OSCP Jobs in the South East

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 389 383
Rank change year-on-year +86 -6 +77
Permanent jobs citing OSCP 12 4 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.12% 0.023% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% 0.068% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 5
10th Percentile £62,500 £42,500 £42,950
25th Percentile £64,688 £48,125 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +30.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £74,375 £73,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 - -
England median annual salary £87,500 £65,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year +34.62% +1.56% -14.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,571 5,921 5,531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 57.52% 33.60% 39.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,514 3,643 2,485
10th Percentile £34,988 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,125 £36,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,293 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year +14.74% +1.84% -0.29%
75th Percentile £70,600 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,375 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,399 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.11% -9.34% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing OSCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for OSCP in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OSCP in the South East.

Salary trend for OSCP in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSCP in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for OSCP in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSCP within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 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
Hampshire - 8 £72,500 - 5
Thames Valley +66 2 £62,500 -13.79% 10
Buckinghamshire +33 1 - - 3
Berkshire - 1 £62,500 - 5
Kent - 1 £70,000 - 2
Middlesex - 1 - -
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England

OSCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (33.33%) AWS
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
1 4 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
1 4 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) Firewall
1 7 (58.33%) VPN
2 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Burp Suite
1 2 (16.67%) Metasploit
General
1 8 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
4 1 (8.33%) Automotive
4 1 (8.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Security Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Security Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Digital Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Information Security Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Junior
5 1 (8.33%) Junior Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Junior Security Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Security Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Senior
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Security Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Security Posture
2 4 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Kali Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (66.67%) Incident Response
4 7 (58.33%) SIEM
5 6 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 6 (50.00%) Mentoring
5 6 (50.00%) Threat Detection
5 6 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 4 (33.33%) Cloud Security
6 4 (33.33%) Forensic Analysis
6 4 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 4 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (33.33%) Presales
7 3 (25.00%) Information Security
7 3 (25.00%) Security Operations
7 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 2 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
8 2 (16.67%) Agile
8 2 (16.67%) Offensive Security
8 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Bash
1 4 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
1 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 4 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) CISSP
2 6 (50.00%) CEH
2 6 (50.00%) CISM
3 5 (41.67%) Degree
4 4 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (25.00%) DV Cleared
5 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (16.67%) GIAC
6 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
7 1 (8.33%) CHECK Team Leader
7 1 (8.33%) CHECK Team Member
7 1 (8.33%) GCIA
7 1 (8.33%) GCIH
7 1 (8.33%) OSWP
7 1 (8.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (50.00%) GDPR
3 5 (41.67%) NIST
4 4 (33.33%) HIPAA
5 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) QRadar
2 2 (16.67%) Nessus
3 1 (8.33%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (58.33%) Splunk
3 4 (33.33%) Cisco
3 4 (33.33%) Palo Alto
4 1 (8.33%) Qualys