Burp Suite Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

PortSwigger Burp Suite
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Burp Suite skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Burp Suite 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 299 340 471
Rank change year-on-year +41 +131 +139
Contract jobs citing Burp Suite 5 5 6
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.050% 0.033% 0.023%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.34% 0.27% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 5
10th Percentile £420 £579 £490
25th Percentile £450 £585 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £594 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.82% +13.14% -8.50%
75th Percentile - £620 £588
90th Percentile - £636 £709
UK median daily rate £500 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -15.25% +2.61% -1.71%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,482 1,853 3,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.96% 12.08% 15.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,067 1,324 2,836
10th Percentile £340 £360 £395
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% +2.86%
75th Percentile £615 £600 £650
90th Percentile £750 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 43 114
10th Percentile £27.28 £28.99 £45.00
25th Percentile £58.81 £47.38 £54.06
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.00%
75th Percentile £80.38 £90.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.25 - £81.75
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%

Burp Suite
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Burp Suite as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Burp Suite trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Burp Suite
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Burp Suite.

Burp Suite daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Burp Suite
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Metasploit
2 1 (20.00%) JMeter
2 1 (20.00%) LoadRunner
2 1 (20.00%) NeoLoad
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Penetration Tester
1 3 (60.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) QA Leader
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
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Kali Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Security Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 2 (40.00%) OWASP
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (20.00%) Reverse Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (20.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Bash
2 1 (20.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CEH
1 2 (40.00%) OSCP
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) CREST Certified
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) GPEN
2 1 (20.00%) GWAPT
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Nessus
2 1 (20.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Google
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft