OSCP Contracts with Work from Home Options

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 333 443 602
Rank change year-on-year +110 +159 -105
Contract jobs citing OSCP 8 14 21
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.054% 0.059% 0.048%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.21% 0.23% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 11
10th Percentile £569 - £475
25th Percentile - - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £486 £530
Median % change year-on-year +23.46% -8.30% +9.00%
75th Percentile £641 £552 £584
90th Percentile £663 £750 £650
UK median daily rate £625 £550 £548
% change year-on-year +13.64% +0.46% +21.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,871 5,983 8,825
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.24% 25.06% 20.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,499 4,053 6,276
10th Percentile £331 £380 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +3.58% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 246 232
10th Percentile £15.36 £19.00 £19.04
25th Percentile £23.94 £42.50 £39.19
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £84.28 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

OSCP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing OSCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

OSCP trend for jobs with a WFH option

OSCP
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing OSCP.

OSCP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

OSCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (12.50%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Wireless
2 1 (12.50%) Kerberos
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Legal
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Penetration Tester
1 6 (75.00%) Tester
2 2 (25.00%) Applications Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (37.50%) Operational Technology
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (12.50%) Cyberattack
3 1 (12.50%) PKI
3 1 (12.50%) Replication
3 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 1 (12.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Red Team
2 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) Offensive Security
2 4 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Application Security
3 3 (37.50%) Ethical Hacking
4 2 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (12.50%) Information Security
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (12.50%) Privileged Access Management
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 1 (12.50%) Secrets Management
5 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
5 1 (12.50%) Threat Detection
5 1 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
5 1 (12.50%) Validation
5 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C++
1 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
1 3 (37.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CREST Certified
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) GIAC
3 3 (37.50%) CEH
3 3 (37.50%) GPEN
4 1 (12.50%) CHECK Team Leader
4 1 (12.50%) CHECK Team Member
4 1 (12.50%) CISSP
4 1 (12.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) CA
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft