Kali Linux Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Kali Linux
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 466 583 618
Rank change year-on-year +117 +35 +240
Permanent jobs citing Kali Linux 2 7 3
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.010% 0.020% 0.008%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.078% 0.16% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - +53.85%
75th Percentile - £55,000 £55,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £43,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -28.33% -11.11% +8.00%

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 2,568 4,502 5,537
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.53% 13.16% 15.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,262 3,388 4,162
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £38,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,075
Median % change year-on-year - -9.21% +0.14%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,603 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,375 £83,750 £91,250
UK median annual salary £43,250 £46,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% -12.38% -

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 a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Kali Linux.

Kali Linux salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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