Metasploit Job Trends

Rapid7 Metasploit
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Metasploit skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 620 678 715
Rank change year-on-year +58 +37 +267
Permanent jobs citing Metasploit 33 15 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.053% 0.028% 0.064%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.88% 0.27% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 22 11 36
10th Percentile £38,750 £50,000 £50,625
25th Percentile £48,165 £53,125 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,529 £57,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% -23.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,875 £82,500
90th Percentile £93,250 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,058 - £57,500
% 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 3,742 5,469 7,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.01% 10.29% 11.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,403 3,111 5,806
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,574 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £79,625 £81,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,474 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,058 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.17% -4.35% +4.55%

Metasploit
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Metasploit relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Metasploit job vacancy trend in the UK

Metasploit
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Metasploit.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Metasploit

Metasploit
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Metasploit over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Metasploit in the UK

Metasploit
Top 8 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 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 +71 22 £51,058 -21.15% 4
Work from Home +81 18 £60,000 +20.00% 4
UK excluding London +50 15 £51,058 - 5
London +43 10 £95,000 +50.20% 3
Midlands +30 8 £51,058 -
East Midlands +3 8 £51,058 -
Wales - 4 - -
South West - 3 £47,500 - 1

Metasploit
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 12 (36.36%) AWS
1 12 (36.36%) Azure
2 4 (12.12%) Google Workspace
2 4 (12.12%) SurveyMonkey
3 3 (9.09%) Cloudflare
4 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.03%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 8 (24.24%) Wireless
3 5 (15.15%) Wireshark
4 4 (12.12%) Bluetooth
4 4 (12.12%) Firewall
4 4 (12.12%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (12.12%) Modbus
4 4 (12.12%) Network Security
4 4 (12.12%) VLAN
4 4 (12.12%) ZigBee
5 3 (9.09%) DNS
Development Applications
1 33 (100.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 10 (30.30%) Finance
3 7 (21.21%) Aerospace
3 7 (21.21%) Public Sector
3 7 (21.21%) Retail
4 6 (18.18%) Telecoms
5 4 (12.12%) Law
5 4 (12.12%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (30.30%) Penetration Tester
1 10 (30.30%) Tester
2 7 (21.21%) Analyst
2 7 (21.21%) Digital Analyst
2 7 (21.21%) Security Analyst
2 7 (21.21%) Security Specialist
2 7 (21.21%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 6 (18.18%) Senior
3 6 (18.18%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (18.18%) Senior Digital Analyst
3 6 (18.18%) Senior Security Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) Information Security Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Principal Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Principal Security Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Security Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Consultant
5 1 (3.03%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (3.03%) Lead
5 1 (3.03%) Security Consultant
5 1 (3.03%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 18 (54.55%) Security Posture
2 11 (33.33%) Mobile App
3 7 (21.21%) Cyber Defence
3 7 (21.21%) Insider Threat
4 4 (12.12%) CAN bus
4 4 (12.12%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (12.12%) IoT
4 4 (12.12%) Operational Technology
4 4 (12.12%) SCADA
5 3 (9.09%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (6.06%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 8 (24.24%) Linux
2 5 (15.15%) Android
3 4 (12.12%) Kali Linux
3 4 (12.12%) Ubuntu
3 4 (12.12%) Windows
4 1 (3.03%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (78.79%) Penetration Testing
2 22 (66.67%) Red Team
3 17 (51.52%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (42.42%) Ethical Hacking
4 14 (42.42%) Offensive Security
5 11 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 11 (33.33%) Mentoring
6 10 (30.30%) Information Security
7 9 (27.27%) Cloud Security
8 8 (24.24%) Collaborative Culture
8 8 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (24.24%) Purple Team
9 7 (21.21%) Actionable Insight
9 7 (21.21%) Agile
9 7 (21.21%) Application Security
9 7 (21.21%) Business Strategy
9 7 (21.21%) Business Transformation
9 7 (21.21%) Coaching
9 7 (21.21%) Creative Thinking
9 7 (21.21%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 18 (54.55%) Python
2 14 (42.42%) Bash
3 11 (33.33%) PowerShell
4 4 (12.12%) C++
4 4 (12.12%) Java
4 4 (12.12%) R
4 4 (12.12%) Rust
5 3 (9.09%) C#
Qualifications
1 26 (78.79%) CREST Certified
2 16 (48.48%) OSCP
3 15 (45.45%) CHECK Team Member
4 12 (36.36%) SC Cleared
4 12 (36.36%) Security Cleared
5 11 (33.33%) Degree
6 10 (30.30%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (30.30%) CISSP
7 8 (24.24%) CHECK Team Leader
7 8 (24.24%) Cyber Scheme
7 8 (24.24%) GPEN
8 7 (21.21%) CCNA
8 7 (21.21%) CCSAM
8 7 (21.21%) CEH
8 7 (21.21%) CISMP
8 7 (21.21%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (21.21%) GIAC
8 7 (21.21%) MCP
8 7 (21.21%) MCSE
8 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) Actionable Recommendations
1 7 (21.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (9.09%) GDPR
3 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (3.03%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 26 (78.79%) Nmap
2 19 (57.58%) Nessus
3 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (33.33%) Cisco
2 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.12%) Google
3 4 (12.12%) Qualtrics
3 4 (12.12%) Red Hat
3 4 (12.12%) Splunk
4 3 (9.09%) Rapid7
5 1 (3.03%) Qualys