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 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 590 658 641
Rank change year-on-year +68 -17 +304
Permanent jobs citing Metasploit 19 16 37
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.036% 0.033% 0.077%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.61% 0.32% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 15 13 32
10th Percentile £38,750 - £51,750
25th Percentile £47,083 £56,250 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.45% -13.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £66,875 £67,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 - -
UK median annual salary £55,529 £64,125 £75,000
% change year-on-year -13.41% -14.50% -3.23%

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 3,106 5,019 5,584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.91% 10.40% 11.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,130 2,874 4,569
10th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £98,474 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -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 9 January 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 9 January 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
Midlands +34 8 £51,058 -
East Midlands +2 8 £51,058 -
London +51 7 £95,000 +46.15% 4
South West - 2 £47,500 - 1
South East +26 1 £46,000 -23.33% 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 (68.42%) AWS
1 13 (68.42%) Azure
2 3 (15.79%) Cloudflare
3 2 (10.53%) GCP
4 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) Wireless
2 3 (15.79%) DNS
3 1 (5.26%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 19 (100.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 11 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 7 (36.84%) Retail
3 6 (31.58%) Finance
4 5 (26.32%) Telecoms
5 2 (10.53%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Security Specialist
1 7 (36.84%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 4 (21.05%) Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Digital Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Security Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Information Security Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Penetration Tester
3 3 (15.79%) Principal Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Principal Security Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Security Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Tester
4 2 (10.53%) Senior
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Digital Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Security Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Lead
5 1 (5.26%) Security Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 15 (78.95%) Security Posture
2 7 (36.84%) Insider Threat
2 7 (36.84%) Mobile App
3 4 (21.05%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (15.79%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (10.53%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) Linux
2 4 (21.05%) Windows
3 1 (5.26%) Android
3 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
3 1 (5.26%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Red Team
2 16 (84.21%) Penetration Testing
3 13 (68.42%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (63.16%) Ethical Hacking
5 11 (57.89%) Offensive Security
6 10 (52.63%) Information Security
7 7 (36.84%) Actionable Insight
7 7 (36.84%) Anomaly Detection
7 7 (36.84%) Decision-Making
7 7 (36.84%) Mentoring
7 7 (36.84%) Open Source
7 7 (36.84%) Threat Intelligence
8 6 (31.58%) Cloud Security
8 6 (31.58%) Purple Team
9 5 (26.32%) Collaborative Culture
10 4 (21.05%) Application Security
10 4 (21.05%) Business Strategy
10 4 (21.05%) Coaching
10 4 (21.05%) Creative Thinking
10 4 (21.05%) Internal Audit
Programming Languages
1 11 (57.89%) Bash
1 11 (57.89%) Python
2 9 (47.37%) PowerShell
3 2 (10.53%) C#
Qualifications
1 16 (84.21%) CREST Certified
2 14 (73.68%) OSCP
3 10 (52.63%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (52.63%) CISSP
4 9 (47.37%) GPEN
5 8 (42.11%) SC Cleared
5 8 (42.11%) Security Cleared
6 7 (36.84%) CCNA
6 7 (36.84%) CEH
6 7 (36.84%) CISMP
6 7 (36.84%) CompTIA Security+
6 7 (36.84%) Degree
6 7 (36.84%) GIAC
6 7 (36.84%) MCP
6 7 (36.84%) MCSE
6 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (26.32%) CHECK Team Leader
7 5 (26.32%) CHECK Team Member
8 4 (21.05%) CCSAM
9 3 (15.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) Actionable Recommendations
2 6 (31.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (15.79%) GDPR
4 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (5.26%) GRC
4 1 (5.26%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (78.95%) Nmap
2 5 (26.32%) Nessus
3 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Cisco
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Rapid7
3 1 (5.26%) Qualys