The first table below looks at the demand for Metasploit skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Metasploit over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category for the England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Metasploit
Rank 819 837 847
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +10
Permanent jobs citing Metasploit 22 29 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.022% 0.026% 0.003%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.147% 0.177% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 7 13 2
Average salary £32,500 £47,500 £51,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.57% -7.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,000 £44,250
10% offered a salary of more than £52,400 £75,000 £58,250
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -22.22%
All Development Applications
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
14966 16345 15205
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 14.80% 14.42% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 12942 14368 13424
Average salary £43,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.35% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Metasploit
UK

Metasploit
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Metasploit across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

England Metasploit Jobs Demand Trend

Metasploit
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Metasploit across the England region.

England Metasploit Salary Trend

Metasploit
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Metasploit across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Metasploit Salary Histogram

Metasploit
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Metasploit within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South East -3 10 £56,250 +25.00%
London +49 6 - -
South West - 5 £32,500 -
East of England +3 1 - -
Metasploit
UK

Metasploit
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Metasploit also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Metasploit.

1 29 (93.55%) Nessus
2 23 (74.19%) Penetration Testing
3 19 (61.29%) Security Cleared
3 19 (61.29%) Information Security
4 15 (48.39%) Nmap
4 15 (48.39%) OWASP
5 14 (45.16%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 14 (45.16%) Cisco
6 13 (41.94%) CORE IMPACT
7 12 (38.71%) Wireshark
7 12 (38.71%) Security Testing
8 11 (35.48%) Linux
8 11 (35.48%) Cyber Security
9 10 (32.26%) Microsoft
9 10 (32.26%) SC Cleared
10 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (19.35%) Windows
11 5 (16.13%) Risk Management
12 4 (12.90%) PKI
12 4 (12.90%) Statistics
12 4 (12.90%) VMware Infrastructure
12 4 (12.90%) UAG
12 4 (12.90%) SIEM
12 4 (12.90%) Firewall
12 4 (12.90%) VMware
12 4 (12.90%) Telecoms
12 4 (12.90%) Finance
12 4 (12.90%) VPN
12 4 (12.90%) CheckPoint
12 4 (12.90%) Symantec

Metasploit
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Metasploit also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Metasploit. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (6.452%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (38.71%) Wireshark
2 4 (12.90%) Firewall
2 4 (12.90%) VPN
3 3 (9.677%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (6.452%) VoIP
General
1 4 (12.90%) Telecoms
1 4 (12.90%) Finance
2 3 (9.677%) Electronics
2 3 (9.677%) Military
3 2 (6.452%) Retail
3 2 (6.452%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 13 (41.94%) Consultant
1 13 (41.94%) Security Consultant
2 11 (35.48%) Test Consultant
3 6 (19.35%) Security Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) Analyst
4 5 (16.13%) IT Security Analyst
5 4 (12.90%) Penetration Tester
5 4 (12.90%) Tester
5 4 (12.90%) Penetration Test Consultant
6 2 (6.452%) Senior Tester
6 2 (6.452%) Senior Penetration Tester
7 1 (3.226%) Test Manager
7 1 (3.226%) Team Leader
7 1 (3.226%) Test Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) PKI
1 4 (12.90%) Statistics
2 2 (6.452%) Cryptography
2 2 (6.452%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (35.48%) Linux
2 6 (19.35%) Windows
3 4 (12.90%) UNIX
4 2 (6.452%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (74.19%) Penetration Testing
2 19 (61.29%) Information Security
3 15 (48.39%) OWASP
4 14 (45.16%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 12 (38.71%) Security Testing
6 11 (35.48%) Cyber Security
7 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (16.13%) Risk Management
9 4 (12.90%) SIEM
10 3 (9.677%) Reverse Engineering
11 2 (6.452%) Business Intelligence
12 1 (3.226%) Test Management
12 1 (3.226%) Static Code Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) SQL
2 3 (9.677%) C
3 2 (6.452%) Python
3 2 (6.452%) Perl
3 2 (6.452%) PHP
4 1 (3.226%) C#
4 1 (3.226%) C++
4 1 (3.226%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (61.29%) Security Cleared
2 10 (32.26%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.452%) CEH
3 2 (6.452%) CISSP
4 1 (3.226%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 15 (48.39%) Nmap
2 4 (12.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (12.90%) UAG
Systems Management
1 29 (93.55%) Nessus
2 13 (41.94%) CORE IMPACT
3 4 (12.90%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 14 (45.16%) Cisco
2 10 (32.26%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.90%) VMware
3 4 (12.90%) CheckPoint
3 4 (12.90%) Symantec
4 3 (9.677%) HP
4 3 (9.677%) Juniper
5 1 (3.226%) Coverity
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