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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 339 363 389
Rank change year-on-year +24 +26 +141
Contract jobs citing CEH 35 30 32
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.25% 0.19% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.88% 0.74% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 20 23
10th Percentile £395 £509 £500
25th Percentile £418 £566 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - +18.18%
75th Percentile £584 £700 £813
90th Percentile £707 £703 £875
England median daily rate £492 £650 £630
% change year-on-year -24.31% +3.17% +14.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £38.15 - -
25th Percentile £41.00 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - -
75th Percentile £62.75 - -
90th Percentile £63.05 - -
England median hourly rate £47.00 - £87.00
% change year-on-year - - +32.82%

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 3,968 4,039 4,659
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.98% 25.49% 23.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,757 2,559 3,133
10th Percentile £352 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £668
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 53 99
10th Percentile £19.33 £20.10 £19.20
25th Percentile - £27.00 £23.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -25.71% +6.06%
75th Percentile £46.56 £60.75 £65.43
90th Percentile £72.91 £82.24 £83.85
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year -49.70% -6.54% +18.89%

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 29 November 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CEH in London over the 6 months to 29 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CEH in London

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 29 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
South London -1 4 £525 -25.00% 9
Central London +3 3 £575 -9.80% 5
West London - 3 £423 - 15
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 4 (11.43%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.71%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.86%) AWS
1 8 (22.86%) Azure
2 3 (8.57%) Entra ID
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (5.71%) GCP
3 2 (5.71%) GitHub
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.71%) Mimecast
4 1 (2.86%) Akamai
4 1 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.86%) Cloudflare
4 1 (2.86%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 14 (40.00%) Firewall
2 10 (28.57%) Network Security
3 5 (14.29%) HTTP
4 4 (11.43%) Internet
5 3 (8.57%) DNS
5 3 (8.57%) SMTP
5 3 (8.57%) SSH
5 3 (8.57%) TCP/IP
6 2 (5.71%) SNMP
6 2 (5.71%) SSL
7 1 (2.86%) DMZ
7 1 (2.86%) HTTPS
7 1 (2.86%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (2.86%) SD-WAN
7 1 (2.86%) Telnet
7 1 (2.86%) VLAN
7 1 (2.86%) WAN
7 1 (2.86%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 6 (17.14%) JIRA
2 2 (5.71%) Git
3 1 (2.86%) Burp Suite
3 1 (2.86%) Metasploit
General
1 12 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.86%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (17.14%) Finance
4 5 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 4 (11.43%) Law
5 4 (11.43%) Legal
6 1 (2.86%) Banking
6 1 (2.86%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Analyst
2 11 (31.43%) Security Engineer
3 10 (28.57%) Security Analyst
4 9 (25.71%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 6 (17.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) SOC Analyst
7 3 (8.57%) Tester
8 2 (5.71%) Cryptography Engineer
8 2 (5.71%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 2 (5.71%) Data Analyst
8 2 (5.71%) Network Engineer
8 2 (5.71%) Network Security Engineer
8 2 (5.71%) Penetration Tester
8 2 (5.71%) Security Manager
8 2 (5.71%) Test Engineer
9 1 (2.86%) Applications Architect
9 1 (2.86%) Delivery Manager
9 1 (2.86%) Information Security Analyst
9 1 (2.86%) Operations Analyst
9 1 (2.86%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) .NET
1 1 (2.86%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Security Posture
2 5 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (11.43%) Cybercrime
3 4 (11.43%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (5.71%) Algorithms
4 2 (5.71%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.71%) PKI
5 1 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.86%) CSOC
5 1 (2.86%) NHS
5 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.57%) Windows
2 1 (2.86%) Kali Linux
2 1 (2.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (77.14%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (48.57%) Incident Response
3 15 (42.86%) Security Operations
3 15 (42.86%) SIEM
3 15 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
4 9 (25.71%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (25.71%) Threat Intelligence
5 8 (22.86%) Cloud Security
5 8 (22.86%) OWASP
5 8 (22.86%) Penetration Testing
5 8 (22.86%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 7 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
6 7 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
7 6 (17.14%) Computer Science
7 6 (17.14%) Forensic Analysis
7 6 (17.14%) Information Security
7 6 (17.14%) Security Architecture
8 5 (14.29%) Application Security
8 5 (14.29%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.71%) PowerShell
1 9 (25.71%) Python
2 7 (20.00%) Bash
3 3 (8.57%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (2.86%) Java
4 1 (2.86%) Perl
4 1 (2.86%) PHP
4 1 (2.86%) Search Processing Language
4 1 (2.86%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (71.43%) CISSP
2 15 (42.86%) OSCP
3 13 (37.14%) CISM
3 13 (37.14%) CompTIA Security+
3 13 (37.14%) Security Cleared
4 11 (31.43%) GIAC
5 8 (22.86%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (22.86%) CompTIA CySA+
5 8 (22.86%) DV Cleared
6 7 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 6 (17.14%) Degree
8 5 (14.29%) CCSP
8 5 (14.29%) SC Cleared
9 4 (11.43%) CREST Certified
9 4 (11.43%) GCIH
9 4 (11.43%) GREM
9 4 (11.43%) SANS
10 3 (8.57%) CCNA
11 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (5.71%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (37.14%) NIST
2 10 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (17.14%) PCI DSS
4 5 (14.29%) NIST 800
5 4 (11.43%) GDPR
6 2 (5.71%) COBIT
6 2 (5.71%) FIPS 140-2
6 2 (5.71%) GRC
6 2 (5.71%) HIPAA
6 2 (5.71%) NCSC
6 2 (5.71%) QA
6 2 (5.71%) SLA
7 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Firmware
1 1 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) CSIRT
1 3 (8.57%) Nessus
2 2 (5.71%) CASB
3 1 (2.86%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (2.86%) Nmap
3 1 (2.86%) QRadar
Vendors
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
1 11 (31.43%) Splunk
2 10 (28.57%) Tenable
3 4 (11.43%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (8.57%) Cisco
4 3 (8.57%) Darktrace
4 3 (8.57%) Google
4 3 (8.57%) ServiceNow
5 2 (5.71%) Thales
6 1 (2.86%) CyberArk
6 1 (2.86%) Exabeam
6 1 (2.86%) Imperva
6 1 (2.86%) Oracle
6 1 (2.86%) Palo Alto
6 1 (2.86%) Proofpoint
6 1 (2.86%) Qualys
6 1 (2.86%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.86%) SAP