OSCP Contracts in Berkshire

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 102 114
Rank change year-on-year +12 +12 -
Contract jobs citing OSCP 3 22 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.26% 1.11% 0.055%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.71% 2.46% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £570
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile £540 - -
South East median daily rate £525 - £570
% change year-on-year - - +20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

OSCP 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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 423 893 581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 36.06% 45.01% 32.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 431 341
10th Percentile £313 £206 £349
25th Percentile £450 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £656 £625 £635
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
South East median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 82 39
10th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £20.70
25th Percentile £59.44 £52.90 £50.45
Median hourly rate £66.87 £61.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.56% -5.23% +208.79%
75th Percentile £79.30 £75.24 £75.38
90th Percentile £88.73 £87.46 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
% change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for OSCP in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for OSCP in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSCP within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Reading +30 3 £500 - 6
OSCP
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Amazon ECS
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Burp Suite
1 2 (66.67%) Metasploit
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Penetration Tester
1 2 (66.67%) Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Cryptography
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) OWASP
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (66.67%) Reverse Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) GPEN
1 2 (66.67%) GWAPT
1 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
1 2 (66.67%) OSCE
2 1 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (33.33%) CCSP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GDPR
1 2 (66.67%) HIPAA
1 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Rapid7