Kali Linux Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Kali Linux
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Kali Linux skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 - 420
Rank change year-on-year - - +88
Contract jobs citing Kali Linux 9 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.053% - 0.005%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.32% - 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £406 - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 - -
75th Percentile £442 - -
90th Percentile £500 - -
UK median daily rate £425 - £525
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
UK median hourly rate - - £62.50

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 2,835 2,791 3,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.84% 16.78% 17.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,823 1,646 2,357
10th Percentile £170 £185 £160
25th Percentile £214 £263 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £449 £442
Median % change year-on-year -8.69% +1.58% -1.78%
75th Percentile £538 £565 £575
90th Percentile £600 £638 £659
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% -3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 194 290
10th Percentile £14.60 £16.25 £14.24
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.79 £52.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -56.60% +90.91% +22.22%
75th Percentile £43.75 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £52.50 £33.50
% change year-on-year -54.29% +56.72% +35.35%

Kali Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Kali Linux job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Kali Linux
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Kali Linux.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Kali Linux

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 4 November 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 - 9 £419 - 3
Kali Linux
UK

Kali Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (22.22%) GCP
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) Wireshark
2 1 (11.11%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) Intranet
2 1 (11.11%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 9 (100.00%) Burp Suite
2 7 (77.78%) Metasploit
3 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Law
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Penetration Tester
1 8 (88.89%) Tester
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Incident Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Security Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Security Incident Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Ethical Hacking
1 8 (88.89%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 8 (88.89%) OWASP
1 8 (88.89%) Penetration Testing
1 8 (88.89%) Red Team
1 8 (88.89%) Test Automation
2 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (22.22%) Information Security
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Manual Testing
4 1 (11.11%) OSINT
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (11.11%) Runbook
4 1 (11.11%) SDLC
4 1 (11.11%) Security Operations
4 1 (11.11%) Social Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Use Case
4 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) Bash
1 7 (77.78%) PowerShell
1 7 (77.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) CEH
1 8 (88.89%) OSCP
2 7 (77.78%) GPEN
3 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
4 2 (22.22%) CISSP
4 2 (22.22%) Degree
5 1 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (11.11%) CCSP
5 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
5 1 (11.11%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (100.00%) Nmap
2 1 (11.11%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Google
1 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow
1 1 (11.11%) Splunk