Burp Suite Jobs

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UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Burp Suite skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Burp Suite over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 712 849 843
Rank change year-on-year +137 -6 +326
Permanent jobs citing Burp Suite 23 37 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% 0.036% 0.067%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.41% 0.41% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 15 27 26
10th Percentile £39,400 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,875 £65,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £75,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +57.89% -36.67%
75th Percentile £74,375 £120,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £75,000 - £98,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £65,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -29.23% +47.73% -41.33%

All Development Application Skills
UK

Burp Suite 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,636 9,038 11,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.38% 8.76% 13.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3,302 6,066 7,854
10th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.83% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

Burp Suite
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Burp Suite as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Burp Suite in the UK

Burp Suite
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Burp Suite.

Salary trend for Burp Suite in the UK

Burp Suite
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Burp Suite over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Burp Suite in the UK

Burp Suite
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Burp Suite within the UK over the 6 months to 16 July 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
England +131 18 £59,250 -21.00% 26
UK excluding London +161 16 £46,000 -29.23% 20
South East +81 7 £46,000 -56.19% 4
London +91 5 £75,000 -31.82% 13
Work from Home +89 4 £38,750 -64.77% 26
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 3
North of England +51 2 £57,500 +15.00% 5
Yorkshire +46 2 £57,500 +49.35% 1
South West - 2 £67,500 - 2
Scotland - 1 £37,500 - 3

Burp Suite
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 8 (34.78%) AWS
1 8 (34.78%) Azure
2 7 (30.43%) GCP
3 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.35%) IaaS
4 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) Wireshark
2 4 (17.39%) Wireless
3 2 (8.70%) Firewall
3 2 (8.70%) Internet
3 2 (8.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Power BI
2 1 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (73.91%) Metasploit
2 3 (13.04%) AppScan
3 1 (4.35%) Cypress.io
3 1 (4.35%) ESLint
3 1 (4.35%) Gatling
3 1 (4.35%) Git
3 1 (4.35%) JIRA
3 1 (4.35%) JMeter
3 1 (4.35%) Postman
3 1 (4.35%) REST Assured
3 1 (4.35%) SoapUI
General
1 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Banking
2 3 (13.04%) Finance
2 3 (13.04%) Legal
3 2 (8.70%) Aerospace
3 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.70%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.35%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) Tester
2 11 (47.83%) Penetration Tester
3 5 (21.74%) Analyst
3 5 (21.74%) Security Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Senior
4 4 (17.39%) Senior Penetration Tester
4 4 (17.39%) Senior Tester
5 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Information Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Information Security Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Security Tester
6 2 (8.70%) Lead
6 2 (8.70%) Security Penetration Tester
7 1 (4.35%) Digital Analyst
7 1 (4.35%) Ethical Hacker
7 1 (4.35%) Full-Stack Developer
7 1 (4.35%) Information Security Consultant
7 1 (4.35%) Junior Analyst
7 1 (4.35%) Junior Security Analyst
7 1 (4.35%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) AngularJS
1 1 (4.35%) Jest
1 1 (4.35%) JWT
1 1 (4.35%) Node.js
1 1 (4.35%) OAuth
1 1 (4.35%) OAuth2
1 1 (4.35%) REST
1 1 (4.35%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) Security Posture
2 3 (13.04%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.35%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (4.35%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.35%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.35%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (43.48%) Linux
2 9 (39.13%) Kali Linux
3 4 (17.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (78.26%) Penetration Testing
2 12 (52.17%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (43.48%) Red Team
4 9 (39.13%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 8 (34.78%) OWASP
6 7 (30.43%) Ethical Hacking
6 7 (30.43%) Security Testing
7 6 (26.09%) Computer Science
7 6 (26.09%) Incident Response
7 6 (26.09%) Information Security
7 6 (26.09%) Threat Modelling
8 5 (21.74%) Cloud Security
8 5 (21.74%) Offensive Security
8 5 (21.74%) Purple Team
8 5 (21.74%) Vulnerability Management
9 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (17.39%) SIEM
9 4 (17.39%) Social Engineering
10 3 (13.04%) Actionable Insight
10 3 (13.04%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) Bash
1 8 (34.78%) Python
2 6 (26.09%) PowerShell
3 2 (8.70%) C#
4 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (65.22%) OSCP
2 8 (34.78%) Degree
3 6 (26.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (26.09%) CREST Certified
4 4 (17.39%) CISSP
4 4 (17.39%) GIAC
4 4 (17.39%) GPEN
5 3 (13.04%) CHECK Team Leader
5 3 (13.04%) CHECK Team Member
5 3 (13.04%) GCFA
5 3 (13.04%) GCIA
5 3 (13.04%) GCIH
5 3 (13.04%) GWAPT
5 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
6 2 (8.70%) CEH
6 2 (8.70%) Master's Degree
7 1 (4.35%) CISM
7 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
7 1 (4.35%) ISTQB
7 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) NIST
2 5 (21.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (13.04%) GDPR
4 2 (8.70%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (8.70%) NCSC
5 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Docker
2 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (43.48%) Nessus
2 9 (39.13%) Nmap
3 3 (13.04%) Kubernetes
4 1 (4.35%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Trustwave
1 3 (13.04%) VMware
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Qualys
2 1 (4.35%) Splunk
2 1 (4.35%) Tenable