PKI Contract Job Trends in Central London

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PKI over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 122 149
Rank change year-on-year 0 +27 +35
Contract jobs citing PKI 5 8 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.26% 0.34% 0.44%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.69% 1.11% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 10
10th Percentile £616 £563 £403
25th Percentile £631 £572 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £670 £614 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.16% +16.96% -19.27%
75th Percentile £703 £681 £688
90th Percentile £714 £738 £725
London median daily rate £585 £541 £600
% change year-on-year +8.14% -9.84% -7.69%

All Generic Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 728 719 1,083
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 37.31% 30.99% 33.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 518 457 722
10th Percentile £350 £353 £313
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 £588 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.70% -2.08% +2.78%
75th Percentile £688 £713 £731
90th Percentile £800 £838 £840
London median daily rate £560 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -2.61% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 10
10th Percentile £17.08 £19.60 £16.96
25th Percentile £20.89 £22.90 £19.25
Median hourly rate £26.45 £25.79 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -17.47% -36.22%
75th Percentile £50.79 £27.00 £40.87
90th Percentile £88.75 £53.20 £54.58
London median hourly rate £27.50 £31.62 £29.75
% change year-on-year -13.03% +6.29% -2.46%

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for PKI in Central London

PKI
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PKI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PKI

PKI
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PKI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PKI

PKI
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PKI within the Central London region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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
City of London +9 5 £670 +9.16% 1
PKI
London

PKI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) OCI
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) SSH
1 1 (20.00%) SSL
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) QA Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Smart Meter
2 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Cryptography
3 1 (20.00%) Data Security
3 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (20.00%) Key Management
3 1 (20.00%) OWASP
3 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
3 1 (20.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CREST Certified
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) GIAC
2 1 (20.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) IBM
1 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (20.00%) Thales