PKI Contracts in England

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PKI over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 177 315 416
Rank change year-on-year +138 +101 +37
Contract jobs citing PKI 482 404 400
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.30% 0.80% 0.56%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.24% 2.38% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 310 275
10th Percentile £363 £424 £413
25th Percentile £446 £502 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £638 £698 £650
90th Percentile £698 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 6
10th Percentile - £30.00 £32.58
25th Percentile £23.80 £52.50 £47.41
Median hourly rate £31.15 £55.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.36% +4.77% +249.97%
75th Percentile £47.06 £66.00 £55.91
90th Percentile £59.33 £76.20 £57.38
UK median hourly rate £31.15 £59.50 £56.00
% change year-on-year -47.65% +6.25% -7.44%

All Generic Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,373 17,010 24,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.77% 33.65% 33.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,425 11,824 17,120
10th Percentile £263 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 818 598 643
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.16 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +1.24%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.15 £65.77
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for PKI in England

PKI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PKI in England.

Daily rate trend for PKI in England

PKI
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PKI in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PKI in England

PKI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PKI in England.

Hourly rate trend for PKI in England

PKI
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PKI in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PKI in England

PKI
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PKI within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +91 156 £605 +0.83% 20
South West +78 110 £550 -4.35% 11
West Midlands +92 96 £375 -42.31% 12
Midlands +83 96 £375 -31.82% 16
London +19 94 £575 -7.26% 13
North of England -16 15 £466 -25.52% 6
North West -30 10 £563 -5.06% 5
North East +17 5 £423 -43.60%
East of England +2 5 £650 -7.14% 2
PKI
UK

PKI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 69 (14.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (4.56%) Confluence
2 22 (4.56%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.45%) nginx
4 4 (0.83%) IIS
5 3 (0.62%) Apache
5 3 (0.62%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.41%) Traefik
7 1 (0.21%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.21%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 7 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 122 (25.31%) Azure
2 92 (19.09%) AWS
3 47 (9.75%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (7.47%) Entra ID
5 20 (4.15%) Azure Monitor
6 16 (3.32%) Azure Storage
7 15 (3.11%) GCP
8 8 (1.66%) Mimecast
8 8 (1.66%) OneDrive
9 7 (1.45%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (1.45%) Power Platform
10 6 (1.24%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (1.24%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (1.24%) PaaS
10 6 (1.24%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.24%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.24%) Serverless
11 5 (1.04%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 5 (1.04%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 112 (23.24%) WAN
2 106 (21.99%) Firewall
3 98 (20.33%) IPsec
4 96 (19.92%) DNS
5 94 (19.50%) BGP
6 87 (18.05%) VPN
7 76 (15.77%) MPLS
8 71 (14.73%) DHCP
9 58 (12.03%) SSL
10 49 (10.17%) Junos
11 33 (6.85%) LAN
12 27 (5.60%) Network Security
13 24 (4.98%) Wireless
14 22 (4.56%) OSPF
15 19 (3.94%) SD-WAN
15 19 (3.94%) WLAN
16 16 (3.32%) VSAN
17 13 (2.70%) SAN
18 11 (2.28%) Cisco ASA
18 11 (2.28%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.73%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.45%) MySQL
3 7 (1.45%) Power BI
4 6 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (0.62%) Tableau
6 2 (0.41%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.21%) CouchDB
7 1 (0.21%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.21%) Redis
7 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 26 (5.39%) JIRA
2 14 (2.90%) Robot Framework
2 14 (2.90%) Sonatype Nexus
3 11 (2.28%) Git
4 6 (1.24%) GitLab
5 5 (1.04%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.62%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.41%) JMeter
7 2 (0.41%) Selenium
7 2 (0.41%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.21%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.21%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.21%) Darcs
8 1 (0.21%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.21%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.21%) MSI
8 1 (0.21%) Travis CI
General
1 55 (11.41%) Social Skills
2 45 (9.34%) Public Sector
3 36 (7.47%) Finance
4 29 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (3.94%) Military
6 12 (2.49%) Banking
7 6 (1.24%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.04%) Aerospace
8 5 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (0.83%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.62%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.41%) Advertising
11 2 (0.41%) Automotive
11 2 (0.41%) Aviation
11 2 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.21%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.21%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.21%) Police
12 1 (0.21%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 100 (20.75%) Architect
2 42 (8.71%) Administrator
3 41 (8.51%) Systems Administrator
3 41 (8.51%) Wintel Administrator
3 41 (8.51%) Wintel Systems Administrator
4 40 (8.30%) Security Architect
5 38 (7.88%) WAN Engineer
6 36 (7.47%) Network Support
7 33 (6.85%) Network Engineer
8 30 (6.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 28 (5.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 28 (5.81%) 3rd Line Support
10 26 (5.39%) Security Engineer
11 23 (4.77%) Senior
12 19 (3.94%) 2nd Line Support
13 18 (3.73%) Support Engineer
14 17 (3.53%) 1st Line Engineer
14 17 (3.53%) Network Specialist
14 17 (3.53%) Test Engineer
15 16 (3.32%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (8.92%) Web Services
2 15 (3.11%) ARM Templates
3 9 (1.87%) SAML
4 8 (1.66%) LDAP
5 5 (1.04%) .NET
5 5 (1.04%) Apache NiFi
5 5 (1.04%) JSON
5 5 (1.04%) SailPoint
5 5 (1.04%) XML
6 4 (0.83%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.83%) OAuth
6 4 (0.83%) OpenID
6 4 (0.83%) RESTful
7 3 (0.62%) HTML
7 3 (0.62%) Kafka
7 3 (0.62%) Lambda Expressions
7 3 (0.62%) React
7 3 (0.62%) REST
7 3 (0.62%) XSLT
8 2 (0.41%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 46 (9.54%) Self-Motivation
2 29 (6.02%) Data Centre
3 12 (2.49%) Public Cloud
4 9 (1.87%) Clustering
4 9 (1.87%) Management Information System
4 9 (1.87%) Security Posture
5 8 (1.66%) Fat Client
5 8 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (1.66%) Thin Client
6 6 (1.24%) Digital Signage
7 4 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.62%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (0.62%) IoT
8 3 (0.62%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.62%) Replication
8 3 (0.62%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.41%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.41%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 159 (32.99%) Windows
2 89 (18.46%) Windows Server
3 78 (16.18%) Linux
4 48 (9.96%) Windows Server 2019
5 32 (6.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 23 (4.77%) Windows Server 2012
7 8 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (1.45%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.45%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.83%) CentOS
9 4 (0.83%) Unix
10 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.41%) VMS
11 2 (0.41%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.21%) Alpine Linux
12 1 (0.21%) Debian
12 1 (0.21%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (18.05%) Agile
2 57 (11.83%) Cryptography
3 56 (11.62%) Key Management
3 56 (11.62%) Load Balancing
4 53 (11.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 45 (9.34%) ITIL
6 43 (8.92%) Service Management
7 41 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 38 (7.88%) Change Management
8 38 (7.88%) Cybersecurity
9 35 (7.26%) DevOps
10 31 (6.43%) Cloud Security
10 31 (6.43%) Identity Access Management
11 28 (5.81%) SIEM
12 26 (5.39%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 25 (5.19%) Change Control
13 25 (5.19%) CI/CD
13 25 (5.19%) Problem-Solving
14 22 (4.56%) Identity Management
14 22 (4.56%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 89 (18.46%) PowerShell
2 45 (9.34%) Python
3 33 (6.85%) SQL
4 22 (4.56%) C#
5 16 (3.32%) VB
5 16 (3.32%) VBScript
6 15 (3.11%) Bicep
7 8 (1.66%) Bash
8 5 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (0.83%) Go
9 4 (0.83%) Java
10 3 (0.62%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.62%) Ruby
11 2 (0.41%) C++
12 1 (0.21%) C
12 1 (0.21%) Perl
12 1 (0.21%) PHP
12 1 (0.21%) Rust
12 1 (0.21%) Solidity
12 1 (0.21%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 346 (71.78%) Security Cleared
2 179 (37.14%) DV Cleared
3 142 (29.46%) SC Cleared
4 90 (18.67%) Degree
5 43 (8.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (3.73%) MCSE
7 16 (3.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 16 (3.32%) MCSA
7 16 (3.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 11 (2.28%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.87%) CISM
9 9 (1.87%) CISSP
10 8 (1.66%) CCNP
11 7 (1.45%) SANS
12 6 (1.24%) CCNA
12 6 (1.24%) CRISC
13 4 (0.83%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (0.62%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.62%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.11%) JSP 440
2 13 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 7 (1.45%) RMADS
5 6 (1.24%) NCSC
6 5 (1.04%) SLA
7 3 (0.62%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.41%) NIST
9 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.21%) QA
System Software
1 164 (34.02%) Active Directory
2 58 (12.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (5.19%) VMware ESXi
4 24 (4.98%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (4.56%) vSphere
6 20 (4.15%) VMware NSX
7 19 (3.94%) Virtual Desktop
8 12 (2.49%) Docker
9 11 (2.28%) Hyper-V
10 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.83%) Shibboleth
12 3 (0.62%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.62%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.41%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
13 2 (0.41%) NFS
13 2 (0.41%) Squid
14 1 (0.21%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.21%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 59 (12.24%) Terraform
2 55 (11.41%) Ansible
3 29 (6.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 29 (6.02%) Kubernetes
4 28 (5.81%) SCCM
4 28 (5.81%) SCOM
5 27 (5.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 23 (4.77%) OPNET
6 23 (4.77%) WSUS
7 15 (3.11%) FortiGate
8 12 (2.49%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (2.49%) vCenter Server
9 8 (1.66%) Nessus
10 6 (1.24%) ZABBIX
11 4 (0.83%) Grafana
11 4 (0.83%) HAProxy
11 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Clustering
11 4 (0.83%) Oracle Identity Management
11 4 (0.83%) Puppet
11 4 (0.83%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 137 (28.42%) Microsoft
2 96 (19.92%) Juniper
3 87 (18.05%) VMware
4 35 (7.26%) Cisco
5 33 (6.85%) Palo Alto
6 26 (5.39%) CA
7 22 (4.56%) Fortinet
8 19 (3.94%) Oracle
9 17 (3.53%) SolarWinds
10 14 (2.90%) Red Hat
11 11 (2.28%) Extreme Networks
12 10 (2.07%) Google
13 9 (1.87%) F5
14 8 (1.66%) Dell
14 8 (1.66%) Splunk
15 7 (1.45%) CyberArk
15 7 (1.45%) Veeam
16 6 (1.24%) Ping Identity
17 5 (1.04%) ForgeRock
17 5 (1.04%) HP