Kali Linux
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Kali Linux skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Kali Linux over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 837 970 1154
Rank change year-on-year +133 +184 -259
Permanent jobs citing Kali Linux 51 25 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.025% 0.051%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.36% 0.15% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 45 14 28
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,625 £33,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £65,250
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +37.93% +13.48%
75th Percentile £82,500 £97,875 £75,625
90th Percentile - £98,000 £101,475
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +52.78% -15.29%

All Operating Systems
UK

Kali Linux is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14,045 16,217 29,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.16% 15.97% 18.97%
Number of salaries quoted 10,807 10,941 16,610
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -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
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kali Linux over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Kali Linux in the UK

Kali Linux
Top 9 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 8 May 2024. 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
England +104 50 £75,000 -16.67% 7
London +136 32 £75,000 -21.05% 2
UK excluding London +5 19 £50,000 -9.09% 6
North of England +47 7 £50,000 -9.09% 1
North West +12 7 £50,000 -9.09%
South West -21 6 £60,000 +20.00% 3
Work from Home +70 5 £50,000 -44.44% 3
South East - 5 £120,000 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £57,500 -

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 9 (17.65%) AWS
1 9 (17.65%) Azure
2 5 (9.80%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 36 (70.59%) Network Security
2 11 (21.57%) Firewall
3 9 (17.65%) Intrusion Detection
4 8 (15.69%) Wireless
5 7 (13.73%) Internet
6 5 (9.80%) VPN
6 5 (9.80%) Wireshark
7 2 (3.92%) TCP/IP
7 2 (3.92%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 37 (72.55%) Burp Suite
1 37 (72.55%) Metasploit
2 4 (7.84%) IDA Disassembler
3 1 (1.96%) AppScan
3 1 (1.96%) Vagrant
General
1 33 (64.71%) Social Skills
2 31 (60.78%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (5.88%) Marketing
3 3 (5.88%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.88%) Retail
4 2 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (66.67%) Penetration Tester
1 34 (66.67%) Tester
2 5 (9.80%) Architect
2 5 (9.80%) Security Architect
3 4 (7.84%) Security Researcher
3 4 (7.84%) Security Specialist
4 3 (5.88%) Consultant
4 3 (5.88%) Infrastructure Security Specialist
4 3 (5.88%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 3 (5.88%) Security Consultant
4 3 (5.88%) Senior
4 3 (5.88%) Senior Consultant
4 3 (5.88%) Senior Security Consultant
4 3 (5.88%) Senior Testing Consultant
4 3 (5.88%) Testing Consultant
5 1 (1.96%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 1 (1.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (1.96%) Telecoms Architect
5 1 (1.96%) Vulnerability Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.80%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.69%) Management Information System
1 8 (15.69%) Mobile App
2 6 (11.76%) IoT
2 6 (11.76%) Security Posture
3 5 (9.80%) Data Centre
3 5 (9.80%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (7.84%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (5.88%) Operational Technology
5 3 (5.88%) Smart Energy
6 2 (3.92%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 33 (64.71%) Linux
2 6 (11.76%) Windows
3 4 (7.84%) Ubuntu
3 4 (7.84%) Windows 10
3 4 (7.84%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (3.92%) Unix
5 1 (1.96%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (84.31%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (80.39%) Penetration Testing
3 36 (70.59%) Red Team
4 35 (68.63%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (66.67%) Security Testing
6 33 (64.71%) Application Security
6 33 (64.71%) Computer Science
7 31 (60.78%) Information Security
7 31 (60.78%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 30 (58.82%) Malware Analysis
8 30 (58.82%) Reverse Engineering
9 28 (54.90%) Critical Thinking
10 11 (21.57%) Cryptography
10 11 (21.57%) OWASP
11 10 (19.61%) Incident Response
12 8 (15.69%) Threat Modelling
13 6 (11.76%) Social Engineering
14 5 (9.80%) Dashboard Development
14 5 (9.80%) Patch Management
14 5 (9.80%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 11 (21.57%) Python
2 5 (9.80%) PowerShell
3 4 (7.84%) C
3 4 (7.84%) C++
4 3 (5.88%) Bash
4 3 (5.88%) Java
4 3 (5.88%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.92%) C#
6 1 (1.96%) Perl
Qualifications
1 35 (68.63%) Degree
2 29 (56.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (17.65%) OSCP
4 8 (15.69%) CREST Certified
5 7 (13.73%) Security Cleared
6 6 (11.76%) CISSP
6 6 (11.76%) OSCE
7 5 (9.80%) AWS Certification
7 5 (9.80%) Azure Certification
8 4 (7.84%) DV Cleared
9 3 (5.88%) SC Cleared
10 2 (3.92%) CHECK Team Member
11 1 (1.96%) CGEIT
11 1 (1.96%) CISA
11 1 (1.96%) CISM
11 1 (1.96%) CRISC
11 1 (1.96%) GPEN
11 1 (1.96%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (15.69%) NIST
2 5 (9.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 5 (9.80%) PCI DSS
3 3 (5.88%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (9.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (7.84%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 8 (15.69%) Nmap
2 7 (13.73%) Nessus
3 5 (9.80%) Suricata
4 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (5.88%) SELinux
6 1 (1.96%) Ansible
6 1 (1.96%) Progress Chef
6 1 (1.96%) Puppet
6 1 (1.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (17.65%) Cisco
1 9 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.76%) Qualys
3 5 (9.80%) Juniper
3 5 (9.80%) Palo Alto
3 5 (9.80%) Splunk
3 5 (9.80%) VMware
4 1 (1.96%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.96%) Trustwave