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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 305 211
Rank change year-on-year -52 -94 +82
Contract jobs citing PKI 279 208 401
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 0.75% 1.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.83% 2.13% 3.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 164 290
10th Percentile £417 £358 £363
25th Percentile £463 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £539
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +2.09% -6.30%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £608
90th Percentile £738 £692 £650
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £539
% change year-on-year - +2.09% -2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 4
10th Percentile £61.87 - -
25th Percentile £81.42 - -
Median hourly rate £98.82 - £23.80
75th Percentile £99.12 - £27.91
90th Percentile £100.00 - £35.32
UK median hourly rate £98.82 - £23.80
% change year-on-year - - -68.05%

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 15,242 9,778 10,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.44% 35.32% 30.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,359 6,185 6,651
10th Percentile £325 £306 £300
25th Percentile £425 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £676
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 901 486 542
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.48 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £18.56
Median hourly rate £43.56 £30.90 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.96% -34.94% +15.74%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £29.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +47.46% -34.44% +12.98%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 +2 109 £590 +2.61% 31
London -60 80 £600 +2.56% 67
North of England -35 50 £500 +1.63% 24
North West -30 29 £468 -4.98% 11
South West -65 25 £697 +21.13% 19
Yorkshire - 21 £500 - 10
Midlands -70 8 £475 +18.75% 8
West Midlands -65 7 £463 +15.63% 6
East of England -17 5 £400 -23.81% 5
East Midlands -7 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 11 (3.94%) Confluence
2 10 (3.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.87%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.08%) IIS
5 1 (0.36%) Apache
5 1 (0.36%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.36%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (4.30%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 95 (34.05%) Azure
2 74 (26.52%) AWS
3 43 (15.41%) Entra ID
4 27 (9.68%) GCP
5 19 (6.81%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (5.38%) Power Platform
7 12 (4.30%) IaaS
8 11 (3.94%) PaaS
9 10 (3.58%) OpenShift
10 8 (2.87%) Azure Key Vault
11 7 (2.51%) SaaS
12 6 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.79%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (1.79%) AWS KMS
14 4 (1.43%) GitHub
14 4 (1.43%) OCI
15 3 (1.08%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 2 (0.72%) Azure Monitor
16 2 (0.72%) Power Automate
16 2 (0.72%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 103 (36.92%) DNS
2 86 (30.82%) Firewall
3 85 (30.47%) DHCP
4 35 (12.54%) LAN
5 34 (12.19%) BGP
5 34 (12.19%) VPN
5 34 (12.19%) WAN
6 30 (10.75%) OSPF
7 29 (10.39%) TCP/IP
8 25 (8.96%) SSL
9 24 (8.60%) BIG-IP
9 24 (8.60%) Ethernet VPN
9 24 (8.60%) VXLAN
10 23 (8.24%) Junos
11 22 (7.89%) Cisco ISE
12 20 (7.17%) Network Security
13 18 (6.45%) VSAN
14 15 (5.38%) IPsec
15 14 (5.02%) VLAN
15 14 (5.02%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.53%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.02%) Power BI
3 8 (2.87%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.79%) MySQL
6 4 (1.43%) Db2
7 3 (1.08%) Big Data
7 3 (1.08%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.08%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.72%) Metadata
9 1 (0.36%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.36%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.36%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (5.02%) JIRA
2 12 (4.30%) Git
3 7 (2.51%) GitLab
4 6 (2.15%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.08%) Robot Framework
5 3 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.72%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.72%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.72%) Gatling
6 2 (0.72%) Gradle
6 2 (0.72%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.72%) MSI
6 2 (0.72%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.72%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.72%) Terragrunt
General
1 46 (16.49%) Social Skills
2 37 (13.26%) Finance
3 25 (8.96%) Public Sector
4 24 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.30%) Banking
6 10 (3.58%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.51%) Military
8 4 (1.43%) Automotive
8 4 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.43%) Legal
8 4 (1.43%) Police
9 3 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.08%) Retail
10 2 (0.72%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (0.72%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.72%) Law
10 2 (0.72%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.36%) Local Government
11 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (22.22%) Senior
2 45 (16.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 30 (10.75%) Architect
3 30 (10.75%) Network Engineer
4 23 (8.24%) Senior Network Engineer
5 20 (7.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 20 (7.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 16 (5.73%) Storage Engineer
7 15 (5.38%) Platform Engineer
8 14 (5.02%) Firewall Specialist
8 14 (5.02%) Network Specialist
9 13 (4.66%) Lead
10 9 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
