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 15 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 340 355
Rank change year-on-year -85 +15 +31
Contract jobs citing CEH 24 27 27
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.12% 0.20% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.41% 0.76% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 21
10th Percentile - £415 £363
25th Percentile - £425 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -19.23% +1.96%
75th Percentile £583 £600 £700
90th Percentile £650 £725 -
England median daily rate £500 £500 £635
% change year-on-year - -21.26% +3.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £56.00 -
England median hourly rate £71.00 £54.50 -
% change year-on-year +30.28% - -

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 5,910 3,567 4,043
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.82% 26.66% 25.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,281 2,411 2,581
10th Percentile £363 £358 £350
25th Percentile £457 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £734 £738 £770
England median daily rate £535 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 83 66
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.99 £18.13
25th Percentile £24.38 - £25.99
Median hourly rate £53.00 £25.15 £37.15
Median % change year-on-year +110.74% -32.30% -31.20%
75th Percentile £78.75 £36.88 £57.13
90th Percentile £155.00 £65.00 £75.63
England median hourly rate £47.54 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +89.03% -52.10% -2.17%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -32 1 £575 -8.00% 3
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:

Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 13 (54.17%) Azure
2 5 (20.83%) GCP
3 4 (16.67%) AWS
4 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (8.33%) Akamai
5 2 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
6 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (4.17%) IaaS
6 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (4.17%) PaaS
6 1 (4.17%) PowerApps
6 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) Firewall
2 3 (12.50%) Internet
3 2 (8.33%) Network Security
4 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Burp Suite
1 2 (8.33%) Snyk
2 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Italian Language
3 3 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Law
4 2 (8.33%) Legal
5 1 (4.17%) Banking
5 1 (4.17%) Finance
5 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Analyst
2 6 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 5 (20.83%) Lead
4 4 (16.67%) Architect
4 4 (16.67%) Security Analyst
4 4 (16.67%) SOC Analyst
5 3 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (12.50%) IT Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) IT Security Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Security Architect
6 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Senior
6 2 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (4.17%) Automation Architect
7 1 (4.17%) Business Analyst
7 1 (4.17%) Operations Analyst
7 1 (4.17%) SOC Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) JSON
1 1 (4.17%) Kafka
1 1 (4.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
2 4 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 4 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (12.50%) AI Agents
3 3 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 3 (12.50%) Security Posture
4 2 (8.33%) Operational Technology
4 2 (8.33%) SCADA
5 1 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
5 1 (4.17%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (25.00%) Windows
2 3 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (91.67%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (33.33%) SABSA
2 8 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 8 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 7 (29.17%) AI
3 7 (29.17%) Incident Response
3 7 (29.17%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 7 (29.17%) SIEM
4 6 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 6 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 6 (25.00%) TOGAF
5 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (20.83%) Identity Management
5 5 (20.83%) Information Security
5 5 (20.83%) Security Testing
5 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (16.67%) DevOps
6 4 (16.67%) Machine Learning
6 4 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) Python
2 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) CISSP
2 20 (83.33%) CISM
3 12 (50.00%) GIAC
4 11 (45.83%) CompTIA Security+
5 8 (33.33%) Security Cleared
6 6 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (25.00%) CISA
6 6 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (25.00%) Degree
7 5 (20.83%) OSCP
7 5 (20.83%) SC Cleared
8 4 (16.67%) CRISC
9 3 (12.50%) CompTIA CySA+
9 3 (12.50%) DV Cleared
9 3 (12.50%) GCIH
9 3 (12.50%) GPEN
10 2 (8.33%) CCSP
10 2 (8.33%) GCIA
10 2 (8.33%) SANS
11 1 (4.17%) CASP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (62.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (45.83%) NIST
3 7 (29.17%) COBIT
4 5 (20.83%) NCSC
5 3 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) QRadar
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (12.50%) Splunk
3 2 (8.33%) Qualys
4 1 (4.17%) ArcSight
4 1 (4.17%) BMC
4 1 (4.17%) Cribl.io
4 1 (4.17%) Exabeam
4 1 (4.17%) LogRhythm
4 1 (4.17%) Tenable