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 Albany14%3 of 21 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Buffalo14%3 of 21 postings
- Information Security Analyst in New York11%5 of 44 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Fresno7%3 of 42 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Los Angeles7%3 of 42 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Sacramento7%3 of 42 postings
- Information Security Analyst in San Diego7%3 of 42 postings
- Information Security Analyst in San Jose7%3 of 42 postings
- Information Security Analyst in San Francisco7%6 of 87 postings
- Information Security Analyst (national)6%13 of 221 postings
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator in Albany6%1 of 18 postings
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator in Buffalo6%1 of 18 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.
- Information Security Analyst in Seattle4%1 of 26 postings
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator in New York4%1 of 28 postings
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator (national)1%1 of 181 postings
- Software Developer in New York0%1 of 233 postings
- Software Developer (national)0%1 of 300 postings
- Software Developer in San Francisco0%1 of 380 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 →