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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 298 203
Rank change year-on-year -64 -95 +91
Contract jobs citing PKI 281 208 385
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.62% 0.75% 1.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.83% 2.12% 3.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 164 279
10th Percentile £418 £358 £363
25th Percentile £475 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year - +6.98% -6.52%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £608
90th Percentile £738 £695 £673
UK median daily rate £550 £559 £538
% change year-on-year -1.57% +3.95% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 4
10th Percentile £91.60 - -
25th Percentile £97.41 - -
Median hourly rate £98.82 - £23.80
75th Percentile £99.41 - £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 15,332 9,789 10,218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.59% 35.47% 30.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,402 6,184 6,614
10th Percentile £325 £305 £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 £687
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 922 492 522
10th Percentile £14.88 £15.48 £12.53
25th Percentile £19.34 £18.87 £18.56
Median hourly rate £41.00 £31.78 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% -34.82% +11.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £61.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £79.88 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £29.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year +37.82% -33.89% +10.31%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +4 98 £590 +2.61% 24
London -63 81 £600 - 57
North of England -13 57 £500 +0.81% 17
North West -16 33 £525 +6.71% 8
South West -62 26 £697 +21.13% 14
Yorkshire -17 24 £500 -16.67% 7
Midlands -74 9 £475 +18.75% 9
West Midlands -73 8 £475 +18.75% 6
East of England -16 7 £500 -4.76% 4
East Midlands -17 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 11 (3.91%) Confluence
1 11 (3.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.85%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.07%) IIS
4 1 (0.36%) Apache
4 1 (0.36%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.36%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (4.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 98 (34.88%) Azure
2 75 (26.69%) AWS
3 41 (14.59%) Entra ID
4 29 (10.32%) GCP
5 17 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (5.34%) 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%) AWS KMS
11 6 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.78%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (1.42%) GitHub
13 4 (1.42%) OCI
14 3 (1.07%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (1.07%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (1.07%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 2 (0.71%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 95 (33.81%) DNS
2 79 (28.11%) Firewall
3 77 (27.40%) DHCP
4 39 (13.88%) VPN
5 33 (11.74%) TCP/IP
6 25 (8.90%) LAN
6 25 (8.90%) SSL
7 24 (8.54%) BGP
7 24 (8.54%) WAN
8 22 (7.83%) Network Security
9 20 (7.12%) OSPF
10 18 (6.41%) VSAN
11 17 (6.05%) IPsec
12 16 (5.69%) VLAN
13 15 (5.34%) Wireless
14 13 (4.63%) Cisco ASA
14 13 (4.63%) Cisco Firepower
14 13 (4.63%) SSH
15 12 (4.27%) Cisco ISE
15 12 (4.27%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.83%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.98%) Power BI
3 8 (2.85%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.78%) MySQL
6 4 (1.42%) Db2
7 3 (1.07%) Big Data
7 3 (1.07%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.07%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.71%) 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 13 (4.63%) Git
1 13 (4.63%) JIRA
2 7 (2.49%) GitLab
3 6 (2.14%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.07%) Robot Framework
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%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.71%) Terragrunt
General
1 52 (18.51%) Social Skills
2 37 (13.17%) Finance
3 26 (9.25%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (8.90%) Public Sector
5 13 (4.63%) Banking
5 13 (4.63%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (1.78%) Police
7 4 (1.42%) Automotive
7 4 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (1.42%) Legal
8 3 (1.07%) Military
8 3 (1.07%) Retail
9 2 (0.71%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.71%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (0.71%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.71%) Law
9 2 (0.71%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.36%) Local Government
10 1 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 62 (22.06%) Senior
2 47 (16.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 29 (10.32%) Architect
4 27 (9.61%) Network Engineer
5 22 (7.83%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 20 (7.12%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 20 (7.12%) Senior Network Engineer
7 18 (6.41%) Platform Engineer
8 16 (5.69%) Storage Engineer
9 12 (4.27%) Consultant
10 10 (3.56%) Lead
11 9 (3.20%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.20%) Firewall Specialist
11 9 (3.20%) Network Specialist
11 9 (3.20%) Senior Architect
12 8 (2.85%) Linux Engineer
