OSCP Jobs in the UK excluding London

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 560 720 644
Rank change year-on-year +160 -76 +159
Permanent jobs citing OSCP 17 51 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.043% 0.068% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.080% 0.26% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8 25 59
10th Percentile £53,750 £45,000 -
25th Percentile £63,125 £50,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +29.41% -35.85%
75th Percentile £74,164 £65,000 £64,375
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,250 £73,750
UK median annual salary £90,000 £65,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +38.46% +6.12% -12.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21,309 19,804 21,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.11% 26.56% 37.27%
Number of salaries quoted 8,672 12,268 8,007
10th Percentile £31,000 £27,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,900 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £79,600 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

OSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing OSCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for OSCP in the UK excluding London

OSCP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OSCP in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for OSCP in the UK excluding London

OSCP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSCP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for OSCP in the UK excluding London

OSCP
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSCP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
South East +95 11 £70,000 +7.69% 143
Northern Ireland +45 3 - - 10
Yorkshire +56 2 £71,991 +10.76% 49
North of England +39 2 £71,991 +25.20% 121
Scotland - 1 £37,500 - 22
OSCP
UK

OSCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (23.53%) AWS
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
1 4 (23.53%) Azure Sentinel
1 4 (23.53%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) Firewall
1 6 (35.29%) VPN
2 3 (17.65%) Wireshark
3 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 7 (41.18%) Burp Suite
2 6 (35.29%) Metasploit
3 3 (17.65%) AppScan
General
1 7 (41.18%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Legal
3 3 (17.65%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.88%) Automotive
4 1 (5.88%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Analyst
1 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 4 (23.53%) Security Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Consultant
2 2 (11.76%) Security Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Security Consultant
2 2 (11.76%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (5.88%) Junior
3 1 (5.88%) Junior Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Junior Security Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Lead
3 1 (5.88%) Penetration Tester
3 1 (5.88%) Senior
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Security Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Tester
3 1 (5.88%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (52.94%) Security Posture
2 3 (17.65%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (11.76%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (5.88%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (5.88%) Private Cloud
4 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Kali Linux
2 1 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (52.94%) Penetration Testing
3 8 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (41.18%) Incident Response
4 7 (41.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 6 (35.29%) SIEM
6 5 (29.41%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 5 (29.41%) Mentoring
6 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
6 5 (29.41%) Threat Detection
6 5 (29.41%) Threat Intelligence
7 4 (23.53%) Cloud Security
7 4 (23.53%) Ethical Hacking
7 4 (23.53%) Forensic Analysis
7 4 (23.53%) Presales
8 3 (17.65%) Agile
8 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
8 3 (17.65%) Information Security
8 3 (17.65%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 2 (11.76%) Offensive Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) Bash
1 4 (23.53%) Kusto Query Language
1 4 (23.53%) PowerShell
1 4 (23.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (64.71%) CISSP
2 9 (52.94%) Degree
3 8 (47.06%) CEH
4 7 (41.18%) CISM
5 5 (29.41%) GIAC
6 4 (23.53%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (17.65%) GPEN
7 3 (17.65%) GWAPT
8 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
8 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
9 1 (5.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (5.88%) CHECK Team Leader
9 1 (5.88%) CHECK Team Member
9 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (5.88%) GCIA
9 1 (5.88%) GCIH
9 1 (5.88%) OSWP
9 1 (5.88%) SANS
9 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (35.29%) GDPR
2 6 (35.29%) NIST
3 4 (23.53%) HIPAA
4 2 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (11.76%) PCI DSS
5 1 (5.88%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 7 (41.18%) Nessus
2 4 (23.53%) QRadar
3 1 (5.88%) Nmap
3 1 (5.88%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (35.29%) Splunk
3 4 (23.53%) Cisco
3 4 (23.53%) Palo Alto
4 3 (17.65%) Trustwave
5 1 (5.88%) Qualys