OSCP Job Trends in the North of England

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 285 253
Rank change year-on-year +27 -32 +163
Permanent jobs citing OSCP 3 2 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.028% 0.021% 0.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.072% 0.058% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 19
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,750 £62,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.67% +25.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £71,250 £87,500 £67,500
90th Percentile - - £76,750
England median annual salary £68,500 £68,125 £68,750
% change year-on-year +0.55% -0.91% -8.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,194 3,444 1,832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 39.82% 36.74% 23.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,214 1,215 1,202
10th Percentile £27,325 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,386 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £50,055 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.09% -4.66% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,600 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

OSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

OSCP job vacancy trend in the North of England

OSCP
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing OSCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing OSCP

OSCP
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSCP within the North of England region over the 6 months to 3 January 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
Yorkshire -2 2 - - 1
North East - 1 £68,500 - 1
OSCP
England

OSCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
1 2 (66.67%) Public Speaking
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Penetration Tester
1 2 (66.67%) Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile App
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Development
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Experience
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Objectives and Key Results
1 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Presales
1 2 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Red Team
1 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Social Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Perl
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) CEH
2 2 (66.67%) CISA
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NIST