Kali Linux Contracts in England

Kali Linux
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Kali Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Kali Linux over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 483 532 621
Rank change year-on-year +49 +89 +148
Contract jobs citing Kali Linux 2 10 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.027% 0.063%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.059% 0.20% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 15
10th Percentile - - £478
25th Percentile - £583 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £590 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.25% +12.38% +16.67%
75th Percentile - £769 £550
90th Percentile - £788 £604
UK median daily rate £500 £590 £525
% change year-on-year -15.25% +12.38% +16.67%

All Operating Systems
England

Kali Linux falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,414 5,072 8,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.02% 13.64% 16.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,320 3,461 5,863
10th Percentile £200 £181 £193
25th Percentile £313 £289 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 369 384
10th Percentile £15.26 £12.75 £13.97
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.17 £17.74
Median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.91% -42.11% +76.74%
75th Percentile £64.38 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

Kali Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Kali Linux in England

Kali Linux
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Kali Linux in England.

Daily rate trend for Kali Linux in England

Kali Linux
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kali Linux within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East - 1 £500 - 1
Kali Linux
UK

Kali Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 2 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Security Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) OSINT
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Nessus
1 1 (50.00%) Nmap