The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PKI over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
Rank 414 399 447
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +48
Contract jobs citing PKI 127 191 133
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.269% 0.327% 0.221%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.019% 1.330% 0.785%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 111 90
Average daily rate £474 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £300 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £483 £550 £528
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £425 £394
% change year-on-year
-2.94% +7.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
Average hourly rate £19.00 £28.00 £53.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.14% -47.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £28.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year
- -47.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12468 14366 16938
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.41% 24.57% 28.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 7504 8442 10060
Average daily rate £425 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £252 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 553 669 716
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £23.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.33 £11.29
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.85 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%

PKI
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PKI within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

PKI Jobs Demand Trend

PKI
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PKI within the UK.

PKI Daily Rate Trend

PKI
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PKI within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

PKI Daily Rate Histogram

PKI
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PKI within the UK.

PKI Hourly Rate Trend

PKI
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PKI within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England -16 107 £474 +5.33%
London -42 54 £475 +5.55%
South East +31 21 £400 -5.88%
Berkshire +18 16 £388 -11.42%
North West +13 12 £375 +25.00%
Scotland -19 11 £475 +13.09%
East of England +19 9 £369 +552.65%
Manchester +19 8 £375 -
Cambridge +17 7 - -
Cambridgeshire +16 7 - -
South West +7 5 £450 -5.26%
East Midlands - 5 - -
Bracknell - 5 - -
Reading +6 4 £380 -11.62%
City of London -7 4 £300 -42.85%
Lancashire - 4 - -
Surrey +18 3 £500 -
Staines - 3 £500 -
Skelmersdale - 3 - -
Bristol +7 2 £450 -5.31%
Edinburgh +7 2 - -
Hampshire -10 2 £473 -
Glasgow -18 2 £525 +50.00%
Colchester - 2 £369 -
Essex - 2 £369 -
West Midlands +13 1 £425 -
Wiltshire +1 1 - -
Renfrewshire -16 1 - -
Erskine -18 1 - -
Shropshire - 1 £425 -

PKI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PKI also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PKI.

1 112 (49.12%) Microsoft
2 103 (45.18%) Windows
3 91 (39.91%) Firewall
4 79 (34.65%) Active Directory
5 71 (31.14%) Citrix
6 68 (29.82%) Linux
7 57 (25.00%) TCP/IP
8 56 (24.56%) Red Hat
8 56 (24.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 53 (23.25%) UNIX
10 52 (22.81%) WebSphere
11 50 (21.93%) LDAP
12 47 (20.61%) Java
13 44 (19.30%) XML
14 43 (18.86%) Windows Server 2008
15 42 (18.42%) NetScaler
15 42 (18.42%) XSLT
15 42 (18.42%) Apache
15 42 (18.42%) SOAP
16 41 (17.98%) IIS
16 41 (17.98%) WebSphere Application Server
16 41 (17.98%) E-Commerce
16 41 (17.98%) VMware
17 40 (17.54%) Perl
18 38 (16.67%) F5
19 37 (16.23%) BIG-IP
19 37 (16.23%) JBoss
19 37 (16.23%) Finance
20 35 (15.35%) DNS
21 33 (14.47%) Windows XP

PKI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PKI also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PKI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 52 (22.81%) WebSphere
2 44 (19.30%) XML
3 42 (18.42%) XSLT
3 42 (18.42%) SOAP
4 31 (13.60%) Java EE
4 31 (13.60%) COM+
5 18 (7.895%) Web Services
6 12 (5.263%) Middleware
7 10 (4.386%) REST
7 10 (4.386%) JSON
8 7 (3.070%) SAML
8 7 (3.070%) HTML
8 7 (3.070%) HTML5
9 6 (2.632%) Spring MVC
9 6 (2.632%) OAuth
9 6 (2.632%) Spring
9 6 (2.632%) .NET
9 6 (2.632%) ASP.NET
10 5 (2.193%) ASP
11 4 (1.754%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 42 (18.42%) Apache
2 41 (17.98%) IIS
2 41 (17.98%) WebSphere Application Server
3 25 (10.96%) MS Exchange
4 17 (7.456%) Exchange Server 2010
5 11 (4.825%) Lync
6 9 (3.947%) WebSphere MQ
6 9 (3.947%) Exchange Server 2007
7 8 (3.509%) SharePoint
7 8 (3.509%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 6 (2.632%) WebLogic
9 5 (2.193%) CMS
10 4 (1.754%) WebSphere Message Broker
10 4 (1.754%) CICS
11 2 (0.877%) SharePoint 2010
11 2 (0.877%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.439%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.439%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 29 (12.72%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.877%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (0.877%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.439%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.754%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.439%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (0.439%) BASE24
2 1 (0.439%) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking
1 91 (39.91%) Firewall
2 57 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 50 (21.93%) LDAP
4 42 (18.42%) NetScaler
5 37 (16.23%) BIG-IP
6 35 (15.35%) DNS
7 27 (11.84%) LAN
8 26 (11.40%) WAN
9 24 (10.53%) DHCP
10 23 (10.09%) VPN
11 22 (9.649%) Wireless
12 16 (7.018%) HTTP
13 14 (6.140%) Internet
14 13 (5.702%) IPv6
15 12 (5.263%) Network Security
15 12 (5.263%) WLAN
15 12 (5.263%) IPsec
16 10 (4.386%) SAN
17 7 (3.070%) SMTP
17 7 (3.070%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (12.28%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.509%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (3.070%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.316%) DB2
4 3 (1.316%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (1.316%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (1.316%) Big Data
5 2 (0.877%) SQL Server 2012
5 2 (0.877%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (0.877%) SQLite
5 2 (0.877%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.877%) Oracle Discoverer
6 1 (0.439%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (0.439%) OLTP
6 1 (0.439%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (5.263%) Visual Studio
2 7 (3.070%) PhoneGap
3 3 (1.316%) InstallShield
3 3 (1.316%) Subversion
4 1 (0.439%) MSI
4 1 (0.439%) Rational Rose
4 1 (0.439%) JIRA
4 1 (0.439%) Hudson
General
1 37 (16.23%) Finance
2 28 (12.28%) Banking
3 15 (6.579%) Retail
4 12 (5.263%) Telecoms
5 9 (3.947%) Investment Banking
6 5 (2.193%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.316%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.316%) Law
7 3 (1.316%) Legal
8 2 (0.877%) Publishing
8 2 (0.877%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 29 (12.72%) Consultant
2 28 (12.28%) Architect
3 26 (11.40%) Support Engineer
4 24 (10.53%) Analyst
5 21 (9.211%) Senior Support Engineer
6 17 (7.456%) Security Architect
6 17 (7.456%) Administrator
7 16 (7.018%) Systems Administrator
8 14 (6.140%) Developer
9 13 (5.702%) Security Consultant
10 11 (4.825%) Security Engineer
10 11 (4.825%) Infrastructure Architect
10 11 (4.825%) Web Engineer
11 10 (4.386%) Designer
11 10 (4.386%) Firewall Engineer
12 7 (3.070%) Server Support
12 7 (3.070%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (3.070%) Server Engineer
12 7 (3.070%) C# Developer
13 6 (2.632%) Mobile Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.018%) Blackberry
2 12 (5.263%) Cryptography
3 9 (3.947%) Clustering
3 9 (3.947%) DataPower
4 8 (3.509%) Mainframe
5 7 (3.070%) Smartcard
6 6 (2.632%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.193%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.193%) N-Tier
7 5 (2.193%) CESG
7 5 (2.193%) SaaS
8 4 (1.754%) Social Media
8 4 (1.754%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.754%) VSAM
8 4 (1.754%) Firmware
9 3 (1.316%) PMI
9 3 (1.316%) Online Banking
9 3 (1.316%) RMADS
9 3 (1.316%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.316%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 103 (45.18%) Windows
2 68 (29.82%) Linux
3 56 (24.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 53 (23.25%) UNIX
5 43 (18.86%) Windows Server 2008
6 33 (14.47%) Windows XP
7 32 (14.04%) Windows Server 2003
8 17 (7.456%) Windows 7
9 10 (4.386%) Apple iOS
9 10 (4.386%) Android
10 9 (3.947%) AIX
10 9 (3.947%) Windows 2000 Server
11 6 (2.632%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (2.193%) Windows Vista
13 4 (1.754%) HPUX
14 2 (0.877%) zOS
15 1 (0.439%) Solaris
15 1 (0.439%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (17.98%) E-Commerce
2 27 (11.84%) Change Control
3 25 (10.96%) ITIL
4 23 (10.09%) Time Management
5 21 (9.211%) Migration
5 21 (9.211%) Information Security
6 19 (8.333%) Load Balancing
7 14 (6.140%) Risk Management
8 13 (5.702%) Project Management
9 12 (5.263%) Penetration Testing
10 11 (4.825%) Disaster Recovery
11 9 (3.947%) Identity Management
11 9 (3.947%) ERP
11 9 (3.947%) Agile Software Development
12 8 (3.509%) Data Protection
12 8 (3.509%) Data Analysis
13 7 (3.070%) ETL
13 7 (3.070%) Incident Management
13 7 (3.070%) Enterprise Architecture
13 7 (3.070%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 47 (20.61%) Java
2 40 (17.54%) Perl
3 32 (14.04%) SQL
4 16 (7.018%) PowerShell
5 15 (6.579%) VBScript
6 13 (5.702%) JavaScript
7 9 (3.947%) C#
7 9 (3.947%) Python
8 8 (3.509%) VB
9 4 (1.754%) ActionScript 2.0
9 4 (1.754%) ActionScript
9 4 (1.754%) C++
9 4 (1.754%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.316%) JCL
10 3 (1.316%) C
11 1 (0.439%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.439%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.439%) COBOL
11 1 (0.439%) Ruby
11 1 (0.439%) XPath
Qualifications
1 32 (14.04%) Security Cleared
2 26 (11.40%) SC Cleared
3 15 (6.579%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (6.579%) CISSP
4 10 (4.386%) GWAPT
4 10 (4.386%) GPEN
4 10 (4.386%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (4.386%) GIAC
5 6 (2.632%) MCSE
6 5 (2.193%) CCIE
6 5 (2.193%) JNCIE
6 5 (2.193%) MCITP
7 4 (1.754%) Degree
7 4 (1.754%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.754%) OCP
7 4 (1.754%) Oracle Certification
7 4 (1.754%) RHCE
7 4 (1.754%) CCSP
8 3 (1.316%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.316%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.140%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.316%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.877%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.439%) SLA
System Software
1 79 (34.65%) Active Directory
2 32 (14.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.386%) XenApp
3 10 (4.386%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.947%) vSphere
4 9 (3.947%) UAG
5 8 (3.509%) Terminal Services
6 7 (3.070%) Forefront TMG
7 6 (2.632%) ProxySG
7 6 (2.632%) VMware ESX
7 6 (2.632%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (1.754%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 3 (1.316%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (1.316%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.877%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.439%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 1 (0.439%) Shibboleth
11 1 (0.439%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (10.96%) SCOM
2 21 (9.211%) SCCM
3 13 (5.702%) WSUS
4 7 (3.070%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 6 (2.632%) Backup Exec
6 5 (2.193%) OpenView
7 4 (1.754%) EMC NetWorker
7 4 (1.754%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (1.754%) MIIS
7 4 (1.754%) Tivoli
8 3 (1.316%) McAfee ePO
9 2 (0.877%) WMI
10 1 (0.439%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.439%) OpenView Configuration Management
10 1 (0.439%) Nagios
10 1 (0.439%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.439%) Nessus
10 1 (0.439%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.439%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 112 (49.12%) Microsoft
2 71 (31.14%) Citrix
3 56 (24.56%) Red Hat
4 41 (17.98%) VMware
5 38 (16.67%) F5
6 37 (16.23%) JBoss
7 31 (13.60%) Cisco
8 25 (10.96%) Oracle
9 22 (9.649%) Juniper
10 20 (8.772%) HP
11 16 (7.018%) CheckPoint
12 13 (5.702%) Symantec
13 11 (4.825%) McAfee
13 11 (4.825%) CA
14 10 (4.386%) Imperva
14 10 (4.386%) EMC
15 9 (3.947%) Blue Coat
16 8 (3.509%) Dell
17 6 (2.632%) Riverbed
18 5 (2.193%) Infovista
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Church International
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
South West
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McGregor Boyall
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South West
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Posted: 15 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
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Rate: £1 per hour
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
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Rate: £350 - £465 per day
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