CEH Contracts in Scotland

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for CEH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 - 159
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CEH 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.23% - 0.074%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.88% - 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £434
25th Percentile £405 - £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 - £451
75th Percentile £415 - £465
90th Percentile - - £470
UK median daily rate £524 £594 £600
% change year-on-year -11.79% -1.04% +11.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 452 471 601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 26.13% 24.15% 22.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 292 397
10th Percentile £181 £179 £250
25th Percentile £313 £301 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% -5.26% +1.06%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £545
90th Percentile £600 £670 £643
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 31 12
10th Percentile £16.84 £12.30 £13.07
25th Percentile £18.51 £13.38 £19.94
Median hourly rate £20.00 £17.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -64.21% -2.56%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.94 £59.90
90th Percentile £28.12 - £64.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -41.51% -23.88% +25.53%

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for CEH in Scotland

CEH
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for CEH in Scotland

CEH
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CEH within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 July 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
Edinburgh - 2 - - 4
Glasgow - 2 £410 - 3
CEH
UK

CEH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 2 (50.00%) Retail Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Engineering Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Attestation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Security
3 1 (25.00%) Event Correlation
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
2 3 (75.00%) OSCP
3 2 (50.00%) CISM
3 2 (50.00%) GCIH
3 2 (50.00%) GIAC
4 1 (25.00%) CISA
4 1 (25.00%) CRISC
4 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) GCFA
4 1 (25.00%) PCI QSA
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (25.00%) QA
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (25.00%) Qualys
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) Splunk