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 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 625 709 728
Rank change year-on-year +84 +19 +365
Permanent jobs citing Burp Suite 23 38 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.047% 0.055% 0.034%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.62% 0.63% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 14 29 15
10th Percentile £46,000 £52,000 £42,900
25th Percentile £46,541 £58,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £66,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.64% +20.45% -31.25%
75th Percentile £91,875 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,000 £84,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,058 £70,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -27.06% +55.56% -41.94%

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 3,734 6,023 7,330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.64% 8.67% 13.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,201 3,386 5,933
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,000 £42,251
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,813 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

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 19 October 2025.

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 19 October 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 +79 18 £68,000 -0.18% 19
UK excluding London +81 12 £51,058 -27.06% 18
London +55 8 £95,000 +43.40% 3
Work from Home +49 7 £95,000 +26.67% 16
South East +34 5 £46,000 -23.33% 12
Wales - 3 - -
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 1
Midlands +33 1 £51,058 -34.12% 3
North of England +18 1 £57,500 - 2
Yorkshire +11 1 £57,500 - 2
East Midlands - 1 £51,058 - 2

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 13 (56.52%) AWS
1 13 (56.52%) Azure
2 7 (30.43%) GCP
3 3 (13.04%) Cloudflare
3 3 (13.04%) Google Workspace
3 3 (13.04%) SurveyMonkey
4 2 (8.70%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.35%) GitHub
5 1 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (4.35%) IaaS
5 1 (4.35%) OCI
5 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) Wireless
2 4 (17.39%) Firewall
2 4 (17.39%) Network Security
2 4 (17.39%) Wireshark
3 3 (13.04%) Bluetooth
3 3 (13.04%) DNS
3 3 (13.04%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (13.04%) Modbus
3 3 (13.04%) TCP/IP
3 3 (13.04%) VLAN
3 3 (13.04%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 18 (78.26%) Metasploit
2 2 (8.70%) JMeter
2 2 (8.70%) LoadRunner
2 2 (8.70%) NeoLoad
3 1 (4.35%) AppScan
3 1 (4.35%) Git
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Finance
2 5 (21.74%) Law
3 3 (13.04%) Aerospace
3 3 (13.04%) Manufacturing
3 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.35%) Legal
4 1 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Penetration Tester
1 7 (30.43%) Tester
2 4 (17.39%) Lead
2 4 (17.39%) Senior
3 3 (13.04%) Information Security Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Principal Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Principal Security Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Security Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Digital Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) IT Director
4 2 (8.70%) IT Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Quality Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Security Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Security Specialist
4 2 (8.70%) Senior IT Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Quality Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Team Leader
5 1 (4.35%) Security Penetration Tester
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Security Posture
2 4 (17.39%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (17.39%) Operational Technology
3 3 (13.04%) CAN bus
3 3 (13.04%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (13.04%) IoT
3 3 (13.04%) SCADA
4 2 (8.70%) Cloud Native
4 2 (8.70%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (8.70%) Driving Licence
4 2 (8.70%) Mobile App
5 1 (4.35%) CMDB
5 1 (4.35%) Cyberattack
5 1 (4.35%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 13 (56.52%) Linux
2 9 (39.13%) Kali Linux
3 5 (21.74%) Windows
4 3 (13.04%) Android
4 3 (13.04%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Red Team
2 12 (52.17%) Cloud Security
2 12 (52.17%) Penetration Testing
3 10 (43.48%) Security Testing
4 8 (34.78%) Purple Team
5 7 (30.43%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (30.43%) OWASP
6 6 (26.09%) AI
6 6 (26.09%) Ethical Hacking
6 6 (26.09%) Offensive Security
6 6 (26.09%) User Experience
7 5 (21.74%) Information Security
7 5 (21.74%) Risk Management
7 5 (21.74%) Threat Modelling
8 4 (17.39%) Agile
8 4 (17.39%) Mentoring
8 4 (17.39%) Social Engineering
8 4 (17.39%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 4 (17.39%) Vulnerability Management
8 4 (17.39%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 15 (65.22%) Python
2 12 (52.17%) Bash
2 12 (52.17%) PowerShell
3 3 (13.04%) C++
3 3 (13.04%) Java
3 3 (13.04%) R
3 3 (13.04%) Rust
Qualifications
1 12 (52.17%) OSCP
2 8 (34.78%) Security Cleared
3 7 (30.43%) CREST Certified
4 6 (26.09%) CHECK Team Leader
4 6 (26.09%) CISSP
4 6 (26.09%) SC Cleared
5 5 (21.74%) Degree
6 4 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (17.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (13.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (13.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (13.04%) CCSP
7 3 (13.04%) CHECK Team Member
7 3 (13.04%) GCIH
7 3 (13.04%) GPEN
8 2 (8.70%) CCSAM
8 2 (8.70%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (8.70%) Cyber Scheme
8 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared
8 2 (8.70%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) GDPR
1 5 (21.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (21.74%) NIST
2 2 (8.70%) QA
3 1 (4.35%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.35%) NCSC
3 1 (4.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
1 3 (13.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (60.87%) Nmap
2 7 (30.43%) Nessus
3 5 (21.74%) Kubernetes
4 1 (4.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (4.35%) CSIRT
4 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Cisco
2 3 (13.04%) Google
2 3 (13.04%) Qualtrics
2 3 (13.04%) Rapid7
2 3 (13.04%) Red Hat
2 3 (13.04%) Splunk
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.35%) Oracle
3 1 (4.35%) Tenable
3 1 (4.35%) Trustwave