OSCP Jobs with Work from Home Options

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 561 547 813
Rank change year-on-year -14 +266 -239
Permanent jobs citing OSCP 41 86 88
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.23% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.42% 0.87% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 31 30 50
10th Percentile £45,000 £44,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,875 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £70,000 £89,688 £80,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £93,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £73,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -17.81% +7.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,839 9,831 17,591
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.68% 26.23% 23.25%
Number of salaries quoted 5,921 5,996 8,910
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £59,407
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +1.00% +8.01%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -

OSCP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing OSCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

OSCP trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing OSCP.

OSCP salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing OSCP over the 6 months to 20 June 2024.

OSCP salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 12 (29.27%) AWS
1 12 (29.27%) Azure
2 8 (19.51%) GCP
3 4 (9.76%) Serverless
4 2 (4.88%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (31.71%) Wireless
2 7 (17.07%) Firewall
3 3 (7.32%) HTTP
3 3 (7.32%) SSH
3 3 (7.32%) SSL
3 3 (7.32%) Wireshark
4 1 (2.44%) Internet
4 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.44%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 10 (24.39%) Metasploit
2 7 (17.07%) Burp Suite
General
1 19 (46.34%) Social Skills
2 11 (26.83%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (21.95%) Marketing
4 8 (19.51%) Legal
5 7 (17.07%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (14.63%) Public Sector
6 6 (14.63%) Retail
7 3 (7.32%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (4.88%) Finance
Job Titles
1 29 (70.73%) Penetration Tester
1 29 (70.73%) Tester
2 8 (19.51%) Lead
3 7 (17.07%) Security Penetration Tester
3 7 (17.07%) Security Tester
4 6 (14.63%) Senior
4 6 (14.63%) Senior Penetration Tester
4 6 (14.63%) Senior Tester
5 4 (9.76%) Security Specialist
5 4 (9.76%) Team Leader
5 4 (9.76%) Test Team Leader
6 3 (7.32%) Threat Hunter
7 2 (4.88%) Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Graduate
7 2 (4.88%) Graduate Tester
7 2 (4.88%) Information Architect
7 2 (4.88%) Information Security Architect
7 2 (4.88%) Security Architect
7 2 (4.88%) Security Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Testing Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.83%) Security Posture
2 7 (17.07%) Mobile App
3 6 (14.63%) IoT
3 6 (14.63%) Onboarding
4 3 (7.32%) Operational Technology
4 3 (7.32%) Virtual Team
5 2 (4.88%) Client/Server
5 2 (4.88%) Cloud Native
5 2 (4.88%) Cyberattack
5 2 (4.88%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (2.44%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.07%) Kali Linux
2 1 (2.44%) Unix
2 1 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (85.37%) Penetration Testing
2 31 (75.61%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (53.66%) Information Security
4 18 (43.90%) Cloud Security
4 18 (43.90%) Red Team
5 17 (41.46%) Data Privacy
6 16 (39.02%) Ethical Hacking
6 16 (39.02%) OWASP
6 16 (39.02%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (39.02%) Security Testing
7 11 (26.83%) Test Strategy
8 10 (24.39%) Offensive Security
8 10 (24.39%) Social Engineering
9 9 (21.95%) Threat Modelling
10 8 (19.51%) API Testing
10 8 (19.51%) Data Protection
11 7 (17.07%) Computer Science
11 7 (17.07%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 6 (14.63%) Actionable Insight
12 6 (14.63%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.07%) Python
2 4 (9.76%) Bash
3 3 (7.32%) Java
3 3 (7.32%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.44%) C#
Qualifications
1 21 (51.22%) CREST Certified
2 12 (29.27%) CEH
3 9 (21.95%) CHECK Team Member
3 9 (21.95%) CISSP
4 8 (19.51%) OSCE
5 7 (17.07%) Degree
6 6 (14.63%) AWS Certification
6 6 (14.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 6 (14.63%) CHECK Team Leader
6 6 (14.63%) Cyber Scheme
6 6 (14.63%) GIAC
6 6 (14.63%) GPEN
6 6 (14.63%) PCI QSA
6 6 (14.63%) Tigerscheme
7 5 (12.20%) SC Cleared
7 5 (12.20%) Security Cleared
8 4 (9.76%) GSEC
9 3 (7.32%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (4.88%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (34.15%) GRC
2 13 (31.71%) NIST
3 6 (14.63%) Actionable Recommendations
3 6 (14.63%) PCI DSS
4 3 (7.32%) GDPR
4 3 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (4.88%) QA
System Software
1 3 (7.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (21.95%) Nessus
2 7 (17.07%) Nmap
Vendors
1 6 (14.63%) Qualys
2 3 (7.32%) Google
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft