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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 658 827 913
Rank change year-on-year +169 +86 +163
Permanent jobs citing Burp Suite 26 58 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.050% 0.059% 0.071%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.47% 0.61% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 14 50 24
10th Percentile £41,025 £50,625 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +46.34% -31.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £93,375
90th Percentile - £120,000 £98,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,250 £58,750 £44,000
% change year-on-year -9.36% +33.52% -39.31%

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 5,498 9,566 15,038
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.54% 9.73% 14.46%
Number of salaries quoted 3,807 6,755 9,183
10th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £96,750 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -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 30 April 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 30 April 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 +155 22 £67,500 -10.00% 24
London +78 15 £73,750 -1.67% 16
UK excluding London +200 10 £53,250 -9.36% 14
Work from Home +169 4 £55,000 -50.00% 29
South East +114 3 £39,000 -62.86% 2
Northern Ireland +37 3 - - 5
South West +113 2 £67,500 - 1
North of England +78 1 - - 6
Yorkshire +69 1 - - 1
Scotland - 1 £37,500 -

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (15.38%) Cloud Foundry
Cloud Services
1 7 (26.92%) AWS
1 7 (26.92%) Azure
1 7 (26.92%) GCP
2 3 (11.54%) Power Platform
3 2 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (38.46%) Wireshark
2 2 (7.69%) Firewall
2 2 (7.69%) Internet
2 2 (7.69%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) NoSQL
2 3 (11.54%) Power BI
3 2 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (38.46%) Metasploit
2 6 (23.08%) Cypress.io
2 6 (23.08%) Gatling
2 6 (23.08%) JMeter
3 5 (19.23%) Postman
3 5 (19.23%) REST Assured
4 4 (15.38%) Jenkins
4 4 (15.38%) JUnit
4 4 (15.38%) Selenium
4 4 (15.38%) TestCafe
4 4 (15.38%) TestNG
5 3 (11.54%) AppScan
6 2 (7.69%) ESLint
6 2 (7.69%) Git
6 2 (7.69%) JIRA
6 2 (7.69%) SoapUI
7 1 (3.85%) Bugzilla
General
1 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Banking
3 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (11.54%) Finance
4 3 (11.54%) Legal
5 2 (7.69%) Aerospace
5 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.85%) Automotive
6 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (50.00%) Analyst
2 9 (34.62%) Security Analyst
3 8 (30.77%) Senior
4 7 (26.92%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 7 (26.92%) Information Analyst
4 7 (26.92%) Information Security Analyst
5 6 (23.08%) Tester
6 5 (19.23%) Penetration Tester
6 5 (19.23%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (15.38%) Quality Analyst
7 4 (15.38%) Senior Penetration Tester
7 4 (15.38%) Senior Quality Analyst
7 4 (15.38%) Senior Tester
8 2 (7.69%) Developer
8 2 (7.69%) Full-Stack Developer
8 2 (7.69%) Lead
8 2 (7.69%) Security Tester
9 1 (3.85%) Junior
9 1 (3.85%) Security Engineer
9 1 (3.85%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (19.23%) REST
2 4 (15.38%) React
3 2 (7.69%) AngularJS
3 2 (7.69%) Jest
3 2 (7.69%) Node.js
4 1 (3.85%) JWT
4 1 (3.85%) OAuth
4 1 (3.85%) OAuth2
4 1 (3.85%) Prisma
4 1 (3.85%) RESTful
4 1 (3.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Security Posture
2 2 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.85%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (3.85%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (3.85%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (30.77%) Linux
2 7 (26.92%) Windows
3 4 (15.38%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 12 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (38.46%) Information Security
4 9 (34.62%) Threat Modelling
5 8 (30.77%) Agile
5 8 (30.77%) SIEM
5 8 (30.77%) Vulnerability Management
6 7 (26.92%) CI/CD
6 7 (26.92%) Computer Science
6 7 (26.92%) Data Loss Prevention
6 7 (26.92%) Incident Response
6 7 (26.92%) Security Monitoring
6 7 (26.92%) Security Testing
6 7 (26.92%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 6 (23.08%) Kanban
7 6 (23.08%) Performance Testing
7 6 (23.08%) Scrum
8 5 (19.23%) Code Quality
8 5 (19.23%) Ethical Hacking
8 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) Python
2 5 (19.23%) SQL
3 4 (15.38%) Java
3 4 (15.38%) JavaScript
3 4 (15.38%) Scala
4 3 (11.54%) Bash
5 2 (7.69%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (50.00%) Degree
2 9 (34.62%) OSCP
3 7 (26.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (26.92%) GCFA
3 7 (26.92%) GCIA
3 7 (26.92%) GCIH
3 7 (26.92%) Master's Degree
4 5 (19.23%) CISSP
4 5 (19.23%) ISTQB
5 4 (15.38%) GIAC
6 3 (11.54%) CEH
6 3 (11.54%) CREST Certified
6 3 (11.54%) GPEN
6 3 (11.54%) GWAPT
7 2 (7.69%) CHECK Team Member
8 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
8 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (3.85%) CHECK Team Leader
8 1 (3.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (3.85%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) Accessibility
1 4 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (7.69%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (7.69%) GDPR
3 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (3.85%) NCSC
3 1 (3.85%) NIST
3 1 (3.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (34.62%) Nessus
2 3 (11.54%) Nmap
3 2 (7.69%) Kubernetes
4 1 (3.85%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) VMware
2 3 (11.54%) Trustwave
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.85%) Qualys
4 1 (3.85%) Splunk