Kali Linux Jobs

Kali Linux
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 680 836 961
Rank change year-on-year +156 +125 +184
Permanent jobs citing Kali Linux 4 49 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.008% 0.050% 0.025%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.061% 0.35% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 0 43 14
10th Percentile - £47,500 £48,000
25th Percentile - £67,500 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £75,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - -16.67% +63.64%
75th Percentile - £82,500 £97,875
90th Percentile - - £98,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +69.23%

All Operating Systems
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 6,583 14,121 16,635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.62% 14.36% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,456 10,927 11,200
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,760 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,625 £80,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -

Kali Linux
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Kali Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Kali Linux in the UK

Kali Linux
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kali Linux.

Salary trend for Kali Linux in the UK

Kali Linux
Top 4 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
UK excluding London +194 4 - - 6
Northern Ireland +38 3 - - 4
England +142 1 - - 4
South East +111 1 - - 1

Kali Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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