CEH Contracts in the South East

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for CEH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 185 203
Rank change year-on-year +34 +18 +55
Contract jobs citing CEH 13 2 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.37% 0.040% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.91% 0.089% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 7
10th Percentile £413 - £470
25th Percentile - - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £550 - £525
90th Percentile £618 - £585
England median daily rate £525 £600 £626
% change year-on-year -12.50% -4.15% +13.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £53.50 - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +13.98%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,423 2,239 2,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.68% 44.91% 37.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 930 1,392 1,300
10th Percentile £250 £350 £300
25th Percentile £413 £445 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £621
90th Percentile £664 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +2.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 184 123
10th Percentile £18.87 £17.86 £20.05
25th Percentile £20.66 £33.10 £49.87
Median hourly rate £28.00 £57.35 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.18% -4.42% +33.33%
75th Percentile £68.79 £70.39 £73.05
90th Percentile £82.00 £87.46 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £55.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% -16.04% +24.84%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing CEH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for CEH in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CEH in the South East.

Daily rate trend for CEH in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CEH in the South East over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CEH in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CEH within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
Thames Valley +18 9 £500 - 22
Berkshire +19 6 £525 - 13
Buckinghamshire - 3 £500 - 6
Kent - 2 £475 - 4
Surrey - 2 - - 4
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (15.38%) TPMS
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) AWS
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) GCP
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) Firewall
2 4 (30.77%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (15.38%) Network Security
3 2 (15.38%) VPN
4 1 (7.69%) BGP
4 1 (7.69%) DNS
4 1 (7.69%) LAN
4 1 (7.69%) SD-WAN
4 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
4 1 (7.69%) WAN
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Aerospace
4 1 (7.69%) Legal
4 1 (7.69%) Local Government
4 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Information Assurance Specialist
2 2 (15.38%) Information Specialist
2 2 (15.38%) Security Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Security Officer
2 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Information Officer
3 1 (7.69%) Information Security Officer
3 1 (7.69%) IT Security Officer
3 1 (7.69%) Security Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Security Posture
2 2 (15.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (15.38%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (15.38%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (7.69%) Cyberattack
3 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) NHS
3 1 (7.69%) PKI
3 1 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (76.92%) Incident Response
2 9 (69.23%) SIEM
3 5 (38.46%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (38.46%) Security Operations
3 5 (38.46%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (23.08%) SOAR
4 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (15.38%) Communications Security
5 2 (15.38%) Cryptography
5 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
5 2 (15.38%) Data Security
5 2 (15.38%) Information Assurance
5 2 (15.38%) Information Security
5 2 (15.38%) Security Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
5 2 (15.38%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Python
2 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
2 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) CISSP
2 6 (46.15%) CISM
3 4 (30.77%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (23.08%) GCIH
5 2 (15.38%) Degree
5 2 (15.38%) ECSA
5 2 (15.38%) GCFA
5 2 (15.38%) GCIA
5 2 (15.38%) GIAC
5 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
5 2 (15.38%) SANS
5 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
6 1 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (7.69%) CCNP
6 1 (7.69%) CCSK
6 1 (7.69%) CCSP
6 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (7.69%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (23.08%) NIST
3 2 (15.38%) GDPR
4 1 (7.69%) HIPAA
4 1 (7.69%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) QRadar
2 1 (7.69%) CASB
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Splunk
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 2 (15.38%) IBM
3 2 (15.38%) Proofpoint
4 1 (7.69%) CyberArk
4 1 (7.69%) Forcepoint
4 1 (7.69%) Google