OSCP Contract Job Trends 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 19 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 - 99
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OSCP 7 0 16
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.56% - 0.90%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.55% - 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £405 - -
25th Percentile £407 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £459 - -
90th Percentile £503 - -
South East median daily rate £425 £672 -
% change year-on-year -36.76% - -

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 452 659 733
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 36.45% 40.55% 41.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 358 437
10th Percentile £255 £294 £210
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £558 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.39% +6.29% -
75th Percentile £575 £644 £625
90th Percentile £638 £721 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £537
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.23% +2.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 55 53
10th Percentile £20.43 £41.25 £41.59
25th Percentile £25.95 £55.87 £54.56
Median hourly rate £40.44 £61.60 £63.91
Median % change year-on-year -34.36% -3.61% +171.94%
75th Percentile £79.63 £75.13 £73.59
90th Percentile £88.87 £100.00 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -58.08% - +33.33%

OSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OSCP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

OSCP job vacancy trend in Berkshire

OSCP
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing OSCP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing OSCP

OSCP
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 19 October 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
Wokingham - 7 £425 - 2
OSCP
South East

OSCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 7 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 7 (100.00%) Tester
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Kali Linux
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 7 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 7 (100.00%) OWASP
1 7 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 7 (100.00%) Red Team
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Bash
1 7 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 7 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CEH
1 7 (100.00%) GPEN
2 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 7 (100.00%) Nmap