OSCP Jobs in England

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 605 768 790
Rank change year-on-year +163 +22 +252
Permanent jobs citing OSCP 63 84 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.095% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.26% 0.34% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 29 58 72
10th Percentile £60,000 £45,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £70,097 £50,000 £47,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £65,000 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% +0.78% -14.00%
75th Percentile £95,000 £73,438 £92,688
90th Percentile £100,000 £76,125 £95,725
UK median annual salary £90,000 £65,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +38.46% +6.12% -12.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,454 24,593 28,810
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 50.68% 27.89% 33.03%
Number of salaries quoted 9,654 15,745 13,188
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £54,700 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% -8.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +9.09%

OSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing OSCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for OSCP in England

OSCP
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OSCP in England.

Salary trend for OSCP in England

OSCP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSCP in England over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for OSCP in England

OSCP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSCP within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +129 50 £90,000 +28.57% 52
South East +90 9 £70,000 +7.69% 146
Yorkshire +60 2 £71,991 +10.76% 54
North of England +35 2 £71,991 +25.20% 126
OSCP
UK

OSCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 10 (15.87%) AWS
2 8 (12.70%) GCP
3 5 (7.94%) Azure
4 4 (6.35%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 24 (38.10%) Firewall
2 9 (14.29%) SAN
3 5 (7.94%) VPN
4 3 (4.76%) DNS
4 3 (4.76%) Network Security
5 2 (3.17%) WAN
5 2 (3.17%) Wireless
6 1 (1.59%) BGP
6 1 (1.59%) DMVPN
6 1 (1.59%) EIGRP
6 1 (1.59%) Internet
6 1 (1.59%) IPsec
6 1 (1.59%) LAN
6 1 (1.59%) MPLS
6 1 (1.59%) OSPF
6 1 (1.59%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.59%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.59%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 5 (7.94%) Metasploit
2 4 (6.35%) Burp Suite
General
1 36 (57.14%) Finance
2 30 (47.62%) Social Skills
3 7 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.52%) Legal
5 5 (7.94%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.17%) Law
7 1 (1.59%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.59%) Automotive
7 1 (1.59%) Banking
7 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 33 (52.38%) Analyst
2 31 (49.21%) Security Analyst
3 14 (22.22%) SIEM Analyst
4 11 (17.46%) Incident Analyst
4 11 (17.46%) Security Incident Analyst
5 10 (15.87%) CISSP Analyst
5 10 (15.87%) Incident Manager
5 10 (15.87%) Junior
5 10 (15.87%) Junior Analyst
5 10 (15.87%) Junior Security Analyst
6 9 (14.29%) Junior Operations Analyst
6 9 (14.29%) Operations Analyst
6 9 (14.29%) Security Operations Analyst
7 5 (7.94%) Senior
8 4 (6.35%) Consultant
8 4 (6.35%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 4 (6.35%) Penetration Tester
8 4 (6.35%) Security Engineer
8 4 (6.35%) Security Manager
8 4 (6.35%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 19 (30.16%) Hedge funds
2 11 (17.46%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (14.29%) Podcast
3 9 (14.29%) Security Posture
4 5 (7.94%) Fixed Income
4 5 (7.94%) Management Information System
4 5 (7.94%) Virtual Team
5 3 (4.76%) PKI
6 1 (1.59%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.59%) IoT
6 1 (1.59%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.59%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.59%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 17 (26.98%) Windows
2 9 (14.29%) Linux
3 1 (1.59%) Kali Linux
3 1 (1.59%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (69.84%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (60.32%) Incident Response
3 34 (53.97%) SIEM
4 19 (30.16%) Information Security
5 17 (26.98%) Security Operations
6 16 (25.40%) Penetration Testing
7 14 (22.22%) Offensive Security
8 12 (19.05%) Computer Science
9 11 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (15.87%) Cyber Threat Analysis
11 9 (14.29%) Red Team
11 9 (14.29%) Threat Detection
12 8 (12.70%) Cloud Security
13 7 (11.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 6 (9.52%) Data Loss Prevention
14 6 (9.52%) Data Security
14 6 (9.52%) Forensic Analysis
14 6 (9.52%) Risk Management
14 6 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
15 5 (7.94%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 33 (52.38%) Python
2 32 (50.79%) PowerShell
3 7 (11.11%) Bash
4 4 (6.35%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.59%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 47 (74.60%) CISSP
2 38 (60.32%) CEH
3 33 (52.38%) GCIH
4 31 (49.21%) Degree
5 30 (47.62%) CompTIA Security+
6 28 (44.44%) GCIA
7 18 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (19.05%) SANS
9 11 (17.46%) OSCE
10 7 (11.11%) CISM
10 7 (11.11%) CREST Certified
11 6 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (7.94%) Six Sigma Black Belt
12 5 (7.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 4 (6.35%) CCSP
13 4 (6.35%) Master's Degree
13 4 (6.35%) Security Cleared
14 3 (4.76%) CCSAS
14 3 (4.76%) OSWP
14 3 (4.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.29%) NIST
2 7 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (7.94%) GDPR
4 4 (6.35%) HIPAA
5 2 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (3.17%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.59%) COBIT
6 1 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.59%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (9.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (12.70%) CSIRT
2 4 (6.35%) Nessus
2 4 (6.35%) QRadar
3 3 (4.76%) CASB
4 1 (1.59%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 15 (23.81%) CrowdStrike
2 8 (12.70%) Microsoft
3 7 (11.11%) Splunk
4 5 (7.94%) Cisco
5 4 (6.35%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.59%) Qualys