Metasploit Contract Job Trends in England

Rapid7 Metasploit
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Metasploit skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 525 481 557
Rank change year-on-year -44 +76 +136
Contract jobs citing Metasploit 35 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.015% 0.005%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.74% 0.11% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 2 1
10th Percentile £406 £506 -
25th Percentile £425 £516 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year -8.47% -0.46% +13.68%
75th Percentile £515 £566 £560
90th Percentile £575 £579 -
UK median daily rate £492 £538 £540
% change year-on-year -8.47% -0.46% +13.68%

All Development Application Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,742 3,566 4,394
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.46% 13.48% 11.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,291 2,207 3,124
10th Percentile £343 £338 £375
25th Percentile £411 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -5.12% -6.52%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 64 203
10th Percentile £39.53 £45.35 £45.18
25th Percentile £52.50 £54.68 £50.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +1.96%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £76.53
90th Percentile £81.65 £75.95 £89.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%

Metasploit
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Metasploit job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Metasploit

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Metasploit in England over the 6 months to 28 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Metasploit in England

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Metasploit.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Metasploit

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Metasploit within the England region over the 6 months to 28 January 2026. 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
South East +2 22 £463 -7.50% 1
London -19 11 £500 - 3
Midlands - 1 £550 -
West Midlands - 1 £550 -
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UK

Metasploit
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 13 (37.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (34.29%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (34.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 20 (57.14%) AWS
1 20 (57.14%) Azure
2 7 (20.00%) GCP
3 5 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 3 (8.57%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (5.71%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 2 (5.71%) Amazon Macie
5 2 (5.71%) AWS CloudTrail
5 2 (5.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (2.86%) Amazon ELB
6 1 (2.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (2.86%) CloudFront
6 1 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.86%) Route 53
6 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (40.00%) Firewall
2 12 (34.29%) Wireless
3 10 (28.57%) Wireshark
4 3 (8.57%) VPN
5 2 (5.71%) VLAN
6 1 (2.86%) Anycast
6 1 (2.86%) BGP
6 1 (2.86%) DMVPN
6 1 (2.86%) IPsec
6 1 (2.86%) MPLS
6 1 (2.86%) Network Security
6 1 (2.86%) NGFW
6 1 (2.86%) OSPF
6 1 (2.86%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 33 (94.29%) Burp Suite
2 6 (17.14%) sqlmap
3 1 (2.86%) AppScan
3 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 26 (74.29%) Social Skills
2 12 (34.29%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.57%) Finance
4 2 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.86%) Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (85.71%) Penetration Tester
2 28 (80.00%) Tester
3 3 (8.57%) Analyst
4 1 (2.86%) Architect
4 1 (2.86%) Azure Architect
4 1 (2.86%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (2.86%) Cloud Security Architect
4 1 (2.86%) Lead
4 1 (2.86%) Security Architect
4 1 (2.86%) Security Penetration Tester
4 1 (2.86%) Senior
4 1 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (2.86%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (2.86%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.71%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.86%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.86%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 19 (54.29%) Windows
2 16 (45.71%) Linux
3 12 (34.29%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (91.43%) Penetration Testing
2 17 (48.57%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 17 (48.57%) OWASP
2 17 (48.57%) Red Team
3 16 (45.71%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (42.86%) Cloud Security
5 14 (40.00%) Test Automation
6 13 (37.14%) Regulatory Compliance
7 11 (31.43%) Information Security
8 10 (28.57%) Security Management
9 9 (25.71%) Business Development
9 9 (25.71%) Commercial Awareness
9 9 (25.71%) Ethical Hacking
9 9 (25.71%) Line Management
10 8 (22.86%) Customer Service
11 7 (20.00%) Application Security
12 6 (17.14%) Incident Response
12 6 (17.14%) Offensive Security
13 5 (14.29%) SIEM
14 4 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 15 (42.86%) Python
2 14 (40.00%) Bash
3 10 (28.57%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.86%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 23 (65.71%) SC Cleared
1 23 (65.71%) Security Cleared
2 15 (42.86%) CHECK Team Member
3 14 (40.00%) OSCP
4 13 (37.14%) CREST Certified
4 13 (37.14%) GPEN
5 12 (34.29%) Cyber Scheme
6 10 (28.57%) CEH
6 10 (28.57%) Degree
6 10 (28.57%) Postgraduate
7 2 (5.71%) GXPN
7 2 (5.71%) OSCE
7 2 (5.71%) SANS
8 1 (2.86%) CHECK Team Leader
8 1 (2.86%) CISSP
8 1 (2.86%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (51.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (45.71%) GDPR
2 16 (45.71%) PCI DSS
3 9 (25.71%) PMO
3 9 (25.71%) QA
4 4 (11.43%) NIST
5 1 (2.86%) COBIT
5 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 30 (85.71%) Nmap
2 10 (28.57%) Nessus
3 2 (5.71%) Ansible
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.86%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.86%) Progress Chef
4 1 (2.86%) QRadar
4 1 (2.86%) SCCM
4 1 (2.86%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (11.43%) ServiceNow
2 3 (8.57%) Tenable
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.71%) Splunk
3 2 (5.71%) Veracode
4 1 (2.86%) BeyondTrust
4 1 (2.86%) CyberArk
4 1 (2.86%) Intel
4 1 (2.86%) LogRhythm
4 1 (2.86%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.86%) Qualys