Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 546 653 797
Rank change year-on-year +107 +144 -121
Contract jobs citing OSCP 37 43 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.087% 0.074% 0.050%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.29% 0.27% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 33 13
10th Percentile £461 £467 £475
25th Percentile £528 £486 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £659 £738 £575
90th Percentile £770 £790 £640
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £486 £524
% change year-on-year +33.74% -7.21% +2.20%

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

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,968 15,820 18,959
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.33% 27.20% 21.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,992 10,558 12,540
10th Percentile £307 £330 £337
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £626
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £533 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.43% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,064 805 779
10th Percentile £13.74 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.80 £20.25 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +24.14% +14.47%
75th Percentile £61.60 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.95 £79.19 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.12% +42.86% -

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for OSCP in the UK

OSCP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OSCP over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for OSCP in the UK

OSCP
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSCP within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
England +97 35 £613 +11.36% 32
London +87 18 £500 -31.03% 10
UK excluding London +64 15 £650 +33.74% 21
North of England +18 9 £650 +33.74% 4
South West - 9 £638 - 8
Work from Home +111 8 £600 +23.46% 23
Yorkshire +23 4 £650 - 2
North West +15 3 - - 2
Scotland - 3 - - 1
North East - 2 £625 -

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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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (16.22%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (29.73%) Wireless
2 1 (2.70%) DHCP
2 1 (2.70%) DNS
2 1 (2.70%) Firewall
2 1 (2.70%) FTP
2 1 (2.70%) HTTP
2 1 (2.70%) Network Security
2 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.70%) tcpdump
2 1 (2.70%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Burp Suite
General
1 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (16.22%) Public Sector
4 5 (13.51%) Legal
5 2 (5.41%) Banking
5 2 (5.41%) Finance
6 1 (2.70%) Electronics
6 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (37.84%) Penetration Tester
1 14 (37.84%) Tester
2 9 (24.32%) Analyst
2 9 (24.32%) Security Analyst
3 6 (16.22%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 6 (16.22%) Ethical Hacker
4 4 (10.81%) Consultant
5 2 (5.41%) Applications Tester
5 2 (5.41%) Junior
5 2 (5.41%) Junior Consultant
5 2 (5.41%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Senior
6 1 (2.70%) Cyber Threat Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Incident Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Security Architect
6 1 (2.70%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Senior Security Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Senior Security Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 13 (35.14%) Mobile App
2 10 (27.03%) Operational Technology
3 7 (18.92%) Cyber Defence
4 6 (16.22%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 6 (16.22%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (10.81%) IoT
6 3 (8.11%) SCADA
6 3 (8.11%) Security Posture
7 2 (5.41%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (2.70%) Cyberattack
8 1 (2.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 17 (45.95%) Linux
2 11 (29.73%) Windows
3 6 (16.22%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (64.86%) Penetration Testing
2 23 (62.16%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (43.24%) Red Team
4 15 (40.54%) Ethical Hacking
5 14 (37.84%) Offensive Security
6 11 (29.73%) Application Security
6 11 (29.73%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 10 (27.03%) Threat Intelligence
7 10 (27.03%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 9 (24.32%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 8 (21.62%) Agile
10 7 (18.92%) Cloud Security
10 7 (18.92%) Infrastructure as Code
10 7 (18.92%) Threat Modelling
11 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (16.22%) OWASP
12 5 (13.51%) Purple Team
12 5 (13.51%) Social Engineering
13 4 (10.81%) Cyber Intelligence
13 4 (10.81%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 20 (54.05%) Python
2 9 (24.32%) C++
3 7 (18.92%) JavaScript
4 4 (10.81%) C#
4 4 (10.81%) Go
5 3 (8.11%) Perl
6 2 (5.41%) C
6 2 (5.41%) Java
6 2 (5.41%) Ruby
6 2 (5.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (45.95%) CREST Certified
2 16 (43.24%) Security Cleared
3 14 (37.84%) GIAC
4 13 (35.14%) CISSP
4 13 (35.14%) SC Cleared
5 10 (27.03%) CEH
6 9 (24.32%) GPEN
7 7 (18.92%) GREM
8 6 (16.22%) GSEC
9 5 (13.51%) CCNA
9 5 (13.51%) CHECK Team Leader
9 5 (13.51%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (8.11%) Degree
11 2 (5.41%) CISM
11 2 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (5.41%) ECSA
11 2 (5.41%) OSCE
11 2 (5.41%) OSWP
12 1 (2.70%) GAWN
12 1 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (32.43%) NIST
2 8 (21.62%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (18.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (16.22%) Terraform
2 1 (2.70%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (2.70%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 2 (5.41%) Cisco
1 2 (5.41%) Cybereason
2 1 (2.70%) Intel
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.70%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.70%) SAP