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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 766 654 728
Rank change year-on-year -112 +74 +5
Permanent jobs citing Burp Suite 47 23 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.040% 0.046% 0.051%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.00% 0.60% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 39 13 29
10th Percentile £30,900 £45,800 £52,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,000 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% -7.92% +26.19%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,000 £95,000 £88,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,622 £46,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.00% -34.29% +55.56%

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 4,702 3,842 6,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.98% 7.74% 8.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,889 2,228 3,618
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,250 £38,250
25th Percentile £47,000 £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 £77,375
90th Percentile £101,250 £96,075 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -5.17%

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 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Burp Suite in the UK

Burp Suite
Top 11 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 October 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 -91 40 £48,750 -20.08% 30
London -59 22 £72,500 -23.68% 20
UK excluding London -123 21 £44,622 -3.00% 11
Work from Home -34 13 £70,000 -26.32% 14
South West - 10 £42,500 - 2
Midlands - 7 £46,743 - 1
East Midlands - 4 £46,743 -
West Midlands - 3 £35,000 - 1
Scotland - 2 £62,500 - 1
South East -52 1 - - 4
Wales -67 1 £42,500 - 1

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:

Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (27.66%) Azure
2 10 (21.28%) AWS
3 6 (12.77%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (8.51%) Entra ID
5 3 (6.38%) GitHub
5 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (6.38%) Mimecast
5 3 (6.38%) Tricentis Tosca
6 2 (4.26%) Amazon Cognito
6 2 (4.26%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (4.26%) Datadog
7 1 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (2.13%) BrowserStack
7 1 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (34.04%) Firewall
2 11 (23.40%) Wireshark
3 6 (12.77%) Wireless
4 4 (8.51%) DNS
5 3 (6.38%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (6.38%) VPN
6 2 (4.26%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.13%) HTTP
7 1 (2.13%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 31 (65.96%) Metasploit
2 7 (14.89%) JMeter
3 5 (10.64%) GitLab
3 5 (10.64%) Selenium
4 4 (8.51%) Cucumber
4 4 (8.51%) Cypress.io
4 4 (8.51%) Gatling
4 4 (8.51%) Jenkins
4 4 (8.51%) JIRA
4 4 (8.51%) Postman
4 4 (8.51%) REST Assured
5 3 (6.38%) HP UFT
5 3 (6.38%) LoadRunner
5 3 (6.38%) SonarQube
6 2 (4.26%) Snyk
7 1 (2.13%) IDA Disassembler
7 1 (2.13%) Pa11y
7 1 (2.13%) Yeoman
7 1 (2.13%) Zephyr
General
1 25 (53.19%) Social Skills
2 15 (31.91%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (17.02%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (10.64%) Finance
4 5 (10.64%) Retail
5 4 (8.51%) Banking
5 4 (8.51%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.38%) Aerospace
6 3 (6.38%) Telecoms
7 2 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (44.68%) Tester
2 20 (42.55%) Penetration Tester
3 7 (14.89%) Analyst
4 6 (12.77%) Security Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Security Analyst
5 5 (10.64%) Security Specialist
5 5 (10.64%) Senior
5 5 (10.64%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
6 4 (8.51%) Consultant
6 4 (8.51%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 4 (8.51%) Graduate
6 4 (8.51%) Graduate Consultant
6 4 (8.51%) Information Analyst
6 4 (8.51%) Information Security Analyst
6 4 (8.51%) Security Consultant
7 3 (6.38%) Automation Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) IT Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) IT Security Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Senior IT Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.51%) Playwright
2 3 (6.38%) OAuth
3 2 (4.26%) .NET
3 2 (4.26%) OpenID
3 2 (4.26%) RESTful
4 1 (2.13%) GraphQL
4 1 (2.13%) Node.js
4 1 (2.13%) REST
4 1 (2.13%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (2.13%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 16 (34.04%) Security Posture
2 7 (14.89%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (14.89%) Operational Technology
3 5 (10.64%) Insider Threat
4 4 (8.51%) Product Ownership
5 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
5 3 (6.38%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 25 (53.19%) Linux
2 19 (40.43%) Windows
3 12 (25.53%) Kali Linux
4 7 (14.89%) Mac OS
5 2 (4.26%) Unix
6 1 (2.13%) Android
6 1 (2.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (76.60%) Penetration Testing
2 32 (68.09%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (44.68%) Security Testing
4 19 (40.43%) Offensive Security
4 19 (40.43%) Red Team
5 16 (34.04%) Information Security
6 15 (31.91%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (29.79%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 13 (27.66%) Validation
9 12 (25.53%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (23.40%) Mentoring
10 11 (23.40%) OWASP
11 10 (21.28%) Application Security
11 10 (21.28%) Computer Science
12 8 (17.02%) AI
12 8 (17.02%) Incident Response
12 8 (17.02%) Stakeholder Management
13 7 (14.89%) Process Improvement
13 7 (14.89%) Test Automation
13 7 (14.89%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 11 (23.40%) Python
2 7 (14.89%) Java
3 5 (10.64%) PowerShell
4 4 (8.51%) JavaScript
4 4 (8.51%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (6.38%) SQL
6 1 (2.13%) Bash
6 1 (2.13%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 21 (44.68%) Security Cleared
2 17 (36.17%) CREST Certified
3 16 (34.04%) CHECK Team Member
4 14 (29.79%) SC Cleared
5 13 (27.66%) OSCP
6 10 (21.28%) Degree
7 7 (14.89%) Cyber Scheme
8 6 (12.77%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (8.51%) CHECK Team Leader
9 4 (8.51%) GCFA
9 4 (8.51%) GCIA
9 4 (8.51%) GCIH
10 3 (6.38%) ISTQB
10 3 (6.38%) Master's Degree
10 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (4.26%) DV Cleared
11 2 (4.26%) ISEB
12 1 (2.13%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (19.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (12.77%) GDPR
2 6 (12.77%) PCI DSS
3 5 (10.64%) QA
4 1 (2.13%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.13%) IASME
4 1 (2.13%) NCSC
4 1 (2.13%) NIST
4 1 (2.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (12.77%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 32 (68.09%) Nmap
2 14 (29.79%) Nessus
3 5 (10.64%) Grafana
4 3 (6.38%) HP Fortify
4 3 (6.38%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (4.26%) Kubernetes
6 1 (2.13%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 5 (10.64%) Veracode
2 4 (8.51%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.51%) VMware
3 3 (6.38%) Cisco
3 3 (6.38%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (6.38%) Okta
3 3 (6.38%) Palo Alto
3 3 (6.38%) Rapid7
3 3 (6.38%) Tenable
4 2 (4.26%) Checkmarx
4 2 (4.26%) Qualys