CEH Contracts in the UK excluding London

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CEH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 370 400
Rank change year-on-year +71 +30 +89
Contract jobs citing CEH 35 24 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.12% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.77% 0.31% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 14 37
10th Percentile £281 £550 £470
25th Percentile £503 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £688 £649 £675
90th Percentile £750 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 10
10th Percentile - - £60.98
25th Percentile £51.25 - £62.75
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £70.25
75th Percentile £53.75 - £77.50
90th Percentile - - £77.98
UK median hourly rate £52.50 - £70.25
% change year-on-year - - +6.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,548 7,661 7,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.60% 37.01% 33.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,780 4,410 5,340
10th Percentile £210 £269 £280
25th Percentile £390 £425 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £531 £530
Median % change year-on-year -5.79% +0.19% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £688 £725 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 412 936 667
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.60 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £16.50 £19.96
Median hourly rate £40.72 £40.94 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% -18.12% +54.46%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £80.09 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +28.57%

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for CEH in the UK excluding London

CEH
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for CEH in the UK excluding London

CEH
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CEH in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CEH in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CEH in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for CEH in the UK excluding London

CEH
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
South East +46 14 £500 -16.67% 17
Midlands +25 10 £563 -12.79% 5
West Midlands +20 10 £563 -12.79% 4
South West +23 4 £750 +36.36% 9
North of England +9 4 £715 +10.00% 14
Scotland - 4 £713 - 13
Yorkshire +6 2 £715 +10.00% 5
North West - 2 £715 - 8
CEH
UK

CEH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 3 (8.57%) Confluence
2 2 (5.71%) TPMS
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.14%) Azure
2 5 (14.29%) AWS
2 5 (14.29%) GCP
3 2 (5.71%) Akamai
3 2 (5.71%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (5.71%) Cloudflare
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.86%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (2.86%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (25.71%) Firewall
2 4 (11.43%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (11.43%) Network Security
3 2 (5.71%) VPN
4 1 (2.86%) BGP
4 1 (2.86%) DNS
4 1 (2.86%) LAN
4 1 (2.86%) SD-WAN
4 1 (2.86%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.86%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.57%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) GitLab
1 4 (11.43%) Jenkins
2 3 (8.57%) Git
2 3 (8.57%) JIRA
2 3 (8.57%) JMeter
2 3 (8.57%) Postman
2 3 (8.57%) REST Assured
2 3 (8.57%) Selenium
2 3 (8.57%) TestNG
2 3 (8.57%) Travis CI
3 1 (2.86%) SonarQube
General
1 16 (45.71%) Social Skills
2 11 (31.43%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (31.43%) Banking
3 2 (5.71%) Aerospace
3 2 (5.71%) Finance
3 2 (5.71%) Legal
3 2 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (5.71%) Retail Banking
4 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Financial Institution
4 1 (2.86%) Local Government
4 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (37.14%) Architect
2 11 (31.43%) Consultant
2 11 (31.43%) Security Architect
3 10 (28.57%) Security Consultant
4 8 (22.86%) DevSecOps Architect
4 8 (22.86%) DevSecOps Consultant
5 3 (8.57%) Information Assurance Specialist
5 3 (8.57%) Information Specialist
5 3 (8.57%) Security Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Security Specialist
6 2 (5.71%) Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Security Officer
6 2 (5.71%) Senior
6 2 (5.71%) SOC Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Tester
7 1 (2.86%) Firewall Architect
7 1 (2.86%) Head of Cybersecurity
7 1 (2.86%) Lead
7 1 (2.86%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.71%) Hybrid Cloud
1 9 (25.71%) Private Cloud
2 8 (22.86%) Security Posture
3 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.71%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (5.71%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (5.71%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.86%) CESG
5 1 (2.86%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.86%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.86%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (2.86%) NHS
5 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.86%) PKI
5 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.71%) Windows
2 1 (2.86%) Linux
2 1 (2.86%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (65.71%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 13 (37.14%) DevOps
3 13 (37.14%) DevSecOps
4 12 (34.29%) OWASP
4 12 (34.29%) SIEM
5 11 (31.43%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (31.43%) Security Management
6 9 (25.71%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (22.86%) Network Architecture
7 8 (22.86%) Risk Management
8 7 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
9 6 (17.14%) CI/CD
9 6 (17.14%) Computer Science
9 6 (17.14%) Information Security
9 6 (17.14%) Penetration Testing
9 6 (17.14%) Security Testing
10 5 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 5 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
10 5 (14.29%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.71%) Python
2 5 (14.29%) Bash
3 4 (11.43%) PowerShell
4 2 (5.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (100.00%) CISSP
2 23 (65.71%) CISM
3 12 (34.29%) OSCP
4 10 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (25.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 9 (25.71%) CCSP
6 8 (22.86%) Degree
7 6 (17.14%) CISA
7 6 (17.14%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (11.43%) GIAC
10 3 (8.57%) ISTQB
10 3 (8.57%) Master's Degree
10 3 (8.57%) Security Cleared
11 2 (5.71%) CCNA
11 2 (5.71%) GCIH
11 2 (5.71%) SANS
11 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
11 2 (5.71%) SSCP
12 1 (2.86%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (54.29%) NIST
2 12 (34.29%) PCI DSS
3 10 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (22.86%) COBIT
5 6 (17.14%) GDPR
6 3 (8.57%) HIPAA
6 3 (8.57%) QA
7 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (2.86%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (2.86%) GRC
7 1 (2.86%) ISO 31000
7 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (2.86%) JSP 440
7 1 (2.86%) NCSC
7 1 (2.86%) NIST 800
7 1 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (8.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (11.43%) Kubernetes
2 3 (8.57%) Kibana
3 2 (5.71%) QRadar
4 1 (2.86%) CASB
4 1 (2.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft
1 3 (8.57%) Splunk
2 2 (5.71%) F5
2 2 (5.71%) Imperva
2 2 (5.71%) Proofpoint
3 1 (2.86%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (2.86%) CyberArk
3 1 (2.86%) Forcepoint
3 1 (2.86%) Google
3 1 (2.86%) Qualys
3 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow