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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 593 750 791
Rank change year-on-year +157 +41 +252
Permanent jobs citing OSCP 66 85 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.096% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.27% 0.34% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 31 58 71
10th Percentile £60,000 £45,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £50,000 £47,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £65,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% +1.56% -14.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £73,438 £92,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £76,125 £96,000
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 24,505 24,690 28,718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 50.48% 27.79% 33.17%
Number of salaries quoted 9,706 15,746 13,110
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £54,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.54% -9.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,555 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.70% -10.74% +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 29 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 29 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 +118 51 £90,000 +28.57% 36
South East +106 11 £70,000 +7.69% 155
Yorkshire +54 2 £71,991 +10.76% 57
North of England +31 2 £71,991 +25.20% 138
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 (15.15%) AWS
2 8 (12.12%) GCP
3 5 (7.58%) Azure
4 4 (6.06%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 26 (39.39%) Firewall
2 9 (13.64%) SAN
3 6 (9.09%) VPN
4 3 (4.55%) DNS
4 3 (4.55%) Network Security
5 2 (3.03%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.03%) WAN
5 2 (3.03%) Wireless
6 1 (1.52%) BGP
6 1 (1.52%) DMVPN
6 1 (1.52%) EIGRP
6 1 (1.52%) Internet
6 1 (1.52%) IPsec
6 1 (1.52%) LAN
6 1 (1.52%) MPLS
6 1 (1.52%) OSPF
6 1 (1.52%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.52%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 5 (7.58%) Metasploit
2 4 (6.06%) Burp Suite
General
1 37 (56.06%) Finance
2 32 (48.48%) Social Skills
3 8 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.09%) Legal
5 5 (7.58%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.03%) Law
7 1 (1.52%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.52%) Automotive
7 1 (1.52%) Banking
7 1 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.52%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 36 (54.55%) Analyst
2 32 (48.48%) Security Analyst
3 14 (21.21%) SIEM Analyst
4 11 (16.67%) Incident Analyst
4 11 (16.67%) Security Incident Analyst
5 10 (15.15%) CISSP Analyst
5 10 (15.15%) Incident Manager
5 10 (15.15%) Junior
5 10 (15.15%) Junior Analyst
5 10 (15.15%) Junior Security Analyst
6 9 (13.64%) Junior Operations Analyst
6 9 (13.64%) Operations Analyst
6 9 (13.64%) Security Operations Analyst
7 5 (7.58%) Senior
8 4 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 4 (6.06%) Penetration Tester
8 4 (6.06%) Security Engineer
8 4 (6.06%) Security Manager
8 4 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 19 (28.79%) Hedge funds
2 13 (19.70%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (13.64%) Podcast
3 9 (13.64%) Security Posture
4 5 (7.58%) Fixed Income
4 5 (7.58%) Management Information System
4 5 (7.58%) Virtual Team
5 3 (4.55%) PKI
6 2 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.52%) IoT
7 1 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.52%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 17 (25.76%) Windows
2 9 (13.64%) Linux
3 1 (1.52%) Kali Linux
3 1 (1.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (69.70%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (60.61%) Incident Response
3 36 (54.55%) SIEM
4 19 (28.79%) Information Security
5 18 (27.27%) Security Operations
6 16 (24.24%) Penetration Testing
7 14 (21.21%) Offensive Security
8 12 (18.18%) Computer Science
8 12 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (15.15%) Cyber Threat Analysis
9 10 (15.15%) Threat Detection
10 9 (13.64%) Red Team
10 9 (13.64%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 8 (12.12%) Cloud Security
12 7 (10.61%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 7 (10.61%) Risk Management
12 7 (10.61%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (10.61%) Threat Intelligence
13 6 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
13 6 (9.09%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 33 (50.00%) Python
2 32 (48.48%) PowerShell
3 7 (10.61%) Bash
4 4 (6.06%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.52%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 47 (71.21%) CISSP
2 38 (57.58%) CEH
3 33 (50.00%) GCIH
4 31 (46.97%) Degree
5 30 (45.45%) CompTIA Security+
6 28 (42.42%) GCIA
7 18 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (18.18%) SANS
9 11 (16.67%) OSCE
10 7 (10.61%) CISM
10 7 (10.61%) CREST Certified
11 6 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (7.58%) Security Cleared
12 5 (7.58%) Six Sigma Black Belt
12 5 (7.58%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 4 (6.06%) CCSP
13 4 (6.06%) Master's Degree
13 4 (6.06%) OSWP
13 4 (6.06%) SC Cleared
14 3 (4.55%) CCSAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.15%) NIST
2 9 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (9.09%) GDPR
4 4 (6.06%) HIPAA
5 2 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (3.03%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.52%) COBIT
6 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (12.12%) CSIRT
2 4 (6.06%) Nessus
2 4 (6.06%) QRadar
3 3 (4.55%) CASB
4 1 (1.52%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 15 (22.73%) CrowdStrike
2 10 (15.15%) Microsoft
3 8 (12.12%) Splunk
4 5 (7.58%) Cisco
5 4 (6.06%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.52%) Qualys