OSCP Contracts in England

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
UK > England

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 504 595 770
Rank change year-on-year +91 +175 -152
Contract jobs citing OSCP 38 44 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.092% 0.034%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.34% 0.33% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 37 13
10th Percentile £461 £486 £475
25th Percentile £528 £486 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £570 £548
Median % change year-on-year +11.84% +4.11% +21.67%
75th Percentile £678 £738 £575
90th Percentile £770 £789 £625
UK median daily rate £638 £570 £549
% change year-on-year +11.84% +3.87% +21.94%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,283 13,151 15,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.55% 27.54% 21.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,990 8,833 10,320
10th Percentile £313 £349 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £745 £745 £725
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,005 654 675
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +39.24% +8.22%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.18 £67.80
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.84%

OSCP
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 2 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 2 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 +96 16 £500 -31.03% 27
South West - 12 £674 - 3
North of England +25 9 £650 +33.74% 9
Midlands +26 5 £674 +3.62% 7
West Midlands +16 5 £674 +3.62% 7
Yorkshire +24 4 £650 - 5
South East +12 3 £674 +18.16% 6
North West +7 3 - - 4
North East - 2 £625 -
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UK

OSCP
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 (13.16%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.79%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (21.05%) Wireless
2 5 (13.16%) Kerberos
3 1 (2.63%) DHCP
3 1 (2.63%) DNS
3 1 (2.63%) FTP
3 1 (2.63%) HTTP
3 1 (2.63%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.63%) tcpdump
3 1 (2.63%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 6 (15.79%) Burp Suite
General
1 11 (28.95%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.53%) Legal
3 4 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.26%) Banking
4 2 (5.26%) Finance
5 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (34.21%) Penetration Tester
1 13 (34.21%) Tester
2 9 (23.68%) Analyst
2 9 (23.68%) Security Analyst
3 6 (15.79%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 6 (15.79%) Ethical Hacker
4 4 (10.53%) Consultant
5 2 (5.26%) Applications Tester
5 2 (5.26%) IAM Consultant
5 2 (5.26%) Junior
5 2 (5.26%) Junior Consultant
5 2 (5.26%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Senior
6 1 (2.63%) Cyber Threat Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Incident Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) Senior Security Analyst
6 1 (2.63%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.16%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (26.32%) Mobile App
2 9 (23.68%) Operational Technology
3 7 (18.42%) Cyber Defence
4 6 (15.79%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 6 (15.79%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (13.16%) PKI
5 5 (13.16%) Replication
6 3 (7.89%) SCADA
6 3 (7.89%) Security Posture
7 2 (5.26%) IoT
7 2 (5.26%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (2.63%) Cyberattack
8 1 (2.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 14 (36.84%) Linux
2 13 (34.21%) Windows
3 6 (15.79%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (55.26%) Penetration Testing
2 20 (52.63%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (36.84%) Ethical Hacking
4 13 (34.21%) Red Team
5 11 (28.95%) Offensive Security
6 10 (26.32%) Threat Intelligence
7 9 (23.68%) Application Security
7 9 (23.68%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 9 (23.68%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 8 (21.05%) Agile
8 8 (21.05%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 7 (18.42%) Infrastructure as Code
10 6 (15.79%) Cloud Security
10 6 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (15.79%) Identity Access Management
10 6 (15.79%) Threat Modelling
11 5 (13.16%) Purple Team
11 5 (13.16%) Validation
12 4 (10.53%) OWASP
12 4 (10.53%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (44.74%) Python
2 8 (21.05%) C++
3 6 (15.79%) JavaScript
4 3 (7.89%) Perl
5 2 (5.26%) C
5 2 (5.26%) C#
5 2 (5.26%) Go
5 2 (5.26%) Java
5 2 (5.26%) Ruby
5 2 (5.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (52.63%) Security Cleared
2 17 (44.74%) SC Cleared
3 14 (36.84%) CREST Certified
4 12 (31.58%) CISSP
5 11 (28.95%) GIAC
6 9 (23.68%) CEH
7 8 (21.05%) GPEN
8 7 (18.42%) GREM
9 6 (15.79%) GSEC
10 5 (13.16%) CCNA
10 5 (13.16%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (7.89%) CHECK Team Leader
12 2 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (5.26%) Degree
12 2 (5.26%) ECSA
12 2 (5.26%) OSCE
12 2 (5.26%) OSWP
13 1 (2.63%) EnCE
13 1 (2.63%) GCED
13 1 (2.63%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (23.68%) NIST
2 8 (21.05%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (28.95%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (15.79%) Terraform
2 1 (2.63%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (2.63%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.16%) CA
3 2 (5.26%) Cisco
3 2 (5.26%) Cybereason
4 1 (2.63%) Intel
4 1 (2.63%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.63%) SAP