The first table below looks at the demand for OSCP in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OSCP over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
Rank 849 - 864
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing OSCP 15 0 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.014% - 0.005%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.050% - 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
Average salary £45,000 - £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 - £57,500
All Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
29939 34010 32034
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.52% 27.73% 26.20%
Number of salaries quoted 24086 28944 26762
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%

OSCP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing OSCP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

OSCP Jobs Demand Trend

OSCP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing OSCP within the UK.

OSCP Salary Trend

OSCP
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSCP within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England - 15 £45,000 -
Yorkshire - 12 - -
West Yorkshire - 12 - -
South East - 3 £45,000 -
Oxfordshire - 3 £45,000 -
Oxford - 3 £45,000 -

OSCP
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing OSCP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited OSCP.

1 16 (100.00%) CISSP
1 16 (100.00%) CISA
1 16 (100.00%) CISM
1 16 (100.00%) Firewall
1 16 (100.00%) Wireless
1 16 (100.00%) GCIH
1 16 (100.00%) CEH
1 16 (100.00%) Network Design
1 16 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 16 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 16 (100.00%) Degree
1 16 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 16 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 16 (100.00%) HIPAA
1 16 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 16 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 16 (100.00%) Open Source
1 16 (100.00%) GWAPT
1 16 (100.00%) GPEN
1 16 (100.00%) OSCE
1 16 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 12 (75.00%) Data Protection

OSCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing OSCP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited OSCP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 16 (100.00%) Firewall
1 16 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 16 (100.00%) Tester
1 16 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 16 (100.00%) Security Tester
Miscellaneous
1 16 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 16 (100.00%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Network Design
1 16 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 16 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 16 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 16 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 16 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 16 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 12 (75.00%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) CISSP
1 16 (100.00%) CISA
1 16 (100.00%) CISM
1 16 (100.00%) GCIH
1 16 (100.00%) CEH
1 16 (100.00%) Degree
1 16 (100.00%) GWAPT
1 16 (100.00%) GPEN
1 16 (100.00%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (100.00%) HIPAA
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