OSCP Job Trends in Scotland

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 - 190
Rank change year-on-year - - +22
Permanent jobs citing OSCP 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.037% - 0.032%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.18% - 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
75th Percentile £82,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £75,000 £66,250 £67,500
% change year-on-year +13.21% -1.85% -6.90%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 544 695 639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 20.01% 26.78% 20.39%
Number of salaries quoted 226 242 380
10th Percentile £26,625 £31,525 £27,475
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,813 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £79,775 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,498 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.47% -

OSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

OSCP job vacancy trend in Scotland

OSCP
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing OSCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing OSCP

OSCP
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSCP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 11 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
Edinburgh - 1 £80,000 -
OSCP
UK

OSCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Forensic Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Reverse Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GREM
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Incident Response Team
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk