OSCE Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Offensive Security Certified Expert (OSCE)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for OSCE 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 300 - 476
Rank change year-on-year - - +152
Contract jobs citing OSCE 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.040% - 0.004%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% - 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £530 - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £486
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.83%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £575 £585 £486
% change year-on-year -1.71% +20.37% -10.83%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,762 4,242 6,586
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.88% 27.64% 25.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,865 2,651 4,417
10th Percentile £350 £325 £381
25th Percentile £425 £440 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £730 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 269 292
10th Percentile £19.10 £15.85 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.51 £43.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -33.85% +33.22%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £85.78 £83.84 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing OSCE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

OSCE trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing OSCE.

OSCE daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing OSCE over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

OSCE daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (50.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) IaaS
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (25.00%) Metasploit
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Automotive
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Penetration Test Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (25.00%) IoT
1 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (25.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Security Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 2 (50.00%) Red Team
4 1 (25.00%) Application Security
4 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (25.00%) Offensive Security
4 1 (25.00%) OWASP
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (25.00%) Reverse Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C
1 1 (25.00%) C++
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (50.00%) CREST Certified
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) OSCP
2 1 (25.00%) GPEN
2 1 (25.00%) GWAPT
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (25.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft