OSCE Contracts in South Wales

Offensive Security Certified Expert (OSCE)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for OSCE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OSCE 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 0.83% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.80% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
Wales median daily rate £650 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 111 89 192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 46.25% 26.65% 36.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 65 142
10th Percentile £175 £220 £273
25th Percentile £285 £481 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £550 £549
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +0.18% -0.18%
75th Percentile £491 £646 £625
90th Percentile £615 £725 £668
Wales median daily rate £400 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -23.08% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 14 16
10th Percentile - £11.01 -
25th Percentile £20.12 £15.35 £16.98
Median hourly rate £22.50 £23.93 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +31.92% -60.78%
75th Percentile £41.25 £85.75 £20.10
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.80 £49.38
Wales median hourly rate £22.00 £22.68 £18.14
% change year-on-year -3.00% +25.03% -60.78%

OSCE
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSCE within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 4 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
Cardiff - 2 £650 -
OSCE
Wales

OSCE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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