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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 323 362
Rank change year-on-year -56 +39 +109
Contract jobs citing CEH 29 30 25
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.17% 0.24% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.58% 0.93% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 17
10th Percentile £433 £425 -
25th Percentile £513 £531 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -31.25%
75th Percentile £700 £650 £619
90th Percentile £850 £725 £728
England median daily rate £525 £620 £600
% change year-on-year -15.32% +3.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.25 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £39.50 £54.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.52% - -
75th Percentile £42.75 £63.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £39.50 £52.50 -
% change year-on-year -24.76% - -

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 5,009 3,234 4,307
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.97% 25.54% 24.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,587 2,184 2,897
10th Percentile £363 £349 £325
25th Percentile £438 £437 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £651 £663
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 58 116
10th Percentile £20.74 £17.59 £14.26
25th Percentile £25.24 £22.27 £20.86
Median hourly rate £38.54 £30.67 £26.12
Median % change year-on-year +25.65% +17.43% -35.51%
75th Percentile £76.58 £56.00 £58.13
90th Percentile £88.75 £67.88 £76.88
England median hourly rate £45.46 £50.00 £38.45
% change year-on-year -9.08% +30.03% -26.07%

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 April 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 April 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 London -10 3 £525 -25.00%
Central London -13 3 £613 +25.64% 3
West London - 2 £423 - 6
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 (13.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (31.03%) Azure
2 6 (20.69%) AWS
3 3 (10.34%) GCP
4 1 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (3.45%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (3.45%) Amazon S3
4 1 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (3.45%) Mimecast
4 1 (3.45%) Serverless
4 1 (3.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.69%) Firewall
1 6 (20.69%) Network Security
2 1 (3.45%) DNS
2 1 (3.45%) HTTP
2 1 (3.45%) SMTP
2 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) JIRA
General
1 14 (48.28%) Social Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (20.69%) Public Sector
4 4 (13.79%) Finance
5 3 (10.34%) Banking
6 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Analyst
1 6 (20.69%) Security Analyst
1 6 (20.69%) Security Engineer
2 5 (17.24%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Consultant
3 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Security Consultant
4 3 (10.34%) Application Security Specialist
4 3 (10.34%) Applications Specialist
4 3 (10.34%) Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Security Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Security Specialist
4 3 (10.34%) SOC Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Tester
5 2 (6.90%) Head of Cybersecurity
5 2 (6.90%) Head of Security
5 2 (6.90%) Information Assurance Leader
5 2 (6.90%) Lead
5 2 (6.90%) Security Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Management Information System
1 5 (17.24%) Security Posture
2 3 (10.34%) Mainframe
2 3 (10.34%) Operational Technology
2 3 (10.34%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (10.34%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.90%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (6.90%) CMDB
3 2 (6.90%) CSOC
3 2 (6.90%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (3.45%) NHS
4 1 (3.45%) Private Cloud
4 1 (3.45%) Robotics
4 1 (3.45%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
2 1 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (79.31%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (37.93%) SIEM
3 10 (34.48%) Incident Response
4 9 (31.03%) Risk Assessment
4 9 (31.03%) Threat Modelling
4 9 (31.03%) Vulnerability Management
5 8 (27.59%) Information Security
5 8 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (24.14%) CI/CD
6 7 (24.14%) Cloud Security
6 7 (24.14%) Security Testing
6 7 (24.14%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 6 (20.69%) OWASP
7 6 (20.69%) Penetration Testing
7 6 (20.69%) Security Architecture
7 6 (20.69%) Security Management
8 5 (17.24%) Application Security
8 5 (17.24%) Computer Science
8 5 (17.24%) Security Operations
8 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) Bash
1 3 (10.34%) PowerShell
1 3 (10.34%) Python
2 1 (3.45%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 25 (86.21%) CISSP
2 22 (75.86%) CISM
3 18 (62.07%) Security Cleared
4 16 (55.17%) CompTIA Security+
5 11 (37.93%) GIAC
6 8 (27.59%) SC Cleared
7 7 (24.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 7 (24.14%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (24.14%) DV Cleared
8 6 (20.69%) OSCP
9 5 (17.24%) CCSP
9 5 (17.24%) Degree
10 4 (13.79%) CISA
10 4 (13.79%) CREST Certified
10 4 (13.79%) GCIH
11 3 (10.34%) CISMP
11 3 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (10.34%) CSSLP
12 2 (6.90%) Master's Degree
12 2 (6.90%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (68.97%) NIST
2 17 (58.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (27.59%) NCSC
4 6 (20.69%) COBIT
4 6 (20.69%) NIST 800
5 3 (10.34%) GRC
6 2 (6.90%) GDPR
6 2 (6.90%) PCI DSS
7 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (3.45%) EU AI Act
7 1 (3.45%) HIPAA
7 1 (3.45%) ISA99
7 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) CASB
1 1 (3.45%) CSIRT
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.45%) Nessus
1 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (34.48%) Tenable
2 8 (27.59%) Splunk
3 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
4 2 (6.90%) IBM
4 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.45%) Cisco
5 1 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (3.45%) Darktrace
5 1 (3.45%) Google
5 1 (3.45%) Qualys
5 1 (3.45%) Rapid7