CEH Contracts with Work from Home Options

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for CEH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 321 394 563
Rank change year-on-year +73 +169 -71
Contract jobs citing CEH 20 63 60
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.14% 0.26% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.52% 1.05% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 57 48
10th Percentile £446 £470 £421
25th Percentile £525 £486 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £633 £800 £625
90th Percentile £650 £875 £700
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £550
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £54.00
UK median hourly rate - £75.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - +38.89% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,871 5,983 8,825
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.24% 25.06% 20.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,499 4,053 6,276
10th Percentile £331 £380 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +3.58% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 246 232
10th Percentile £15.36 £19.00 £19.04
25th Percentile £23.94 £42.50 £39.19
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £84.28 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

CEH
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing CEH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CEH trend for jobs with a WFH option

CEH
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing CEH.

CEH daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

CEH
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing CEH over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

CEH daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CEH
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing CEH.

CEH hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

CEH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (10.00%) GitHub
2 2 (10.00%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (5.00%) AWS
3 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (45.00%) Network Security
2 6 (30.00%) Firewall
3 4 (20.00%) DHCP
3 4 (20.00%) DNS
3 4 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 4 (20.00%) VLAN
3 4 (20.00%) VPN
4 3 (15.00%) Wireless
5 2 (10.00%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (5.00%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (50.00%) Finance
2 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (10.00%) Multimedia
4 2 (10.00%) Retail
5 1 (5.00%) Banking
5 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Law
5 1 (5.00%) Legal
5 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Security Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Security Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Penetration Tester
3 3 (15.00%) Tester
4 2 (10.00%) IT Manager
4 2 (10.00%) IT Security Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Network Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Security Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Azure Security Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Head of Operations
5 1 (5.00%) Head of Security
5 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) SOC Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Test Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Vulnerability Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 4 (20.00%) Security Posture
3 3 (15.00%) Operational Technology
4 2 (10.00%) Cyberattack
4 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
5 1 (5.00%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (5.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Linux
2 3 (15.00%) Windows
3 1 (5.00%) CentOS
3 1 (5.00%) Ubuntu
3 1 (5.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (45.00%) Information Security
3 8 (40.00%) SIEM
4 7 (35.00%) Computer Science
4 7 (35.00%) Penetration Testing
5 6 (30.00%) Risk Management
6 5 (25.00%) Decision-Making
6 5 (25.00%) Mentoring
6 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (25.00%) Project Management
7 4 (20.00%) Compliance Audit
7 4 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
7 4 (20.00%) Project Planning
7 4 (20.00%) Roadmaps
7 4 (20.00%) SABSA
7 4 (20.00%) Security Architecture
7 4 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
7 4 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (20.00%) TOGAF
8 3 (15.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) Python
2 3 (15.00%) C++
2 3 (15.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (10.00%) Bash
3 2 (10.00%) SQL
4 1 (5.00%) Bicep
4 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (5.00%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 16 (80.00%) CISSP
2 13 (65.00%) CISM
3 8 (40.00%) Degree
3 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 7 (35.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (30.00%) CREST Certified
6 4 (20.00%) APMP
6 4 (20.00%) CCNA
6 4 (20.00%) CSSLP
6 4 (20.00%) PMP
6 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
7 3 (15.00%) GCIH
7 3 (15.00%) GIAC
7 3 (15.00%) GPEN
7 3 (15.00%) OSCP
7 3 (15.00%) SANS
8 2 (10.00%) CISMP
8 2 (10.00%) Master's Degree
8 2 (10.00%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (45.00%) NIST
2 4 (20.00%) COBIT
2 4 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (15.00%) PCI DSS
4 2 (10.00%) ISO 22301
5 1 (5.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Host Intrusion Detection System
1 2 (10.00%) Nessus
2 1 (5.00%) Ansible
2 1 (5.00%) Progress Chef
2 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Qualys
2 2 (10.00%) AlienVault
2 2 (10.00%) ArcSight
2 2 (10.00%) Carbon Black
2 2 (10.00%) Cisco
2 2 (10.00%) LogRhythm
2 2 (10.00%) Symantec
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (5.00%) Splunk