certification
Offensive Security Certified Professional
OffSec
$1,749
exam fee · checked 2026-08
400 hrs
400 hours — about 40 weeks at 10 hrs/wk
Where it is actually asked for
- Information Security Analyst in Albany12%3 of 25 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Buffalo12%3 of 25 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Washington, DC10%3 of 30 postings
- Information Security Analyst in New York9%5 of 56 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Fresno8%6 of 80 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Sacramento8%6 of 80 postings
- Information Security Analyst in San Diego8%6 of 80 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Los Angeles7%6 of 81 postings
- Information Security Analyst in San Jose7%6 of 82 postings
- Information Security Analyst in San Francisco6%8 of 134 postings
- Information Security Analyst (national)5%21 of 400 postings
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator in Albany5%1 of 20 postings
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator in Buffalo5%1 of 20 postings
Where it barely came up
It appeared in these samples, but rarely. If one of these is the job you want, this credential is probably not the thing standing between you and it.
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator in Washington, DC4%1 of 24 postings
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator in New York3%1 of 33 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Seattle2%1 of 41 postings
- Software Developer in New York0%1 of 293 postings
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator (national)0%1 of 363 postings
- Software Developer (national)0%1 of 400 postings
- Software Developer in San Francisco0%1 of 400 postings
These percentages describe the samples we read, listed above with their sizes and dates. They are not a statement about the whole labour market, and absence from this page means we have no evidence either way — not that the credential is worthless. How we know →