Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 807 778 1059
Rank change year-on-year -29 +281 -253
Permanent jobs citing OSCP 107 174 178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.18% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.39% 0.54% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 74 102 102
10th Percentile £47,500 £32,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,000 £53,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% -12.50% -9.68%
75th Percentile £75,000 £84,375 £87,500
90th Percentile - £93,250 £101,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £42,500 £66,250
% change year-on-year +29.41% -35.85% +32.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

OSCP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,701 32,451 45,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.99% 33.33% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 17,227 14,614 19,248
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

OSCP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing OSCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for OSCP in the UK

OSCP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OSCP.

Salary trend for OSCP in the UK

OSCP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSCP over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for OSCP in the UK

OSCP
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSCP within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +39 85 £65,000 +1.56% 38
UK excluding London -81 51 £55,000 +29.41% 22
Work from Home +11 39 £56,250 -13.46% 28
London +135 33 £70,000 -17.65% 17
Midlands -4 16 £55,000 -17.91% 7
North of England +43 15 £57,500 +64.29% 8
South West -25 15 - - 5
West Midlands +9 11 £55,000 -17.91% 7
North West +11 9 £57,500 - 4
Yorkshire +69 6 £65,000 +85.71% 4
East Midlands -12 5 - -
South East -10 4 £65,000 +30.00% 1
Northern Ireland +17 1 - -

OSCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.87%) IIS
1 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.93%) Apache
2 1 (0.93%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 24 (22.43%) AWS
2 23 (21.50%) Azure
3 10 (9.35%) GCP
4 4 (3.74%) Serverless
5 3 (2.80%) PaaS
6 2 (1.87%) SaaS
7 1 (0.93%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.93%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (14.95%) Wireless
2 13 (12.15%) Firewall
3 10 (9.35%) LAN
4 7 (6.54%) Wireshark
5 5 (4.67%) Network Security
6 4 (3.74%) TCP/IP
7 3 (2.80%) Wireless Security
8 2 (1.87%) Internet
8 2 (1.87%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.93%) HTTP
9 1 (0.93%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.93%) NGFW
9 1 (0.93%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.93%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.87%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (11.21%) Metasploit
2 9 (8.41%) Burp Suite
General
1 47 (43.93%) Social Skills
2 18 (16.82%) Presentation Skills
3 16 (14.95%) Public Sector
4 15 (14.02%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (10.28%) Marketing
5 11 (10.28%) Retail
6 10 (9.35%) Legal
7 9 (8.41%) Law
8 6 (5.61%) Banking
9 5 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (3.74%) Finance
10 4 (3.74%) Games
11 1 (0.93%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.93%) Military
Job Titles
1 59 (55.14%) Penetration Tester
1 59 (55.14%) Tester
2 17 (15.89%) Senior
3 14 (13.08%) Security Penetration Tester
3 14 (13.08%) Security Tester
4 13 (12.15%) Lead
5 12 (11.21%) Analyst
5 12 (11.21%) Architect
5 12 (11.21%) Consultant
5 12 (11.21%) Security Architect
5 12 (11.21%) Security Consultant
6 10 (9.35%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 10 (9.35%) Security Technical Architect
6 10 (9.35%) Senior Penetration Tester
6 10 (9.35%) Senior Tester
6 10 (9.35%) Technical Architect
7 9 (8.41%) Security Analyst
8 8 (7.48%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 8 (7.48%) Team Leader
9 7 (6.54%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.93%) OAuth
1 1 (0.93%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (18.69%) Security Posture
2 16 (14.95%) Cyberattack
2 16 (14.95%) Onboarding
3 14 (13.08%) Mobile App
4 10 (9.35%) Data Centre
4 10 (9.35%) iPhone
4 10 (9.35%) Management Information System
5 8 (7.48%) IoT
6 5 (4.67%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.80%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.80%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.87%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.87%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.87%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.93%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.93%) PKI
9 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (13.08%) Windows
2 10 (9.35%) Linux
3 9 (8.41%) Kali Linux
4 5 (4.67%) Android
4 5 (4.67%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.80%) Unix
6 2 (1.87%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (80.37%) Cybersecurity
2 72 (67.29%) Penetration Testing
3 52 (48.60%) Information Security
4 34 (31.78%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (23.36%) Incident Response
5 25 (23.36%) Threat Modelling
6 24 (22.43%) Offensive Security
6 24 (22.43%) Security Testing
7 22 (20.56%) OWASP
7 22 (20.56%) Red Team
7 22 (20.56%) Security Architecture
8 21 (19.63%) Cloud Security
9 18 (16.82%) Application Security
10 17 (15.89%) Data Privacy
11 16 (14.95%) Ethical Hacking
12 14 (13.08%) Social Engineering
13 13 (12.15%) Risk Analysis
13 13 (12.15%) Roadmaps
13 13 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
14 12 (11.21%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 18 (16.82%) Python
2 10 (9.35%) Bash
3 9 (8.41%) Java
4 5 (4.67%) Go
4 5 (4.67%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.74%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.87%) C#
6 2 (1.87%) SQL
7 1 (0.93%) C++
Qualifications
1 39 (36.45%) CREST Certified
2 32 (29.91%) CISSP
3 29 (27.10%) CEH
4 26 (24.30%) CHECK Team Member
5 23 (21.50%) SC Cleared
5 23 (21.50%) Security Cleared
6 22 (20.56%) Degree
7 18 (16.82%) CISM
8 16 (14.95%) AWS Certification
9 11 (10.28%) Azure Certification
10 10 (9.35%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (9.35%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (9.35%) OSCE
11 8 (7.48%) CompTIA Security+
11 8 (7.48%) GIAC
12 7 (6.54%) CHECK Team Leader
13 6 (5.61%) Cyber Scheme
13 6 (5.61%) GPEN
13 6 (5.61%) PCI QSA
13 6 (5.61%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (13.08%) GRC
2 13 (12.15%) NIST
3 7 (6.54%) PCI DSS
4 6 (5.61%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (3.74%) GDPR
7 2 (1.87%) QA
8 1 (0.93%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (10.28%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.87%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.93%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (9.35%) Nessus
2 9 (8.41%) Nmap
3 7 (6.54%) CSIRT
4 5 (4.67%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.80%) CASB
6 1 (0.93%) Ansible
6 1 (0.93%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (6.54%) Qualys
2 5 (4.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.80%) VMware
4 2 (1.87%) Cisco
4 2 (1.87%) Citrix
5 1 (0.93%) Imperva
5 1 (0.93%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.93%) Zscaler