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 7 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 728 795 837
Rank change year-on-year +67 +42 +359
Permanent jobs citing Kali Linux 8 31 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.013% 0.036% 0.009%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.11% 0.29% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 4 22 7
10th Percentile £41,800 £46,500 -
25th Percentile £44,500 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +9.09% -2.22%
75th Percentile - £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile - £72,500 £87,200
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -23.33% +20.00% +53.85%

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 7,472 10,788 12,876
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.28% 12.55% 16.74%
Number of salaries quoted 4,689 7,576 9,354
10th Percentile £26,975 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,375 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £48,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -8.57% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% - -

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 5 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 7 August 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 +69 7 £46,000 -23.33% 7
England +46 4 £46,000 -23.33% 12
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 3
South East +22 3 £46,000 -61.67% 1
Work from Home +39 2 £40,000 -20.00% 11

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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) AWS
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
1 4 (50.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Wireless
1 3 (37.50%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 8 (100.00%) Metasploit
2 3 (37.50%) AppScan
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Penetration Tester
1 5 (62.50%) Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Ethical Hacker
2 1 (12.50%) Security Penetration Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Security Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Security Posture
2 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (62.50%) Ethical Hacking
2 5 (62.50%) OWASP
3 4 (50.00%) Red Team
3 4 (50.00%) Security Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Cloud Security
4 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
4 3 (37.50%) Incident Response
4 3 (37.50%) Purple Team
4 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
4 3 (37.50%) Social Engineering
4 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (25.00%) Offensive Security
6 1 (12.50%) Manual Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Secure Coding
6 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Bash
1 4 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) OSCP
2 4 (50.00%) GPEN
3 3 (37.50%) CISSP
3 3 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (37.50%) Degree
3 3 (37.50%) GIAC
3 3 (37.50%) GWAPT
4 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (12.50%) CHECK Team Leader
5 1 (12.50%) CHECK Team Member
5 1 (12.50%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (12.50%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Nessus
1 4 (50.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Trustwave