Kali Linux Contracts in the UK excluding London

Kali Linux
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 335 396 445
Rank change year-on-year +61 +49 +62
Contract jobs citing Kali Linux 1 3 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.008% 0.014% 0.071%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.046% 0.092% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.69%
75th Percentile - - £550
90th Percentile - - £605
UK median daily rate £500 £590 £525
% change year-on-year -15.25% +12.38% +16.67%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,195 3,275 4,635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.19% 15.77% 19.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,415 2,176 3,246
10th Percentile £178 £173 £163
25th Percentile £241 £256 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 320 334
10th Percentile £15.72 £12.25 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.44 £14.16 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.94 £22.00 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% -29.60% +56.25%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £73.74
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 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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Kali Linux in the UK excluding London

Kali Linux
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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 - 86
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Metasploit
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) OSINT
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations