Metasploit Contracts in England

Rapid7 Metasploit
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Metasploit skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Metasploit over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 539 636
Rank change year-on-year +59 +97 +144
Contract jobs citing Metasploit 5 3 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.021% 0.008% 0.034%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.15% 0.070% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile £430 - £736
25th Percentile £475 £583 £756
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £590 £790
Median % change year-on-year -15.25% -25.32% -
75th Percentile - £598 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 £590 £768
% change year-on-year -15.25% -23.13% +13.70%

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 3,305 4,263 7,542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.57% 11.46% 14.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,218 2,908 5,318
10th Percentile £350 £355 £375
25th Percentile £413 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.41% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 182 222
10th Percentile £27.50 £31.84 £45.00
25th Percentile £52.00 £52.50 £52.56
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.34
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.97% +21.46%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.75 £82.35 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Metasploit as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Metasploit in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Metasploit in England.

Daily rate trend for Metasploit in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Metasploit in England.

Hourly rate trend for Metasploit in England

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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 1 May 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
South East - 3 £500 - 1
London +36 1 £401 -32.12% 4
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Penetration Tester
1 4 (80.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Kali Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (60.00%) Security Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (40.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) OWASP
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (40.00%) Reverse Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (20.00%) OSINT
4 1 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) C
2 2 (40.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) Ruby
3 1 (20.00%) Bash
3 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) OSCP
2 2 (40.00%) CEH
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) GPEN
2 2 (40.00%) GWAPT
2 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (40.00%) OSCE
3 1 (20.00%) CISSP
3 1 (20.00%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) GDPR
1 2 (40.00%) HIPAA
1 2 (40.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Nessus
2 1 (20.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Google