Burp Suite Contract Job Trends

PortSwigger Burp Suite
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Burp Suite skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 547 550 594
Rank change year-on-year +3 +44 +187
Contract jobs citing Burp Suite 34 14 18
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.093% 0.040% 0.040%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.62% 0.31% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 9 8
10th Percentile £406 £534 £479
25th Percentile £415 £550 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £555 £634
Median % change year-on-year -11.35% -12.43% +30.00%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £769
90th Percentile £675 £610 £779
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £563 £570
% change year-on-year -24.44% -1.32% +16.92%

All Development Application Skills
UK

Burp Suite 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,509 4,577 5,803
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.12% 13.24% 13.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,802 2,877 4,018
10th Percentile £338 £340 £363
25th Percentile £409 £413 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% -2.26%
75th Percentile £600 £626 £638
90th Percentile £695 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £513
% change year-on-year -2.56% -5.03% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 98 213
10th Percentile £39.00 £26.43 £45.88
25th Percentile £52.81 £46.44 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £76.53
90th Percentile £84.40 £75.00 £89.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

Burp Suite
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Burp Suite relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Burp Suite job vacancy trend in the UK

Burp Suite
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Burp Suite.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Burp Suite

Burp Suite
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Burp Suite over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Burp Suite in the UK

Burp Suite
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Burp Suite.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Burp Suite

Burp Suite
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Burp Suite within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
England -16 34 £492 -11.35% 9
UK excluding London -31 18 £425 -24.44% 10
South East +18 17 £425 -15.00% 2
London +8 15 £525 -4.55% 2
Work from Home +24 14 £500 -9.91% 2
East of England -22 1 £550 -21.43% 2

Burp Suite
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (52.94%) AWS
1 18 (52.94%) Azure
2 13 (38.24%) GCP
3 5 (14.71%) GitHub
4 4 (11.76%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.94%) OCI
5 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (26.47%) Wireless
2 8 (23.53%) Firewall
2 8 (23.53%) Wireshark
3 2 (5.88%) VLAN
3 2 (5.88%) VPN
4 1 (2.94%) Internet
4 1 (2.94%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 31 (91.18%) Metasploit
2 6 (17.65%) sqlmap
3 5 (14.71%) SonarQube
4 1 (2.94%) JIRA
General
1 26 (76.47%) Social Skills
2 11 (32.35%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (20.59%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.88%) Finance
5 1 (2.94%) Banking
5 1 (2.94%) Law
5 1 (2.94%) Military
5 1 (2.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (73.53%) Penetration Tester
1 25 (73.53%) Tester
2 5 (14.71%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 5 (14.71%) Security Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Analyst
4 2 (5.88%) Security Analyst
5 1 (2.94%) Application Security Analyst
5 1 (2.94%) Incident Analyst
5 1 (2.94%) Risk Analyst
5 1 (2.94%) Security Incident Analyst
5 1 (2.94%) Security Penetration Tester
5 1 (2.94%) Security Risk Analyst
5 1 (2.94%) Senior
5 1 (2.94%) Senior Penetration Tester
5 1 (2.94%) Senior Tester
5 1 (2.94%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (35.29%) Security Posture
2 1 (2.94%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 16 (47.06%) Linux
2 13 (38.24%) Kali Linux
3 12 (35.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (97.06%) Penetration Testing
2 22 (64.71%) OWASP
3 18 (52.94%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (52.94%) Red Team
4 16 (47.06%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 15 (44.12%) Cloud Security
6 14 (41.18%) Ethical Hacking
6 14 (41.18%) Test Automation
7 10 (29.41%) Application Security
8 8 (23.53%) Information Security
8 8 (23.53%) Regulatory Compliance
8 8 (23.53%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 7 (20.59%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (20.59%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 6 (17.65%) Incident Response
10 6 (17.65%) Offensive Security
10 6 (17.65%) Secure Coding
11 5 (14.71%) Line Management
11 5 (14.71%) SDLC
11 5 (14.71%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 18 (52.94%) Python
2 17 (50.00%) Bash
3 8 (23.53%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (61.76%) OSCP
2 19 (55.88%) Security Cleared
3 18 (52.94%) SC Cleared
4 13 (38.24%) CHECK Team Member
4 13 (38.24%) CREST Certified
5 12 (35.29%) GPEN
6 11 (32.35%) CEH
7 8 (23.53%) Degree
8 6 (17.65%) Cyber Scheme
8 6 (17.65%) Postgraduate
9 5 (14.71%) Tigerscheme
10 4 (11.76%) CISSP
11 3 (8.82%) SANS
12 2 (5.88%) GXPN
12 2 (5.88%) OSCE
13 1 (2.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (2.94%) CHECK Team Leader
13 1 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (2.94%) CISM
13 1 (2.94%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (35.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (26.47%) PCI DSS
3 8 (23.53%) GDPR
4 5 (14.71%) NIST
4 5 (14.71%) PMO
4 5 (14.71%) QA
5 3 (8.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (8.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (8.82%) NCSC
6 1 (2.94%) GRC
System Software
1 7 (20.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 31 (91.18%) Nmap
2 9 (26.47%) Nessus
3 1 (2.94%) Nexpose
3 1 (2.94%) QRadar
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) Veracode
2 3 (8.82%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.88%) Qualys
3 2 (5.88%) Splunk
4 1 (2.94%) Google
4 1 (2.94%) Tenable