OSCP Jobs in the Thames Valley

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 188 201 221
Rank change year-on-year +13 +20 +64
Permanent jobs citing OSCP 6 1 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.17% 0.019% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.41% 0.057% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £71,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £72,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -36.55% - -
75th Percentile £61,500 £73,750 -
90th Percentile £62,850 - -
South East median annual salary £68,750 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.58% +20.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,480 1,760 1,997
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 40.95% 32.57% 41.92%
Number of salaries quoted 482 931 961
10th Percentile £30,125 £32,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,263 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.13% +2.43% +2.27%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £83,750
South East median annual salary £61,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +16.19% - +3.96%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing OSCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for OSCP in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OSCP in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for OSCP in the Thames Valley

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSCP in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 August 2025.

Salary histogram for OSCP in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSCP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 August 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
Berkshire - 5 £46,000 - 1
Buckinghamshire +6 1 - - 1
OSCP
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (50.00%) AWS
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (16.67%) IaaS
2 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Burp Suite
2 3 (50.00%) Metasploit
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Penetration Tester
1 4 (66.67%) Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Ethical Hacker
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Penetration Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
2 3 (50.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Incident Response
3 3 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (50.00%) Offensive Security
3 3 (50.00%) OWASP
3 3 (50.00%) Purple Team
3 3 (50.00%) Red Team
3 3 (50.00%) Security Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Social Engineering
3 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (33.33%) OSINT
4 2 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 2 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 1 (16.67%) Information Governance
5 1 (16.67%) Patch Management
5 1 (16.67%) User Experience
5 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Bash
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CHECK Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) CHECK Team Member
2 1 (16.67%) CISSP
2 1 (16.67%) CREST Certified
2 1 (16.67%) GPEN
2 1 (16.67%) OSWP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (50.00%) NIST
2 2 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Tenable