OSCP Job Trends in the East Midlands

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 159 120
Rank change year-on-year +27 -39 +56
Permanent jobs citing OSCP 3 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.14% 0.087% 0.063%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.43% 0.33% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,165 - £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 - £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +61.11%
75th Percentile £53,951 - £76,250
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.66% +1.92% -14.75%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 705 923 372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 32.03% 26.80% 23.51%
Number of salaries quoted 247 228 239
10th Percentile - £28,642 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,750 £34,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £51,875 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £70,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +4.55%

OSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

OSCP job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

OSCP
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing OSCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing OSCP

OSCP
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSCP within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Nottinghamshire +7 3 £51,058 -
OSCP
England

OSCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Security Specialist
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Insider Threat
1 3 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (100.00%) Anomaly Detection
1 3 (100.00%) Black-Box Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 3 (100.00%) Open Source
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Red Team
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNA
1 3 (100.00%) CEH
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) CISMP
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) GIAC
1 3 (100.00%) GPEN
1 3 (100.00%) MCP
1 3 (100.00%) MCSE
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft