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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 327 374
Rank change year-on-year -41 +47 +128
Contract jobs citing CEH 26 34 22
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.17% 0.25% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.60% 0.98% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 17 14
10th Percentile £415 £533 £413
25th Percentile £416 £550 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £628
90th Percentile £680 £710 £693
England median daily rate £446 £650 £620
% change year-on-year -31.38% +4.84% +12.73%
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 £54.50 £87.00
% change year-on-year -27.52% -37.36% +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 4,359 3,466 4,543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.20% 25.26% 24.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,062 2,162 3,046
10th Percentile £358 £351 £325
25th Percentile £430 £450 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £763
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 64 129
10th Percentile £19.94 £21.65 £14.27
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.48 £19.99
Median hourly rate £28.00 £38.25 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.80% +7.75% +1.43%
75th Percentile £65.13 £57.19 £64.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.40 £83.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.37 £46.18
% change year-on-year -46.91% +2.58% +2.62%

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 6 February 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 6 February 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 -6 4 £525 -25.00%
West London - 3 £423 - 5
Central London -6 2 £700 +7.69% 4
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 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (23.08%) AWS
2 5 (19.23%) Azure
3 2 (7.69%) Entra ID
3 2 (7.69%) GitHub
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (7.69%) Mimecast
4 1 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (3.85%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (3.85%) Amazon S3
4 1 (3.85%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (3.85%) GCP
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.85%) Serverless
4 1 (3.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) Firewall
2 7 (26.92%) Network Security
3 4 (15.38%) Internet
4 2 (7.69%) SNMP
4 2 (7.69%) SSH
4 2 (7.69%) SSL
5 1 (3.85%) DNS
5 1 (3.85%) HTTP
5 1 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (3.85%) SMTP
5 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.85%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) JIRA
2 2 (7.69%) Git
3 1 (3.85%) Burp Suite
3 1 (3.85%) Metasploit
General
1 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Public Sector
3 4 (15.38%) Law
4 1 (3.85%) Finance
4 1 (3.85%) Legal
4 1 (3.85%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Analyst
1 9 (34.62%) Security Engineer
2 8 (30.77%) Security Analyst
3 7 (26.92%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 6 (23.08%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Tester
6 2 (7.69%) Cryptography Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Data Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Penetration Tester
6 2 (7.69%) SOC Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Test Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Consultant
7 1 (3.85%) Firewall Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Firewall Support
7 1 (3.85%) Information Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Information Security Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Lead
7 1 (3.85%) Operations Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Support Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (15.38%) Cybercrime
2 4 (15.38%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (15.38%) Security Posture
3 3 (11.54%) Management Information System
4 2 (7.69%) Algorithms
4 2 (7.69%) PKI
5 1 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.85%) CSOC
5 1 (3.85%) NHS
5 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Linux
2 1 (3.85%) Kali Linux
2 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (80.77%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (46.15%) Incident Response
3 11 (42.31%) SIEM
4 10 (38.46%) Security Operations
5 9 (34.62%) Vulnerability Management
6 8 (30.77%) Cloud Security
6 8 (30.77%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 8 (30.77%) Threat Intelligence
6 8 (30.77%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 7 (26.92%) Threat Modelling
8 6 (23.08%) Ethical Hacking
8 6 (23.08%) OWASP
8 6 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
9 5 (19.23%) CI/CD
9 5 (19.23%) DevSecOps
9 5 (19.23%) Forensic Analysis
9 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (15.38%) Cyber Intelligence
10 4 (15.38%) Malware Reverse Engineering
10 4 (15.38%) Offensive Security
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) PowerShell
1 5 (19.23%) Python
2 4 (15.38%) Bash
3 1 (3.85%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 17 (65.38%) CISSP
2 14 (53.85%) Security Cleared
3 12 (46.15%) CompTIA Security+
4 11 (42.31%) CISM
4 11 (42.31%) GIAC
5 10 (38.46%) OSCP
6 9 (34.62%) DV Cleared
7 6 (23.08%) SC Cleared
8 5 (19.23%) CompTIA CySA+
9 4 (15.38%) CREST Certified
9 4 (15.38%) GREM
10 3 (11.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (11.54%) CCSP
10 3 (11.54%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (11.54%) SANS
11 2 (7.69%) Degree
12 1 (3.85%) CCNA
12 1 (3.85%) CISA
12 1 (3.85%) GCIH
12 1 (3.85%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (38.46%) NIST
2 8 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (19.23%) NIST 800
4 3 (11.54%) NCSC
4 3 (11.54%) PCI DSS
5 2 (7.69%) FIPS 140-2
5 2 (7.69%) GDPR
6 1 (3.85%) COBIT
6 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (3.85%) GRC
6 1 (3.85%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) CASB
1 2 (7.69%) Nessus
2 1 (3.85%) CSIRT
2 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.85%) Nmap
2 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) Tenable
2 9 (34.62%) Splunk
3 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
4 2 (7.69%) Cisco
4 2 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 2 (7.69%) Thales
5 1 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (3.85%) Darktrace
5 1 (3.85%) Google
5 1 (3.85%) Proofpoint
5 1 (3.85%) Qualys
5 1 (3.85%) Rapid7