OSCE Contracts in Cardiff

Offensive Security Certified Expert (OSCE)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff with a requirement for OSCE 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 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OSCE 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 1.25% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
South Wales median daily rate £650 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cardiff

OSCE 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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 60 41 75
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 37.50% 19.34% 22.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 36 60
10th Percentile £213 £211 £201
25th Percentile £305 £433 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £515 £549
Median % change year-on-year -22.33% -6.19% +9.80%
75th Percentile £479 £617 £591
90th Percentile £596 £650 £626
South Wales median daily rate £400 £550 £549
% change year-on-year -27.27% +0.18% -0.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 £11.03 £16.22
Median hourly rate £52.50 £11.64 £16.45
Median % change year-on-year +351.03% -29.22% -26.91%
75th Percentile £53.75 £12.25 £16.67
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £23.93 £18.14
% change year-on-year -5.98% +31.92% -60.78%

OSCE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) IaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (50.00%) IoT
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Red Team
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Offensive Security
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CREST Certified