OSCE Job Trends in London

Offensive Security Certified Expert (OSCE)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for OSCE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 422 -
Rank change year-on-year +31 - -
Permanent jobs citing OSCE 4 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.029% 0.019% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.099% 0.060% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £66,250 -
England median annual salary - £66,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +10.42% -38.46%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

OSCE 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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,021 4,999 4,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 29.32% 31.65% 26.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,109 2,063 3,457
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £39,085
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.19%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £117,500 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

OSCE job vacancy trend in London

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Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing OSCE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing OSCE

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 4 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (100.00%) Law
1 4 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Cyberattack
1 4 (100.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 4 (100.00%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Disruptive Innovation
1 4 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 4 (100.00%) Fintech
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 4 (100.00%) Purple Team
1 4 (100.00%) Red Team
1 4 (100.00%) Resilience Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 4 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 4 (100.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 4 (100.00%) EU AI Act
1 4 (100.00%) GDPR
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001