Metasploit Contracts

Rapid7 Metasploit
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 515 579 700
Rank change year-on-year +64 +121 +146
Contract jobs citing Metasploit 5 3 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.007% 0.030%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.12% 0.058% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile £430 - £567
25th Percentile £475 £583 £667
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £590 £768
Median % change year-on-year -15.25% -23.13% +13.70%
75th Percentile - £598 £790
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 - -

All Development Application Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,103 5,181 9,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.02% 11.89% 15.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,744 3,477 6,339
10th Percentile £340 £356 £385
25th Percentile £413 £425 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £663
90th Percentile £717 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.40% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 197 246
10th Percentile £26.92 £32.48 £45.00
25th Percentile £51.53 £46.25 £53.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £86.15 £81.60 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +12.84%

Metasploit
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Metasploit in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Metasploit in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Metasploit in the UK

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Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Metasploit within the UK 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
England +59 5 £500 -15.25% 5
Work from Home - 4 £500 - 9
UK excluding London - 3 £500 - 4
South East - 3 £500 - 1
London +36 1 £401 -32.12% 4

Metasploit
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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