CEH Contracts 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 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 320 372 427
Rank change year-on-year +52 +55 +113
Contract jobs citing CEH 26 27 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.20% 0.15% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.78% 0.66% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 19 48
10th Percentile £425 £351 £451
25th Percentile £508 £400 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £800
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -31.25% +48.15%
75th Percentile £588 £644 £838
90th Percentile £765 £758 £875
England median daily rate £525 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +7.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £52.50 - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +13.98%

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 3,332 4,117 5,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.97% 23.56% 21.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,236 2,826 3,730
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £436 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.82%
75th Percentile £660 £650 £687
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 109 82
10th Percentile £18.32 £15.19 £19.46
25th Percentile £24.83 £20.50 £23.31
Median hourly rate £26.32 £25.50 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.22% -52.78% +25.23%
75th Percentile £51.08 £42.75 £71.88
90th Percentile £66.73 £68.15 £87.50
England median hourly rate £28.60 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -32.71% -22.73% +32.53%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CEH in London.

Daily rate trend for CEH in London

CEH
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CEH in London over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily 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 30 June 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 +10 5 £488 -30.36% 17
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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (53.85%) AWS
1 14 (53.85%) Azure
2 8 (30.77%) GCP
3 3 (11.54%) Akamai
3 3 (11.54%) Cloudflare
4 1 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.85%) Cloud Functions
4 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.85%) GitHub
4 1 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (3.85%) Serverless
4 1 (3.85%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 12 (46.15%) Firewall
2 8 (30.77%) HTTP
3 7 (26.92%) Network Security
4 3 (11.54%) DNS
4 3 (11.54%) HTTPS
4 3 (11.54%) TCP/IP
5 2 (7.69%) SMTP
6 1 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (3.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Burp Suite
1 1 (3.85%) Git
1 1 (3.85%) Jenkins
1 1 (3.85%) Metasploit
General
1 13 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (34.62%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (26.92%) Finance
4 4 (15.38%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.69%) Legal
5 2 (7.69%) Military
6 1 (3.85%) Banking
6 1 (3.85%) Electronics
6 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.85%) Marketing
6 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Analyst
2 6 (23.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 6 (23.08%) Security Analyst
3 5 (19.23%) Security Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) SOC Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Applications Architect
5 3 (11.54%) Architect
5 3 (11.54%) Security Architect
6 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Operational Security Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Operations Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Penetration Tester
6 2 (7.69%) Security Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Security Operations Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Senior
6 2 (7.69%) Tester
7 1 (3.85%) Lead
7 1 (3.85%) Platform Integration Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Splunk Consultant
7 1 (3.85%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) .NET
1 3 (11.54%) React
2 1 (3.85%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (3.85%) Node.js
2 1 (3.85%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) Security Posture
2 2 (7.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.85%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.85%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (3.85%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Linux
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 12 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (42.31%) SIEM
4 11 (42.31%) Vulnerability Management
5 10 (38.46%) Security Operations
6 9 (34.62%) Information Security
7 8 (30.77%) Application Security
7 8 (30.77%) Penetration Testing
8 7 (26.92%) Cloud Security
8 7 (26.92%) SOAR
9 6 (23.08%) Computer Science
9 6 (23.08%) OWASP
10 5 (19.23%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 5 (19.23%) Security Testing
10 5 (19.23%) Threat Modelling
11 4 (15.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 4 (15.38%) DevOps
11 4 (15.38%) Forensic Analysis
11 4 (15.38%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 15 (57.69%) Python
2 13 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 10 (38.46%) Bash
4 6 (23.08%) Java
5 3 (11.54%) Perl
5 3 (11.54%) PHP
5 3 (11.54%) TypeScript
6 2 (7.69%) C++
6 2 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (3.85%) Groovy
7 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
7 1 (3.85%) Search Processing Language
7 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (73.08%) CISSP
2 10 (38.46%) OSCP
3 7 (26.92%) CompTIA Security+
4 6 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (23.08%) Degree
5 4 (15.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (11.54%) CCNA
6 3 (11.54%) CCSP
6 3 (11.54%) CompTIA CySA+
6 3 (11.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (11.54%) CREST Certified
6 3 (11.54%) GCIH
6 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
6 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
6 3 (11.54%) SSCP
7 2 (7.69%) CISM
7 2 (7.69%) GCIA
7 2 (7.69%) GIAC
8 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
8 1 (3.85%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (34.62%) NIST
2 7 (26.92%) GDPR
2 7 (26.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (19.23%) HIPAA
4 4 (15.38%) PCI DSS
5 3 (11.54%) QA
5 3 (11.54%) SLA
6 1 (3.85%) GRC
6 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (3.85%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Docker
1 1 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) CSIRT
1 2 (7.69%) Nessus
2 1 (3.85%) Ansible
2 1 (3.85%) Grafana
2 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.85%) Prometheus
2 1 (3.85%) QRadar
2 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 6 (23.08%) Google
3 5 (19.23%) Splunk
4 4 (15.38%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (15.38%) SAP
5 3 (11.54%) Imperva
5 3 (11.54%) Oracle
5 3 (11.54%) Salesforce
5 3 (11.54%) ServiceNow
6 2 (7.69%) Tenable
7 1 (3.85%) Cisco
7 1 (3.85%) CyberArk
7 1 (3.85%) Darktrace
7 1 (3.85%) Exabeam
7 1 (3.85%) Palo Alto