PortSwigger Burp Suite
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Burp Suite skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 722 651 858
Rank change year-on-year -71 +207 -24
Permanent jobs citing Burp Suite 34 24 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.035% 0.050% 0.036%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.79% 0.57% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 23 15 29
10th Percentile £33,750 £39,400 £45,000
25th Percentile £46,743 £45,875 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% -18.67% +66.67%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £120,000
90th Percentile £76,250 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,122 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.05% -4.17% +36.36%

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 4,283 4,182 9,133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.41% 8.74% 8.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,832 2,646 6,313
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.61% +4.55% -4.35%

Burp Suite
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Burp Suite relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Burp Suite job vacancy trend in the UK

Burp Suite
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Burp Suite.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Burp Suite

Burp Suite
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Burp Suite over the 6 months to 5 July 2026.

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 5 July 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
England -49 28 £50,000 -22.18% 12
London -16 15 £72,500 -3.33% 9
UK excluding London -62 15 £47,122 -18.05% 5
Work from Home -3 10 £48,901 +26.19% 10
Midlands - 9 £46,743 - 2
East Midlands - 5 £46,743 -
West Midlands - 4 £35,000 - 2
South West -63 3 £55,000 -18.52%
Scotland +15 2 £62,500 +66.67%
Wales - 1 £42,500 -

Burp Suite
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 14 (41.18%) Azure
2 9 (26.47%) AWS
3 6 (17.65%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (8.82%) Tricentis Tosca
5 2 (5.88%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (2.94%) GitHub
6 1 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (2.94%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (29.41%) Wireless
2 5 (14.71%) Wireshark
3 4 (11.76%) Firewall
4 1 (2.94%) DNS
4 1 (2.94%) HTTP
4 1 (2.94%) Internet
4 1 (2.94%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 23 (67.65%) Metasploit
2 7 (20.59%) JMeter
3 5 (14.71%) Cucumber
3 5 (14.71%) Cypress.io
3 5 (14.71%) Gatling
3 5 (14.71%) Jenkins
3 5 (14.71%) Postman
3 5 (14.71%) REST Assured
3 5 (14.71%) Selenium
4 4 (11.76%) GitLab
4 4 (11.76%) LoadRunner
4 4 (11.76%) SonarQube
5 3 (8.82%) HP UFT
6 1 (2.94%) IDA Disassembler
6 1 (2.94%) JIRA
6 1 (2.94%) Pa11y
6 1 (2.94%) Zephyr
General
1 14 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 9 (26.47%) Finance
3 6 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (14.71%) Retail
5 3 (8.82%) Banking
6 2 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (38.24%) Analyst
2 12 (35.29%) Security Analyst
3 10 (29.41%) Senior
4 9 (26.47%) Senior Analyst
5 8 (23.53%) Digital Analyst
5 8 (23.53%) Penetration Tester
5 8 (23.53%) Senior Digital Analyst
5 8 (23.53%) Senior Security Analyst
5 8 (23.53%) Tester
6 5 (14.71%) Security Specialist
6 5 (14.71%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
7 3 (8.82%) Automation Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 3 (8.82%) Information Analyst
7 3 (8.82%) Information Security Analyst
8 2 (5.88%) QA Engineer
9 1 (2.94%) Security Engineer
9 1 (2.94%) Software Development Engineer
9 1 (2.94%) Test Development Engineer
9 1 (2.94%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.71%) Playwright
2 2 (5.88%) RESTful
3 1 (2.94%) GraphQL
3 1 (2.94%) Node.js
3 1 (2.94%) OAuth
3 1 (2.94%) REST
3 1 (2.94%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (2.94%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 16 (47.06%) Security Posture
2 13 (38.24%) Mobile App
3 8 (23.53%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (14.71%) Insider Threat
5 4 (11.76%) Product Ownership
6 2 (5.88%) Blog
6 2 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (5.88%) Operational Technology
7 1 (2.94%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (2.94%) Blockchain
7 1 (2.94%) N-Tier
7 1 (2.94%) Virtual Reality
7 1 (2.94%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (41.18%) Linux
2 10 (29.41%) Windows
3 8 (23.53%) Kali Linux
4 3 (8.82%) Mac OS
5 2 (5.88%) Android
5 2 (5.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (70.59%) Penetration Testing
2 19 (55.88%) Offensive Security
3 17 (50.00%) Red Team
4 16 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (44.12%) Cybersecurity
6 14 (41.18%) Mentoring
7 12 (35.29%) Agile
8 11 (32.35%) API Testing
8 11 (32.35%) Application Security
9 10 (29.41%) OWASP
9 10 (29.41%) Security Testing
10 9 (26.47%) Coaching
10 9 (26.47%) Ethical Hacking
11 8 (23.53%) Business Strategy
11 8 (23.53%) Business Transformation
11 8 (23.53%) Collaborative Culture
11 8 (23.53%) Information Security
11 8 (23.53%) Internal Audit
11 8 (23.53%) Purple Team
11 8 (23.53%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 17 (50.00%) Python
2 10 (29.41%) Bash
2 10 (29.41%) PowerShell
3 6 (17.65%) Java
4 3 (8.82%) C#
4 3 (8.82%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (8.82%) SQL
5 2 (5.88%) JavaScript
5 2 (5.88%) Ruby
6 1 (2.94%) C
6 1 (2.94%) C++
6 1 (2.94%) JCL
6 1 (2.94%) Perl
Qualifications
1 18 (52.94%) CREST Certified
2 16 (47.06%) OSCP
3 12 (35.29%) CHECK Team Member
3 12 (35.29%) Security Cleared
4 10 (29.41%) CHECK Team Leader
4 10 (29.41%) SC Cleared
5 8 (23.53%) CCSAM
6 5 (14.71%) Degree
7 3 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (8.82%) GCFA
7 3 (8.82%) GCIA
7 3 (8.82%) GCIH
7 3 (8.82%) ISTQB
7 3 (8.82%) Master's Degree
8 2 (5.88%) CISSP
8 2 (5.88%) Cyber Scheme
8 2 (5.88%) DV Cleared
8 2 (5.88%) GPEN
8 2 (5.88%) ISEB
9 1 (2.94%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.65%) QA
2 3 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.88%) GDPR
3 2 (5.88%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.94%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.94%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.94%) NIST
4 1 (2.94%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (41.18%) Nessus
1 14 (41.18%) Nmap
2 6 (17.65%) Grafana
3 4 (11.76%) HP Fortify
4 1 (2.94%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 4 (11.76%) Veracode
2 3 (8.82%) VMware
3 1 (2.94%) AppDynamics
3 1 (2.94%) Cisco
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.94%) Qualys
3 1 (2.94%) Splunk