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 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 606 707 709
Rank change year-on-year +101 +2 +351
Permanent jobs citing Metasploit 13 24 6
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.030% 0.038% 0.012%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.40% 0.43% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 11 19 5
10th Percentile - £56,250 -
25th Percentile £46,000 £61,188 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £66,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.21% +20.45% -33.73%
75th Percentile £86,250 £76,875 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £120,000 -
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year -11.54% +15.56% -32.23%

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 3,211 5,554 6,539
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.53% 8.90% 12.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,993 3,103 5,306
10th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,548
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%

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 18 October 2025.

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 18 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +48 5 £95,000 +44.76% 2
South East +38 3 £46,000 -23.33% 7
Midlands +36 1 £51,058 -34.12% 3
North of England +21 1 £57,500 - 1
Yorkshire +15 1 £57,500 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £51,058 - 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 11 (84.62%) AWS
1 11 (84.62%) Azure
2 5 (38.46%) GCP
3 3 (23.08%) Cloudflare
4 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) Wireless
2 3 (23.08%) DNS
Development Applications
1 13 (100.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Penetration Tester
1 5 (38.46%) Tester
2 3 (23.08%) Information Security Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Principal Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Principal Security Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Security Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Digital Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Lead
3 2 (15.38%) Security Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Team Leader
4 1 (7.69%) Ethical Hacker
4 1 (7.69%) Security Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Security Posture
2 3 (23.08%) Cloud Security Posture
3 2 (15.38%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (15.38%) Driving Licence
3 2 (15.38%) Mobile App
4 1 (7.69%) Cyberattack
4 1 (7.69%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Linux
2 4 (30.77%) Kali Linux
3 3 (23.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Red Team
2 9 (69.23%) Penetration Testing
3 8 (61.54%) Cloud Security
3 8 (61.54%) Purple Team
4 7 (53.85%) Security Testing
5 6 (46.15%) Offensive Security
6 5 (38.46%) Ethical Hacking
6 5 (38.46%) OWASP
7 4 (30.77%) Information Security
7 4 (30.77%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 4 (30.77%) Social Engineering
7 4 (30.77%) Threat Modelling
8 3 (23.08%) Blue Team
8 3 (23.08%) Data Loss Prevention
8 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
8 3 (23.08%) Network Segmentation
8 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (23.08%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (23.08%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 12 (92.31%) Bash
1 12 (92.31%) PowerShell
1 12 (92.31%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) OSCP
2 7 (53.85%) CREST Certified
3 4 (30.77%) CHECK Team Leader
3 4 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (30.77%) CISSP
3 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
4 3 (23.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (23.08%) CCSP
4 3 (23.08%) GCIH
4 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) CCSAM
5 2 (15.38%) CHECK Team Member
5 2 (15.38%) Cyber Scheme
5 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) GPEN
6 1 (7.69%) CEH
6 1 (7.69%) CISMP
6 1 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (7.69%) Degree
6 1 (7.69%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) NIST
2 3 (23.08%) GDPR
2 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (7.69%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (84.62%) Nmap
2 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
2 2 (15.38%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Rapid7
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft