Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PKI over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 515 629 811
Rank change year-on-year +114 +182 -169
Permanent jobs citing PKI 425 346 458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.35% 0.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.21% 0.82% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 294 211 284
10th Percentile £43,239 £41,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,500 £50,000 £46,470
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £108,750 £88,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,100
% change year-on-year - +1.66% -1.64%

All Generic Skills
UK

PKI is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,224 42,073 78,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.90% 42.71% 48.09%
Number of salaries quoted 23,037 22,960 34,085
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,066 £46,350 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PKI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PKI in the UK

PKI
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PKI.

Salary trend for PKI in the UK

PKI
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PKI over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for PKI in the UK

PKI
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PKI within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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 +137 384 £60,000 -7.69% 83
UK excluding London +69 254 £55,000 - 79
Work from Home +121 197 £59,000 -19.18% 40
London +131 158 £75,000 - 18
South East +34 91 £59,000 +2.61% 37
Midlands +10 47 £44,225 -6.90% 8
North of England +41 46 £62,783 -10.31% 12
South West +22 45 £55,000 -21.43% 13
West Midlands +30 30 £49,114 -10.70% 6
North West +17 29 £62,641 -20.20% 7
East Midlands -9 17 £44,225 -6.90% 1
Scotland -47 16 £66,250 -17.19% 7
Yorkshire +76 15 £62,500 -16.67% 3
North East -9 8 £62,500 +66.67% 2
Wales +8 7 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 1
East of England -7 4 £62,500 - 2

PKI
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:

