OSCP Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 702 656 801
Rank change year-on-year -46 +145 -171
Permanent jobs citing OSCP 56 108 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.080% 0.17% 0.071%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.29% 0.48% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 31 56 25
10th Percentile £45,000 - £44,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% +20.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £74,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -3.70% -3.57%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

OSCP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,391 22,667 22,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.67% 36.53% 31.39%
Number of salaries quoted 12,235 8,323 10,236
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,181 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £64,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £57,825 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.61% +5.14% -

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 2024. 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
North of England +44 18 £60,000 +50.00%
South West -17 16 - - 5
Midlands +5 13 £55,000 -17.91% 4
North West +18 11 £57,500 +2.22%
West Midlands +17 11 £55,000 -17.91% 3
Yorkshire +84 7 £65,000 +73.33%
South East +8 6 £65,000 - 1
Northern Ireland +19 3 £68,750 +49.46%
East Midlands -15 2 - - 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.57%) IIS
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 10 (17.86%) Azure
2 6 (10.71%) AWS
3 4 (7.14%) Serverless
4 2 (3.57%) GCP
4 2 (3.57%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.07%) Wireless
2 6 (10.71%) Firewall
2 6 (10.71%) TCP/IP
3 5 (8.93%) Wireless Security
3 5 (8.93%) Wireshark
4 4 (7.14%) Internet
5 2 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (3.57%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (17.86%) Burp Suite
2 9 (16.07%) Metasploit
3 1 (1.79%) AppScan
General
1 20 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 12 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (21.43%) Legal
3 6 (10.71%) Retail
4 5 (8.93%) Law
5 4 (7.14%) Games
5 4 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (5.36%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.57%) Finance
8 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (55.36%) Penetration Tester
1 31 (55.36%) Tester
2 10 (17.86%) Lead
3 9 (16.07%) Consultant
3 9 (16.07%) Security Consultant
4 8 (14.29%) Security Specialist
5 7 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 7 (12.50%) Security Penetration Tester
5 7 (12.50%) Security Tester
6 5 (8.93%) Senior
6 5 (8.93%) Team Leader
7 4 (7.14%) Analyst
7 4 (7.14%) Information Security Specialist
7 4 (7.14%) Information Specialist
8 3 (5.36%) Junior
9 2 (3.57%) Information Architect
9 2 (3.57%) Junior Tester
9 2 (3.57%) Security Analyst
9 2 (3.57%) Security Architect
9 2 (3.57%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (21.43%) Mobile App
1 12 (21.43%) Security Posture
2 4 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (7.14%) IoT
2 4 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.36%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.57%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.57%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.79%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.79%) Cybercrime
5 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (21.43%) Windows
2 8 (14.29%) Kali Linux
3 6 (10.71%) Linux
4 4 (7.14%) Unix
5 2 (3.57%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (73.21%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (62.50%) Penetration Testing
3 25 (44.64%) Information Security
4 21 (37.50%) Incident Response
5 19 (33.93%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (21.43%) Ethical Hacking
6 12 (21.43%) OWASP
7 11 (19.64%) Data Privacy
7 11 (19.64%) Risk Analysis
8 10 (17.86%) API Testing
8 10 (17.86%) Data Protection
9 9 (16.07%) Cloud Security
9 9 (16.07%) Computer Science
9 9 (16.07%) Red Team
10 8 (14.29%) Test Strategy
10 8 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 7 (12.50%) Application Security
11 7 (12.50%) DevSecOps
11 7 (12.50%) Offensive Security
11 7 (12.50%) Static Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (19.64%) Python
2 5 (8.93%) Bash
3 4 (7.14%) C#
3 4 (7.14%) JavaScript
4 3 (5.36%) Java
5 2 (3.57%) SQL
6 1 (1.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (30.36%) CEH
2 16 (28.57%) Degree
3 15 (26.79%) CISSP
4 12 (21.43%) CHECK Team Member
5 10 (17.86%) CREST Certified
6 7 (12.50%) CISM
7 6 (10.71%) AWS Certification
7 6 (10.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 6 (10.71%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (8.93%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (8.93%) GCFA
8 5 (8.93%) GCFE
8 5 (8.93%) GSEC
8 5 (8.93%) OSCE
8 5 (8.93%) SSCP
9 4 (7.14%) CCNA
9 4 (7.14%) Master's Degree
9 4 (7.14%) MCSE
9 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (7.14%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.29%) GRC
2 5 (8.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (7.14%) NIST
4 2 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (14.29%) Nmap
2 5 (8.93%) Nessus
3 4 (7.14%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 3 (5.36%) Qualys
2 2 (3.57%) Cisco
2 2 (3.57%) Citrix
2 2 (3.57%) VMware
3 1 (1.79%) Trustwave