Rapid7
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Rapid7 products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Rapid7 over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Rapid7 LLC.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 702 636 849
Rank change year-on-year -66 +213 +16
Permanent jobs citing Rapid7 29 20 57
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.031% 0.045% 0.053%
As % of the Vendors category 0.12% 0.10% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 27 18 54
10th Percentile £56,000 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £88,750 £36,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £49,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +86.87% -5.71% -6.67%
75th Percentile £103,750 £80,438 £73,750
90th Percentile £125,000 £97,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -28.89% - -14.29%

All Vendors
UK

Rapid7 falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 24,008 19,337 36,669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.68% 43.38% 33.82%
Number of salaries quoted 14,017 10,468 25,097
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,188 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +3.26% -8.00%

Rapid7
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Rapid7 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Rapid7 job vacancy trend in the UK

Rapid7
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Rapid7.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Rapid7

Rapid7
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Rapid7 over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Rapid7 in the UK

Rapid7
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Rapid7 within the UK over the 6 months to 17 June 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 -64 25 £92,500 +86.87% 11
London -19 23 £92,500 +35.53% 8
Work from Home +10 4 £90,000 -5.26% 8
UK excluding London -78 3 £32,000 -28.89% 7
West Midlands -16 2 £32,000 -66.32% 1
Midlands -25 2 £32,000 -1.54% 1
Scotland - 1 - -

Rapid7
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.90%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 26 (89.66%) Azure
2 11 (37.93%) AWS
3 10 (34.48%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (27.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 8 (27.59%) Amazon ECR
4 8 (27.59%) Amazon ECS
4 8 (27.59%) GCP
5 4 (13.79%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (6.90%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (6.90%) Nutanix
6 2 (6.90%) OpenShift
7 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (3.45%) Mimecast
7 1 (3.45%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 11 (37.93%) Firewall
2 2 (6.90%) Kerberos
2 2 (6.90%) Network Security
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (27.59%) Elasticsearch
1 8 (27.59%) MySQL
2 2 (6.90%) MongoDB
2 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (27.59%) Git
1 8 (27.59%) GitLab
2 2 (6.90%) JIRA
General
1 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 9 (31.03%) Finance
3 8 (27.59%) Banking
4 5 (17.24%) Legal
5 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Law
6 2 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 13 (44.83%) Security Engineer
2 12 (41.38%) Lead
3 10 (34.48%) Cloud Engineer
4 8 (27.59%) DevOps Engineer
5 7 (24.14%) Administrator
5 7 (24.14%) DevOps Administrator
5 7 (24.14%) DevOps Systems Engineer
5 7 (24.14%) Linux Administrator
5 7 (24.14%) Linux DevOps Administrator
5 7 (24.14%) Linux DevOps Engineer
5 7 (24.14%) Linux Engineer
5 7 (24.14%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 7 (24.14%) Linux Systems Engineer
5 7 (24.14%) Linux/Unix DevOps
5 7 (24.14%) Systems Administrator
6 5 (17.24%) Analyst
6 5 (17.24%) Azure Engineer
6 5 (17.24%) Lead Cloud Engineer
6 5 (17.24%) Security Analyst
7 4 (13.79%) Information Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) LDAP
1 2 (6.90%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Security Posture
2 3 (10.34%) Cyber Defence
2 3 (10.34%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.45%) CSOC
4 1 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 10 (34.48%) Linux
2 8 (27.59%) CentOS
3 2 (6.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (6.90%) Windows
3 2 (6.90%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) SIEM
2 14 (48.28%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (44.83%) Incident Response
3 13 (44.83%) Information Security
4 12 (41.38%) Data Loss Prevention
5 10 (34.48%) CI/CD
5 10 (34.48%) Infrastructure as Code
5 10 (34.48%) Security Architecture
5 10 (34.48%) Security Operations
6 9 (31.03%) Cloud Security
7 8 (27.59%) Architectural Design
7 8 (27.59%) Capacity Planning
7 8 (27.59%) Configuration Management
7 8 (27.59%) Containerisation
7 8 (27.59%) Deployment Automation
7 8 (27.59%) DevOps
7 8 (27.59%) Low Latency
7 8 (27.59%) Software Engineering
7 8 (27.59%) Virtual Environments
7 8 (27.59%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (41.38%) Python
2 8 (27.59%) Bash
3 4 (13.79%) PowerShell
4 2 (6.90%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (48.28%) CISSP
2 10 (34.48%) CEH
3 4 (13.79%) CISM
4 3 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (6.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (6.90%) CCSP
5 2 (6.90%) Degree
6 1 (3.45%) CCNA
6 1 (3.45%) CISA
6 1 (3.45%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (3.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (27.59%) QA
2 6 (20.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 5 (17.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (13.79%) GDPR
4 4 (13.79%) NIST
5 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (6.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (3.45%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (3.45%) GRC
6 1 (3.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (27.59%) Docker
2 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
3 2 (6.90%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (27.59%) Ansible
1 8 (27.59%) Grafana
1 8 (27.59%) Kubernetes
1 8 (27.59%) Nagios
1 8 (27.59%) Terraform
2 2 (6.90%) Red Hat Satellite
3 1 (3.45%) CASB
3 1 (3.45%) Nessus
Vendors
1 14 (48.28%) CrowdStrike
2 13 (44.83%) Microsoft
3 12 (41.38%) CyberArk
4 11 (37.93%) Palo Alto
5 10 (34.48%) iManage
5 10 (34.48%) Red Hat
5 10 (34.48%) Splunk
6 8 (27.59%) Thales
7 4 (13.79%) Qualys
7 4 (13.79%) Tenable
8 2 (6.90%) Intel
8 2 (6.90%) Ivanti
8 2 (6.90%) Oracle
8 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
8 2 (6.90%) Veracode
8 2 (6.90%) VMware
9 1 (3.45%) Cisco
9 1 (3.45%) Fortinet