5 8 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 8 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
5 8 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (21.88%) Agile
6 7 (21.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (21.88%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 7 (21.88%) Security Management
6 7 (21.88%) Security Testing
7 6 (18.75%) Computer Science
7 6 (18.75%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) Python
2 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 31 (96.88%) CISSP
2 28 (87.50%) CISM
3 14 (43.75%) CompTIA Security+
3 14 (43.75%) GIAC
4 13 (40.63%) Security Cleared
5 11 (34.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 11 (34.38%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (25.00%) CISA
6 8 (25.00%) Degree
7 7 (21.88%) OSCP
8 6 (18.75%) GCIH
8 6 (18.75%) SC Cleared
9 5 (15.63%) CCSP
10 4 (12.50%) CRISC
10 4 (12.50%) DV Cleared
11 3 (9.38%) CISMP
11 3 (9.38%) CompTIA CySA+
11 3 (9.38%) CSSLP
11 3 (9.38%) GPEN
12 2 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (62.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 20 (62.50%) NIST
2 8 (25.00%) COBIT
2 8 (25.00%) NCSC
3 3 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (6.25%) GRC
4 2 (6.25%) NIST 800
5 1 (3.13%) EU AI Act
5 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) QRadar
Vendors
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.63%) Splunk
3 4 (12.50%) Tenable
4 3 (9.38%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (6.25%) IBM
5 2 (6.25%) Qualys
5 2 (6.25%) ServiceNow
6 1 (3.13%) ArcSight
6 1 (3.13%) BMC
6 1 (3.13%) Exabeam
6 1 (3.13%) LogRhythm