Metasploit Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Rapid7 Metasploit
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Metasploit skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 491 592 552
Rank change year-on-year +101 -40 +262
Permanent jobs citing Metasploit 13 5 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.012% 0.021%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.60% 0.13% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 3
10th Percentile £43,825 £54,500 -
25th Percentile £46,000 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,279 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.19% +13.04% +35.29%
75th Percentile £54,526 £73,750 £71,875
90th Percentile £57,000 £77,500 £76,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +30.00% -37.89%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,152 3,931 3,734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.42% 9.19% 12.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,342 2,234 2,986
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £58,425
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -5.86% +6.23%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,154 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% -

Metasploit
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Metasploit job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Metasploit
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Metasploit.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Metasploit

Metasploit
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Metasploit within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Wales - 4 - -
South East +48 3 £46,000 -23.33% 1
Midlands +37 3 £51,058 -36.18% 1
East Midlands +16 3 £51,058 - 1
North of England +31 1 £57,500 -
Yorkshire -5 1 £57,500 -
South West - 1 £47,500 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Metasploit
UK

Metasploit
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (53.85%) AWS
1 7 (53.85%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) GCP
2 4 (30.77%) Google Workspace
2 4 (30.77%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Bluetooth
1 4 (30.77%) Firewall
1 4 (30.77%) Intrusion Detection
1 4 (30.77%) Modbus
1 4 (30.77%) Network Security
1 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
1 4 (30.77%) VLAN
1 4 (30.77%) Wireless
1 4 (30.77%) Wireshark
1 4 (30.77%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 13 (100.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Aerospace
3 4 (30.77%) Law
3 4 (30.77%) Manufacturing
4 3 (23.08%) Retail
5 1 (7.69%) Finance
5 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Penetration Tester
1 6 (46.15%) Tester
2 3 (23.08%) Security Specialist
2 3 (23.08%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Ethical Hacker
3 1 (7.69%) Security Penetration Tester
3 1 (7.69%) Security Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Operational Technology
2 4 (30.77%) CAN bus
2 4 (30.77%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (30.77%) IoT
2 4 (30.77%) SCADA
2 4 (30.77%) Security Posture
3 3 (23.08%) Insider Threat
4 1 (7.69%) Cyberattack
4 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (61.54%) Kali Linux
1 8 (61.54%) Linux
2 4 (30.77%) Android
2 4 (30.77%) Ubuntu
3 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Penetration Testing
2 8 (61.54%) Red Team
3 7 (53.85%) Cloud Security
3 7 (53.85%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (53.85%) Decision-Making
4 6 (46.15%) Offensive Security
5 5 (38.46%) OWASP
6 4 (30.77%) AI
6 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
6 4 (30.77%) Ergonomics
6 4 (30.77%) Human Factors
6 4 (30.77%) Machine Learning
6 4 (30.77%) Prototyping
6 4 (30.77%) Psychology
6 4 (30.77%) Security Architecture
6 4 (30.77%) Security Monitoring
6 4 (30.77%) Social Engineering
6 4 (30.77%) Statistics
6 4 (30.77%) User Experience
6 4 (30.77%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) Python
2 5 (38.46%) Bash
3 4 (30.77%) C++
3 4 (30.77%) Java
3 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
3 4 (30.77%) R
3 4 (30.77%) Rust
4 1 (7.69%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 7 (53.85%) Degree
2 7 (53.85%) OSCP
2 7 (53.85%) SC Cleared
3 6 (46.15%) CREST Certified
4 4 (30.77%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (30.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (30.77%) GPEN
5 3 (23.08%) CCNA
5 3 (23.08%) CEH
5 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (23.08%) CISMP
5 3 (23.08%) CISSP
5 3 (23.08%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (23.08%) GIAC
5 3 (23.08%) MCP
5 3 (23.08%) MCSE
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (7.69%) CHECK Team Leader
6 1 (7.69%) CHECK Team Member
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) NIST
2 3 (23.08%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (7.69%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 12 (92.31%) Nmap
2 5 (38.46%) Nessus
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Cisco
2 4 (30.77%) Google
2 4 (30.77%) Qualtrics
2 4 (30.77%) Red Hat
2 4 (30.77%) Splunk
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft