OSCP Contracts in London

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 374 482 585
Rank change year-on-year +108 +103 -145
Contract jobs citing OSCP 20 19 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.11% 0.070% 0.049%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.47% 0.33% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 7
10th Percentile £440 £412 £490
25th Percentile £463 £489 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £725 £550
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% +31.82% -1.35%
75th Percentile £713 £784 £575
90th Percentile £775 £806 £605
England median daily rate £600 £650 £548
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.72% +4.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,288 5,821 6,721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.21% 21.53% 17.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,898 3,924 4,558
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £574 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +4.32% +7.32%
75th Percentile £660 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 80 150
10th Percentile £14.49 £19.94 £22.85
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £26.00 £45.25 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.54% +1.69% +21.92%
75th Percentile £43.75 £64.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £69.75 £82.55 £65.84
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.40 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.66% +39.73% -3.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for OSCP in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for OSCP in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OSCP in London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for OSCP in London

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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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) Wireless
2 1 (5.00%) DHCP
2 1 (5.00%) DNS
2 1 (5.00%) FTP
2 1 (5.00%) HTTP
2 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.00%) tcpdump
2 1 (5.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 7 (35.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Analyst
1 6 (30.00%) Security Analyst
2 5 (25.00%) Penetration Tester
2 5 (25.00%) Tester
3 4 (20.00%) Consultant
4 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Ethical Hacker
5 2 (10.00%) Junior
5 2 (10.00%) Junior Consultant
5 2 (10.00%) Security Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Cyber Threat Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Incident Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Senior
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Mobile App
2 6 (30.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 5 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (20.00%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (20.00%) IoT
5 2 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (5.00%) Security Posture
6 1 (5.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 9 (45.00%) Linux
2 6 (30.00%) Windows
3 3 (15.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (65.00%) Penetration Testing
3 12 (60.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 8 (40.00%) Offensive Security
4 8 (40.00%) Red Team
5 7 (35.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 7 (35.00%) OWASP
5 7 (35.00%) Social Engineering
5 7 (35.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 7 (35.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 6 (30.00%) Threat Modelling
7 4 (20.00%) Agile
7 4 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
7 4 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
7 4 (20.00%) Risk Management
8 3 (15.00%) Cloud Security
8 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (15.00%) Cyber Intelligence
8 3 (15.00%) Security Operations
9 2 (10.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) Python
2 6 (30.00%) C#
2 6 (30.00%) Go
3 2 (10.00%) Perl
4 1 (5.00%) C
4 1 (5.00%) C++
4 1 (5.00%) Java
4 1 (5.00%) Ruby
4 1 (5.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) CISSP
1 9 (45.00%) CREST Certified
1 9 (45.00%) GIAC
2 7 (35.00%) GREM
3 6 (30.00%) CHECK Team Leader
3 6 (30.00%) GSEC
4 4 (20.00%) GPEN
5 3 (15.00%) CEH
5 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (10.00%) CCNA
6 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (10.00%) Degree
6 2 (10.00%) ECSA
6 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
7 1 (5.00%) GAWN
7 1 (5.00%) GCFE
7 1 (5.00%) GPPA
7 1 (5.00%) GXPN
7 1 (5.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (35.00%) NIST
2 4 (20.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Terraform
2 1 (5.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (5.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Cisco
1 2 (10.00%) Cybereason
2 1 (5.00%) Intel
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.00%) SAP