PKI Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in contract job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PKI over the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 71 72
Rank change year-on-year +9 +1 +27
Contract jobs citing PKI 5 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.72% 0.44% 0.83%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.27% 1.65% 3.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 8
10th Percentile £355 £480 £566
25th Percentile £400 £507 £573
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £559 £615
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% -9.15% +10.31%
75th Percentile £575 £590 £648
90th Percentile £590 £595 £723
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -

All Generic Skills
Bristol

PKI falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 220 242 278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 31.88% 26.74% 25.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 89 201
10th Percentile £250 £179 £340
25th Percentile £388 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £675
90th Percentile £699 £725 £775
South West median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 88 16
10th Percentile - £41.13 £58.38
25th Percentile £6.00 £67.50 £70.00
Median hourly rate £18.44 £70.00 £83.40
Median % change year-on-year -73.66% -16.07% +46.68%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 -
90th Percentile £82.00 £75.00 £84.82
South West median hourly rate £18.87 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -73.04% - +35.40%

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for PKI in Bristol

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Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing PKI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing PKI

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PKI in Bristol over the 6 months to 8 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PKI in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (40.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DHCP
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
1 2 (40.00%) Skype
1 2 (40.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Test Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Wintel Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Security Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Security Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Test Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (40.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (40.00%) Defect Management
1 2 (40.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Service Management
1 2 (40.00%) System Testing
1 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Coaching
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Planning and Forecasting
2 1 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (20.00%) Test Assurance
2 1 (20.00%) Test Management
2 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) CCNA
2 2 (40.00%) CCNP
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (40.00%) MCSE
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 2 (40.00%) Virtual Servers
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) SCCM
1 2 (40.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) SolarWinds
1 2 (40.00%) Splunk
1 2 (40.00%) Veeam
1 2 (40.00%) VMware