OSCP Job Trends in Edinburgh

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 - 106
Rank change year-on-year - - +50
Permanent jobs citing OSCP 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.097% - 0.098%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.63% - 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
75th Percentile £82,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £80,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 160 267 178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 15.59% 22.55% 17.45%
Number of salaries quoted 102 67 133
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,188 £37,771
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £46,335
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -41.90% -19.23% +15.04%
75th Percentile £72,737 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £89,250 £75,000 £95,618
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -39.09% +4.76% -4.55%

OSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

OSCP job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

OSCP
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing OSCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing OSCP

OSCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Forensic Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Reverse Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GREM
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Incident Response Team
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk