Kali Linux Job Trends in England

Kali Linux
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Kali Linux skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 600 656 649
Rank change year-on-year +56 -7 +288
Permanent jobs citing Kali Linux 2 6 34
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.004% 0.012% 0.069%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.045% 0.081% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 30
10th Percentile £85,250 £59,500 -
25th Percentile £85,625 £60,625 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% -13.33% +13.64%
75th Percentile £90,625 £67,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £91,750 - -
UK median annual salary £87,500 £56,250 £75,000
% change year-on-year +55.56% -25.00% +13.64%

All Operating Systems
England

Kali Linux falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,473 7,438 7,752
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.43% 15.42% 15.80%
Number of salaries quoted 3,402 4,207 6,468
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,400 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,897 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%

Kali Linux
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Kali Linux job vacancy trend in England

Kali Linux
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Kali Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Kali Linux

Kali Linux
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kali Linux within the England region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +62 2 £87,500 +34.62%
Kali Linux
UK

Kali Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Security Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Management
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) SOAR
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Imperva
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto