Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
West Midlands > Birmingham
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 67 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing OSCP | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham | - | 0.14% | - |
| As % of the Qualifications category | - | 0.67% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £1,342 | £674 | £750 |
| % change year-on-year | +99.26% | -10.20% | - |
All Academic and Professional Certifications
Birmingham
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 Birmingham.
| Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications | 215 | 149 | 214 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham | 32.87% | 21.16% | 27.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 143 | 84 | 123 |
| 10th Percentile | £250 | £165 | £221 |
| 25th Percentile | £381 | £375 | £388 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £525 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.52% | +16.67% | -10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £548 | £656 | £603 |
| 90th Percentile | £617 | £765 | £700 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £515 | £538 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.28% | +2.38% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 19 | 6 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.30 | £20.88 | £43.75 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £22.33 | £60.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.87 | £38.06 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -50.42% | -41.44% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £51.88 | £67.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £33.03 | £54.88 | £68.63 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £25.15 | £35.00 | £34.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.14% | +1.45% | +42.27% |
OSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OSCP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
