Kali Linux Jobs with Work from Home Options

Kali Linux
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 588 658 819
Rank change year-on-year +70 +161 -258
Permanent jobs citing Kali Linux 5 5 33
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.015% 0.012% 0.048%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.11% 0.078% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £90,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% +176.92% -43.48%
75th Percentile £55,000 £92,500 £37,500
90th Percentile - £95,500 £63,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £90,000 £65,250
% change year-on-year -16.67% +37.93% +13.48%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,675 6,434 12,202
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.81% 15.47% 17.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3,625 4,713 7,444
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,800 £30,487
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £73,675
90th Percentile £82,500 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

Kali Linux
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Kali Linux as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Kali Linux trend for jobs with a WFH option

Kali Linux
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) Internet
2 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (40.00%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 5 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 5 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (60.00%) IoT
2 3 (60.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Unix
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Red Team
2 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (60.00%) Data Privacy
2 3 (60.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Microservices
2 3 (60.00%) OWASP
2 3 (60.00%) Security Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Social Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 2 (40.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (40.00%) Malware Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Mobile Application Development
3 2 (40.00%) Reverse Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (60.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (40.00%) Bash
3 2 (40.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 5 (100.00%) OSCP
2 3 (60.00%) OSCE
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) CHECK Team Member
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Nmap
2 3 (60.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Qualys