Kali Linux
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 847 942 1153
Rank change year-on-year +95 +211 -274
Permanent jobs citing Kali Linux 49 28 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.050% 0.027% 0.051%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.35% 0.17% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 43 15 25
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £55,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +50.00% +4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £97,750 £75,000
90th Percentile - £98,000 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +61.54% -30.85%

All Operating Systems
UK

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 with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14,079 16,671 29,105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.36% 15.93% 18.88%
Number of salaries quoted 10,884 11,238 16,744
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,398
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

Kali Linux
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Kali Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Kali Linux in the UK

Kali Linux
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kali Linux.

Salary trend for Kali Linux in the UK

Kali Linux
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kali Linux over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Kali Linux in the UK

Kali Linux
Top 9 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +133 48 £75,000 -16.67% 7
London +144 32 £75,000 -21.05% 2
UK excluding London +23 17 £50,000 -4.76% 5
Work from Home +91 7 £50,000 -28.57% 2
North of England +57 7 £50,000 -9.09% 1
North West +18 7 £50,000 -9.09%
South West +3 6 £60,000 +20.00% 2
South East +31 3 £120,000 +300.00% 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £57,500 -

Kali Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (14.29%) AWS
1 7 (14.29%) Azure
2 4 (8.16%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (6.12%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 34 (69.39%) Network Security
2 11 (22.45%) Firewall
3 10 (20.41%) Wireless
4 7 (14.29%) Internet
4 7 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (8.16%) TCP/IP
5 4 (8.16%) Wireless Security
6 3 (6.12%) VPN
6 3 (6.12%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 39 (79.59%) Burp Suite
1 39 (79.59%) Metasploit
2 2 (4.08%) IDA Disassembler
3 1 (2.04%) AppScan
3 1 (2.04%) Vagrant
General
1 33 (67.35%) Social Skills
2 31 (63.27%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.16%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (6.12%) Marketing
4 3 (6.12%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.12%) Retail
5 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (73.47%) Penetration Tester
1 36 (73.47%) Tester
2 4 (8.16%) Security Specialist
3 3 (6.12%) Architect
3 3 (6.12%) Consultant
3 3 (6.12%) Infrastructure Security Specialist
3 3 (6.12%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 3 (6.12%) Security Architect
3 3 (6.12%) Security Consultant
3 3 (6.12%) Senior
3 3 (6.12%) Senior Consultant
3 3 (6.12%) Senior Security Consultant
3 3 (6.12%) Senior Testing Consultant
3 3 (6.12%) Testing Consultant
4 2 (4.08%) Security Researcher
5 1 (2.04%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 1 (2.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (2.04%) Telecoms Architect
5 1 (2.04%) Vulnerability Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.41%) Mobile App
2 6 (12.24%) IoT
2 6 (12.24%) Management Information System
3 4 (8.16%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (8.16%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (8.16%) Security Posture
4 3 (6.12%) Data Centre
4 3 (6.12%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (6.12%) Operational Technology
4 3 (6.12%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 33 (67.35%) Linux
2 8 (16.33%) Windows
3 4 (8.16%) Ubuntu
3 4 (8.16%) Unix
3 4 (8.16%) Windows 10
3 4 (8.16%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.04%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (87.76%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (83.67%) Penetration Testing
3 38 (77.55%) Red Team
4 35 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (69.39%) Security Testing
6 33 (67.35%) Computer Science
6 33 (67.35%) Information Security
7 32 (65.31%) Malware Analysis
7 32 (65.31%) Reverse Engineering
8 31 (63.27%) Application Security
8 31 (63.27%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 30 (61.22%) Critical Thinking
10 10 (20.41%) Incident Response
11 9 (18.37%) Cryptography
11 9 (18.37%) OWASP
12 6 (12.24%) Social Engineering
12 6 (12.24%) Threat Modelling
13 5 (10.20%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 4 (8.16%) Mobile Application Development
15 3 (6.12%) Database Security
Programming Languages
1 11 (22.45%) Python
2 5 (10.20%) Bash
3 4 (8.16%) C#
4 3 (6.12%) Java
4 3 (6.12%) JavaScript
4 3 (6.12%) PowerShell
5 2 (4.08%) C
5 2 (4.08%) C++
6 1 (2.04%) Perl
Qualifications
1 35 (71.43%) Degree
2 31 (63.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (22.45%) OSCP
4 10 (20.41%) CREST Certified
5 6 (12.24%) OSCE
6 5 (10.20%) Security Cleared
7 4 (8.16%) CHECK Team Member
7 4 (8.16%) CISSP
8 3 (6.12%) AWS Certification
8 3 (6.12%) Azure Certification
8 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared
9 2 (4.08%) DV Cleared
9 2 (4.08%) Master's Degree
10 1 (2.04%) CGEIT
10 1 (2.04%) CISA
10 1 (2.04%) CISM
10 1 (2.04%) CRISC
10 1 (2.04%) GPEN
10 1 (2.04%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (12.24%) NIST
3 3 (6.12%) GDPR
3 3 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (6.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (10.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (8.16%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 10 (20.41%) Nmap
2 7 (14.29%) Nessus
3 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (6.12%) SELinux
4 3 (6.12%) Suricata
5 1 (2.04%) Ansible
5 1 (2.04%) Progress Chef
5 1 (2.04%) Puppet
5 1 (2.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (14.29%) Cisco
1 7 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.24%) Qualys
3 5 (10.20%) VMware
4 3 (6.12%) Juniper
4 3 (6.12%) Palo Alto
4 3 (6.12%) Splunk
5 1 (2.04%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.04%) Trustwave