OSCP Contracts in London

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 378 461 590
Rank change year-on-year +83 +129 -128
Contract jobs citing OSCP 17 19 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.097% 0.074% 0.044%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.41% 0.34% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 7
10th Percentile £440 £412 £490
25th Percentile £463 £489 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £725 £550
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% +31.82% +22.22%
75th Percentile £713 £784 £575
90th Percentile £775 £806 £605
England median daily rate £613 £550 £548
% change year-on-year +11.36% +0.46% +21.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,158 5,611 6,734
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.79% 21.72% 17.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,825 3,813 4,619
10th Percentile £325 £363 £365
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 77 151
10th Percentile £14.19 £20.00 £24.69
25th Percentile £19.98 £21.24 £25.84
Median hourly rate £25.00 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.86% -3.37% +18.67%
75th Percentile £42.75 £64.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.23 £85.25 £66.66
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £40.93
% change year-on-year -23.81% +28.28% +8.71%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for OSCP in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for OSCP in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OSCP in London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for OSCP in London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 3 (17.65%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Wireless
2 1 (5.88%) DHCP
2 1 (5.88%) DNS
2 1 (5.88%) FTP
2 1 (5.88%) HTTP
2 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.88%) tcpdump
2 1 (5.88%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Burp Suite
General
1 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Analyst
1 6 (35.29%) Security Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Consultant
2 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Ethical Hacker
2 3 (17.65%) Penetration Tester
2 3 (17.65%) Tester
3 2 (11.76%) Junior
3 2 (11.76%) Junior Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Incident Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 5 (29.41%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (23.53%) Cyber Defence
3 4 (23.53%) Mobile App
4 3 (17.65%) IoT
5 2 (11.76%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
6 1 (5.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (35.29%) Linux
2 3 (17.65%) Kali Linux
2 3 (17.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (58.82%) Penetration Testing
3 9 (52.94%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 7 (41.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 7 (41.18%) Threat Intelligence
5 6 (35.29%) Threat Modelling
6 5 (29.41%) Offensive Security
6 5 (29.41%) Red Team
7 4 (23.53%) Agile
7 4 (23.53%) Ethical Hacking
7 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure as Code
7 4 (23.53%) OWASP
7 4 (23.53%) Risk Management
7 4 (23.53%) Social Engineering
7 4 (23.53%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 3 (17.65%) Cloud Security
8 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (17.65%) Cyber Intelligence
8 3 (17.65%) Security Operations
9 2 (11.76%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) Python
2 3 (17.65%) C#
2 3 (17.65%) Go
3 2 (11.76%) Perl
4 1 (5.88%) C
4 1 (5.88%) C++
4 1 (5.88%) Java
4 1 (5.88%) Ruby
4 1 (5.88%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) CISSP
2 7 (41.18%) GREM
3 6 (35.29%) CREST Certified
3 6 (35.29%) GIAC
3 6 (35.29%) GSEC
4 3 (17.65%) CEH
4 3 (17.65%) CHECK Team Leader
4 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
5 2 (11.76%) CCNA
5 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (11.76%) Degree
5 2 (11.76%) ECSA
5 2 (11.76%) GPEN
5 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
6 1 (5.88%) CCNP
6 1 (5.88%) CCSP
6 1 (5.88%) CISM
6 1 (5.88%) EnCE
6 1 (5.88%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) NIST
1 4 (23.53%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) Terraform
2 1 (5.88%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (5.88%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Cisco
1 2 (11.76%) Cybereason
2 1 (5.88%) Intel
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.88%) SAP