OSCP Job Trends in Bristol

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 116 119
Rank change year-on-year +33 +3 +61
Permanent jobs citing OSCP 2 6 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.15% 0.29% 0.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.49% 1.06% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £66,250 - -
25th Percentile £68,125 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.67%
75th Percentile £78,125 - -
90th Percentile £80,750 - -
South West median annual salary £72,500 - £75,000
% change year-on-year - - -16.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bristol

OSCP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 407 568 471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 30.88% 27.64% 28.77%
Number of salaries quoted 278 299 392
10th Percentile £28,600 £36,800 £32,525
25th Percentile £39,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +4.17% +18.11%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,419
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OSCP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

OSCP job vacancy trend in Bristol

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Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing OSCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing OSCP

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Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSCP in Bristol over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Salary histogram for OSCP in Bristol

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (50.00%) Cyberattack
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) Forensic Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Malware Reverse Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (50.00%) Offensive Security
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Red Team
2 1 (50.00%) Reverse Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CEH
1 1 (50.00%) CHECK Team Member
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) GIAC
1 1 (50.00%) GREM
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Incident Response Team
1 1 (50.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk