OSCP Contracts in Central London

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 - 169
Rank change year-on-year - - +25
Contract jobs citing OSCP 2 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.10% - 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.41% - 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £434 - -
25th Percentile £447 - £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - £490
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.33%
75th Percentile £522 - £738
90th Percentile £531 - £745
London median daily rate £500 £500 £725
% change year-on-year - -31.03% +31.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 489 496 770
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 24.47% 20.32% 20.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 315 450
10th Percentile £365 £366 £325
25th Percentile £456 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £568
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -7.49% +3.18%
75th Percentile £666 £644 £700
90th Percentile £763 £775 £820
London median daily rate £525 £543 £575
% change year-on-year -3.36% -5.52% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 5
10th Percentile £24.16 £20.22 £18.06
25th Percentile £27.39 £21.41 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.99 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.87% -49.54% +13.19%
75th Percentile £63.75 £39.56 £53.75
90th Percentile £85.50 £54.38 £71.75
London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.25 £47.50
% change year-on-year +15.13% -46.84% +6.74%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for OSCP in Central London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for OSCP in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSCP within the Central London region over the 6 months to 2 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
City of London - 2 £488 - 7
OSCP
London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (50.00%) QA Leader
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (50.00%) OWASP
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bash
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) GIAC
2 1 (50.00%) GPEN
2 1 (50.00%) GXPN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) QA