OSCP Job Trends in London

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 347 478
Rank change year-on-year +25 +131 +86
Permanent jobs citing OSCP 90 43 38
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.42% 0.35% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.11% 1.13% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 37 23 32
10th Percentile £79,750 £60,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £90,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +28.57% -17.65%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £112,000 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +30.77% +0.78%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,258 3,820 6,728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 19.96% 31.24% 27.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,659 1,825 4,134
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,903 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.92% -9.17%

OSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

OSCP job vacancy trend in London

OSCP
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing OSCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing OSCP

OSCP
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSCP in London over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for OSCP in London

OSCP
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSCP within the London region over the 6 months to 14 June 2026. 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
Central London +28 33 £95,000 +85.37% 3
OSCP
England

OSCP
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.44%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 41 (45.56%) AWS
2 20 (22.22%) GitHub
3 19 (21.11%) GCP
4 16 (17.78%) AWS CloudFormation
4 16 (17.78%) GitHub Actions
5 13 (14.44%) AWS Lambda
5 13 (14.44%) AWS Step Functions
5 13 (14.44%) Pulumi
5 13 (14.44%) Serverless
6 12 (13.33%) Azure
7 6 (6.67%) SaaS
8 4 (4.44%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (3.33%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (3.33%) Entra ID
9 3 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (1.11%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 18 (20.00%) Wireless
2 13 (14.44%) DSL
3 7 (7.78%) Firewall
4 6 (6.67%) Network Security
5 4 (4.44%) DNS
5 4 (4.44%) HTTPS
5 4 (4.44%) IPv4
5 4 (4.44%) Software-Defined Networking
5 4 (4.44%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 20 (22.22%) GitLab
1 20 (22.22%) Jenkins
2 9 (10.00%) Burp Suite
2 9 (10.00%) Metasploit
3 8 (8.89%) Bitbucket
4 4 (4.44%) Git
4 4 (4.44%) JIRA
General
1 49 (54.44%) Finance
2 21 (23.33%) Social Skills
3 18 (20.00%) Banking
4 12 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (12.22%) Law
5 11 (12.22%) Retail
6 5 (5.56%) Legal
7 4 (4.44%) Aerospace
7 4 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (4.44%) Automotive
7 4 (4.44%) Electronics
7 4 (4.44%) Financial Institution
7 4 (4.44%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.33%) Back Office
9 1 (1.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (27.78%) Senior
2 17 (18.89%) Analyst
3 13 (14.44%) Architect
3 13 (14.44%) AWS Architect
3 13 (14.44%) AWS Security Architect
3 13 (14.44%) Penetration Tester
3 13 (14.44%) Security Architect
3 13 (14.44%) Senior Analyst
3 13 (14.44%) Tester
4 12 (13.33%) Consultant
4 12 (13.33%) Security Analyst
4 12 (13.33%) Security Consultant
4 12 (13.33%) Security Manager
4 12 (13.33%) Senior Security Analyst
5 9 (10.00%) Digital Analyst
5 9 (10.00%) Senior Digital Analyst
6 8 (8.89%) Lead
6 8 (8.89%) Senior Penetration Tester
6 8 (8.89%) Senior Tester
7 7 (7.78%) Incident Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (14.44%) AWS CDK
2 1 (1.11%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 35 (38.89%) Security Posture
2 22 (24.44%) Mobile App
3 20 (22.22%) Cyber Defence
4 16 (17.78%) Cloud Native
5 15 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (7.78%) Management Information System
7 4 (4.44%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (4.44%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (3.33%) Insider Threat
8 3 (3.33%) Public Cloud
8 3 (3.33%) Virtual Team
9 2 (2.22%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (2.22%) Operational Technology
10 1 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (1.11%) Cyberattack
10 1 (1.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (1.11%) Onboarding
10 1 (1.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 14 (15.56%) Linux
1 14 (15.56%) Windows
2 11 (12.22%) Android
2 11 (12.22%) Apple iOS
3 4 (4.44%) Unix
3 4 (4.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (61.11%) Red Team
2 53 (58.89%) Penetration Testing
3 38 (42.22%) Agile
3 38 (42.22%) Incident Response
3 38 (42.22%) Offensive Security
4 35 (38.89%) Cybersecurity
4 35 (38.89%) Mentoring
5 33 (36.67%) Application Security
6 32 (35.56%) Purple Team
7 31 (34.44%) Cloud Security
7 31 (34.44%) Coaching
8 30 (33.33%) CI/CD
9 29 (32.22%) Internal Audit
10 28 (31.11%) Business Strategy
10 28 (31.11%) Business Transformation
10 28 (31.11%) Creative Thinking
11 27 (30.00%) Information Security
12 24 (26.67%) Infrastructure as Code
13 22 (24.44%) Threat Modelling
14 21 (23.33%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 43 (47.78%) Python
2 29 (32.22%) Go
3 24 (26.67%) Bash
3 24 (26.67%) PowerShell
4 18 (20.00%) Java
4 18 (20.00%) Rust
5 6 (6.67%) C++
6 4 (4.44%) C
6 4 (4.44%) C#
6 4 (4.44%) Perl
7 3 (3.33%) Objective-C
7 3 (3.33%) Ruby
8 1 (1.11%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 48 (53.33%) CREST Certified
2 34 (37.78%) Degree
3 22 (24.44%) CHECK Team Leader
4 21 (23.33%) CCSAM
5 19 (21.11%) CHECK Team Member
5 19 (21.11%) CISSP
6 15 (16.67%) OSCE
7 14 (15.56%) CEH
8 11 (12.22%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (10.00%) Security Cleared
10 8 (8.89%) CISM
11 7 (7.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (7.78%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (7.78%) GCIA
11 7 (7.78%) GCIH
12 5 (5.56%) AWS Certification
12 5 (5.56%) DV Cleared
12 5 (5.56%) GPEN
13 4 (4.44%) CCNA
13 4 (4.44%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (6.67%) NIST
2 4 (4.44%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (4.44%) SOC 2
3 3 (3.33%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.11%) COBIT
4 1 (1.11%) NCSC
4 1 (1.11%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.11%) RMADS
System Software
1 10 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.44%) Docker
2 4 (4.44%) Squid
2 4 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.44%) VMware NSX
2 4 (4.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (32.22%) Kubernetes
2 23 (25.56%) Terraform
3 11 (12.22%) Ansible
4 9 (10.00%) Nessus
5 4 (4.44%) CSIRT
5 4 (4.44%) Packer
5 4 (4.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 12 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.44%) Oracle
2 4 (4.44%) Red Hat
2 4 (4.44%) Splunk
2 4 (4.44%) TOWER Software
2 4 (4.44%) VMware
3 3 (3.33%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (3.33%) Intel
3 3 (3.33%) Tenable
3 3 (3.33%) Varonis