Metasploit Contracts in the Thames Valley

Rapid7 Metasploit
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 99 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Metasploit 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.20% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 1.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
South East median daily rate £500 - -

All Development Application Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 177 259 319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 11.71% 9.64% 10.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 158 212
10th Percentile £359 £329 £363
25th Percentile £452 £416 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £534
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.04% +12.37%
75th Percentile £589 £650 £629
90th Percentile £638 £688 £723
South East median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 2
10th Percentile £26.28 - £53.13
25th Percentile £34.43 £46.25 £55.94
Median hourly rate £48.00 £55.00 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% -10.20% -6.49%
75th Percentile £64.00 £65.00 £65.94
90th Percentile £73.60 - £68.38
South East median hourly rate £56.25 £62.50 £56.24
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.14% +2.25%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Metasploit as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Metasploit in the Thames Valley

Metasploit
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Metasploit in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Metasploit in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Metasploit within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire - 3 £500 - 2
Metasploit
South East

Metasploit
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 3 (100.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Kali Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Cryptography
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) OWASP
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (66.67%) Reverse Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (33.33%) Open Source
3 1 (33.33%) OSINT
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) GPEN
1 2 (66.67%) GWAPT
1 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
1 2 (66.67%) OSCE
1 2 (66.67%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GDPR
1 2 (66.67%) HIPAA
1 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft