Kali Linux Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Kali Linux
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 316 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Kali Linux 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.087% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
UK median daily rate £538 £590 £531
% change year-on-year -8.90% +11.06% +8.97%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,147 1,611 3,210
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.28% 11.04% 13.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 743 1,092 2,250
10th Percentile £288 £231 £242
25th Percentile £378 £375 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% -5.71% -
75th Percentile £580 £590 £638
90th Percentile £675 £675 £738
UK median daily rate £465 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.16% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 45 121
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £20.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £14.00 £25.71
Median hourly rate £65.00 £17.64 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +268.59% -66.41% +12.49%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £67.50
90th Percentile - £71.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £22.78 £25.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -8.88% -41.18% +88.89%

Kali Linux
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Kali Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Kali Linux trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Kali Linux
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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:

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