The first table below looks at the demand for Metasploit skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Metasploit
Rank 211 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Metasploit 5 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.095% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 0.644% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Average salary £32,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -22.22%
All Development Applications
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
776 1103 832
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 14.79% 19.93% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 686 983 748
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,750 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Metasploit
England

Metasploit
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Metasploit Salary Trend

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 South West 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
Wiltshire - 5 £32,500 -
Metasploit
England

Metasploit
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 11 (100.00%) Nessus
1 11 (100.00%) Nmap
2 10 (90.91%) Penetration Testing
2 10 (90.91%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 10 (90.91%) Cisco
3 8 (72.73%) Security Testing
4 6 (54.55%) SC Cleared
4 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
4 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
4 6 (54.55%) Linux
4 6 (54.55%) Wireshark
4 6 (54.55%) Cyber Security
5 5 (45.45%) Risk Management
5 5 (45.45%) Windows
6 4 (36.36%) PKI
6 4 (36.36%) Statistics
6 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (36.36%) UAG
6 4 (36.36%) SIEM
6 4 (36.36%) Information Security
6 4 (36.36%) VMware
6 4 (36.36%) SQL
6 4 (36.36%) CheckPoint
6 4 (36.36%) Symantec
6 4 (36.36%) Norton AntiVirus
6 4 (36.36%) Firewall
6 4 (36.36%) VPN
7 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (18.18%) Financial Institution

Metasploit
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 (18.18%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) Wireshark
2 4 (36.36%) Firewall
2 4 (36.36%) VPN
General
1 2 (18.18%) Financial Institution
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
1 2 (18.18%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Test Consultant
1 6 (54.55%) Consultant
1 6 (54.55%) Security Consultant
2 5 (45.45%) Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Security Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) IT Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) PKI
1 4 (36.36%) Statistics
2 2 (18.18%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Linux
2 5 (45.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Penetration Testing
1 10 (90.91%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 8 (72.73%) Security Testing
3 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (54.55%) Cyber Security
4 5 (45.45%) Risk Management
5 4 (36.36%) SIEM
5 4 (36.36%) Information Security
6 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) SC Cleared
1 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 11 (100.00%) Nmap
2 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (36.36%) UAG
Systems Management
1 11 (100.00%) Nessus
2 4 (36.36%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Cisco
2 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
3 4 (36.36%) VMware
3 4 (36.36%) CheckPoint
3 4 (36.36%) Symantec
Wiltshire
Experience of enterprise security solutions for infrastructure and application architectures including: MS UAG, RSA/SecureIDs, VPNs & Firewalls, VMWare, Checkpoint, Symantec, PKI, Cryptography, WinTel platforms and Penetration Testing at...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £33000 - £35000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 20 May 2013