Metasploit Jobs

Rapid7 Metasploit
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Metasploit skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Metasploit over the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 748 725 985
Rank change year-on-year -23 +260 +85
Permanent jobs citing Metasploit 21 41 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.032% 0.061% 0.027%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.31% 0.54% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 11 36 13
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,625 £46,500
25th Percentile £53,125 £67,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% -3.23% +29.17%
75th Percentile £66,875 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile - - £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - £57,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +21.05% -

All Development Application Skills
UK

Metasploit 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 6,736 7,623 17,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.31% 11.42% 16.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,686 5,806 10,908
10th Percentile £37,574 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,628 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.83% +4.55% +4.76%

Metasploit
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Metasploit as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Metasploit in the UK

Metasploit
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Metasploit.

Salary trend for Metasploit in the UK

Metasploit
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Metasploit over the 6 months to 23 January 2025.

Salary histogram for Metasploit in the UK

Metasploit
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Metasploit within the UK over the 6 months to 23 January 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 +1 18 £64,750 -13.67%
London +7 14 £63,250 -15.67%
Work from Home +53 12 £50,000 - 2
UK excluding London -6 3 - -
East Midlands - 2 - -
Midlands - 2 - -
South East - 1 - -

Metasploit
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 3 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (52.38%) Wireless
2 9 (42.86%) Network Security
3 8 (38.10%) Broadband
3 8 (38.10%) VoIP
3 8 (38.10%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 21 (100.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 17 (80.95%) Analytical Skills
1 17 (80.95%) Social Skills
2 8 (38.10%) Games
2 8 (38.10%) Organisational Skills
2 8 (38.10%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 14 (66.67%) Penetration Tester
1 14 (66.67%) Tester
2 4 (19.05%) Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Lead
3 3 (14.29%) Penetration Test Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Test Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Test Leader
4 2 (9.52%) Senior
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Penetration Tester
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Tester
5 1 (4.76%) Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Information Security Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Security Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Security Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Security Penetration Tester
5 1 (4.76%) Security Tester
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Blog
1 8 (38.10%) Cyber Threat
1 8 (38.10%) Cyberattack
1 8 (38.10%) IoT
1 8 (38.10%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 13 (61.90%) Linux
2 12 (57.14%) Kali Linux
3 1 (4.76%) Unix
3 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 20 (95.24%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (85.71%) Application Security
3 18 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (71.43%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 14 (66.67%) Offensive Security
6 10 (47.62%) Red Team
7 9 (42.86%) Computer Science
7 9 (42.86%) Open Source
7 9 (42.86%) Security Testing
8 8 (38.10%) Creative Thinking
8 8 (38.10%) Programme Delivery
8 8 (38.10%) Strategic Thinking
8 8 (38.10%) Time Management
9 7 (33.33%) Incident Response
10 6 (28.57%) Security Architecture
11 4 (19.05%) Ethical Hacking
11 4 (19.05%) Information Security
11 4 (19.05%) Mentoring
12 1 (4.76%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 7 (33.33%) Python
2 6 (28.57%) Bash
3 1 (4.76%) C
3 1 (4.76%) C#
3 1 (4.76%) C++
3 1 (4.76%) Go
3 1 (4.76%) Java
3 1 (4.76%) Perl
3 1 (4.76%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 21 (100.00%) OSCP
2 11 (52.38%) CREST Certified
2 11 (52.38%) GPEN
3 10 (47.62%) CEH
3 10 (47.62%) Degree
4 9 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (42.86%) Cyber Scheme
4 9 (42.86%) GIAC
5 8 (38.10%) OSWP
6 7 (33.33%) CISSP
7 3 (14.29%) OSCE
8 1 (4.76%) CISM
8 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (38.10%) QA
2 3 (14.29%) Accessibility
3 1 (4.76%) GDPR
3 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.76%) NIST
3 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (71.43%) Nmap
2 11 (52.38%) Nessus
3 1 (4.76%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 1 (4.76%) Qualys