OSCP Contracts in the South West

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 145 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OSCP 9 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.28% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.51% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £606 - -
25th Percentile £616 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 - -
75th Percentile £666 - -
90th Percentile £679 - -
England median daily rate £613 £550 £548
% change year-on-year +11.36% +0.46% +21.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,763 1,819 1,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 55.69% 52.51% 40.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,122 1,344 1,044
10th Percentile £360 £400 £327
25th Percentile £465 £481 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £586 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +11.57% +10.53%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £625
90th Percentile £725 £733 £680
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 140 91
10th Percentile £22.05 £39.55 £42.33
25th Percentile £40.00 £57.01 £52.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year - +3.17% +40.00%
75th Percentile £72.50 £78.44 £68.30
90th Percentile £80.00 £86.29 £75.00
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 the South West

Job postings citing OSCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for OSCP in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OSCP in the South West.

Daily rate trend for OSCP in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSCP within the South West region over the 6 months to 17 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
Bristol - 3 - - 5
Somerset - 3 £675 -
Wiltshire - 3 £600 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (33.33%) AWS
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Burp Suite
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Ethical Hacker
1 3 (33.33%) Penetration Tester
1 3 (33.33%) Security Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Tester
2 2 (22.22%) Applications Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
1 3 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 3 (33.33%) SCADA
2 2 (22.22%) Security Posture
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (11.11%) Cyberattack
3 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Kali Linux
1 3 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Penetration Testing
1 5 (55.56%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
3 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (33.33%) Purple Team
3 3 (33.33%) Red Team
3 3 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (22.22%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (22.22%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (11.11%) DevOps
5 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
5 1 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (11.11%) Security Operations
5 1 (11.11%) SIEM
5 1 (11.11%) Threat Detection
5 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) C
2 1 (11.11%) C++
2 1 (11.11%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) Perl
2 1 (11.11%) Ruby
2 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) CCNA
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (33.33%) CISSP
2 3 (33.33%) CREST Certified
3 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Terraform