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 6 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 312 287
Rank change year-on-year -43 -25 -7
Contract jobs citing PKI 310 208 254
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.67% 0.75% 0.79%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.94% 2.06% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 171 162
10th Percentile £425 £350 £379
25th Percentile £481 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +1.90% -8.52%
75th Percentile £653 £638 £608
90th Percentile £705 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £543
% change year-on-year - +1.20% -5.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 3
10th Percentile £85.00 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £96.00 - £23.80
75th Percentile £98.82 - -
90th Percentile £100.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £96.00 - £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 15,943 10,102 9,917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.42% 36.39% 30.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,577 6,329 5,986
10th Percentile £325 £300 £294
25th Percentile £425 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £543
Median % change year-on-year - -3.23% -1.36%
75th Percentile £650 £645 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £518 £526
% change year-on-year +1.38% -1.55% -4.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,164 528 367
10th Percentile £13.94 £15.13 £15.84
25th Percentile £17.57 £18.87 £24.18
Median hourly rate £34.62 £30.00 £56.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -46.90% +22.35%
75th Percentile £67.89 £56.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.81 £73.75 £75.16
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £28.13 £47.50
% change year-on-year +33.33% -40.79% +5.56%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -49 109 £599 +2.31% 114
South East -13 78 £575 - 37
North of England -19 67 £525 +6.71% 21
South West -50 36 £670 +21.82% 27
North West -26 34 £522 +6.10% 9
Yorkshire -6 31 £570 -5.00% 9
East of England -19 8 £610 +1.67% 8
Midlands -65 8 £475 +18.75% 12
West Midlands -70 7 £475 +18.75% 10
North East - 2 £426 - 3
East Midlands -8 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 (4.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (3.87%) Confluence
3 7 (2.26%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.61%) IIS
5 3 (0.97%) nginx
6 1 (0.32%) Apache
6 1 (0.32%) Traefik
Applications
1 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 7 (2.26%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 115 (37.10%) Azure
2 88 (28.39%) AWS
3 58 (18.71%) Entra ID
4 38 (12.26%) GCP
5 12 (3.87%) Azure Key Vault
6 11 (3.55%) SaaS
7 10 (3.23%) GitHub
7 10 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (3.23%) OpenShift
8 9 (2.90%) Amazon EKS
8 9 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (2.90%) IaaS
8 9 (2.90%) Power Platform
9 8 (2.58%) PaaS
10 7 (2.26%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (1.94%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 6 (1.94%) OCI
12 5 (1.61%) AWS KMS
12 5 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (1.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 94 (30.32%) DNS
2 70 (22.58%) DHCP
2 70 (22.58%) Firewall
3 39 (12.58%) VPN
4 34 (10.97%) TCP/IP
5 28 (9.03%) SSL
6 24 (7.74%) Network Security
7 16 (5.16%) LAN
8 15 (4.84%) IPsec
8 15 (4.84%) VLAN
8 15 (4.84%) WAN
9 14 (4.52%) SSH
9 14 (4.52%) VSAN
9 14 (4.52%) Wireless
9 14 (4.52%) X.509
10 13 (4.19%) BGP
10 13 (4.19%) Cisco ASA
10 13 (4.19%) Cisco Firepower
10 13 (4.19%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (3.87%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.13%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (2.90%) Power BI
3 8 (2.58%) MySQL
4 7 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.94%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (1.29%) Db2
7 4 (1.29%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.97%) Big Data
8 3 (0.97%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.65%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.65%) Metadata
10 1 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.32%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (7.10%) Git
2 16 (5.16%) GitLab
2 16 (5.16%) Jenkins
3 14 (4.52%) JIRA
4 5 (1.61%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (1.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.65%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.65%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.65%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.65%) Gatling
6 2 (0.65%) Gradle
6 2 (0.65%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.65%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.65%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.65%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.32%) MSI
7 1 (0.32%) Robot Framework
General
1 76 (24.52%) Social Skills
2 37 (11.94%) Finance
3 36 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.39%) Public Sector
5 19 (6.13%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (5.48%) Banking
7 7 (2.26%) Military
7 7 (2.26%) Police
8 5 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.29%) Automotive
9 4 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.29%) Law
9 4 (1.29%) Legal
10 2 (0.65%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.65%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (0.65%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.65%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.32%) Local Government
11 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.32%) Retail
Job Titles
1 56 (18.06%) Senior
2 42 (13.55%) Architect
2 42 (13.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 25 (8.06%) Network Engineer
4 20 (6.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 19 (6.13%) Platform Engineer
6 18 (5.81%) DevOps Engineer
6 18 (5.81%) Senior Network Engineer
7 17 (5.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 16 (5.16%) Solutions Architect
9 15 (4.84%) Consultant
10 14 (4.52%) Storage Engineer
11 13 (4.19%) Security Engineer
12 10 (3.23%) Active Directory Engineer
13 9 (2.90%) Lead
13 9 (2.90%) Security Architect
14 8 (2.58%) Analyst
14 8 (2.58%) Cloud Engineer
14 8 (2.58%) Integration Engineer
15 7 (2.26%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (20.32%) Terraform
2 27 (8.71%) OpenID
3 22 (7.10%) 802.1X
3 22 (7.10%) SAML
4 21 (6.77%) OAuth
5 18 (5.81%) LDAP
5 18 (5.81%) REST
6 13 (4.19%) Kafka
7 11 (3.55%) Keycloak
7 11 (3.55%) OAuth2
8 6 (1.94%) RabbitMQ
9 5 (1.61%) FIDO
9 5 (1.61%) Middleware
9 5 (1.61%) SailPoint
10 4 (1.29%) Apache NiFi
10 4 (1.29%) JSON
10 4 (1.29%) WebAuthn
11 3 (0.97%) Loki
11 3 (0.97%) RESTful
11 3 (0.97%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.68%) Data Centre
2 24 (7.74%) Clustering
3 22 (7.10%) Cloud Native
4 17 (5.48%) Onboarding
5 15 (4.84%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (4.52%) Public Cloud
7 12 (3.87%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (3.87%) Linux Command Line
7 12 (3.87%) Management Information System
7 12 (3.87%) Security Posture
8 10 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (2.26%) Replication
11 6 (1.94%) Smartcard
12 5 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.61%) Enterprise Storage
12 5 (1.61%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.61%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.61%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 141 (45.48%) Windows
2 101 (32.58%) Linux
3 74 (23.87%) Windows Server
4 12 (3.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 12 (3.87%) Ubuntu
4 12 (3.87%) Unix
5 8 (2.58%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.94%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (1.61%) Debian
7 5 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.29%) Android
8 4 (1.29%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.29%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.29%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.97%) CentOS
10 2 (0.65%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.32%) VMS
11 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (20.97%) Identity Access Management
2 61 (19.68%) Infrastructure as Code
3 60 (19.35%) Cybersecurity
4 59 (19.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 57 (18.39%) CI/CD
6 56 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
7 55 (17.74%) DevOps
8 48 (15.48%) ITIL
9 47 (15.16%) Stakeholder Management
9 47 (15.16%) Technical Leadership
10 44 (14.19%) Zero Trust
11 43 (13.87%) High Availability
11 43 (13.87%) Key Management
12 41 (13.23%) Mentoring
13 38 (12.26%) Change Management
14 35 (11.29%) DevSecOps
14 35 (11.29%) Platform Engineering
14 35 (11.29%) Secrets Management
15 34 (10.97%) Agile
15 34 (10.97%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 83 (26.77%) PowerShell
2 78 (25.16%) Python
3 43 (13.87%) Bash
4 18 (5.81%) SQL
5 10 (3.23%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.26%) Go
7 6 (1.94%) Java
8 3 (0.97%) C#
8 3 (0.97%) C++
9 2 (0.65%) Bicep
9 2 (0.65%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 162 (52.26%) Security Cleared
2 99 (31.94%) DV Cleared
3 79 (25.48%) SC Cleared
4 23 (7.42%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (6.45%) CISSP
6 19 (6.13%) Degree
7 18 (5.81%) Azure Certification
7 18 (5.81%) CCNP
8 13 (4.19%) AWS Certification
9 12 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (3.87%) VCAP
10 10 (3.23%) CISM
11 6 (1.94%) GIAC
12 5 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.61%) ISTQB
12 5 (1.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 5 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (1.61%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.61%) MCSE
13 4 (1.29%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (11.61%) NIST
2 25 (8.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (5.48%) NCSC
4 8 (2.58%) JSP 440
5 7 (2.26%) GRC
6 5 (1.61%) SLA
7 4 (1.29%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.97%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.97%) 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%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.32%) PSD2
System Software
1 144 (46.45%) Active Directory
2 65 (20.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (13.55%) Docker
4 28 (9.03%) VMware NSX
5 27 (8.71%) Hyper-V
6 16 (5.16%) vSphere
7 11 (3.55%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (1.61%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (1.29%) NFS
9 4 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.97%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.97%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.97%) OpenAM
10 3 (0.97%) OpenSSH
10 3 (0.97%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.65%) Firmware
11 2 (0.65%) XenApp
11 2 (0.65%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 75 (24.19%) Kubernetes
2 59 (19.03%) Ansible
3 22 (7.10%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (6.45%) vCenter Server
5 19 (6.13%) VxRail
6 18 (5.81%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (5.16%) SCOM
8 14 (4.52%) Avamar
9 12 (3.87%) Grafana
9 12 (3.87%) Prometheus
10 10 (3.23%) Puppet
11 9 (2.90%) Istio
12 8 (2.58%) SCCM
12 8 (2.58%) WSUS
13 6 (1.94%) Failover Clustering
13 6 (1.94%) Kibana
14 5 (1.61%) McAfee ePO
14 5 (1.61%) Nessus
15 4 (1.29%) CA Single Sign-On
15 4 (1.29%) WMI
Vendors
1 125 (40.32%) Microsoft
2 80 (25.81%) VMware
3 38 (12.26%) Cisco
4 30 (9.68%) Thales
5 23 (7.42%) ServiceNow
6 20 (6.45%) Dell
7 14 (4.52%) CyberArk
8 13 (4.19%) Citrix
8 13 (4.19%) Google
9 10 (3.23%) Fortinet
9 10 (3.23%) Juniper
9 10 (3.23%) Palo Alto
10 9 (2.90%) CheckPoint
10 9 (2.90%) SolarWinds
11 8 (2.58%) McAfee
12 7 (2.26%) BMC
12 7 (2.26%) Remedy
12 7 (2.26%) Splunk
13 6 (1.94%) F5
13 6 (1.94%) Okta