Kali Linux Jobs in the UK excluding London

Kali Linux
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Kali Linux skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Kali Linux over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 573 752 750
Rank change year-on-year +179 -2 +77
Permanent jobs citing Kali Linux 4 19 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.010% 0.025% 0.009%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.079% 0.18% 0.052%
Number of salaries quoted 0 13 5
10th Percentile - £45,000 -
25th Percentile - £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +52.78%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £59,500
UK median annual salary - £75,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +17.86%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,036 10,675 9,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.79% 14.32% 16.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,937 8,160 5,973
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -

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
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Kali Linux in the UK excluding London

Kali Linux
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kali Linux within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 5
South East +84 1 - -
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 4 (100.00%) Metasploit
2 3 (75.00%) AppScan
General
1 3 (75.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Information Security Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Application Security
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
1 4 (100.00%) GIAC
1 4 (100.00%) OSCP
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) GPEN
2 3 (75.00%) GWAPT
3 1 (25.00%) CEH
3 1 (25.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Nessus
2 1 (25.00%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Trustwave
2 1 (25.00%) Qualys