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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 354 389
Rank change year-on-year +20 +35 +164
Contract jobs citing CEH 28 30 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.21% 0.18% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.79% 0.75% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 24 44
10th Percentile £403 £363 £436
25th Percentile £487 £534 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £638 £700
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -8.93% +40.00%
75th Percentile £723 £700 £875
90th Percentile £770 £721 -
England median daily rate £525 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -16.00% - +16.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £46.45 - -
25th Percentile £47.50 - -
Median hourly rate £56.00 - -
75th Percentile £63.00 - -
90th Percentile £63.15 - -
England median hourly rate £52.50 - -

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 3,535 3,980 5,005
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.29% 24.43% 23.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,382 2,603 3,451
10th Percentile £355 £350 £355
25th Percentile £438 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £763 £788
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 56 87
10th Percentile £18.87 £18.00 £19.06
25th Percentile - £22.00 £23.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.90 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.54% -39.08% +21.20%
75th Percentile £37.81 £53.75 £65.05
90th Percentile £65.00 £66.50 £78.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £54.53
% change year-on-year -53.43% -0.97% +21.18%

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing CEH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for CEH 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 18 September 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
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 18 September 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
Central London +5 4 £625 -1.96% 10
West London - 1 £350 - 12
CEH
England

CEH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (35.71%) Azure
2 8 (28.57%) AWS
3 4 (14.29%) GCP
4 2 (7.14%) GitHub
4 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.57%) Akamai
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.57%) Cloudflare
5 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (3.57%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 12 (42.86%) Firewall
2 6 (21.43%) HTTP
2 6 (21.43%) Network Security
3 4 (14.29%) Internet
4 3 (10.71%) SSH
5 2 (7.14%) DNS
5 2 (7.14%) SMTP
5 2 (7.14%) SNMP
5 2 (7.14%) SSL
5 2 (7.14%) TCP/IP
6 1 (3.57%) DMZ
6 1 (3.57%) HTTPS
6 1 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (3.57%) SD-WAN
6 1 (3.57%) Telnet
6 1 (3.57%) VLAN
6 1 (3.57%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Git
1 2 (7.14%) JIRA
2 1 (3.57%) Burp Suite
2 1 (3.57%) Metasploit
General
1 12 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (25.00%) Finance
3 4 (14.29%) Law
4 3 (10.71%) Legal
4 3 (10.71%) Military
5 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.57%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Analyst
2 8 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 8 (28.57%) Security Analyst
3 5 (17.86%) Security Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Security Manager
4 4 (14.29%) SOC Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) Applications Architect
5 3 (10.71%) Architect
5 3 (10.71%) Security Architect
6 2 (7.14%) Cryptography Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Data Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Network Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Network Security Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Operational Security Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Operations Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Security Operations Manager
7 1 (3.57%) SOC Manager
7 1 (3.57%) Splunk Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.71%) .NET
1 3 (10.71%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (32.14%) Security Posture
2 5 (17.86%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (14.29%) Cybercrime
4 2 (7.14%) Algorithms
4 2 (7.14%) Onboarding
4 2 (7.14%) PKI
5 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.57%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 13 (46.43%) Security Operations
3 13 (46.43%) Vulnerability Management
4 12 (42.86%) SIEM
5 10 (35.71%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 10 (35.71%) Threat Intelligence
6 9 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (28.57%) Information Security
8 7 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
9 6 (21.43%) Application Security
9 6 (21.43%) Cloud Security
9 6 (21.43%) Security Architecture
9 6 (21.43%) SOAR
9 6 (21.43%) Threat Modelling
10 5 (17.86%) Cryptography
10 5 (17.86%) DevOps
10 5 (17.86%) OWASP
10 5 (17.86%) Security Testing
10 5 (17.86%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (46.43%) PowerShell
1 13 (46.43%) Python
2 9 (32.14%) Bash
3 5 (17.86%) Java
4 3 (10.71%) Perl
4 3 (10.71%) PHP
4 3 (10.71%) TypeScript
5 2 (7.14%) C++
5 2 (7.14%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (3.57%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 21 (75.00%) CISSP
2 12 (42.86%) OSCP
3 7 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (25.00%) CompTIA CySA+
4 6 (21.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 6 (21.43%) CompTIA Security+
4 6 (21.43%) GIAC
5 5 (17.86%) CISM
5 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
6 4 (14.29%) Degree
6 4 (14.29%) GREM
7 3 (10.71%) CREST Certified
7 3 (10.71%) DV Cleared
7 3 (10.71%) GCIH
7 3 (10.71%) SSCP
8 2 (7.14%) CCNA
8 2 (7.14%) CCSP
8 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
9 1 (3.57%) CISMP
9 1 (3.57%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.00%) NIST
1 7 (25.00%) PCI DSS
2 5 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (14.29%) GDPR
3 4 (14.29%) SLA
4 3 (10.71%) HIPAA
5 2 (7.14%) COBIT
5 2 (7.14%) FIPS 140-2
5 2 (7.14%) QA
6 1 (3.57%) GRC
6 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Firmware
1 1 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) CSIRT
1 2 (7.14%) Nessus
2 1 (3.57%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (3.57%) QRadar
Vendors
1 14 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (28.57%) Splunk
3 5 (17.86%) Google
3 5 (17.86%) ServiceNow
4 3 (10.71%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (10.71%) Oracle
4 3 (10.71%) Salesforce
4 3 (10.71%) SAP
4 3 (10.71%) Tenable
5 2 (7.14%) Darktrace
5 2 (7.14%) Thales
6 1 (3.57%) Cisco
6 1 (3.57%) CyberArk
6 1 (3.57%) Exabeam
6 1 (3.57%) Imperva
6 1 (3.57%) Palo Alto
6 1 (3.57%) Proofpoint
6 1 (3.57%) Qualys