Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 783 789 1068
Rank change year-on-year +6 +279 -275
Permanent jobs citing OSCP 113 181 164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.17% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.41% 0.53% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 81 103 95
10th Percentile £47,500 £32,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £44,500 £53,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £81,000
90th Percentile - £93,250 £97,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -16.67% +20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,286 34,290 41,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.76% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 17,237 15,306 18,961
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -

OSCP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing OSCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for OSCP in the UK

OSCP
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for OSCP in the UK

OSCP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSCP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for OSCP in the UK

OSCP
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSCP within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +74 86 £65,000 -7.14% 19
UK excluding London -38 56 £57,500 +15.00% 9
Work from Home +30 44 £58,750 -9.62% 13
London +112 31 £70,000 -17.65% 6
North of England +54 18 £60,000 +50.00%
South West +2 16 - - 3
Midlands +5 13 £55,000 -17.91% 4
West Midlands +24 11 £55,000 -17.91% 3
North West +18 11 £57,500 +2.22%
Yorkshire +90 7 £65,000 +73.33%
South East +18 6 £65,000 +13.04% 1
Northern Ireland +29 3 £68,750 +49.46%
East Midlands -14 2 - - 1

OSCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.77%) IIS
1 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.88%) Apache
2 1 (0.88%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 27 (23.89%) AWS
1 27 (23.89%) Azure
2 10 (8.85%) GCP
3 4 (3.54%) Serverless
4 3 (2.65%) PaaS
5 2 (1.77%) SaaS
6 1 (0.88%) Cloudflare
6 1 (0.88%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (15.93%) Wireless
2 15 (13.27%) Firewall
3 13 (11.50%) LAN
4 8 (7.08%) Wireshark
5 6 (5.31%) Network Security
5 6 (5.31%) TCP/IP
6 5 (4.42%) Wireless Security
7 4 (3.54%) Internet
8 2 (1.77%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.88%) HTTP
9 1 (0.88%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.88%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.88%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (13.27%) Metasploit
2 13 (11.50%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.88%) AppScan
General
1 51 (45.13%) Social Skills
2 23 (20.35%) Presentation Skills
3 19 (16.81%) Public Sector
4 15 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (10.62%) Legal
6 11 (9.73%) Retail
7 10 (8.85%) Law
7 10 (8.85%) Marketing
8 6 (5.31%) Banking
9 5 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (3.54%) Games
11 3 (2.65%) Finance
12 1 (0.88%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.88%) Military
Job Titles
1 61 (53.98%) Penetration Tester
1 61 (53.98%) Tester
2 18 (15.93%) Senior
3 15 (13.27%) Architect
3 15 (13.27%) Security Architect
4 14 (12.39%) Lead
5 13 (11.50%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 13 (11.50%) Security Penetration Tester
5 13 (11.50%) Security Technical Architect
5 13 (11.50%) Security Tester
5 13 (11.50%) Technical Architect
6 12 (10.62%) Consultant
6 12 (10.62%) Security Consultant
7 10 (8.85%) Senior Penetration Tester
7 10 (8.85%) Senior Tester
8 9 (7.96%) Security Specialist
8 9 (7.96%) Team Leader
9 8 (7.08%) Analyst
10 7 (6.19%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 5 (4.42%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.88%) OAuth
1 1 (0.88%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (17.70%) Security Posture
2 19 (16.81%) Onboarding
3 15 (13.27%) Cyberattack
3 15 (13.27%) Mobile App
4 13 (11.50%) Data Centre
4 13 (11.50%) iPhone
4 13 (11.50%) Management Information System
5 7 (6.19%) IoT
6 4 (3.54%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (3.54%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (2.65%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.65%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.77%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.77%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.88%) Cybercrime
9 1 (0.88%) PKI
9 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (13.27%) Windows
2 11 (9.73%) Kali Linux
3 10 (8.85%) Linux
4 5 (4.42%) Android
4 5 (4.42%) Apple iOS
4 5 (4.42%) Unix
5 2 (1.77%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (77.88%) Cybersecurity
2 71 (62.83%) Penetration Testing
3 56 (49.56%) Information Security
4 32 (28.32%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (23.89%) Threat Modelling
6 26 (23.01%) Security Testing
7 24 (21.24%) OWASP
8 23 (20.35%) Offensive Security
8 23 (20.35%) Red Team
9 22 (19.47%) Incident Response
9 22 (19.47%) Security Architecture
10 21 (18.58%) Cloud Security
11 20 (17.70%) Application Security
12 18 (15.93%) Ethical Hacking
13 17 (15.04%) Data Privacy
13 17 (15.04%) Stakeholder Management
13 17 (15.04%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 16 (14.16%) Roadmaps
15 14 (12.39%) Threat Management
16 13 (11.50%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 19 (16.81%) Python
2 11 (9.73%) Bash
3 9 (7.96%) Java
4 5 (4.42%) Go
5 4 (3.54%) C#
5 4 (3.54%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.54%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.77%) SQL
7 1 (0.88%) C++
Qualifications
1 41 (36.28%) CREST Certified
2 35 (30.97%) CISSP
3 28 (24.78%) CEH
4 26 (23.01%) CHECK Team Member
5 25 (22.12%) SC Cleared
5 25 (22.12%) Security Cleared
6 23 (20.35%) Degree
7 21 (18.58%) CISM
8 19 (16.81%) AWS Certification
9 14 (12.39%) Azure Certification
10 13 (11.50%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (9.73%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (8.85%) GIAC
12 10 (8.85%) OSCE
13 9 (7.96%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (6.19%) CHECK Team Leader
14 7 (6.19%) GPEN
15 6 (5.31%) Cyber Scheme
15 6 (5.31%) Master's Degree
15 6 (5.31%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.39%) GRC
2 13 (11.50%) NIST
3 8 (7.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (6.19%) PCI DSS
5 6 (5.31%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (3.54%) GDPR
7 2 (1.77%) QA
8 1 (0.88%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (12.39%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.77%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.88%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (9.73%) Nessus
1 11 (9.73%) Nmap
2 7 (6.19%) CSIRT
3 5 (4.42%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.65%) CASB
5 1 (0.88%) Ansible
5 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (5.31%) Qualys
2 4 (3.54%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.65%) VMware
4 2 (1.77%) Cisco
4 2 (1.77%) Citrix
5 1 (0.88%) Imperva
5 1 (0.88%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.88%) Trustwave