Hybrid/Remote Metasploit Job Trends

Rapid7 Metasploit
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Metasploit skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 445 427 489
Rank change year-on-year -18 +62 +48
Permanent jobs citing Metasploit 8 6 19
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.035% 0.036% 0.077%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.53% 0.38% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 14
10th Percentile £42,095 £58,000 £45,000
25th Percentile - £85,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,743 £90,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -48.06% +16.13% +40.91%
75th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £120,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £46,743 £67,500 £66,250
% change year-on-year -30.75% +1.89% -26.39%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

Metasploit falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,517 1,570 2,585
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.62% 9.49% 10.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,015 998 1,764
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +6.47% -9.69%
75th Percentile £74,987 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £61,700 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.28% +4.17% -7.69%

Metasploit
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Metasploit and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Metasploit job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Metasploit
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Metasploit.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Metasploit

Metasploit
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Metasploit over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Metasploit salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 4 (50.00%) AWS
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Firewall
1 3 (37.50%) Wireless
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) HTTP
2 1 (12.50%) Internet
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (50.00%) Retail
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Security Specialist
1 4 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 3 (37.50%) Penetration Tester
2 3 (37.50%) Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Testing Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Security Posture
2 4 (50.00%) Insider Threat
3 3 (37.50%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Kali Linux
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (50.00%) AI
3 4 (50.00%) Anomaly Detection
3 4 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 4 (50.00%) Information Security
3 4 (50.00%) Offensive Security
3 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (50.00%) Red Team
3 4 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (37.50%) LLM
4 3 (37.50%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 1 (12.50%) OWASP
5 1 (12.50%) Security Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Validation
5 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
1 3 (37.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) SC Cleared
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) CREST Certified
3 3 (37.50%) CHECK Team Leader
3 3 (37.50%) CHECK Team Member
3 3 (37.50%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) GDPR
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (37.50%) PCI DSS
2 1 (12.50%) NIST
Systems Management
1 8 (100.00%) Nmap
2 1 (12.50%) Nessus
2 1 (12.50%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Qualys