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 31 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 310 241
Rank change year-on-year -49 -69 +55
Contract jobs citing PKI 281 211 334
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 0.76% 1.01%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.83% 2.12% 3.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 167 228
10th Percentile £418 £356 £371
25th Percentile £466 £463 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £649 £632 £608
90th Percentile £727 £694 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £538
% change year-on-year - +2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 4
10th Percentile £93.80 - -
25th Percentile £96.00 - -
Median hourly rate £98.82 - £23.80
75th Percentile - - £27.91
90th Percentile £100.00 - £35.32
UK median hourly rate £98.82 - £23.80
% change year-on-year - - -63.94%

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 15,379 9,945 10,155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.61% 35.84% 30.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,371 6,299 6,425
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £519 £550
% change year-on-year +1.20% -5.68% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 969 493 487
10th Percentile £14.59 £15.48 £13.50
25th Percentile £19.03 £18.87 £20.88
Median hourly rate £38.25 £32.71 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.94% -37.70% +16.67%
75th Percentile £68.75 £60.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £77.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.72 £29.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +31.25% -34.44% +7.54%

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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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
South East -13 90 £590 +2.61% 19
London -54 83 £550 -8.33% 42
North of England -26 57 £510 +3.56% 16
North West -27 34 £525 +6.71% 9
South West -65 29 £670 +21.82% 18
Yorkshire -22 23 £500 -16.67% 7
East of England -11 9 £500 -4.76% 4
Midlands -70 9 £475 +18.75% 4
West Midlands -65 8 £475 +18.75% 1
East Midlands -13 1 £475 - 3
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 12 (4.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.91%) Confluence
3 8 (2.85%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.07%) IIS
5 1 (0.36%) Apache
5 1 (0.36%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.36%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (3.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 100 (35.59%) Azure
2 76 (27.05%) AWS
3 43 (15.30%) Entra ID
4 31 (11.03%) GCP
5 16 (5.69%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (4.63%) Power Platform
7 12 (4.27%) Azure Key Vault
7 12 (4.27%) IaaS
8 11 (3.91%) PaaS
9 10 (3.56%) OpenShift
10 7 (2.49%) SaaS
11 6 (2.14%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (2.14%) AWS KMS
11 6 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.14%) GitHub
12 5 (1.78%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 5 (1.78%) OCI
13 3 (1.07%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (1.07%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (1.07%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 95 (33.81%) DNS
2 75 (26.69%) DHCP
3 74 (26.33%) Firewall
4 41 (14.59%) VPN
5 32 (11.39%) TCP/IP
6 25 (8.90%) SSL
7 23 (8.19%) Network Security
8 21 (7.47%) LAN
9 20 (7.12%) WAN
10 18 (6.41%) BGP
11 17 (6.05%) IPsec
12 16 (5.69%) OSPF
12 16 (5.69%) VLAN
12 16 (5.69%) VSAN
13 15 (5.34%) Wireless
14 13 (4.63%) Cisco ASA
14 13 (4.63%) Cisco Firepower
14 13 (4.63%) Cisco Nexus
14 13 (4.63%) SSH
15 12 (4.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.12%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.27%) Power BI
3 8 (2.85%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.14%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (2.14%) MySQL
6 4 (1.42%) Db2
6 4 (1.42%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.07%) Big Data
7 3 (1.07%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.71%) Metadata
8 2 (0.71%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.36%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.36%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (4.63%) Git
1 13 (4.63%) JIRA
2 10 (3.56%) GitLab
3 7 (2.49%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.07%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.71%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.71%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.71%) Gatling
5 2 (0.71%) Gradle
5 2 (0.71%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.71%) MSI
5 2 (0.71%) REST Assured
5 2 (0.71%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.71%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.71%) Terragrunt
General
1 56 (19.93%) Social Skills
2 34 (12.10%) Finance
3 28 (9.96%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (8.54%) Public Sector
5 15 (5.34%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (4.63%) Banking
7 5 (1.78%) Police
8 4 (1.42%) Automotive
8 4 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.42%) Legal
9 3 (1.07%) Law
9 3 (1.07%) Military
9 3 (1.07%) Retail
10 2 (0.71%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.71%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (0.71%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.71%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.36%) Local Government
11 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (21.00%) Senior
2 48 (17.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 28 (9.96%) Architect
4 26 (9.25%) Network Engineer
5 22 (7.83%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 20 (7.12%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 19 (6.76%) Senior Network Engineer
8 18 (6.41%) Platform Engineer
9 16 (5.69%) Storage Engineer
10 15 (5.34%) Consultant
11 11 (3.91%) DevOps Engineer
12 9 (3.20%) Active Directory Engineer
