Metasploit Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Rapid7 Metasploit
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Metasploit skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Metasploit 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.51% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 5.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £405 - -
25th Percentile £407 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £459 - -
90th Percentile £503 - -
South East median daily rate £425 - -

All Development Application Skills
Berkshire

Metasploit falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 140 226 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 10.22% 14.02% 9.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 120 115
10th Percentile £358 £350 £353
25th Percentile £410 £400 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.52% -8.70% +24.32%
75th Percentile £569 £638 £623
90th Percentile £650 £670 £648
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -5.00% -6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 0
10th Percentile £58.18 - -
25th Percentile £68.19 £55.87 -
Median hourly rate £77.50 £58.49 -
Median % change year-on-year +32.50% - -
75th Percentile £96.25 £78.00 -
90th Percentile £101.65 £94.00 -
South East median hourly rate £71.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +13.60% +4.17% -4.00%

Metasploit
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Metasploit relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Metasploit job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Metasploit
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Metasploit.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Metasploit

Metasploit
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Metasploit within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 24 November 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wokingham - 7 £425 - 4
Metasploit
South East

Metasploit
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 7 (100.00%) Tester
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Kali Linux
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 7 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 7 (100.00%) OWASP
1 7 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 7 (100.00%) Red Team
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Bash
1 7 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 7 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CEH
1 7 (100.00%) GPEN
1 7 (100.00%) OSCP
2 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 7 (100.00%) Nmap