Burp Suite Job Trends

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 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 623 677 748
Rank change year-on-year +54 +71 +203
Permanent jobs citing Burp Suite 38 31 49
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.059% 0.060% 0.067%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.01% 0.58% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 25 19 43
10th Percentile £38,750 £50,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £48,165 £56,250 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% -11.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £75,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,058 - £67,500
% change year-on-year - - -20.59%

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 3,769 5,368 8,089
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.90% 10.39% 11.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,420 3,026 6,506
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,574 £36,270
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £46,796
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

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 2 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Burp Suite in the UK

Burp Suite
Top 9 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 2 February 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 +57 26 £51,058 -25.73% 7
Work from Home +65 20 £60,000 +20.00% 8
UK excluding London +50 16 £51,058 - 5
London +46 13 £95,000 +40.74% 4
Midlands +22 8 £51,058 -
East Midlands +2 8 £51,058 -
Wales - 4 - -
South West - 3 £47,500 - 1
South East +31 1 £95,000 - 2

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 (36.84%) AWS
1 14 (36.84%) Azure
2 4 (10.53%) Google Workspace
2 4 (10.53%) SurveyMonkey
3 3 (7.89%) Cloudflare
3 3 (7.89%) GCP
4 1 (2.63%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.63%) GitHub
4 1 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (2.63%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (28.95%) TCP/IP
2 8 (21.05%) Wireless
3 5 (13.16%) Firewall
3 5 (13.16%) Network Security
3 5 (13.16%) Wireshark
4 4 (10.53%) Bluetooth
4 4 (10.53%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (10.53%) Modbus
4 4 (10.53%) VLAN
4 4 (10.53%) ZigBee
5 3 (7.89%) DNS
Development Applications
1 34 (89.47%) Metasploit
2 2 (5.26%) JMeter
2 2 (5.26%) LoadRunner
2 2 (5.26%) NeoLoad
3 1 (2.63%) Git
General
1 15 (39.47%) Social Skills
2 13 (34.21%) Finance
3 7 (18.42%) Aerospace
3 7 (18.42%) Public Sector
3 7 (18.42%) Retail
4 6 (15.79%) Law
4 6 (15.79%) Telecoms
5 4 (10.53%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (28.95%) Penetration Tester
1 11 (28.95%) Tester
2 10 (26.32%) Senior
3 8 (21.05%) Security Specialist
4 7 (18.42%) Analyst
4 7 (18.42%) Digital Analyst
4 7 (18.42%) Security Analyst
4 7 (18.42%) Senior Analyst
4 7 (18.42%) Senior Digital Analyst
4 7 (18.42%) Senior Security Analyst
4 7 (18.42%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 3 (7.89%) Information Security Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) Lead
5 3 (7.89%) Principal Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) Principal Security Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) Security Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) IT Director
6 2 (5.26%) IT Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Quality Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Senior Quality Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 12 (31.58%) Mobile App
3 7 (18.42%) Cyber Defence
3 7 (18.42%) Insider Threat
4 4 (10.53%) CAN bus
4 4 (10.53%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (10.53%) IoT
4 4 (10.53%) Operational Technology
4 4 (10.53%) SCADA
5 3 (7.89%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (5.26%) Cloud Native
6 2 (5.26%) Driving Licence
7 1 (2.63%) Blog
7 1 (2.63%) CMDB
7 1 (2.63%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (26.32%) Linux
2 6 (15.79%) Android
2 6 (15.79%) Windows
3 5 (13.16%) Kali Linux
4 4 (10.53%) Ubuntu
5 2 (5.26%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.63%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (71.05%) Penetration Testing
2 22 (57.89%) Red Team
3 17 (44.74%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (39.47%) Offensive Security
5 14 (36.84%) Ethical Hacking
5 14 (36.84%) Mentoring
6 11 (28.95%) Decision-Making
6 11 (28.95%) Information Security
7 10 (26.32%) Cloud Security
7 10 (26.32%) Collaborative Culture
8 9 (23.68%) Agile
8 9 (23.68%) Business Strategy
8 9 (23.68%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (21.05%) Coaching
9 8 (21.05%) Purple Team
9 8 (21.05%) Threat Intelligence
10 7 (18.42%) Actionable Insight
10 7 (18.42%) API Testing
10 7 (18.42%) Application Security
10 7 (18.42%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 19 (50.00%) Python
2 14 (36.84%) Bash
3 11 (28.95%) PowerShell
4 5 (13.16%) C++
4 5 (13.16%) Java
5 4 (10.53%) C#
5 4 (10.53%) R
5 4 (10.53%) Rust
6 1 (2.63%) C
6 1 (2.63%) Perl
6 1 (2.63%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 26 (68.42%) CREST Certified
2 17 (44.74%) OSCP
3 15 (39.47%) CHECK Team Member
4 12 (31.58%) CISSP
4 12 (31.58%) SC Cleared
4 12 (31.58%) Security Cleared
5 11 (28.95%) Degree
6 10 (26.32%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (23.68%) GPEN
8 8 (21.05%) CHECK Team Leader
8 8 (21.05%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (21.05%) Cyber Scheme
9 7 (18.42%) CCNA
9 7 (18.42%) CCSAM
9 7 (18.42%) CEH
9 7 (18.42%) CISMP
9 7 (18.42%) GIAC
9 7 (18.42%) MCSE
9 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (18.42%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (10.53%) GDPR
4 2 (5.26%) QA
5 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.63%) GRC
5 1 (2.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (7.89%) Active Directory
1 3 (7.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 26 (68.42%) Nmap
2 20 (52.63%) Nessus
3 4 (10.53%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.63%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (2.63%) CSIRT
4 1 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (28.95%) Cisco
2 7 (18.42%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.53%) Google
3 4 (10.53%) Qualtrics
3 4 (10.53%) Red Hat
3 4 (10.53%) Splunk
4 3 (7.89%) Rapid7
5 1 (2.63%) Oracle
5 1 (2.63%) Qualys