OSCP Contracts in the Thames Valley

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 99 123 150
Rank change year-on-year +24 +27 -
Contract jobs citing OSCP 3 22 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.20% 0.82% 0.034%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.55% 1.99% 0.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £570
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile £540 - -
South East median daily rate £525 - £570
% change year-on-year - - +20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 547 1,103 1,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.20% 41.06% 34.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 588 696
10th Percentile £313 £213 £319
25th Percentile £436 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £620 £600
90th Percentile £700 £688 £690
South East median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 107 45
10th Percentile £19.12 £18.30 £20.10
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.75 £27.00
Median hourly rate £61.50 £58.30 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% -9.86% +207.61%
75th Percentile £71.38 £70.44 £74.79
90th Percentile £87.46 £87.18 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
% change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing OSCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for OSCP in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OSCP in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for OSCP in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Amazon ECS
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Burp Suite
1 2 (66.67%) Metasploit
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Penetration Tester
1 2 (66.67%) Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Cryptography
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) OWASP
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (66.67%) Reverse Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) GPEN
1 2 (66.67%) GWAPT
1 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
1 2 (66.67%) OSCE
2 1 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (33.33%) CCSP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GDPR
1 2 (66.67%) HIPAA
1 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Rapid7