Metasploit Job Trends in England

Rapid7 Metasploit
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Metasploit skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 715 632 732
Rank change year-on-year -83 +100 +21
Permanent jobs citing Metasploit 28 15 35
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.029% 0.034% 0.048%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.68% 0.43% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 21 12 27
10th Percentile £16,500 £45,775 £49,500
25th Percentile £29,500 £46,000 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £62,500 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% -5.66% -26.39%
75th Percentile £57,500 £81,875 £79,375
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £120,000
UK median annual salary £46,743 £62,500 £66,250
% change year-on-year -25.21% -5.66% -26.39%

All Development Application Skills
England

Metasploit falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,102 3,513 6,036
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.31% 8.03% 8.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,683 2,236 4,037
10th Percentile £35,525 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%

Metasploit
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Metasploit relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Metasploit job vacancy trend in England

Metasploit
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Metasploit.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Metasploit

Metasploit
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Metasploit in England over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Metasploit in England

Metasploit
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Metasploit within the England region over the 6 months to 20 August 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -45 11 £90,000 -2.70% 5
South West -63 9 £42,500 -37.04% 3
East Midlands - 4 £46,743 -
Midlands - 4 £46,743 - 1
South East -34 3 £16,500 -64.13% 2
Metasploit
UK

Metasploit
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (46.43%) Azure
2 10 (35.71%) AWS
3 6 (21.43%) SaaS
4 3 (10.71%) Entra ID
4 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (10.71%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 13 (46.43%) Firewall
2 10 (35.71%) DNS
3 7 (25.00%) Wireshark
4 4 (14.29%) TCP/IP
5 3 (10.71%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (10.71%) HTTPS
5 3 (10.71%) VPN
6 1 (3.57%) HTTP
6 1 (3.57%) Internet
Development Applications
1 22 (78.57%) Burp Suite
2 3 (10.71%) Bitbucket
General
1 12 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 11 (39.29%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (21.43%) Finance
4 4 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (14.29%) Retail
5 3 (10.71%) Aerospace
5 3 (10.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (32.14%) Penetration Tester
1 9 (32.14%) Tester
2 5 (17.86%) Consultant
3 4 (14.29%) Graduate
3 4 (14.29%) Graduate Consultant
3 4 (14.29%) Security Consultant
3 4 (14.29%) Security Specialist
3 4 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
4 3 (10.71%) Cyber Threat Specialist
4 3 (10.71%) IT Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) IT Security Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Security Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Senior
4 3 (10.71%) Senior IT Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Security Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Penetration Test Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) Security Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Testing Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Testing Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 11 (39.29%) Security Posture
2 6 (21.43%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (14.29%) Insider Threat
3 4 (14.29%) Operational Technology
4 3 (10.71%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (10.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.57%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 15 (53.57%) Linux
2 12 (42.86%) Windows
3 7 (25.00%) Kali Linux
4 4 (14.29%) Mac OS
5 3 (10.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (89.29%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (78.57%) Penetration Testing
3 14 (50.00%) Offensive Security
4 11 (39.29%) Information Security
4 11 (39.29%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (39.29%) Red Team
5 10 (35.71%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 9 (32.14%) Security Testing
7 8 (28.57%) Mentoring
8 7 (25.00%) Computer Science
8 7 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 7 (25.00%) Incident Response
8 7 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
9 5 (17.86%) Validation
10 4 (14.29%) Application Security
10 4 (14.29%) Decision-Making
10 4 (14.29%) OWASP
10 4 (14.29%) Process Improvement
10 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) Bash
1 4 (14.29%) Python
2 3 (10.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (39.29%) CREST Certified
1 11 (39.29%) Security Cleared
2 7 (25.00%) CHECK Team Member
2 7 (25.00%) Degree
2 7 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (21.43%) OSCP
4 4 (14.29%) Cyber Scheme
5 3 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (7.14%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (10.71%) QA
2 1 (3.57%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (21.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 22 (78.57%) Nmap
2 10 (35.71%) Nessus
3 3 (10.71%) Ansible
3 3 (10.71%) Kubernetes
3 3 (10.71%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (3.57%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
1 6 (21.43%) Okta
2 3 (10.71%) Cisco
2 3 (10.71%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (10.71%) Palo Alto
2 3 (10.71%) Rapid7
2 3 (10.71%) Salesforce
2 3 (10.71%) Tenable
3 1 (3.57%) Qualys