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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 654 760 740
Rank change year-on-year +106 -20 +383
Permanent jobs citing Burp Suite 24 41 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.049% 0.053% 0.034%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.64% 0.62% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 14 31 10
10th Percentile £45,825 £52,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,000 £59,313 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,250 £66,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.02% +26.19% -30.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £120,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,750 £70,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -26.07% +55.56% -40.00%

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 3,770 6,656 7,941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.64% 8.55% 13.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,245 3,865 6,358
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £42,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,600 £93,750 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% -5.17% +5.45%

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

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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +78 17 £64,250 -8.21% 12
UK excluding London +103 13 £51,750 -26.07% 7
London +47 8 £95,000 +35.71% 7
Work from Home +65 5 £95,000 +22.58% 10
South East +53 4 £46,000 -23.33% 5
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 1
Wales - 3 - -
North of England +38 1 £57,500 - 1
Yorkshire +17 1 £57,500 - 1
South West - 1 £67,500 -

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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (50.00%) AWS
1 12 (50.00%) Azure
2 7 (29.17%) GCP
3 3 (12.50%) Cloudflare
3 3 (12.50%) Google Workspace
3 3 (12.50%) SurveyMonkey
4 2 (8.33%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (4.17%) IaaS
5 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
5 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) Wireless
1 6 (25.00%) Wireshark
2 5 (20.83%) Firewall
3 4 (16.67%) Network Security
3 4 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 3 (12.50%) Bluetooth
4 3 (12.50%) DNS
4 3 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (12.50%) Modbus
4 3 (12.50%) VLAN
4 3 (12.50%) ZigBee
5 1 (4.17%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 21 (87.50%) Metasploit
2 3 (12.50%) AppScan
3 1 (4.17%) JMeter
3 1 (4.17%) LoadRunner
3 1 (4.17%) NeoLoad
3 1 (4.17%) Postman
3 1 (4.17%) REST Assured
3 1 (4.17%) SoapUI
General
1 11 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Finance
3 4 (16.67%) Aerospace
3 4 (16.67%) Law
3 4 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 3 (12.50%) Legal
4 3 (12.50%) Manufacturing
5 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Tester
2 8 (33.33%) Penetration Tester
3 3 (12.50%) Information Security Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Lead
3 3 (12.50%) Principal Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Principal Security Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Senior
4 2 (8.33%) Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Digital Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Security Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Security Tester
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Penetration Tester
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Tester
4 2 (8.33%) Team Leader
5 1 (4.17%) Ethical Hacker
5 1 (4.17%) Information Security Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) IT Director
5 1 (4.17%) Quality Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) JWT
1 1 (4.17%) OAuth
1 1 (4.17%) OAuth2
1 1 (4.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (41.67%) Security Posture
2 5 (20.83%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (16.67%) Cloud Security Posture
3 4 (16.67%) Operational Technology
4 3 (12.50%) CAN bus
4 3 (12.50%) IoT
4 3 (12.50%) SCADA
5 2 (8.33%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (8.33%) Driving Licence
5 2 (8.33%) Mobile App
6 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
6 1 (4.17%) CMDB
6 1 (4.17%) Cyberattack
6 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 13 (54.17%) Linux
2 11 (45.83%) Kali Linux
3 5 (20.83%) Windows
4 3 (12.50%) Android
4 3 (12.50%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) Penetration Testing
2 13 (54.17%) Red Team
3 12 (50.00%) Cloud Security
4 9 (37.50%) Security Testing
5 8 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (33.33%) Purple Team
6 7 (29.17%) Computer Science
6 7 (29.17%) Ethical Hacking
6 7 (29.17%) OWASP
6 7 (29.17%) Risk Management
6 7 (29.17%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 6 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
8 5 (20.83%) Information Security
8 5 (20.83%) Offensive Security
8 5 (20.83%) User Experience
8 5 (20.83%) Vulnerability Management
9 4 (16.67%) Agile
9 4 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
9 4 (16.67%) Cryptography
9 4 (16.67%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 16 (66.67%) Python
2 13 (54.17%) Bash
3 12 (50.00%) PowerShell
4 3 (12.50%) C++
4 3 (12.50%) Java
4 3 (12.50%) R
4 3 (12.50%) Rust
5 1 (4.17%) C#
5 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (54.17%) OSCP
2 7 (29.17%) CISSP
2 7 (29.17%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (29.17%) CREST Certified
2 7 (29.17%) Degree
2 7 (29.17%) Security Cleared
3 6 (25.00%) CHECK Team Leader
4 5 (20.83%) SC Cleared
5 4 (16.67%) CHECK Team Member
5 4 (16.67%) GPEN
6 3 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (12.50%) CCSP
6 3 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (12.50%) GCIH
6 3 (12.50%) GIAC
6 3 (12.50%) GWAPT
7 2 (8.33%) CCSAM
7 2 (8.33%) Cyber Scheme
7 2 (8.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (20.83%) GDPR
2 5 (20.83%) NIST
3 2 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (8.33%) NCSC
4 1 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (4.17%) QA
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (58.33%) Nmap
2 10 (41.67%) Nessus
3 4 (16.67%) Kubernetes
4 1 (4.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (4.17%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Splunk
2 3 (12.50%) Cisco
2 3 (12.50%) Google
2 3 (12.50%) Qualtrics
2 3 (12.50%) Rapid7
2 3 (12.50%) Red Hat
2 3 (12.50%) Trustwave
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.17%) Tenable