Kali Linux Contracts with Work from Home Options

Kali Linux
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Kali Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Kali Linux over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 347 462 615
Rank change year-on-year +115 +153 -131
Contract jobs citing Kali Linux 2 4 5
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.013% 0.016% 0.011%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.13% 0.12% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% -22.00%
75th Percentile - - £494
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £590 £525 £488
% change year-on-year +12.38% +7.69% -18.75%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

Kali Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,543 3,436 5,402
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.33% 13.64% 12.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,081 2,422 3,830
10th Percentile £225 £243 £300
25th Percentile £350 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £630 £606
90th Percentile £683 £725 £683
UK median daily rate £465 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -7.92% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 105 152
10th Percentile £12.75 £19.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £14.27 £25.71 £19.66
Median hourly rate £17.69 £55.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -67.84% +22.22% +28.57%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £60.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £68.17
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -42.86% +71.11% +26.62%

Kali Linux
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Kali Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Kali Linux trend for jobs with a WFH option

Kali Linux
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Kali Linux.

Kali Linux daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Kali Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Ethical Hacker
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Purple Team
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform