OSCP Contracts in the South East

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 155 178 221
Rank change year-on-year +23 +43 +40
Contract jobs citing OSCP 4 27 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.13% 0.49% 0.017%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.33% 1.09% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £570
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.00%
75th Percentile £584 - -
90th Percentile £646 - -
England median daily rate £638 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +6.25% -7.69% +18.72%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,222 2,486 2,176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.60% 44.73% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 778 1,412 1,432
10th Percentile £302 £313 £300
25th Percentile £438 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £623
90th Percentile £688 £735 £713
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 213 145
10th Percentile £20.00 £17.52 £21.40
25th Percentile £26.13 £27.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%
75th Percentile £70.63 £67.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £78.13 £85.41 £75.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing OSCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for OSCP in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OSCP in the South East.

Daily rate trend for OSCP in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for OSCP in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSCP within the South East 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
Thames Valley +24 3 £500 - 36
Berkshire +12 3 £500 - 12
Kent - 1 £675 - 13
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Amazon ECS
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) GCP
2 1 (25.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Burp Suite
1 2 (50.00%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Penetration Tester
1 2 (50.00%) Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Security Officer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Officer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (75.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (50.00%) OWASP
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (50.00%) Reverse Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Security Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Microservices
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) SABSA
4 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (25.00%) Scrum
4 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C
1 2 (50.00%) C++
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) GPEN
1 2 (50.00%) GWAPT
1 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (50.00%) OSCE
1 2 (50.00%) SANS
2 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (25.00%) CCSP
2 1 (25.00%) CEH
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) HIPAA
1 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Rapid7