Kali Linux Contract Job Trends in Reading

Kali Linux
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Kali Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Kali Linux 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.14% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £419 - -

All Operating Systems
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 83 72 175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 11.69% 7.89% 17.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 41 158
10th Percentile £255 £208 £205
25th Percentile £336 £394 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £575 £450
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% +27.78% -14.29%
75th Percentile £525 £638 £589
90th Percentile £593 £700 £615
Berkshire median daily rate £425 £400 £399
% change year-on-year +6.25% +0.31% -20.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £72.40 - £59.38
25th Percentile £76.00 - £60.31
Median hourly rate £82.00 - £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.64%
75th Percentile £84.00 - £64.06
90th Percentile £85.20 - £64.63
Berkshire median hourly rate £20.79 £56.75 £55.28
% change year-on-year -63.36% +2.65% +0.51%

Kali Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Kali Linux relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Kali Linux job vacancy trend in Reading

Kali Linux
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Kali Linux.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Kali Linux

Kali Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Intranet
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) OSINT
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Social Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) SANS
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap