PKI Contract Job Trends in England

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PKI over the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 329 288
Rank change year-on-year -29 -41 -12
Contract jobs citing PKI 306 205 263
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.66% 0.73% 0.81%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.92% 2.02% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 170 171
10th Percentile £422 £353 £363
25th Percentile £463 £463 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £572 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +2.33% -8.90%
75th Percentile £642 £634 £608
90th Percentile £705 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £542
% change year-on-year - +1.48% -5.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 3
10th Percentile £94.90 - -
25th Percentile £96.00 - -
Median hourly rate £97.41 - £23.80
75th Percentile £98.82 - -
90th Percentile £100.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £97.41 - £23.80
% change year-on-year - - -56.73%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 15,958 10,130 9,991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.28% 36.25% 30.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,607 6,352 6,048
10th Percentile £325 £300 £294
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £644 £649 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £535
% change year-on-year +0.96% -2.80% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,137 513 376
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.15 £15.56
25th Percentile £17.85 £18.87 £24.18
Median hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -47.69% +24.59%
75th Percentile £67.84 £56.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.30 £73.75 £75.16
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £29.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +24.14% -42.00% +11.11%

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PKI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

PKI job vacancy trend in England

PKI
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PKI

PKI
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PKI in England over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PKI in England

PKI
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PKI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PKI

PKI
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PKI in England over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

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 1 October 2026. 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
London -53 100 £550 -5.98% 118
South East -11 80 £575 - 40
North of England -18 69 £525 +6.71% 24
North West -25 36 £525 +6.71% 13
South West -49 36 £648 +17.73% 32
Yorkshire -10 31 £570 -5.00% 9
East of England -20 9 £600 +14.29% 15
Midlands -68 8 £475 +18.75% 13
West Midlands -57 7 £475 +18.75% 11
North East - 2 £426 - 2
East Midlands -15 1 £475 - 2
PKI
UK

PKI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 13 (4.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (3.92%) Confluence
3 8 (2.61%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.63%) IIS
5 3 (0.98%) nginx
6 1 (0.33%) Apache
6 1 (0.33%) Traefik
Applications
1 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 8 (2.61%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 110 (35.95%) Azure
2 83 (27.12%) AWS
3 56 (18.30%) Entra ID
4 36 (11.76%) GCP
5 13 (4.25%) Azure Key Vault
6 11 (3.59%) Power Platform
7 10 (3.27%) Amazon EKS
7 10 (3.27%) IaaS
7 10 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (3.27%) OpenShift
7 10 (3.27%) SaaS
8 9 (2.94%) PaaS
9 8 (2.61%) GitHub
10 7 (2.29%) AWS KMS
11 6 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (1.96%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 5 (1.63%) OCI
12 5 (1.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 4 (1.31%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 97 (31.70%) DNS
2 72 (23.53%) DHCP
2 72 (23.53%) Firewall
3 41 (13.40%) VPN
4 34 (11.11%) TCP/IP
5 29 (9.48%) SSL
6 24 (7.84%) Network Security
7 17 (5.56%) LAN
8 16 (5.23%) VLAN
8 16 (5.23%) WAN
9 15 (4.90%) IPsec
9 15 (4.90%) Wireless
10 14 (4.58%) BGP
10 14 (4.58%) SSH
10 14 (4.58%) VSAN
10 14 (4.58%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (4.25%) Cisco ASA
11 13 (4.25%) Cisco Firepower
11 13 (4.25%) Cisco Nexus
12 12 (3.92%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.54%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.27%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (3.27%) Power BI
3 9 (2.94%) MySQL
4 7 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (2.29%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.31%) Db2
6 4 (1.31%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.98%) Big Data
7 3 (0.98%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.65%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.65%) Metadata
9 1 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.33%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (5.23%) Git
1 16 (5.23%) GitLab
2 14 (4.58%) JIRA
3 11 (3.59%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.63%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.65%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.65%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.65%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.65%) Gatling
5 2 (0.65%) Gradle
5 2 (0.65%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.65%) MSI
5 2 (0.65%) REST Assured
5 2 (0.65%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.65%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.33%) Robot Framework
General
1 74 (24.18%) Social Skills
2 37 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (11.44%) Finance
4 26 (8.50%) Public Sector
5 19 (6.21%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (4.90%) Banking
7 7 (2.29%) Military
8 6 (1.96%) Police
9 5 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.31%) Automotive
10 4 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.31%) Law
10 4 (1.31%) Legal
11 2 (0.65%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.65%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (0.65%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.65%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.33%) Local Government
12 1 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 57 (18.63%) Senior
2 45 (14.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 42 (13.73%) Architect
4 25 (8.17%) Network Engineer
5 21 (6.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (6.21%) Platform Engineer
7 18 (5.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 18 (5.88%) Senior Network Engineer
8 15 (4.90%) Consultant
8 15 (4.90%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (4.90%) Storage Engineer
9 14 (4.58%) DevOps Engineer
10 10 (3.27%) Active Directory Engineer
11 9 (2.94%) Security Architect
11 9 (2.94%) Security Engineer
12 8 (2.61%) Analyst
12 8 (2.61%) Cloud Engineer
12 8 (2.61%) Integration Engineer
12 8 (2.61%) Lead
13 7 (2.29%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (19.61%) Terraform
2 28 (9.15%) OpenID
3 23 (7.52%) 802.1X
3 23 (7.52%) SAML
4 20 (6.54%) OAuth
5 17 (5.56%) LDAP
6 16 (5.23%) REST
7 14 (4.58%) Kafka
8 12 (3.92%) Keycloak
9 10 (3.27%) OAuth2
10 6 (1.96%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (1.63%) FIDO
11 5 (1.63%) Middleware
11 5 (1.63%) SailPoint
12 4 (1.31%) Apache NiFi
12 4 (1.31%) WebAuthn
13 3 (0.98%) eBPF
13 3 (0.98%) Loki
13 3 (0.98%) SPIFFE
13 3 (0.98%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.13%) Data Centre
2 27 (8.82%) Clustering
3 21 (6.86%) Cloud Native
4 15 (4.90%) Onboarding
5 14 (4.58%) Public Cloud
6 12 (3.92%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (3.92%) Linux Command Line
6 12 (3.92%) Security Posture
7 11 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (3.59%) Management Information System
8 10 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (2.61%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (2.29%) Enterprise Storage
10 7 (2.29%) Replication
11 6 (1.96%) Private Cloud
11 6 (1.96%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.96%) Smartcard
12 5 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.63%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 143 (46.73%) Windows
2 100 (32.68%) Linux
3 77 (25.16%) Windows Server
4 13 (4.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (4.25%) Ubuntu
5 12 (3.92%) Unix
6 8 (2.61%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (1.63%) Debian
8 5 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.31%) Android
9 4 (1.31%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.31%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.31%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.98%) CentOS
10 3 (0.98%) Data ONTAP
11 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (21.24%) Identity Access Management
2 62 (20.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 58 (18.95%) Infrastructure as Code
3 58 (18.95%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (18.63%) Cybersecurity
5 50 (16.34%) CI/CD
5 50 (16.34%) ITIL
6 47 (15.36%) DevOps
7 46 (15.03%) High Availability
7 46 (15.03%) Stakeholder Management
7 46 (15.03%) Technical Leadership
8 45 (14.71%) Key Management
9 43 (14.05%) Zero Trust
10 38 (12.42%) Change Management
11 36 (11.76%) Mentoring
11 36 (11.76%) Secrets Management
12 35 (11.44%) Agile
12 35 (11.44%) DevSecOps
12 35 (11.44%) Platform Engineering
13 34 (11.11%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (25.49%) PowerShell
2 70 (22.88%) Python
3 35 (11.44%) Bash
4 17 (5.56%) SQL
5 11 (3.59%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.29%) Go
7 6 (1.96%) Java
8 3 (0.98%) C#
8 3 (0.98%) C++
9 2 (0.65%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.33%) Bicep
10 1 (0.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 162 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 99 (32.35%) DV Cleared
3 75 (24.51%) SC Cleared
4 25 (8.17%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (6.86%) CISSP
6 19 (6.21%) Degree
7 18 (5.88%) Azure Certification
7 18 (5.88%) CCNP
8 13 (4.25%) AWS Certification
9 12 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (3.92%) VCAP
10 10 (3.27%) CISM
11 6 (1.96%) GIAC
11 6 (1.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.63%) ISTQB
12 5 (1.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 5 (1.63%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.63%) MCSE
13 4 (1.31%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (12.42%) NIST
2 28 (9.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (5.56%) NCSC
4 8 (2.61%) JSP 440
5 7 (2.29%) GRC
6 5 (1.63%) SLA
7 4 (1.31%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.98%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.98%) QA
9 2 (0.65%) GDPR
9 2 (0.65%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.65%) ITGC
9 2 (0.65%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.33%) PSD2
System Software
1 143 (46.73%) Active Directory
2 67 (21.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (12.75%) Docker
4 29 (9.48%) Hyper-V
5 28 (9.15%) VMware NSX
6 16 (5.23%) vSphere
7 12 (3.92%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (1.63%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (1.63%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (1.31%) BitLocker
9 4 (1.31%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (1.31%) NFS
9 4 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.98%) OpenAM
10 3 (0.98%) OpenSSH
10 3 (0.98%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.65%) Firmware
11 2 (0.65%) XenApp
11 2 (0.65%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 69 (22.55%) Kubernetes
2 58 (18.95%) Ansible
3 21 (6.86%) Single Sign-On
3 21 (6.86%) vCenter Server
4 19 (6.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (6.21%) VxRail
5 16 (5.23%) SCOM
6 14 (4.58%) Avamar
7 12 (3.92%) Grafana
7 12 (3.92%) Prometheus
7 12 (3.92%) Puppet
8 9 (2.94%) Istio
9 8 (2.61%) SCCM
9 8 (2.61%) WSUS
10 6 (1.96%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (1.96%) Kibana
11 5 (1.63%) McAfee ePO
11 5 (1.63%) Nessus
12 4 (1.31%) CA Single Sign-On
12 4 (1.31%) WMI
Vendors
1 122 (39.87%) Microsoft
2 82 (26.80%) VMware
3 40 (13.07%) Cisco
4 30 (9.80%) Thales
5 25 (8.17%) ServiceNow
6 20 (6.54%) Dell
7 14 (4.58%) Citrix
7 14 (4.58%) CyberArk
8 13 (4.25%) Google
9 12 (3.92%) Juniper
10 10 (3.27%) Fortinet
10 10 (3.27%) Palo Alto
10 10 (3.27%) SolarWinds
11 9 (2.94%) CheckPoint
12 8 (2.61%) BMC
12 8 (2.61%) McAfee
12 8 (2.61%) Remedy
13 7 (2.29%) F5
13 7 (2.29%) Splunk
14 6 (1.96%) NetApp