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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 671 598 791
Rank change year-on-year -73 +193 +122
Permanent jobs citing Burp Suite 33 24 64
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.042% 0.059% 0.072%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.80% 0.55% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 22 13 54
10th Percentile £38,750 £42,450 £50,000
25th Percentile £48,165 £61,250 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.06% -6.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile - - £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,058 £39,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +30.92% -32.17% +27.78%

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 4,107 4,330 9,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.20% 10.58% 10.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2,721 3,031 6,756
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,900 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,001 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +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 31 March 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 31 March 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 -47 24 £51,058 -28.34% 3
Work from Home +18 17 £60,000 -14.29% 2
UK excluding London -47 15 £51,058 +30.92% 3
Midlands -19 10 £51,058 -
London -27 9 - - 2
East Midlands -39 8 £51,058 -
South West -37 3 £47,500 -29.63%
West Midlands - 2 £50,000 -
South East -28 1 £95,000 +143.59% 2
Wales - 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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (33.33%) Azure
2 9 (27.27%) AWS
3 2 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.03%) GCP
4 1 (3.03%) GitHub
4 1 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (3.03%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.03%) OCI
4 1 (3.03%) SurveyMonkey
4 1 (3.03%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 10 (30.30%) Wireless
2 8 (24.24%) TCP/IP
3 2 (6.06%) Wireshark
4 1 (3.03%) Bluetooth
4 1 (3.03%) Firewall
4 1 (3.03%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (3.03%) Modbus
4 1 (3.03%) Network Security
4 1 (3.03%) VLAN
4 1 (3.03%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 30 (90.91%) Metasploit
2 2 (6.06%) Cucumber
2 2 (6.06%) Cypress.io
2 2 (6.06%) Gatling
2 2 (6.06%) GitLab
2 2 (6.06%) Jenkins
2 2 (6.06%) JMeter
2 2 (6.06%) LoadRunner
2 2 (6.06%) Postman
2 2 (6.06%) REST Assured
2 2 (6.06%) Selenium
2 2 (6.06%) SonarQube
3 1 (3.03%) Git
3 1 (3.03%) HP UFT
General
1 12 (36.36%) Finance
1 12 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.21%) Public Sector
2 7 (21.21%) Retail
3 4 (12.12%) Aerospace
4 3 (9.09%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.03%) Law
5 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (33.33%) Penetration Tester
1 11 (33.33%) Senior
1 11 (33.33%) Tester
2 9 (27.27%) Analyst
2 9 (27.27%) Digital Analyst
2 9 (27.27%) Security Analyst
2 9 (27.27%) Senior Analyst
2 9 (27.27%) Senior Digital Analyst
2 9 (27.27%) Senior Security Analyst
3 7 (21.21%) Security Specialist
3 7 (21.21%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
4 2 (6.06%) Consultant
4 2 (6.06%) QA Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Penetration Test Consultant
5 1 (3.03%) QA Leader
5 1 (3.03%) Security Consultant
5 1 (3.03%) Senior Automation Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Senior QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 18 (54.55%) Security Posture
2 14 (42.42%) Mobile App
3 9 (27.27%) Cyber Defence
4 7 (21.21%) Insider Threat
5 2 (6.06%) Blog
6 1 (3.03%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (3.03%) Blockchain
6 1 (3.03%) CAN bus
6 1 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (3.03%) Driving Licence
6 1 (3.03%) IoT
6 1 (3.03%) N-Tier
6 1 (3.03%) Operational Technology
6 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
6 1 (3.03%) SCADA
6 1 (3.03%) Virtual Reality
6 1 (3.03%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.18%) Linux
2 4 (12.12%) Kali Linux
3 3 (9.09%) Android
3 3 (9.09%) Windows
4 2 (6.06%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.03%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.03%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (87.88%) Penetration Testing
2 20 (60.61%) Red Team
3 19 (57.58%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (51.52%) Offensive Security
5 16 (48.48%) Ethical Hacking
6 15 (45.45%) Mentoring
7 10 (30.30%) Agile
7 10 (30.30%) Coaching
7 10 (30.30%) Collaborative Culture
8 9 (27.27%) API Testing
8 9 (27.27%) Application Security
8 9 (27.27%) Business Strategy
8 9 (27.27%) Business Transformation
8 9 (27.27%) Creative Thinking
8 9 (27.27%) Internal Audit
8 9 (27.27%) Purple Team
9 8 (24.24%) Decision-Making
10 7 (21.21%) Actionable Insight
10 7 (21.21%) Anomaly Detection
10 7 (21.21%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 17 (51.52%) Python
2 13 (39.39%) Bash
3 9 (27.27%) PowerShell
4 5 (15.15%) C#
5 4 (12.12%) Java
6 2 (6.06%) C++
7 1 (3.03%) C
7 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
7 1 (3.03%) JCL
7 1 (3.03%) Perl
7 1 (3.03%) R
7 1 (3.03%) Ruby
7 1 (3.03%) Rust
7 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (84.85%) CREST Certified
2 18 (54.55%) OSCP
3 17 (51.52%) CHECK Team Member
4 10 (30.30%) Degree
5 9 (27.27%) CCSAM
5 9 (27.27%) CHECK Team Leader
5 9 (27.27%) GPEN
5 9 (27.27%) SC Cleared
5 9 (27.27%) Security Cleared
6 8 (24.24%) CISSP
7 7 (21.21%) CCNA
7 7 (21.21%) CEH
7 7 (21.21%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (21.21%) CISMP
7 7 (21.21%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (21.21%) Cyber Scheme
7 7 (21.21%) GIAC
7 7 (21.21%) MCSE
7 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) Actionable Recommendations
2 5 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.06%) QA
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (3.03%) GDPR
4 1 (3.03%) GRC
4 1 (3.03%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (60.61%) Nmap
2 19 (57.58%) Nessus
3 2 (6.06%) Grafana
3 2 (6.06%) HP Fortify
4 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
4 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (24.24%) Cisco
2 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.06%) Splunk
3 2 (6.06%) Veracode
4 1 (3.03%) AppDynamics
4 1 (3.03%) Google
4 1 (3.03%) Oracle
4 1 (3.03%) Qualtrics
4 1 (3.03%) Qualys
4 1 (3.03%) Red Hat