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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 502 566
Rank change year-on-year -10 +64 +169
Contract jobs citing Metasploit 32 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.10% 0.016% 0.013%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.68% 0.12% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 3 3
10th Percentile £406 £510 £514
25th Percentile £425 £525 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £569 £665
90th Percentile £688 £580 £728
UK median daily rate £496 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -9.82% +1.85% +14.29%

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 4,684 4,020 4,834
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.13% 13.26% 12.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,277 2,521 3,424
10th Percentile £330 £345 £375
25th Percentile £408 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £645
90th Percentile £700 £730 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £540
% change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 101 214
10th Percentile £39.00 £46.18 £45.88
25th Percentile £52.50 £54.36 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £84.40 £75.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.56% -1.54% +5.69%

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 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
London +11 17 £575 - 6
South East -1 14 £425 -15.00% 3
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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 8 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (21.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (56.25%) AWS
1 18 (56.25%) Azure
2 12 (37.50%) GCP
3 5 (15.63%) GitHub
4 4 (12.50%) Entra ID
5 2 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (3.13%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (3.13%) Amazon Macie
6 1 (3.13%) AWS CloudTrail
6 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
6 1 (3.13%) SaaS
6 1 (3.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (28.13%) Wireshark
2 7 (21.88%) Firewall
2 7 (21.88%) Wireless
3 2 (6.25%) VLAN
3 2 (6.25%) VPN
4 1 (3.13%) Network Security
4 1 (3.13%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 30 (93.75%) Burp Suite
2 6 (18.75%) sqlmap
3 5 (15.63%) SonarQube
4 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 24 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (34.38%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (21.88%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Finance
5 1 (3.13%) Banking
5 1 (3.13%) Military
Job Titles
1 23 (71.88%) Penetration Tester
1 23 (71.88%) Tester
2 5 (15.63%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 5 (15.63%) Security Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Senior
5 1 (3.13%) Lead
5 1 (3.13%) Security Penetration Tester
5 1 (3.13%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Senior Penetration Tester
5 1 (3.13%) Senior Tester
5 1 (3.13%) SOC Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (28.13%) Security Posture
2 2 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (3.13%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 14 (43.75%) Linux
2 11 (34.38%) Kali Linux
2 11 (34.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (93.75%) Penetration Testing
2 22 (68.75%) OWASP
3 17 (53.13%) Red Team
4 16 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 15 (46.88%) Cloud Security
6 13 (40.63%) Ethical Hacking
6 13 (40.63%) Test Automation
7 10 (31.25%) Application Security
8 8 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
8 8 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 7 (21.88%) Infrastructure as Code
10 6 (18.75%) Incident Response
10 6 (18.75%) Offensive Security
10 6 (18.75%) Secure Coding
10 6 (18.75%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 5 (15.63%) CI/CD
11 5 (15.63%) Information Security
11 5 (15.63%) Security Testing
11 5 (15.63%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 19 (59.38%) Python
2 18 (56.25%) Bash
3 9 (28.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 19 (59.38%) OSCP
2 19 (59.38%) SC Cleared
3 12 (37.50%) CHECK Team Member
3 12 (37.50%) CREST Certified
3 12 (37.50%) GPEN
4 9 (28.13%) CEH
5 5 (15.63%) Cyber Scheme
5 5 (15.63%) Degree
5 5 (15.63%) Postgraduate
5 5 (15.63%) Tigerscheme
6 2 (6.25%) GXPN
6 2 (6.25%) OSCE
6 2 (6.25%) SANS
7 1 (3.13%) CHECK Team Leader
7 1 (3.13%) CISSP
7 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
7 1 (3.13%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (34.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (25.00%) GDPR
2 8 (25.00%) PCI DSS
3 4 (12.50%) NIST
3 4 (12.50%) PMO
3 4 (12.50%) QA
4 3 (9.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (9.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (9.38%) NCSC
5 1 (3.13%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (18.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 28 (87.50%) Nmap
2 9 (28.13%) Nessus
3 1 (3.13%) Ansible
3 1 (3.13%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.13%) QRadar
3 1 (3.13%) SCCM
3 1 (3.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) Veracode
2 4 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.25%) Tenable
4 1 (3.13%) Intel
4 1 (3.13%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.13%) Qualys
4 1 (3.13%) Splunk