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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 405 463 503
Rank change year-on-year +58 +40 +270
Permanent jobs citing Kali Linux 2 7 1
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.012% 0.034% 0.004%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.11% 0.26% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -9.09% +69.23%
UK median annual salary £46,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.33% +9.09% -24.14%

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 1,792 2,719 3,650
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.95% 13.35% 15.65%
Number of salaries quoted 957 1,677 3,052
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -6.25% +1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £88,675
UK median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -17.00% -4.76% -

Kali Linux
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Kali Linux and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Kali Linux job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Kali Linux
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Kali Linux
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

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