Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
UK

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 792 793 1085
Rank change year-on-year +1 +292 -263
Permanent jobs citing OSCP 111 163 184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.17% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.39% 0.51% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 73 96 108
10th Percentile £45,500 £32,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £40,000 £54,600
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -10.71% +1.45%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,125 £87,500
90th Percentile - £93,250 £101,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £42,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +29.41% -39.29% +40.00%

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 28,187 31,834 46,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.34% 33.91% 27.28%
Number of salaries quoted 17,276 14,419 19,396
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,843
25th Percentile £38,603 £42,500 £40,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OSCP.

Salary trend for OSCP in the UK

OSCP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSCP over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Salary histogram for OSCP in the UK

OSCP
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSCP within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +17 89 £65,000 - 35
UK excluding London -99 54 £55,000 +29.41% 22
Work from Home -11 40 £55,000 -21.43% 23
London +92 34 £70,000 -17.65% 14
Midlands -3 19 £55,000 -21.43% 7
North of England +13 16 £57,500 +64.29% 9
South West -33 15 - - 5
West Midlands -19 14 £55,000 -17.91% 7
North West -6 10 £57,500 - 4
Yorkshire +59 6 £65,000 +85.71% 5
East Midlands -19 5 - -
South East -14 3 £72,500 +45.00%
Northern Ireland +18 1 - -

OSCP
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.80%) IIS
1 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.90%) Apache
2 1 (0.90%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (23.42%) AWS
2 24 (21.62%) Azure
3 12 (10.81%) GCP
4 4 (3.60%) Serverless
5 3 (2.70%) PaaS
6 2 (1.80%) SaaS
7 1 (0.90%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.90%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (15.32%) Wireless
2 13 (11.71%) Firewall
3 10 (9.01%) LAN
4 7 (6.31%) Wireshark
5 5 (4.50%) Network Security
6 4 (3.60%) HTTP
6 4 (3.60%) TCP/IP
7 3 (2.70%) SSL
8 2 (1.80%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (1.80%) NGFW
8 2 (1.80%) SSH
8 2 (1.80%) Wireless Security
9 1 (0.90%) DNS
9 1 (0.90%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.90%) Internet
9 1 (0.90%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.90%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.80%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (11.71%) Metasploit
2 10 (9.01%) Burp Suite
General
1 51 (45.95%) Social Skills
2 19 (17.12%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (16.22%) Presentation Skills
4 16 (14.41%) Public Sector
5 12 (10.81%) Marketing
6 11 (9.91%) Retail
7 10 (9.01%) Law
7 10 (9.01%) Legal
8 6 (5.41%) Banking
9 5 (4.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (3.60%) Games
11 3 (2.70%) Finance
12 2 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (53.15%) Penetration Tester
1 59 (53.15%) Tester
2 17 (15.32%) Senior
3 15 (13.51%) Security Penetration Tester
3 15 (13.51%) Security Tester
4 14 (12.61%) Analyst
4 14 (12.61%) Lead
5 13 (11.71%) Consultant
5 13 (11.71%) Security Consultant
6 12 (10.81%) Architect
6 12 (10.81%) Security Architect
7 11 (9.91%) Security Analyst
8 10 (9.01%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 10 (9.01%) Security Technical Architect
8 10 (9.01%) Senior Penetration Tester
8 10 (9.01%) Senior Tester
8 10 (9.01%) Technical Architect
9 9 (8.11%) Team Leader
10 8 (7.21%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 7 (6.31%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.90%) OAuth
1 1 (0.90%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (18.02%) Security Posture
2 18 (16.22%) Cyberattack
3 16 (14.41%) Onboarding
4 15 (13.51%) Mobile App
5 10 (9.01%) Data Centre
5 10 (9.01%) iPhone
5 10 (9.01%) Management Information System
6 9 (8.11%) IoT
7 6 (5.41%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.70%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.70%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.80%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.80%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.90%) Cybercrime
10 1 (0.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.90%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.90%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.90%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 15 (13.51%) Windows
2 11 (9.91%) Linux
3 10 (9.01%) Kali Linux
4 5 (4.50%) Android
4 5 (4.50%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.80%) Unix
5 2 (1.80%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (81.08%) Cybersecurity
2 76 (68.47%) Penetration Testing
3 54 (48.65%) Information Security
4 38 (34.23%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (24.32%) Offensive Security
5 27 (24.32%) Security Testing
5 27 (24.32%) Threat Modelling
6 25 (22.52%) Incident Response
6 25 (22.52%) Red Team
7 24 (21.62%) Cloud Security
7 24 (21.62%) OWASP
8 21 (18.92%) Security Architecture
9 18 (16.22%) Application Security
10 17 (15.32%) Data Privacy
10 17 (15.32%) Ethical Hacking
11 15 (13.51%) Computer Science
11 15 (13.51%) Social Engineering
12 14 (12.61%) Risk Analysis
13 13 (11.71%) Roadmaps
14 12 (10.81%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (15.32%) Python
2 9 (8.11%) Bash
2 9 (8.11%) Java
3 5 (4.50%) Go
3 5 (4.50%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.60%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.80%) SQL
6 1 (0.90%) C#
6 1 (0.90%) C++
Qualifications
1 42 (37.84%) CREST Certified
2 33 (29.73%) CISSP
3 30 (27.03%) CEH
4 26 (23.42%) Security Cleared
5 25 (22.52%) CHECK Team Member
5 25 (22.52%) SC Cleared
6 24 (21.62%) Degree
7 19 (17.12%) CISM
8 16 (14.41%) AWS Certification
9 13 (11.71%) OSCE
10 10 (9.01%) Azure Certification
10 10 (9.01%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (8.11%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (8.11%) GIAC
12 8 (7.21%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (6.31%) CHECK Team Leader
14 6 (5.41%) Cyber Scheme
14 6 (5.41%) GPEN
14 6 (5.41%) PCI QSA
14 6 (5.41%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.61%) GRC
2 13 (11.71%) NIST
3 7 (6.31%) PCI DSS
4 6 (5.41%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (4.50%) GDPR
6 2 (1.80%) QA
7 1 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.90%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.90%) NCSC
System Software
1 13 (11.71%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.80%) Docker
2 2 (1.80%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.90%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (10.81%) Nessus
2 10 (9.01%) Nmap
3 7 (6.31%) CSIRT
4 5 (4.50%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.70%) CASB
6 1 (0.90%) Ansible
6 1 (0.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (8.11%) Qualys
2 5 (4.50%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.70%) VMware
4 2 (1.80%) Cisco
4 2 (1.80%) Citrix
4 2 (1.80%) Google
4 2 (1.80%) Zscaler
5 1 (0.90%) Imperva
5 1 (0.90%) Red Hat