Kali Linux Jobs in the UK excluding London

Kali Linux
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Kali Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Kali Linux over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 738 756 819
Rank change year-on-year +18 +63 -141
Permanent jobs citing Kali Linux 19 5 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.027% 0.008% 0.042%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.18% 0.051% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 13 5 15
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +52.78% -15.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 - £53,750
90th Percentile £63,000 £59,500 £90,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £90,000 £65,250
% change year-on-year -16.67% +37.93% +13.48%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

Kali Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 10,576 9,878 14,822
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.91% 16.42% 20.93%
Number of salaries quoted 8,180 6,246 9,321
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Kali Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Kali Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Kali Linux in the UK excluding London

Kali Linux
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kali Linux in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Kali Linux in the UK excluding London

Kali Linux
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kali Linux in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Kali Linux in the UK excluding London

Kali Linux
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kali Linux within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
North of England +60 7 £50,000 -9.09% 1
North West +20 7 £50,000 -9.09%
South West -17 6 £60,000 +20.00% 3
South East - 5 £120,000 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £57,500 -
Kali Linux
UK

Kali Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 9 (47.37%) AWS
1 9 (47.37%) Azure
2 5 (26.32%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (57.89%) Firewall
2 9 (47.37%) Intrusion Detection
3 8 (42.11%) Network Security
4 7 (36.84%) Internet
5 5 (26.32%) VPN
5 5 (26.32%) Wireless
5 5 (26.32%) Wireshark
6 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
6 2 (10.53%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Burp Suite
1 6 (31.58%) Metasploit
2 4 (21.05%) IDA Disassembler
3 1 (5.26%) AppScan
General
1 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
2 3 (15.79%) Retail
3 2 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Penetration Tester
1 6 (31.58%) Tester
2 5 (26.32%) Architect
2 5 (26.32%) Security Architect
3 4 (21.05%) Security Researcher
3 4 (21.05%) Security Specialist
4 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Security Specialist
4 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 1 (5.26%) Telecoms Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Vulnerability Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (26.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) Management Information System
2 6 (31.58%) Security Posture
3 5 (26.32%) Data Centre
3 5 (26.32%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (26.32%) Mobile App
4 4 (21.05%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (15.79%) IoT
5 3 (15.79%) Operational Technology
5 3 (15.79%) Smart Energy
6 2 (10.53%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Windows
2 4 (21.05%) Linux
2 4 (21.05%) Ubuntu
2 4 (21.05%) Windows 10
2 4 (21.05%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (10.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (57.89%) Cryptography
3 10 (52.63%) Incident Response
3 10 (52.63%) Penetration Testing
4 8 (42.11%) OWASP
5 7 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (26.32%) Application Security
6 5 (26.32%) Dashboard Development
6 5 (26.32%) Data Encryption
6 5 (26.32%) Database Security
6 5 (26.32%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (26.32%) Patch Management
6 5 (26.32%) Red Team
6 5 (26.32%) Secure Coding
6 5 (26.32%) Security Architecture
6 5 (26.32%) Security Operations
6 5 (26.32%) SIEM
6 5 (26.32%) SOAR
6 5 (26.32%) Threat Modelling
6 5 (26.32%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 10 (52.63%) Python
2 5 (26.32%) PowerShell
3 4 (21.05%) C
3 4 (21.05%) C++
4 3 (15.79%) Java
4 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
5 2 (10.53%) Bash
5 2 (10.53%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) Degree
1 7 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 6 (31.58%) CISSP
2 6 (31.58%) OSCP
3 5 (26.32%) AWS Certification
3 5 (26.32%) Azure Certification
3 5 (26.32%) CREST Certified
4 4 (21.05%) DV Cleared
5 3 (15.79%) OSCE
5 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
6 2 (10.53%) CHECK Team Member
7 1 (5.26%) CGEIT
7 1 (5.26%) CISA
7 1 (5.26%) CISM
7 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (5.26%) CRISC
7 1 (5.26%) GPEN
7 1 (5.26%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (42.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (42.11%) NIST
2 5 (26.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 5 (26.32%) PCI DSS
3 3 (15.79%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) Terminal Services
1 4 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (26.32%) Nmap
1 5 (26.32%) Suricata
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (21.05%) Nessus
3 3 (15.79%) SELinux
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Cisco
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 5 (26.32%) Juniper
2 5 (26.32%) Palo Alto
2 5 (26.32%) Splunk
3 4 (21.05%) VMware
4 3 (15.79%) Qualys
5 1 (5.26%) Trustwave