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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 740 630 725
Rank change year-on-year -110 +95 -7
Permanent jobs citing Metasploit 29 14 26
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.028% 0.032% 0.038%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.69% 0.43% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 22 12 20
10th Percentile £17,800 £45,775 £56,250
25th Percentile £29,500 £46,000 £61,844
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,622 £62,500 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -28.61% -5.66% -26.39%
75th Percentile £57,500 £81,875 £79,063
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £120,000
UK median annual salary £46,743 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -25.21% -3.85% -27.78%

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 4,174 3,259 5,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.08% 7.54% 8.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,649 2,031 3,533
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -63 13 £85,000 -10.53% 3
South West -67 9 £42,500 -37.04% 2
East Midlands - 4 £46,743 -
Midlands - 4 £46,743 - 1
South East -48 3 £16,500 -64.13%
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 9 (31.03%) AWS
1 9 (31.03%) Azure
2 3 (10.34%) Entra ID
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Purview
2 3 (10.34%) Mimecast
2 3 (10.34%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (51.72%) Firewall
2 10 (34.48%) Wireshark
3 7 (24.14%) DNS
4 3 (10.34%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (10.34%) VPN
5 2 (6.90%) Wireless
6 1 (3.45%) HTTP
6 1 (3.45%) Internet
6 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 26 (89.66%) Burp Suite
General
1 16 (55.17%) Social Skills
2 11 (37.93%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (24.14%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Retail
5 3 (10.34%) Aerospace
5 3 (10.34%) Finance
5 3 (10.34%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (48.28%) Penetration Tester
1 14 (48.28%) Tester
2 4 (13.79%) Consultant
2 4 (13.79%) Graduate
2 4 (13.79%) Graduate Consultant
2 4 (13.79%) Security Consultant
2 4 (13.79%) Security Specialist
2 4 (13.79%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 3 (10.34%) IT Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) IT Security Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Security Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Senior
3 3 (10.34%) Senior IT Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Senior Security Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Security Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Testing Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (37.93%) Security Posture
2 7 (24.14%) Operational Technology
3 4 (13.79%) Insider Threat
4 3 (10.34%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 16 (55.17%) Linux
2 13 (44.83%) Windows
3 7 (24.14%) Mac OS
4 4 (13.79%) Kali Linux
5 2 (6.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (89.66%) Penetration Testing
3 17 (58.62%) Offensive Security
4 14 (48.28%) Red Team
5 13 (44.83%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 12 (41.38%) Security Testing
7 11 (37.93%) Information Security
7 11 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (27.59%) Mentoring
8 8 (27.59%) Validation
9 7 (24.14%) Application Security
9 7 (24.14%) Computer Science
9 7 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (24.14%) Process Improvement
9 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (13.79%) Anomaly Detection
10 4 (13.79%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 4 (13.79%) Decision-Making
10 4 (13.79%) Incident Response
10 4 (13.79%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 15 (51.72%) Security Cleared
2 13 (44.83%) CREST Certified
3 12 (41.38%) CHECK Team Member
4 9 (31.03%) OSCP
5 8 (27.59%) SC Cleared
6 7 (24.14%) Cyber Scheme
6 7 (24.14%) Degree
7 3 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (6.90%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (10.34%) QA
3 2 (6.90%) GDPR
3 2 (6.90%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.45%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 26 (89.66%) Nmap
2 13 (44.83%) Nessus
3 3 (10.34%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (3.45%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
1 6 (20.69%) Okta
2 3 (10.34%) Cisco
2 3 (10.34%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (10.34%) Palo Alto
2 3 (10.34%) Rapid7
2 3 (10.34%) Salesforce
2 3 (10.34%) Tenable
3 1 (3.45%) Qualys