OSCP Jobs in the UK excluding London

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 704 641 802
Rank change year-on-year -63 +161 -156
Permanent jobs citing OSCP 52 113 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.073% 0.19% 0.074%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.27% 0.52% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 27 60 27
10th Percentile £45,000 - £44,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £44,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.68% -32.31% +30.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,063 £78,125
90th Percentile £71,500 £73,750 £87,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £66,250
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% -14.52%

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,524 21,746 23,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.26% 36.76% 31.95%
Number of salaries quoted 12,216 8,091 10,369
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,175 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,000 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

OSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for OSCP in the UK excluding London

OSCP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OSCP in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for OSCP in the UK excluding London

OSCP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSCP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for OSCP in the UK excluding London

OSCP
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSCP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +42 16 £57,500 +64.29% 9
Midlands 0 15 £55,000 -17.91% 6
South West -8 15 - - 7
West Midlands +11 10 £55,000 -17.91% 6
North West +7 9 £57,500 - 4
Yorkshire +74 7 £65,000 +85.71% 5
East Midlands -8 5 - -
South East -16 4 £65,000 +30.00% 5
Northern Ireland +21 2 £57,500 +25.00%
OSCP
UK

OSCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.85%) IIS
1 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 10 (19.23%) Azure
2 6 (11.54%) AWS
3 4 (7.69%) Serverless
4 2 (3.85%) GCP
4 2 (3.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.54%) Wireless
2 5 (9.62%) Wireshark
3 4 (7.69%) Firewall
3 4 (7.69%) TCP/IP
4 3 (5.77%) Wireless Security
5 2 (3.85%) Internet
5 2 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.92%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (11.54%) Burp Suite
1 6 (11.54%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.92%) AppScan
General
1 19 (36.54%) Social Skills
2 12 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (19.23%) Legal
4 6 (11.54%) Retail
5 4 (7.69%) Games
5 4 (7.69%) Law
6 3 (5.77%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.85%) Finance
7 2 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (55.77%) Penetration Tester
1 29 (55.77%) Tester
2 10 (19.23%) Lead
3 9 (17.31%) Consultant
3 9 (17.31%) Security Consultant
4 8 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 8 (15.38%) Security Penetration Tester
4 8 (15.38%) Security Tester
5 7 (13.46%) Analyst
6 6 (11.54%) Security Specialist
7 5 (9.62%) Junior
7 5 (9.62%) Security Analyst
7 5 (9.62%) Team Leader
8 3 (5.77%) Junior Analyst
8 3 (5.77%) Junior Security Analyst
8 3 (5.77%) Senior
9 2 (3.85%) Incident Engineer
9 2 (3.85%) Information Security Specialist
9 2 (3.85%) Information Specialist
9 2 (3.85%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.08%) Security Posture
2 10 (19.23%) Mobile App
3 6 (11.54%) Cyberattack
4 4 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (7.69%) IoT
4 4 (7.69%) Onboarding
5 3 (5.77%) Operational Technology
6 2 (3.85%) Cloud Native
6 2 (3.85%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (17.31%) Windows
2 6 (11.54%) Kali Linux
3 5 (9.62%) Linux
4 2 (3.85%) Unix
4 2 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (80.77%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (65.38%) Penetration Testing
3 24 (46.15%) Incident Response
4 23 (44.23%) Information Security
5 21 (40.38%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
7 11 (21.15%) Data Privacy
7 11 (21.15%) Ethical Hacking
8 9 (17.31%) Cloud Security
8 9 (17.31%) Computer Science
8 9 (17.31%) OWASP
9 8 (15.38%) API Testing
9 8 (15.38%) Data Protection
9 8 (15.38%) Test Strategy
9 8 (15.38%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 7 (13.46%) Offensive Security
10 7 (13.46%) Red Team
11 6 (11.54%) DevSecOps
11 6 (11.54%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
11 6 (11.54%) Static Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (17.31%) Python
2 4 (7.69%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.77%) Bash
3 3 (5.77%) Java
4 2 (3.85%) C#
4 2 (3.85%) SQL
5 1 (1.92%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (34.62%) CEH
2 16 (30.77%) Degree
3 15 (28.85%) CISSP
4 12 (23.08%) CHECK Team Member
5 8 (15.38%) CISM
6 7 (13.46%) CREST Certified
7 6 (11.54%) AWS Certification
7 6 (11.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 6 (11.54%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (9.62%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (9.62%) GCFA
8 5 (9.62%) GCFE
8 5 (9.62%) GSEC
8 5 (9.62%) SSCP
9 4 (7.69%) CCNA
9 4 (7.69%) MCSE
9 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (7.69%) OSCE
9 4 (7.69%) SC Cleared
9 4 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.38%) GRC
2 4 (7.69%) NIST
3 2 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.85%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (9.62%) Nmap
2 4 (7.69%) CSIRT
2 4 (7.69%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (5.77%) Qualys
2 2 (3.85%) Cisco
2 2 (3.85%) Citrix
2 2 (3.85%) VMware
3 1 (1.92%) Trustwave