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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 606 690 675
Rank change year-on-year +84 -15 +328
Permanent jobs citing Metasploit 29 19 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.049% 0.035% 0.064%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.80% 0.34% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 22 16 28
10th Percentile £39,475 £50,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £48,165 £55,313 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,529 £64,125 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.41% -14.50% -6.25%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £93,250 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,058 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.90% +4.35% +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 3,639 5,635 6,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.14% 10.26% 12.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,391 3,268 5,132
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £82,548
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £55,000 £58,175
% change year-on-year -6.36% -5.46% +5.77%

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 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Metasploit in the UK

Metasploit
Top 9 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 2 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 +61 18 £51,058 -21.45% 4
Work from Home +82 17 £60,000 +20.00% 2
UK excluding London +62 15 £51,058 -14.90% 3
Midlands +28 7 £51,058 - 1
East Midlands -10 7 £51,058 - 1
London +42 6 £95,000 +46.15% 1
Wales - 4 - -
South East +26 2 £46,000 -23.33% 2
South West - 2 £47,500 -

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 13 (44.83%) AWS
1 13 (44.83%) Azure
2 4 (13.79%) Google Workspace
2 4 (13.79%) SurveyMonkey
3 3 (10.34%) Cloudflare
3 3 (10.34%) GCP
4 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 11 (37.93%) TCP/IP
2 6 (20.69%) Wireless
3 5 (17.24%) Wireshark
4 4 (13.79%) Bluetooth
4 4 (13.79%) Firewall
4 4 (13.79%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (13.79%) Modbus
4 4 (13.79%) Network Security
4 4 (13.79%) VLAN
4 4 (13.79%) ZigBee
5 3 (10.34%) DNS
Development Applications
1 29 (100.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Public Sector
3 6 (20.69%) Aerospace
3 6 (20.69%) Retail
4 5 (17.24%) Finance
4 5 (17.24%) Telecoms
5 4 (13.79%) Law
5 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (37.93%) Penetration Tester
1 11 (37.93%) Tester
2 6 (20.69%) Security Specialist
2 6 (20.69%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 3 (10.34%) Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) Digital Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) Information Security Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Principal Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Principal Security Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Security Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) Security Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Consultant
4 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (3.45%) Ethical Hacker
4 1 (3.45%) Security Consultant
4 1 (3.45%) Senior
4 1 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Senior Digital Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Senior Security Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 13 (44.83%) Security Posture
2 6 (20.69%) Insider Threat
2 6 (20.69%) Mobile App
3 4 (13.79%) CAN bus
3 4 (13.79%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (13.79%) IoT
3 4 (13.79%) Operational Technology
3 4 (13.79%) SCADA
4 3 (10.34%) Cloud Security Posture
4 3 (10.34%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (6.90%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 10 (34.48%) Linux
2 6 (20.69%) Kali Linux
3 5 (17.24%) Android
4 4 (13.79%) Ubuntu
4 4 (13.79%) Windows
5 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (75.86%) Penetration Testing
2 18 (62.07%) Red Team
3 11 (37.93%) Cloud Security
3 11 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (34.48%) Decision-Making
4 10 (34.48%) Ethical Hacking
4 10 (34.48%) Offensive Security
5 9 (31.03%) Information Security
6 7 (24.14%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (20.69%) Actionable Insight
7 6 (20.69%) Anomaly Detection
7 6 (20.69%) Mentoring
7 6 (20.69%) Open Source
7 6 (20.69%) Purple Team
7 6 (20.69%) Threat Intelligence
8 4 (13.79%) Cognitive Science
8 4 (13.79%) Prototyping
8 4 (13.79%) Security Monitoring
8 4 (13.79%) User Experience
8 4 (13.79%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 15 (51.72%) Python
2 11 (37.93%) Bash
3 9 (31.03%) PowerShell
4 4 (13.79%) C++
4 4 (13.79%) Java
4 4 (13.79%) R
4 4 (13.79%) Rust
5 2 (6.90%) C#
Qualifications
1 21 (72.41%) CREST Certified
2 13 (44.83%) OSCP
3 11 (37.93%) CHECK Team Member
3 11 (37.93%) SC Cleared
3 11 (37.93%) Security Cleared
4 10 (34.48%) Degree
5 9 (31.03%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (31.03%) CISSP
6 8 (27.59%) Cyber Scheme
6 8 (27.59%) GPEN
7 6 (20.69%) CCNA
7 6 (20.69%) CEH
7 6 (20.69%) CISMP
7 6 (20.69%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (20.69%) GIAC
7 6 (20.69%) MCP
7 6 (20.69%) MCSE
7 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (13.79%) CHECK Team Leader
8 4 (13.79%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) Actionable Recommendations
1 6 (20.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (10.34%) GDPR
3 2 (6.90%) NIST
4 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (3.45%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 26 (89.66%) Nmap
2 15 (51.72%) Nessus
3 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (34.48%) Cisco
2 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
3 4 (13.79%) Google
3 4 (13.79%) Qualtrics
3 4 (13.79%) Red Hat
3 4 (13.79%) Splunk
4 3 (10.34%) Rapid7
5 1 (3.45%) Qualys