OSCP Contracts in England

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 454 479 622
Rank change year-on-year +25 +143 +134
Contract jobs citing OSCP 31 63 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.17% 0.061%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.41% 0.54% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 17 23
10th Percentile £456 £458 £467
25th Percentile £500 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -7.69% +18.72%
75th Percentile £703 £650 £759
90th Percentile £750 £773 £790
UK median daily rate £675 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +12.50% -7.69% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £54.50 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,629 11,624 13,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 31.25% 27.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,849 7,135 9,365
10th Percentile £290 £306 £330
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £629 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 985 748
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.15
25th Percentile £22.39 £18.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%
75th Percentile £67.75 £62.50 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.74 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

OSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for OSCP in England

OSCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for OSCP in England

OSCP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OSCP in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for OSCP in England

OSCP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSCP within the England 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
London +36 18 £500 - 58
South East +23 4 £525 - 129
North of England +14 4 £715 +10.00% 108
South West +41 3 £750 +25.00% 64
North West +16 2 £715 - 50
Yorkshire +6 2 £715 +10.00% 46
OSCP
UK

OSCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 10 (32.26%) Azure
2 7 (22.58%) AWS
2 7 (22.58%) GCP
3 5 (16.13%) IaaS
3 5 (16.13%) PaaS
3 5 (16.13%) SaaS
4 2 (6.45%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (6.45%) OCI
5 1 (3.23%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) TCP/IP
2 3 (9.68%) DNS
2 3 (9.68%) HTTP
2 3 (9.68%) SMTP
3 2 (6.45%) Firewall
3 2 (6.45%) Network Security
4 1 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Burp Suite
1 3 (9.68%) Metasploit
General
1 11 (35.48%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (29.03%) Legal
3 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
4 7 (22.58%) Banking
5 2 (6.45%) Finance
6 1 (3.23%) Military
6 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (38.71%) Tester
2 9 (29.03%) Architect
2 9 (29.03%) Consultant
2 9 (29.03%) Security Consultant
3 8 (25.81%) Security Architect
3 8 (25.81%) Senior
4 7 (22.58%) DevSecOps Architect
4 7 (22.58%) DevSecOps Consultant
4 7 (22.58%) Penetration Tester
5 5 (16.13%) Analyst
5 5 (16.13%) Senior Tester
6 3 (9.68%) Security Analyst
6 3 (9.68%) Security Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (6.45%) Security Penetration Tester
7 2 (6.45%) Security Tester
7 2 (6.45%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (3.23%) Lead
8 1 (3.23%) SOC Analyst
8 1 (3.23%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.13%) CSS
1 5 (16.13%) HTML
2 1 (3.23%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (22.58%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 7 (22.58%) Private Cloud
3 5 (16.13%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (6.45%) Security Posture
5 1 (3.23%) Blog
5 1 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.23%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.23%) Public Cloud
5 1 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (74.19%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (48.39%) OWASP
2 15 (48.39%) Penetration Testing
3 13 (41.94%) Computer Science
4 11 (35.48%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (32.26%) Information Security
6 9 (29.03%) DevSecOps
7 8 (25.81%) Cloud Security
7 8 (25.81%) Network Architecture
8 7 (22.58%) DevOps
8 7 (22.58%) Ethical Hacking
8 7 (22.58%) Offensive Security
8 7 (22.58%) Security Management
9 6 (19.35%) Application Security
9 6 (19.35%) Incident Response
9 6 (19.35%) Manual Testing
9 6 (19.35%) Purple Team
9 6 (19.35%) Red Team
9 6 (19.35%) Test Automation
9 6 (19.35%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 12 (38.71%) Python
2 7 (22.58%) Ruby
3 5 (16.13%) JavaScript
3 5 (16.13%) PHP
3 5 (16.13%) SQL
4 4 (12.90%) C++
4 4 (12.90%) PowerShell
5 3 (9.68%) Bash
5 3 (9.68%) C
5 3 (9.68%) Java
6 2 (6.45%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (3.23%) Embedded C
7 1 (3.23%) Embedded C++
7 1 (3.23%) Perl
7 1 (3.23%) Rust
7 1 (3.23%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 22 (70.97%) CEH
2 16 (51.61%) CISSP
3 13 (41.94%) CCSP
3 13 (41.94%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (41.94%) Degree
4 11 (35.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 9 (29.03%) CISM
6 8 (25.81%) CREST Certified
6 8 (25.81%) GPEN
7 7 (22.58%) GIAC
7 7 (22.58%) GWAPT
8 5 (16.13%) CCSAS
8 5 (16.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (16.13%) SANS
9 4 (12.90%) CCNA
9 4 (12.90%) CompTIA CySA+
9 4 (12.90%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (12.90%) GCIH
10 3 (9.68%) Master's Degree
10 3 (9.68%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (41.94%) NIST
2 9 (29.03%) PCI DSS
3 7 (22.58%) COBIT
4 3 (9.68%) GDPR
4 3 (9.68%) HIPAA
4 3 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (3.23%) NIST 800
5 1 (3.23%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) CSIRT
2 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.23%) Nessus
2 1 (3.23%) QRadar
Vendors
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.13%) Google
3 3 (9.68%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (6.45%) Darktrace
4 2 (6.45%) Splunk
5 1 (3.23%) Cisco
5 1 (3.23%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.23%) Rapid7