12 8 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
13 7 (2.49%) Analyst
13 7 (2.49%) Principal Engineer
13 7 (2.49%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (19.22%) Terraform
2 26 (9.25%) 802.1X
3 21 (7.47%) OpenID
4 18 (6.41%) SAML
5 17 (6.05%) LDAP
6 14 (4.98%) OAuth
6 14 (4.98%) REST
7 8 (2.85%) OAuth2
8 6 (2.14%) RabbitMQ
9 5 (1.78%) Middleware
10 4 (1.42%) Kafka
10 4 (1.42%) Keycloak
11 3 (1.07%) JSON
11 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Graph
11 3 (1.07%) SailPoint
11 3 (1.07%) SPIFFE
11 3 (1.07%) Web Services
12 2 (0.71%) .NET
12 2 (0.71%) ASP.NET
12 2 (0.71%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 42 (14.95%) Data Centre
2 39 (13.88%) 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%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (3.91%) Onboarding
7 8 (2.85%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.49%) Enterprise Storage
8 7 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.49%) Security Posture
9 6 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.78%) Robotics
10 5 (1.78%) Smartcard
11 4 (1.42%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.42%) Mainframe
11 4 (1.42%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 144 (51.25%) Windows
2 93 (33.10%) Linux
3 76 (27.05%) Windows Server
4 12 (4.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (3.91%) Unix
6 10 (3.56%) Ubuntu
7 7 (2.49%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (2.14%) Debian
8 6 (2.14%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.14%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.42%) CentOS
9 4 (1.42%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (1.07%) Android
10 3 (1.07%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.07%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.71%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.36%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (23.84%) Identity Access Management
2 56 (19.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 53 (18.86%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (17.79%) Infrastructure as Code
5 49 (17.44%) Cybersecurity
5 49 (17.44%) High Availability
6 48 (17.08%) ITIL
7 41 (14.59%) CI/CD
8 39 (13.88%) Technical Leadership
8 39 (13.88%) Zero Trust
9 38 (13.52%) DevOps
10 37 (13.17%) Agile
11 36 (12.81%) Key Management
12 35 (12.46%) Cryptography
13 33 (11.74%) Change Management
13 33 (11.74%) Stakeholder Management
14 32 (11.39%) DevSecOps
15 31 (11.03%) ITSM
16 30 (10.68%) Mentoring
16 30 (10.68%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 75 (26.69%) PowerShell
2 58 (20.64%) Python
3 30 (10.68%) Bash
4 16 (5.69%) SQL
5 13 (4.63%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.14%) Java
7 5 (1.78%) C#
8 3 (1.07%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.71%) Go
10 1 (0.36%) Bicep
10 1 (0.36%) C++
10 1 (0.36%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 149 (53.02%) Security Cleared
2 99 (35.23%) DV Cleared
3 57 (20.28%) SC Cleared
4 31 (11.03%) 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 10 (3.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (3.20%) AWS Certification
12 7 (2.49%) CISM
13 6 (2.14%) GIAC
13 6 (2.14%) JNCIP
13 6 (2.14%) JNCIS
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
15 4 (1.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (11.39%) NIST
2 21 (7.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (5.34%) NCSC
4 6 (2.14%) QA
5 5 (1.78%) GRC
5 5 (1.78%) JSP 440
6 4 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.42%) GDPR
6 4 (1.42%) SLA
7 3 (1.07%) PCI DSS
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%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.71%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.36%) PSD2
System Software
1 122 (43.42%) Active Directory
2 65 (23.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (12.81%) Docker
4 34 (12.10%) VMware NSX
5 28 (9.96%) Hyper-V
6 17 (6.05%) 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%) Firmware
11 4 (1.42%) NFS
11 4 (1.42%) Terminal Services
11 4 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (1.07%) OpenAM
12 3 (1.07%) OpenSSH
13 2 (0.71%) XenApp
13 2 (0.71%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.36%) KVM
14 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 60 (21.35%) Kubernetes
2 56 (19.93%) Ansible
3 23 (8.19%) vCenter Server
4 16 (5.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (5.69%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (5.34%) VxRail
6 13 (4.63%) Avamar
6 13 (4.63%) SCOM
7 11 (3.91%) FortiGate
7 11 (3.91%) Puppet
8 7 (2.49%) Istio
8 7 (2.49%) vMotion
9 6 (2.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (2.14%) CA Single Sign-On
9 6 (2.14%) Kibana
10 5 (1.78%) Failover Clustering
10 5 (1.78%) WSUS
11 4 (1.42%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (1.42%) Grafana
11 4 (1.42%) systemd
Vendors
1 103 (36.65%) Microsoft
2 83 (29.54%) VMware
3 50 (17.79%) Cisco
4 29 (10.32%) Thales
5 28 (9.96%) ServiceNow
6 20 (7.12%) Juniper
7 19 (6.76%) Splunk
8 18 (6.41%) SolarWinds
9 17 (6.05%) Citrix
10 16 (5.69%) F5
11 15 (5.34%) Dell
12 13 (4.63%) Palo Alto
13 12 (4.27%) BMC
13 12 (4.27%) CyberArk
13 12 (4.27%) Remedy
14 11 (3.91%) Extreme Networks
14 11 (3.91%) Google
15 9 (3.20%) CheckPoint
16 7 (2.49%) NetApp
17 6 (2.14%) HP