OSCP Contracts with Work from Home Options

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 339 457 589
Rank change year-on-year +118 +132 -116
Contract jobs citing OSCP 8 10 30
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.053% 0.040% 0.068%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.19% 0.16% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 10
10th Percentile £563 £390 £475
25th Percentile - - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £486 £555
Median % change year-on-year +23.46% -12.43% +38.75%
75th Percentile £613 - £592
90th Percentile £635 £547 £656
UK median daily rate £613 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +11.36% - +10.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,106 6,392 8,786
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.20% 25.44% 19.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,588 4,298 6,173
10th Percentile £325 £380 £369
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 280 222
10th Percentile £15.85 £19.25 £19.37
25th Percentile £25.25 £42.50 £35.63
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £48.79
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% +33.22% +21.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.81 £65.44
90th Percentile £82.84 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +12.00%

OSCP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

OSCP trend for jobs with a WFH option

OSCP
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 OSCP.

OSCP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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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 1 (12.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Burp Suite
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Penetration Tester
1 6 (75.00%) Tester
2 2 (25.00%) Applications Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Ethical Hacker
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (37.50%) Operational Technology
3 2 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (12.50%) Cyberattack
4 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
4 1 (12.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
2 3 (37.50%) Windows
3 1 (12.50%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (62.50%) Penetration Testing
1 5 (62.50%) Red Team
2 4 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 4 (50.00%) Offensive Security
3 3 (37.50%) Application Security
4 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (12.50%) Agile
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (12.50%) Information Security
5 1 (12.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 1 (12.50%) Privileged Access Management
5 1 (12.50%) Purple Team
5 1 (12.50%) Secrets Management
5 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
5 1 (12.50%) Threat Detection
5 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
5 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Python
2 3 (37.50%) C++
2 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CREST Certified
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) GIAC
3 3 (37.50%) CEH
3 3 (37.50%) GPEN
4 1 (12.50%) CHECK Team Leader
4 1 (12.50%) CHECK Team Member
4 1 (12.50%) CISSP
4 1 (12.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform