Metasploit Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Rapid7 Metasploit
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Metasploit skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Metasploit 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.51% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 5.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £406 - -
25th Percentile £407 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £492 - -
90th Percentile £497 - -
South East median daily rate £425 - -

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 196 280 239
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.94% 13.01% 9.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 161 161
10th Percentile £300 £363 £357
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -1.87% +2.88%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £619
90th Percentile £638 £670 £638
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -5.00% -6.98% -2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 2
10th Percentile £63.10 £54.49 £59.65
25th Percentile £71.00 £55.87 £61.38
Median hourly rate £80.00 £57.62 £64.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.85% -10.67% -
75th Percentile £89.63 £72.00 £67.38
90th Percentile £99.00 £93.00 £68.95
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 the Thames Valley

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

Metasploit job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Metasploit
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Metasploit.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Metasploit

Metasploit
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 27 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
Berkshire - 10 £425 - 2
Metasploit
South East

Metasploit
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) AWS
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) Wireshark
2 3 (30.00%) Firewall
2 3 (30.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 10 (100.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 10 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Kali Linux
1 7 (70.00%) Linux
2 3 (30.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (70.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 7 (70.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 7 (70.00%) OWASP
2 7 (70.00%) Red Team
2 7 (70.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (30.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
5 1 (10.00%) Business Development
5 1 (10.00%) Commercial Awareness
5 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
5 1 (10.00%) Information Security
5 1 (10.00%) Line Management
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (10.00%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) Bash
1 7 (70.00%) PowerShell
1 7 (70.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) CEH
2 7 (70.00%) GPEN
2 7 (70.00%) OSCP
3 3 (30.00%) CHECK Team Member
4 2 (20.00%) CREST Certified
4 2 (20.00%) Cyber Scheme
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) GDPR
1 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (30.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (10.00%) PMO
2 1 (10.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 10 (100.00%) Nmap