Application Platforms
1 32 (7.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.88%) IIS
3 5 (1.18%) OpenStack
4 4 (0.94%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.71%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.24%) Apache
7 1 (0.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.24%) Confluence
7 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.24%) nginx
Applications
1 17 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 221 (52.00%) Azure
2 162 (38.12%) AWS
3 136 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
4 111 (26.12%) GCP
5 84 (19.76%) SaaS
6 64 (15.06%) Entra ID
7 23 (5.41%) Azure Monitor
8 18 (4.24%) Azure Storage
9 17 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
10 12 (2.82%) AWS KMS
10 12 (2.82%) Azure Key Vault
11 10 (2.35%) Power Platform
12 8 (1.88%) IaaS
13 6 (1.41%) PaaS
14 5 (1.18%) AWS CloudFormation
15 3 (0.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 3 (0.71%) Cloudflare
15 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
15 3 (0.71%) Nutanix
16 2 (0.47%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 106 (24.94%) DNS
2 92 (21.65%) Firewall
3 66 (15.53%) DHCP
4 58 (13.65%) WAN
5 48 (11.29%) LAN
6 43 (10.12%) VPN
7 32 (7.53%) IPsec
8 28 (6.59%) Wireless
9 25 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
10 24 (5.65%) Network Security
11 22 (5.18%) SAN
12 21 (4.94%) IPv4
12 21 (4.94%) IPv6
12 21 (4.94%) TCP/IP
13 15 (3.53%) BGP
13 15 (3.53%) VSAN
14 12 (2.82%) Internet
15 11 (2.59%) SSL
16 10 (2.35%) SD-WAN
17 9 (2.12%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.35%) Power BI
1 10 (2.35%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.18%) InfluxDB
4 5 (1.18%) MariaDB
4 5 (1.18%) MySQL
5 4 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.94%) Redis
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 21 (4.94%) Jenkins
2 6 (1.41%) Robot Framework
2 6 (1.41%) Sonatype Nexus
3 5 (1.18%) Git
4 4 (0.94%) MSI
5 3 (0.71%) GitLab
5 3 (0.71%) JIRA
General
1 81 (19.06%) Presentation Skills
2 71 (16.71%) Social Skills
3 45 (10.59%) Finance
4 28 (6.59%) Public Sector
5 15 (3.53%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (2.82%) Aerospace
7 10 (2.35%) Law
8 6 (1.41%) Legal
8 6 (1.41%) Police
9 5 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.94%) Banking
10 4 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.71%) Military
11 3 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.71%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.47%) Electronics
12 2 (0.47%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.24%) Back Office
13 1 (0.24%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 128 (30.12%) Architect
2 81 (19.06%) Cloud Architect
3 69 (16.24%) Senior
4 53 (12.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 44 (10.35%) Security Engineer
6 33 (7.76%) Administrator
7 31 (7.29%) Network Engineer
8 29 (6.82%) Security Architect
9 28 (6.59%) Senior Security Engineer
9 28 (6.59%) Systems Administrator
10 24 (5.65%) Technical Architect
11 23 (5.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 21 (4.94%) Active Directory Specialist
12 21 (4.94%) Azure Specialist
12 21 (4.94%) Linux Engineer
13 20 (4.71%) Software Engineer
14 16 (3.76%) Security Technical Architect
14 16 (3.76%) Support Specialist
15 15 (3.53%) Active Directory Support
15 15 (3.53%) VMWare Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.71%) .NET
2 18 (4.24%) ARM Templates
3 12 (2.82%) EJB
4 10 (2.35%) GTK
5 7 (1.65%) web3js
6 6 (1.41%) OAuth
6 6 (1.41%) Web Services
7 4 (0.94%) .NET Core
7 4 (0.94%) ASP.NET Web API
7 4 (0.94%) HTML
7 4 (0.94%) JWT
8 2 (0.47%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.47%) LAMP
8 2 (0.47%) Middleware
8 2 (0.47%) V-Ray
9 1 (0.24%) Kafka
9 1 (0.24%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.24%) OpenID
9 1 (0.24%) RESTful
9 1 (0.24%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 101 (23.76%) Public Cloud
2 29 (6.82%) Data Centre
3 19 (4.47%) Greenfield Project
3 19 (4.47%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (4.24%) Clustering
5 17 (4.00%) Management Information System
6 13 (3.06%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.12%) NHS
9 7 (1.65%) Blockchain
9 7 (1.65%) Client/Server
9 7 (1.65%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.65%) Web3
10 6 (1.41%) Cyberattack
10 6 (1.41%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.18%) Hedge funds
11 5 (1.18%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.94%) Enterprise Storage
13 3 (0.71%) Cloud Security Posture
13 3 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 153 (36.00%) Windows
2 115 (27.06%) Linux
3 92 (21.65%) Windows Server
4 33 (7.76%) Windows Server 2019
5 29 (6.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 25 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
7 23 (5.41%) Ubuntu
8 20 (4.71%) Android
8 20 (4.71%) Apple iOS
9 16 (3.76%) Debian
10 10 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 9 (2.12%) CentOS
11 9 (2.12%) Windows 10
12 3 (0.71%) Unix
13 2 (0.47%) VMS
14 1 (0.24%) Data ONTAP
14 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (22.35%) Cybersecurity
2 94 (22.12%) Actionable Insight
3 93 (21.88%) Project Management
4 91 (21.41%) TOGAF
5 86 (20.24%) Migration
6 84 (19.76%) Presales
7 82 (19.29%) Configuration Management
8 81 (19.06%) Application Virtualisation
9 67 (15.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 66 (15.53%) DevOps
11 60 (14.12%) Agile
11 60 (14.12%) Cryptography
12 58 (13.65%) ITIL
13 54 (12.71%) Identity Management
14 43 (10.12%) Problem-Solving
15 36 (8.47%) Key Management
16 34 (8.00%) Infrastructure as Code
17 33 (7.76%) CI/CD
18 32 (7.53%) Information Security
18 32 (7.53%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (17.18%) PowerShell
2 57 (13.41%) Python
3 35 (8.24%) C
3 35 (8.24%) C#
4 33 (7.76%) VB
5 31 (7.29%) Bash
6 21 (4.94%) VBScript
7 15 (3.53%) Bicep
8 12 (2.82%) ActionScript
8 12 (2.82%) SQL
9 11 (2.59%) Java
10 10 (2.35%) C++
11 7 (1.65%) JavaScript
12 5 (1.18%) Perl
13 4 (0.94%) Go
13 4 (0.94%) Lua
13 4 (0.94%) Ruby
13 4 (0.94%) Rust
14 2 (0.47%) Dart
14 2 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 134 (31.53%) Security Cleared
2 85 (20.00%) Degree
3 81 (19.06%) DV Cleared
4 38 (8.94%) CISSP
4 38 (8.94%) SC Cleared
5 30 (7.06%) CISM
6 23 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (4.00%) GIAC
8 16 (3.76%) CRISC
8 16 (3.76%) ISSMP
9 15 (3.53%) CCNA
9 15 (3.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 14 (3.29%) Master's Degree
11 12 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (2.12%) DBS Check
13 8 (1.88%) CEH
13 8 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (1.65%) AWS Certification
14 7 (1.65%) MCSE
15 6 (1.41%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.76%) COBIT
2 13 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (2.82%) SLA
4 10 (2.35%) GDPR
4 10 (2.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 9 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.47%) NCSC
6 2 (0.47%) PMO
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.24%) NIST
System Software
1 126 (29.65%) Active Directory
2 71 (16.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (9.65%) vSphere
4 36 (8.47%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (5.18%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (4.71%) Docker
7 19 (4.47%) Hyper-V
8 17 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
9 16 (3.76%) VMware NSX
10 15 (3.53%) XenApp
11 12 (2.82%) OpenSSH
12 8 (1.88%) VMware Server
13 7 (1.65%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 6 (1.41%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.71%) KVM
15 3 (0.71%) XenDesktop
16 2 (0.47%) Firmware
16 2 (0.47%) pfSense
16 2 (0.47%) Terminal Services
17 1 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 42 (9.88%) Ansible
2 33 (7.76%) Kubernetes
2 33 (7.76%) Single Sign-On
3 31 (7.29%) Terraform
4 30 (7.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 24 (5.65%) SCCM
5 24 (5.65%) WSUS
6 22 (5.18%) SCOM
7 20 (4.71%) Microsoft Intune
7 20 (4.71%) vCenter Server
8 15 (3.53%) PowerCLI
9 12 (2.82%) CA Single Sign-On
9 12 (2.82%) IBM BigFix
10 6 (1.41%) SCOrch
11 5 (1.18%) Puppet
11 5 (1.18%) Red Hat Spacewalk
12 4 (0.94%) Cisco CUCM
12 4 (0.94%) Stealthwatch
12 4 (0.94%) vMotion
12 4 (0.94%) WMI
Vendors
1 228 (53.65%) Microsoft
2 98 (23.06%) Google
3 79 (18.59%) VMware
4 24 (5.65%) Cisco
5 20 (4.71%) Citrix
5 20 (4.71%) Juniper
6 18 (4.24%) Fortinet
7 16 (3.76%) Alibaba
8 15 (3.53%) ServiceNow
9 14 (3.29%) CA
10 13 (3.06%) SolarWinds
11 12 (2.82%) CyberArk
11 12 (2.82%) IBM
12 10 (2.35%) HP
13 9 (2.12%) Splunk
14 8 (1.88%) Dell
15 6 (1.41%) Red Hat
16 5 (1.18%) NetApp
16 5 (1.18%) Veeam
17 3 (0.71%) Brocade