13 8 (2.85%) Lead
13 8 (2.85%) Linux Engineer
13 8 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
14 7 (2.49%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
14 7 (2.49%) Analyst
14 7 (2.49%) Principal Engineer
14 7 (2.49%) VMware Engineer
15 6 (2.14%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (19.22%) Terraform
2 24 (8.54%) 802.1X
3 21 (7.47%) OpenID
4 19 (6.76%) LDAP
5 18 (6.41%) SAML
6 14 (4.98%) OAuth
7 12 (4.27%) REST
8 8 (2.85%) OAuth2
9 7 (2.49%) Kafka
10 6 (2.14%) Keycloak
10 6 (2.14%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (1.78%) Middleware
12 4 (1.42%) SailPoint
13 3 (1.07%) JSON
13 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Graph
13 3 (1.07%) SPIFFE
14 2 (0.71%) .NET
14 2 (0.71%) ASP.NET
14 2 (0.71%) Spring
14 2 (0.71%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.81%) Data Centre
2 35 (12.46%) Clustering
3 16 (5.69%) Public Cloud
4 15 (5.34%) Cloud Native
5 12 (4.27%) Linux Command Line
6 11 (3.91%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.91%) Onboarding
7 9 (3.20%) Enterprise Storage
7 9 (3.20%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (2.85%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.85%) Security Posture
8 8 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.78%) Replication
10 5 (1.78%) Robotics
10 5 (1.78%) Smartcard
11 4 (1.42%) Mainframe
11 4 (1.42%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 143 (50.89%) Windows
2 95 (33.81%) Linux
3 77 (27.40%) Windows Server
4 12 (4.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (3.91%) Ubuntu
5 11 (3.91%) Unix
6 8 (2.85%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (2.49%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (2.14%) Debian
9 5 (1.78%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (1.42%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (1.07%) Android
11 3 (1.07%) Apple iOS
11 3 (1.07%) CentOS
11 3 (1.07%) Data ONTAP
11 3 (1.07%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.71%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (22.78%) Identity Access Management
2 59 (21.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 53 (18.86%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (18.51%) Infrastructure as Code
5 47 (16.73%) Cybersecurity
5 47 (16.73%) High Availability
5 47 (16.73%) ITIL
6 42 (14.95%) Technical Leadership
7 41 (14.59%) CI/CD
8 40 (14.23%) DevOps
9 39 (13.88%) Zero Trust
10 38 (13.52%) Key Management
11 35 (12.46%) Stakeholder Management
12 34 (12.10%) Agile
12 34 (12.10%) Change Management
13 32 (11.39%) Cryptography
13 32 (11.39%) DevSecOps
14 31 (11.03%) Mentoring
14 31 (11.03%) Platform Engineering
15 29 (10.32%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (25.98%) PowerShell
2 58 (20.64%) Python
3 31 (11.03%) Bash
4 14 (4.98%) SQL
5 11 (3.91%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.14%) Java
7 4 (1.42%) Go
8 3 (1.07%) C#
8 3 (1.07%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.36%) Bicep
9 1 (0.36%) C++
9 1 (0.36%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 153 (54.45%) Security Cleared
2 99 (35.23%) DV Cleared
3 62 (22.06%) SC Cleared
4 27 (9.61%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (7.47%) Degree
6 18 (6.41%) CCNP
7 15 (5.34%) CISSP
8 13 (4.63%) Azure Certification
9 12 (4.27%) VCAP
10 11 (3.91%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (3.20%) AWS Certification
12 7 (2.49%) CISM
13 6 (2.14%) GIAC
13 6 (2.14%) Master's Degree
14 5 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (1.78%) ISTQB
14 5 (1.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 5 (1.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 5 (1.78%) JNCIP
14 5 (1.78%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (11.39%) NIST
2 23 (8.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (5.69%) NCSC
4 7 (2.49%) JSP 440
5 6 (2.14%) GRC
6 4 (1.42%) GDPR
6 4 (1.42%) QA
6 4 (1.42%) SLA
7 3 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.07%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.71%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.71%) ISA99
8 2 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.71%) ITGC
8 2 (0.71%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.36%) PSD2
System Software
1 128 (45.55%) Active Directory
2 64 (22.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (13.52%) Docker
4 31 (11.03%) VMware NSX
5 30 (10.68%) Hyper-V
6 16 (5.69%) vSphere
7 10 (3.56%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (2.85%) BitLocker
9 7 (2.49%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (1.42%) NFS
11 4 (1.42%) Terminal Services
11 4 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (1.07%) Firmware
12 3 (1.07%) OpenAM
12 3 (1.07%) OpenSSH
13 2 (0.71%) XenApp
13 2 (0.71%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.36%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
14 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 62 (22.06%) Kubernetes
2 56 (19.93%) Ansible
3 23 (8.19%) vCenter Server
4 18 (6.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (6.05%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (4.98%) VxRail
7 13 (4.63%) Avamar
7 13 (4.63%) SCOM
8 11 (3.91%) Puppet
9 7 (2.49%) FortiGate
9 7 (2.49%) Grafana
9 7 (2.49%) Istio
9 7 (2.49%) Prometheus
9 7 (2.49%) vMotion
10 6 (2.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (2.14%) CA Single Sign-On
10 6 (2.14%) Kibana
10 6 (2.14%) WSUS
11 5 (1.78%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (1.42%) WMI
Vendors
1 109 (38.79%) Microsoft
2 80 (28.47%) VMware
3 47 (16.73%) Cisco
4 28 (9.96%) Thales
5 26 (9.25%) ServiceNow
6 17 (6.05%) Citrix
7 16 (5.69%) Juniper
8 14 (4.98%) Dell
8 14 (4.98%) SolarWinds
8 14 (4.98%) Splunk
9 13 (4.63%) CyberArk
9 13 (4.63%) Google
10 11 (3.91%) F5
10 11 (3.91%) Palo Alto
11 10 (3.56%) BMC
11 10 (3.56%) Remedy
12 9 (3.20%) CheckPoint
12 9 (3.20%) NetApp
13 7 (2.49%) Extreme Networks
14 6 (2.14%) Fortinet