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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 752 667 763
Rank change year-on-year -85 +96 +1
Permanent jobs citing Burp Suite 41 21 43
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.037% 0.042% 0.053%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.90% 0.53% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 35 14 35
10th Percentile £30,200 £45,825 £50,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.40% -8.21% +40.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £95,000 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,622 £51,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.77% -20.38% +44.44%

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 4,567 3,961 6,993
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.15% 7.90% 8.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,957 2,432 4,273
10th Percentile £35,150 £37,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £46,743 £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 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £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 31 August 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 August 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 -75 35 £47,500 -26.07% 18
UK excluding London -106 21 £44,622 -13.77% 11
London -39 16 £72,500 -17.14% 8
Work from Home -35 10 £58,372 -38.56% 7
South West -62 9 £42,500 -37.04% 2
Midlands - 9 £46,743 - 1
West Midlands - 5 £41,250 - 1
East Midlands - 4 £46,743 -
Scotland - 2 £62,500 -
Wales - 1 £42,500 -

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 (34.15%) Azure
2 9 (21.95%) AWS
3 7 (17.07%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (9.76%) Tricentis Tosca
5 3 (7.32%) Entra ID
5 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (7.32%) Mimecast
6 2 (4.88%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (4.88%) GitHub
7 1 (2.44%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (2.44%) Datadog
7 1 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (2.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (29.27%) Firewall
2 9 (21.95%) Wireshark
3 4 (9.76%) DNS
3 4 (9.76%) Wireless
4 3 (7.32%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (7.32%) VPN
5 1 (2.44%) HTTP
5 1 (2.44%) Internet
5 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 27 (65.85%) Metasploit
2 8 (19.51%) JMeter
3 6 (14.63%) Cucumber
3 6 (14.63%) Cypress.io
3 6 (14.63%) Gatling
3 6 (14.63%) GitLab
3 6 (14.63%) Jenkins
3 6 (14.63%) Postman
3 6 (14.63%) REST Assured
3 6 (14.63%) Selenium
4 5 (12.20%) LoadRunner
4 5 (12.20%) SonarQube
5 4 (9.76%) HP UFT
6 2 (4.88%) JIRA
7 1 (2.44%) IDA Disassembler
7 1 (2.44%) Pa11y
7 1 (2.44%) Snyk
7 1 (2.44%) Zephyr
General
1 20 (48.78%) Social Skills
2 13 (31.71%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (12.20%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (9.76%) Banking
4 4 (9.76%) Finance
4 4 (9.76%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (9.76%) Retail
5 3 (7.32%) Aerospace
5 3 (7.32%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (34.15%) Penetration Tester
1 14 (34.15%) Tester
2 6 (14.63%) Analyst
2 6 (14.63%) Senior
3 5 (12.20%) Consultant
3 5 (12.20%) Security Analyst
3 5 (12.20%) Security Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Automation Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 4 (9.76%) Graduate
4 4 (9.76%) Graduate Consultant
4 4 (9.76%) Information Analyst
4 4 (9.76%) Information Security Analyst
4 4 (9.76%) Security Consultant
4 4 (9.76%) Security Specialist
4 4 (9.76%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 3 (7.32%) IT Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) QA Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Senior IT Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.63%) Playwright
2 2 (4.88%) OAuth
2 2 (4.88%) RESTful
3 1 (2.44%) .NET
3 1 (2.44%) GraphQL
3 1 (2.44%) Node.js
3 1 (2.44%) OpenID
3 1 (2.44%) REST
3 1 (2.44%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (2.44%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 14 (34.15%) Security Posture
2 6 (14.63%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (12.20%) Operational Technology
4 4 (9.76%) Insider Threat
4 4 (9.76%) Product Ownership
5 3 (7.32%) Management Information System
5 3 (7.32%) Mobile App
6 1 (2.44%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (2.44%) Blockchain
6 1 (2.44%) Blog
6 1 (2.44%) N-Tier
6 1 (2.44%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 23 (56.10%) Linux
2 15 (36.59%) Windows
3 12 (29.27%) Kali Linux
4 5 (12.20%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.44%) Android
5 1 (2.44%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (70.73%) Penetration Testing
2 28 (68.29%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (43.90%) Security Testing
4 16 (39.02%) Offensive Security
5 15 (36.59%) Information Security
6 14 (34.15%) Red Team
7 13 (31.71%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (29.27%) Mentoring
8 12 (29.27%) Validation
9 11 (26.83%) Computer Science
9 11 (26.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (26.83%) OWASP
9 11 (26.83%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 8 (19.51%) AI
10 8 (19.51%) Incident Response
10 8 (19.51%) Test Automation
11 7 (17.07%) Application Security
11 7 (17.07%) DevOps
12 6 (14.63%) CI/CD
12 6 (14.63%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (24.39%) Python
2 7 (17.07%) Java
3 4 (9.76%) Kusto Query Language
3 4 (9.76%) SQL
4 3 (7.32%) JavaScript
4 3 (7.32%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.44%) Bash
5 1 (2.44%) C#
5 1 (2.44%) JCL
5 1 (2.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (39.02%) Security Cleared
2 15 (36.59%) CREST Certified
3 12 (29.27%) CHECK Team Member
3 12 (29.27%) Degree
4 11 (26.83%) SC Cleared
5 10 (24.39%) OSCP
6 7 (17.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (12.20%) Cyber Scheme
8 4 (9.76%) GCFA
8 4 (9.76%) GCIA
8 4 (9.76%) GCIH
8 4 (9.76%) Master's Degree
9 3 (7.32%) CHECK Team Leader
9 3 (7.32%) ISTQB
9 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (4.88%) DV Cleared
10 2 (4.88%) ISEB
11 1 (2.44%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (17.07%) QA
2 4 (9.76%) GDPR
2 4 (9.76%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.44%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.44%) NIST
3 1 (2.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (14.63%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 27 (65.85%) Nmap
2 11 (26.83%) Nessus
3 7 (17.07%) Grafana
4 5 (12.20%) HP Fortify
5 3 (7.32%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
6 1 (2.44%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 6 (14.63%) Veracode
2 4 (9.76%) VMware
3 3 (7.32%) Cisco
3 3 (7.32%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (7.32%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.32%) Okta
3 3 (7.32%) Palo Alto
3 3 (7.32%) Rapid7
3 3 (7.32%) Tenable
4 1 (2.44%) AppDynamics
4 1 (2.44%) Checkmarx
4 1 (2.44%) Qualys
4 1 (2.44%) Splunk