OSCP Contracts in England

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 522 598 764
Rank change year-on-year +76 +166 -121
Contract jobs citing OSCP 28 38 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.075% 0.081% 0.033%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% 0.30% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 31 12
10th Percentile £455 - £475
25th Percentile £538 £486 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £539
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +2.09% +19.72%
75th Percentile £661 £713 £570
90th Percentile £683 £790 £631
UK median daily rate £625 £550 £548
% change year-on-year +13.64% +0.46% +21.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

OSCP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,463 12,852 15,408
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.56% 27.32% 21.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,093 8,593 10,289
10th Percentile £313 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £652 £638
90th Percentile £738 £745 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,006 655 691
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.35 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £21.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%
75th Percentile £64.25 £70.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.25 £68.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

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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 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for OSCP in England

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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 12 June 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 +78 10 £475 -20.83% 16
South West - 9 £674 - 3
North of England +10 6 £650 +33.74% 7
West Midlands +19 5 £674 +3.62% 7
Midlands +18 5 £674 +3.62% 7
Yorkshire +17 4 £650 - 4
South East +17 3 £674 +18.16% 2
North East - 2 £625 -
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UK

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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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (17.86%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (28.57%) Wireless
2 5 (17.86%) Kerberos
3 1 (3.57%) DHCP
3 1 (3.57%) DNS
3 1 (3.57%) FTP
3 1 (3.57%) HTTP
3 1 (3.57%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.57%) tcpdump
3 1 (3.57%) Wireshark
General
1 4 (14.29%) Legal
1 4 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (7.14%) Banking
2 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.57%) Finance
3 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (42.86%) Penetration Tester
1 12 (42.86%) Tester
2 6 (21.43%) Analyst
2 6 (21.43%) Security Analyst
3 5 (17.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 4 (14.29%) Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) Applications Tester
5 2 (7.14%) IAM Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) Junior
5 2 (7.14%) Junior Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) Security Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Senior
6 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Incident Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Senior Security Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Senior Security Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.86%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (35.71%) Mobile App
2 9 (32.14%) Operational Technology
3 5 (17.86%) PKI
3 5 (17.86%) Replication
4 4 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (10.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (10.71%) SCADA
5 3 (10.71%) Security Posture
6 2 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (7.14%) IoT
6 2 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (3.57%) Cyberattack
7 1 (3.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 13 (46.43%) Windows
2 8 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 13 (46.43%) Red Team
4 11 (39.29%) Offensive Security
5 9 (32.14%) Application Security
6 8 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 7 (25.00%) Ethical Hacking
7 7 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
8 6 (21.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 6 (21.43%) Identity Access Management
8 6 (21.43%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 5 (17.86%) Validation
10 4 (14.29%) OWASP
10 4 (14.29%) Security Operations
11 3 (10.71%) Cyber Intelligence
11 3 (10.71%) DevOps
11 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (10.71%) Social Engineering
11 3 (10.71%) Threat Modelling
12 2 (7.14%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 11 (39.29%) Python
2 8 (28.57%) C++
3 6 (21.43%) JavaScript
4 3 (10.71%) Perl
5 2 (7.14%) C
5 2 (7.14%) C#
5 2 (7.14%) Go
5 2 (7.14%) Java
5 2 (7.14%) Ruby
5 2 (7.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (50.00%) CREST Certified
1 14 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (46.43%) SC Cleared
3 11 (39.29%) GIAC
4 9 (32.14%) CEH
4 9 (32.14%) CISSP
5 8 (28.57%) GPEN
6 5 (17.86%) CCNA
6 5 (17.86%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (14.29%) GREM
8 3 (10.71%) CHECK Team Leader
8 3 (10.71%) GSEC
9 2 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (7.14%) Degree
9 2 (7.14%) ECSA
10 1 (3.57%) GAWN
10 1 (3.57%) GCFE
10 1 (3.57%) GPPA
10 1 (3.57%) GXPN
10 1 (3.57%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (32.14%) NIST
2 2 (7.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (39.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (3.57%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.86%) CA
3 2 (7.14%) Cisco
4 1 (3.57%) Cybereason
4 1 (3.57%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.57%) SAP