10 9 (3.23%) Senior Architect
11 8 (2.87%) Linux Engineer
11 8 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (2.51%) Active Directory Engineer
12 7 (2.51%) Analyst
12 7 (2.51%) Principal Engineer
12 7 (2.51%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (12.90%) 802.1X
2 22 (7.89%) OpenID
3 19 (6.81%) SAML
4 16 (5.73%) LDAP
5 15 (5.38%) OAuth
6 14 (5.02%) REST
7 9 (3.23%) OAuth2
8 6 (2.15%) RabbitMQ
9 5 (1.79%) Middleware
10 4 (1.43%) Kafka
10 4 (1.43%) Keycloak
10 4 (1.43%) SailPoint
11 3 (1.08%) JSON
11 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Graph
11 3 (1.08%) SPIFFE
11 3 (1.08%) Web Services
12 2 (0.72%) .NET
12 2 (0.72%) ASP.NET
12 2 (0.72%) Node.js
12 2 (0.72%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 51 (18.28%) Clustering
2 50 (17.92%) Data Centre
3 16 (5.73%) Public Cloud
4 14 (5.02%) Cloud Native
5 12 (4.30%) Linux Command Line
6 11 (3.94%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.94%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (3.58%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.51%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.51%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (2.15%) Enterprise Storage
10 5 (1.79%) Robotics
10 5 (1.79%) Smartcard
11 4 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.43%) Mainframe
11 4 (1.43%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.43%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 151 (54.12%) Windows
2 88 (31.54%) Linux
3 72 (25.81%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.94%) Unix
5 10 (3.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (2.87%) Ubuntu
7 6 (2.15%) Debian
7 6 (2.15%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (2.15%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.43%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (1.08%) Android
10 3 (1.08%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.08%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.72%) CentOS
11 2 (0.72%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.36%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (28.67%) Identity Access Management
2 58 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (20.43%) High Availability
4 53 (19.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 53 (19.00%) ITIL
5 48 (17.20%) Infrastructure as Code
6 44 (15.77%) Cybersecurity
7 41 (14.70%) CI/CD
8 39 (13.98%) DevOps
8 39 (13.98%) Zero Trust
9 38 (13.62%) Agile
10 36 (12.90%) ITSM
11 34 (12.19%) Observability
11 34 (12.19%) Service Management
11 34 (12.19%) Technical Leadership
12 33 (11.83%) Cryptography
13 32 (11.47%) Change Management
14 31 (11.11%) DevSecOps
14 31 (11.11%) Load Balancing
15 29 (10.39%) Key Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (26.16%) PowerShell
2 56 (20.07%) Python
3 27 (9.68%) Bash
4 16 (5.73%) SQL
5 13 (4.66%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.15%) Java
7 5 (1.79%) C#
8 2 (0.72%) Go
8 2 (0.72%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.36%) C++
9 1 (0.36%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 149 (53.41%) Security Cleared
2 103 (36.92%) DV Cleared
3 51 (18.28%) SC Cleared
4 37 (13.26%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (6.81%) Degree
6 16 (5.73%) CCNP
7 14 (5.02%) CISSP
8 13 (4.66%) Azure Certification
9 11 (3.94%) JNCIP
9 11 (3.94%) JNCIS
9 11 (3.94%) VCAP
10 10 (3.58%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (2.51%) AWS Certification
11 7 (2.51%) JNCIA
12 6 (2.15%) CISM
12 6 (2.15%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (1.79%) GIAC
13 5 (1.79%) ISTQB
13 5 (1.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.39%) NIST
2 18 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (4.30%) NCSC
4 7 (2.51%) QA
5 5 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.43%) GDPR
6 4 (1.43%) SLA
7 3 (1.08%) JSP 440
7 3 (1.08%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.72%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.72%) ISA99
8 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.72%) ITGC
8 2 (0.72%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.72%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.36%) GRC
9 1 (0.36%) PSD2
System Software
1 112 (40.14%) Active Directory
2 64 (22.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (12.90%) Docker
4 34 (12.19%) VMware NSX
5 28 (10.04%) Hyper-V
6 15 (5.38%) vSphere
7 9 (3.23%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (2.87%) BitLocker
9 7 (2.51%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (1.43%) Firmware
11 4 (1.43%) NFS
11 4 (1.43%) Terminal Services
11 4 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (1.08%) OpenAM
12 3 (1.08%) OpenSSH
13 2 (0.72%) XenApp
13 2 (0.72%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.36%) KVM
14 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 58 (20.79%) Kubernetes
2 54 (19.35%) Ansible
3 50 (17.92%) Terraform
4 23 (8.24%) FortiGate
4 23 (8.24%) vCenter Server
5 17 (6.09%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (5.02%) VxRail
7 13 (4.66%) Avamar
7 13 (4.66%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (4.66%) SCOM
8 11 (3.94%) Puppet
9 7 (2.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 7 (2.51%) CA Single Sign-On
9 7 (2.51%) vMotion
10 6 (2.15%) Istio
10 6 (2.15%) Kibana
11 5 (1.79%) Failover Clustering
11 5 (1.79%) WSUS
12 4 (1.43%) SCCM
12 4 (1.43%) WMI
Vendors
1 96 (34.41%) Microsoft
2 82 (29.39%) VMware
3 60 (21.51%) Cisco
4 32 (11.47%) Juniper
5 31 (11.11%) Splunk
6 30 (10.75%) SolarWinds
7 28 (10.04%) F5
8 26 (9.32%) ServiceNow
9 24 (8.60%) Thales
10 22 (7.89%) Extreme Networks
11 17 (6.09%) Citrix
12 15 (5.38%) Dell
13 13 (4.66%) Palo Alto
14 12 (4.30%) BMC
14 12 (4.30%) Remedy
15 11 (3.94%) CyberArk
16 10 (3.58%) Google
17 6 (2.15%) CheckPoint
17 6 (2.15%) HP
17 6 (2.15%) NetApp