OSCP Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for OSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 625 524 745
Rank change year-on-year -101 +221 -4
Permanent jobs citing OSCP 24 67 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.044% 0.20% 0.089%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.55% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 5 61 46
10th Percentile £45,750 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £48,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.87% -33.10% +16.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £79,500 £75,000 £91,875
UK median annual salary £65,625 £62,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -14.38% +8.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 18,384 12,197 23,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.78% 36.37% 34.81%
Number of salaries quoted 6,271 6,850 9,823
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,870 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year - +2.68% +1.82%

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 14 November 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 14 November 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
Midlands -31 9 £62,500 -16.67% 2
South West +12 6 - - 2
South East -20 6 £60,000 +23.71% 6
West Midlands -35 6 £62,500 -16.67% 2
East Midlands -27 3 - -
North of England -34 3 £58,750 +30.56% 6
North West -42 2 £58,750 -2.08% 4
Yorkshire +11 1 - - 2
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:

Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) AWS
1 3 (12.50%) Azure
2 2 (8.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) Internet
2 3 (12.50%) Wireshark
3 2 (8.33%) Broadband
3 2 (8.33%) Network Security
3 2 (8.33%) NGFW
3 2 (8.33%) TCP/IP
3 2 (8.33%) VoIP
3 2 (8.33%) Wireless
4 1 (4.17%) DNS
4 1 (4.17%) Firewall
4 1 (4.17%) FTP
4 1 (4.17%) HTTP
4 1 (4.17%) SMTP
4 1 (4.17%) SSH
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Burp Suite
1 5 (20.83%) Metasploit
General
1 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Legal
4 3 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Games
5 2 (8.33%) Law
5 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Penetration Tester
1 9 (37.50%) Tester
2 5 (20.83%) Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Applications Architect
3 4 (16.67%) Architect
3 4 (16.67%) Security Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Security Architect
3 4 (16.67%) Senior
3 4 (16.67%) Senior Architect
3 4 (16.67%) Senior Security Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Lead
6 1 (4.17%) Ethical Hacker
6 1 (4.17%) Information Security Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Information Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Junior Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Junior Security Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Penetration Test Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Security Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) CSS
1 1 (4.17%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (45.83%) Cyberattack
2 6 (25.00%) IoT
3 4 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 4 (16.67%) Security Posture
3 4 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (16.67%) Smart City
4 2 (8.33%) Blog
4 2 (8.33%) Cybercrime
4 2 (8.33%) Driving Licence
5 1 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (4.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Linux
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
2 3 (12.50%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (95.83%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (87.50%) Penetration Testing
3 14 (58.33%) Computer Science
4 12 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (45.83%) Incident Response
6 10 (41.67%) Red Team
7 9 (37.50%) Application Security
7 9 (37.50%) Offensive Security
8 8 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (29.17%) Security Testing
10 6 (25.00%) Information Security
10 6 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
10 6 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 5 (20.83%) SDLC
11 5 (20.83%) Static Application Security Testing
11 5 (20.83%) Threat Modelling
11 5 (20.83%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 4 (16.67%) Customer Experience
12 4 (16.67%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
12 4 (16.67%) Proactive Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) Python
2 2 (8.33%) Bash
2 2 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.33%) Ruby
3 1 (4.17%) Go
Qualifications
1 15 (62.50%) Degree
2 10 (41.67%) CREST Certified
2 10 (41.67%) Security Cleared
3 9 (37.50%) CEH
3 9 (37.50%) CISSP
3 9 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (29.17%) CHECK Team Member
4 7 (29.17%) SC Cleared
5 4 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (16.67%) CSSLP
5 4 (16.67%) Master's Degree
6 3 (12.50%) GIAC
6 3 (12.50%) GPEN
6 3 (12.50%) OSCE
7 2 (8.33%) CHECK Team Leader
7 2 (8.33%) CISM
7 2 (8.33%) Cyber Scheme
7 2 (8.33%) OSWP
8 1 (4.17%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (29.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (20.83%) GDPR
3 4 (16.67%) NIST
3 4 (16.67%) NIST 800
3 4 (16.67%) SOC 2
4 2 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (8.33%) PCI DSS
4 2 (8.33%) QA
5 1 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (4.17%) HIPAA
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) Nmap
2 2 (8.33%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (8.33%) Zscaler