CEH Contracts in London

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 372 426 549
Rank change year-on-year +54 +123 -61
Contract jobs citing CEH 28 56 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.16% 0.22% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.67% 1.03% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 44 41
10th Percentile £396 £436 £425
25th Percentile £400 £591 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £800 £515
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +55.34% -3.96%
75th Percentile £641 £847 £625
90th Percentile £754 £875 £665
England median daily rate £600 £600 £550
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +2.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,184 5,456 6,739
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.67% 21.69% 17.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,872 3,745 4,671
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £767 £800 £750
England median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 89 148
10th Percentile £14.49 £19.23 £24.18
25th Percentile £20.22 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.00 £51.50 £44.13
Median % change year-on-year -51.46% +16.71% +17.67%
75th Percentile £42.75 £70.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.60 £87.50 £65.32
England median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%

CEH
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for CEH in London

CEH
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for CEH in London

CEH
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CEH in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CEH in London

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Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
Central London +36 2 £700 - 2
West London +11 1 £550 -35.29% 7
CEH
England

CEH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 2 (7.14%) Confluence
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.57%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 6 (21.43%) Azure
2 3 (10.71%) AWS
3 2 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (7.14%) GitHub
3 2 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.57%) GCP
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (28.57%) Network Security
2 4 (14.29%) Firewall
3 2 (7.14%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (7.14%) DNS
3 2 (7.14%) HTTP
3 2 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (7.14%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.57%) DHCP
4 1 (3.57%) FTP
4 1 (3.57%) HTTPS
4 1 (3.57%) Internet
4 1 (3.57%) Kerberos
4 1 (3.57%) SNMP
4 1 (3.57%) tcpdump
4 1 (3.57%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) MySQL
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Database
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Jenkins
1 2 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 12 (42.86%) Finance
2 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (14.29%) Retail
5 2 (7.14%) Banking
5 2 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 2 (7.14%) Multimedia
6 1 (3.57%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.57%) Legal
6 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (32.14%) Security Engineer
2 6 (21.43%) Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Architect
3 4 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Security Architect
4 3 (10.71%) Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Security Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Network Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Penetration Tester
5 2 (7.14%) Security Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) SOC Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Tester
6 1 (3.57%) Applications Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Azure Security Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Information Officer
6 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 1 (3.57%) Security Compliance Specialist
6 1 (3.57%) Security Specialist
6 1 (3.57%) SOC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) Regular Expression
2 1 (3.57%) JSON
2 1 (3.57%) RESTful
2 1 (3.57%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Security Posture
2 4 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (10.71%) Cyberattack
3 3 (10.71%) Mobile App
4 2 (7.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
4 2 (7.14%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.57%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.57%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (3.57%) IoT
5 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Linux
1 2 (7.14%) Unix
2 1 (3.57%) CentOS
2 1 (3.57%) Ubuntu
2 1 (3.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (64.29%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (42.86%) SIEM
3 11 (39.29%) Computer Science
4 9 (32.14%) Penetration Testing
5 7 (25.00%) Information Security
6 6 (21.43%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 5 (17.86%) Secure Coding
7 5 (17.86%) Security Operations
8 4 (14.29%) Cloud Security
8 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
9 3 (10.71%) Agile
9 3 (10.71%) Application Security
9 3 (10.71%) DevOps
9 3 (10.71%) Ethical Hacking
9 3 (10.71%) Risk Analysis
9 3 (10.71%) Risk Assessment
9 3 (10.71%) Risk Management
9 3 (10.71%) Security Architecture
9 3 (10.71%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) Python
2 2 (7.14%) Bash
2 2 (7.14%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.14%) SQL
3 1 (3.57%) Bicep
3 1 (3.57%) Perl
Qualifications
1 26 (92.86%) CISSP
2 14 (50.00%) CISM
3 13 (46.43%) Degree
4 11 (39.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (21.43%) GIAC
6 4 (14.29%) CCSP
6 4 (14.29%) CISA
6 4 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (14.29%) CREST Certified
6 4 (14.29%) Master's Degree
6 4 (14.29%) SANS
7 3 (10.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (10.71%) CCNP
7 3 (10.71%) OSCP
8 2 (7.14%) CCNA
8 2 (7.14%) GCIA
8 2 (7.14%) GCIH
8 2 (7.14%) GPEN
8 2 (7.14%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.00%) NIST
2 5 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (7.14%) COBIT
3 2 (7.14%) GDPR
3 2 (7.14%) ISO 22301
3 2 (7.14%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.57%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (3.57%) GRC
4 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (3.57%) NIST 800
4 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Ansible
1 2 (7.14%) Host Intrusion Detection System
1 2 (7.14%) Nessus
1 2 (7.14%) Terraform
2 1 (3.57%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (3.57%) CSIRT
2 1 (3.57%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.86%) Cisco
3 3 (10.71%) Qualys
4 2 (7.14%) AlienVault
4 2 (7.14%) ArcSight
4 2 (7.14%) Carbon Black
4 2 (7.14%) LogRhythm
4 2 (7.14%) Symantec
5 1 (3.57%) Atlassian
5 1 (3.57%) Google
5 1 (3.57%) Oracle
5 1 (3.57%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.57%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.57%) SAP