Hybrid/Remote Kali Linux Job Trends

Kali Linux
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Kali Linux skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 423 488 512
Rank change year-on-year +65 +24 +318
Permanent jobs citing Kali Linux 2 7 2
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.012% 0.030% 0.008%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.10% 0.23% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - - £46,000
25th Percentile - - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -4.76% +61.54%
75th Percentile - - £55,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £46,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.33% +14.29% -19.23%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,913 3,034 3,909
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.81% 13.04% 15.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,057 1,885 3,288
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £39,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -7.89% +3.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,751 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £42,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.00% -4.76% -

Kali Linux
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Kali Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Kali Linux trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Kali Linux
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Kali Linux.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Kali Linux

Kali Linux
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 2 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
2 1 (50.00%) Security Penetration Tester
2 1 (50.00%) Security Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) OWASP
2 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Red Team
2 1 (50.00%) Secure Coding
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bash
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CHECK Team Leader
2 1 (50.00%) CHECK Team Member
2 1 (50.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Nessus
1 1 (50.00%) Nmap