CEH Contracts in the Thames Valley

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

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

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 - 140
Rank change year-on-year - - +34
DemandTrendContract jobs citing CEH 12 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.72% - 0.071%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.11% - 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 1
10th Percentile £339 - -
25th Percentile £350 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.52%
75th Percentile £500 - £488
90th Percentile £540 - -
South East median daily rate £473 - £500
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 568 923 1,039
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 34.30% 40.82% 37.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 539 675
10th Percentile £250 £325 £301
25th Percentile £407 £429 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +6.80% +3.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £615
90th Percentile £700 £735 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 76 49
10th Percentile £18.77 £24.29 £15.80
25th Percentile £25.15 £50.89 £32.32
Median hourly rate £26.90 £61.60 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.33% +4.41% +180.95%
75th Percentile £66.19 £75.80 £73.59
90th Percentile £88.87 £97.50 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £26.65 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year -53.53% -4.42% +33.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing CEH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for CEH in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CEH.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CEH

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CEH in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CEH in the Thames Valley

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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CEH within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 27 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire - 9 £380 - 11
Buckinghamshire - 3 £500 - 5
CEH
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) Network Security
2 3 (25.00%) Firewall
3 2 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 9 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) SIEM Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Security Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Network Support
4 1 (8.33%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Security Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Security Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Cyber Security Posture
1 4 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 2 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (8.33%) Clustering
3 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 12 (100.00%) SIEM
2 10 (83.33%) Incident Response
3 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (50.00%) Threat Detection
4 5 (41.67%) Analytical Thinking
4 5 (41.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 5 (41.67%) Security Operations
4 5 (41.67%) Threat Intelligence
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Data Security
5 2 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (16.67%) SOAR
5 2 (16.67%) Threat Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (8.33%) Ethical Hacking
6 1 (8.33%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
6 1 (8.33%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) Python
2 6 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (8.33%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) CISSP
2 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
2 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) GIAC
4 3 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (25.00%) GCIH
5 2 (16.67%) CISM
5 2 (16.67%) ECSA
5 2 (16.67%) GCFA
5 2 (16.67%) GCIA
6 1 (8.33%) CCNA
6 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (50.00%) QRadar
2 1 (8.33%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (8.33%) Kibana
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Splunk
2 4 (33.33%) ArcSight
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (16.67%) FireEye
4 2 (16.67%) IBM
4 2 (16.67%) Proofpoint
4 2 (16.67%) Tanium
5 1 (8.33%) Cisco
5 1 (8.33%) SolarWinds