OSCP Contracts in London

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 335 371 474
Rank change year-on-year +36 +103 +105
Contract jobs citing OSCP 18 20 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.14% 0.11% 0.070%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.56% 0.47% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 14
10th Percentile £410 £440 £412
25th Percentile £425 £463 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £725
Median % change year-on-year - -31.03% +31.82%
75th Percentile £538 £713 £784
90th Percentile £590 £775 £806
England median daily rate £638 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +6.25% -7.69% +18.72%
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 - - -
England median hourly rate £54.50 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,210 4,292 5,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.58% 24.07% 21.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,169 2,903 3,919
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £653 £661 £688
90th Percentile £754 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 111 80
10th Percentile £19.20 £14.25 £19.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £20.74 £21.24
Median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -42.54% +1.69%
75th Percentile £55.50 £43.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £69.72 £68.75 £82.55
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

OSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for OSCP in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for OSCP in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for OSCP in London

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Contract Job Locations in 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 London 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
Central London - 2 £488 - 10
OSCP
England

OSCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Azure
2 6 (33.33%) GCP
3 5 (27.78%) AWS
3 5 (27.78%) IaaS
3 5 (27.78%) PaaS
3 5 (27.78%) SaaS
4 2 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (5.56%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) TCP/IP
2 3 (16.67%) DNS
2 3 (16.67%) HTTP
2 3 (16.67%) SMTP
3 2 (11.11%) Firewall
4 1 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (5.56%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Burp Suite
1 1 (5.56%) Metasploit
General
1 8 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (44.44%) Legal
2 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Military
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Tester
2 7 (38.89%) Senior
3 5 (27.78%) Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) Senior Tester
4 4 (22.22%) Penetration Tester
5 3 (16.67%) Security Analyst
6 2 (11.11%) Architect
6 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (11.11%) Security Engineer
6 2 (11.11%) Security Penetration Tester
6 2 (11.11%) Security Tester
6 2 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (5.56%) Consultant
7 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 1 (5.56%) Network Security Architect
7 1 (5.56%) QA Leader
7 1 (5.56%) Security Consultant
7 1 (5.56%) SOC Analyst
7 1 (5.56%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (27.78%) CSS
1 5 (27.78%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 5 (27.78%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (11.11%) Security Posture
4 1 (5.56%) Blog
4 1 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.56%) Public Cloud
4 1 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (55.56%) Computer Science
2 10 (55.56%) Penetration Testing
3 9 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (38.89%) Information Security
5 6 (33.33%) Application Security
5 6 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
5 6 (33.33%) Incident Response
5 6 (33.33%) Manual Testing
5 6 (33.33%) Offensive Security
5 6 (33.33%) OWASP
5 6 (33.33%) Purple Team
5 6 (33.33%) Red Team
5 6 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 6 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 5 (27.78%) Cloud Security
6 5 (27.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (27.78%) Mentoring
6 5 (27.78%) Secure Coding
6 5 (27.78%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 10 (55.56%) Python
2 5 (27.78%) JavaScript
2 5 (27.78%) PHP
2 5 (27.78%) Ruby
2 5 (27.78%) SQL
3 4 (22.22%) PowerShell
4 3 (16.67%) Bash
5 2 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (5.56%) C++
6 1 (5.56%) Java
6 1 (5.56%) Perl
6 1 (5.56%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 13 (72.22%) CEH
2 10 (55.56%) Degree
3 8 (44.44%) CREST Certified
4 7 (38.89%) CISSP
5 6 (33.33%) GIAC
5 6 (33.33%) GPEN
6 5 (27.78%) CCSAS
6 5 (27.78%) CCSP
6 5 (27.78%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (27.78%) GWAPT
7 4 (22.22%) CCNA
7 4 (22.22%) CompTIA CySA+
7 4 (22.22%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (22.22%) GCIH
8 3 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (11.11%) GCIA
9 2 (11.11%) SANS
9 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
9 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) NIST
2 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.56%) GDPR
3 1 (5.56%) HIPAA
3 1 (5.56%) NIST 800
3 1 (5.56%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) CSIRT
2 1 (5.56%) Nessus
2 1 (5.56%) QRadar
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Google
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 3 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (11.11%) Darktrace
4 2 (11.11%) Splunk
5 1 (5.56%) Cisco
5 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto