OSCP Contracts in England

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 497 603 752
Rank change year-on-year +106 +149 -141
Contract jobs citing OSCP 34 43 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.093% 0.089% 0.035%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.30% 0.32% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 34 12
10th Percentile £459 £469 £475
25th Percentile £509 £486 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £550 £539
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% +2.09% +19.72%
75th Percentile £678 £738 £570
90th Percentile £772 £789 £575
UK median daily rate £613 £550 £549
% change year-on-year +11.36% +0.23% +21.94%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,179 13,347 15,444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.71% 27.54% 21.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,938 8,950 10,232
10th Percentile £313 £335 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 970 675 686
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.35 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.00 £19.02
Median hourly rate £40.00 £53.35 £40.93
Median % change year-on-year -25.02% +30.35% +9.14%
75th Percentile £62.28 £68.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.25 £68.30
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £43.95
% change year-on-year -27.27% +25.14% +21.73%

OSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for OSCP in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OSCP in England.

Daily rate trend for OSCP in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OSCP in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for OSCP in England

OSCP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSCP within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +98 17 £500 -31.03% 16
North of England +26 9 £650 +33.74% 9
South West - 9 £638 - 6
Yorkshire +22 4 £650 - 5
North West +7 3 - - 4
North East - 2 £625 -
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UK

OSCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (17.65%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (26.47%) Wireless
2 1 (2.94%) DHCP
2 1 (2.94%) DNS
2 1 (2.94%) FTP
2 1 (2.94%) HTTP
2 1 (2.94%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.94%) tcpdump
2 1 (2.94%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 6 (17.65%) Burp Suite
General
1 11 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 8 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (14.71%) Public Sector
4 4 (11.76%) Legal
5 2 (5.88%) Banking
5 2 (5.88%) Finance
6 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (38.24%) Penetration Tester
1 13 (38.24%) Tester
2 9 (26.47%) Analyst
2 9 (26.47%) Security Analyst
3 6 (17.65%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 6 (17.65%) Ethical Hacker
4 3 (8.82%) Consultant
5 2 (5.88%) Applications Tester
5 2 (5.88%) Junior
5 2 (5.88%) Junior Consultant
5 2 (5.88%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Senior
6 1 (2.94%) Cyber Threat Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Incident Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Senior Security Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Senior Security Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 11 (32.35%) Mobile App
2 9 (26.47%) Operational Technology
3 7 (20.59%) Cyber Defence
4 6 (17.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 6 (17.65%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (8.82%) IoT
5 3 (8.82%) SCADA
5 3 (8.82%) Security Posture
6 2 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (2.94%) Cyberattack
7 1 (2.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 15 (44.12%) Linux
2 9 (26.47%) Windows
3 6 (17.65%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (64.71%) Penetration Testing
2 21 (61.76%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (41.18%) Ethical Hacking
3 14 (41.18%) Red Team
4 12 (35.29%) Offensive Security
5 10 (29.41%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 10 (29.41%) Threat Intelligence
6 9 (26.47%) Application Security
6 9 (26.47%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 9 (26.47%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 8 (23.53%) Agile
8 7 (20.59%) Infrastructure as Code
9 6 (17.65%) Cloud Security
9 6 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (17.65%) Threat Modelling
10 5 (14.71%) OWASP
10 5 (14.71%) Purple Team
11 4 (11.76%) Cyber Intelligence
11 4 (11.76%) Security Operations
11 4 (11.76%) Social Engineering
Programming Languages
1 18 (52.94%) Python
2 8 (23.53%) C++
3 6 (17.65%) JavaScript
4 3 (8.82%) C#
4 3 (8.82%) Go
4 3 (8.82%) Perl
5 2 (5.88%) C
5 2 (5.88%) Java
5 2 (5.88%) Ruby
5 2 (5.88%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (44.12%) CREST Certified
1 15 (44.12%) Security Cleared
2 12 (35.29%) CISSP
2 12 (35.29%) GIAC
2 12 (35.29%) SC Cleared
3 9 (26.47%) CEH
4 8 (23.53%) GPEN
5 7 (20.59%) GREM
6 6 (17.65%) GSEC
7 5 (14.71%) CCNA
7 5 (14.71%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (11.76%) CHECK Team Leader
9 2 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (5.88%) Degree
9 2 (5.88%) ECSA
9 2 (5.88%) OSCE
9 2 (5.88%) OSWP
10 1 (2.94%) CHFI
10 1 (2.94%) EnCE
10 1 (2.94%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (29.41%) NIST
2 8 (23.53%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (17.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (17.65%) Terraform
2 1 (2.94%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (2.94%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 2 (5.88%) Cisco
1 2 (5.88%) Cybereason
2 1 (2.94%) Intel
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.94%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.94%) SAP