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 29 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 333 302 179
Rank change year-on-year -31 -123 +125
Contract jobs citing PKI 249 187 482
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.62% 0.77% 1.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.91% 2.25% 4.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 146 335
10th Percentile £413 £413 £363
25th Percentile £487 £500 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £696 £638 £638
90th Percentile £838 £738 £698
UK median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 4
10th Percentile £61.41 - -
25th Percentile £70.50 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £79.50 - £31.15
75th Percentile £96.25 - £47.06
90th Percentile £101.65 - £59.33
UK median hourly rate £79.50 - £31.15
% change year-on-year - - -47.65%

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 13,049 8,303 11,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.42% 34.16% 30.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,271 5,427 7,448
10th Percentile £305 £300 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £549 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.56% -0.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 670 322 823
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.40 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.25 £15.17
Median hourly rate £45.46 £33.91 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.06% +13.03% +33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.69 £61.30
90th Percentile £86.15 £83.94 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £45.46 £32.05 £29.50
% change year-on-year +41.84% +8.64% +31.20%

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 29 April 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 29 April 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 29 April 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 -2 100 £600 +4.35% 14
London -47 82 £610 +13.59% 11
North of England -66 23 £482 -29.25% 1
South West -57 19 £556 -3.26% 1
West Midlands -61 15 £450 +5.88%
Midlands -66 15 £450 +5.88% 4
North West -27 13 £417 -15.24%
Yorkshire -56 10 £482 -33.52% 1
East of England -35 5 £475 -9.52% 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 14 (5.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.01%) Confluence
3 3 (1.20%) IIS
3 3 (1.20%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.40%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.40%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (2.81%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.40%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 56 (22.49%) Azure
2 51 (20.48%) AWS
3 25 (10.04%) IaaS
4 23 (9.24%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (8.03%) Entra ID
6 11 (4.42%) Power Platform
7 10 (4.02%) PaaS
8 9 (3.61%) GCP
8 9 (3.61%) OpenShift
9 8 (3.21%) SaaS
10 5 (2.01%) AWS KMS
11 4 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (1.61%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (1.61%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
13 2 (0.80%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 1 (0.40%) Google Workspace
14 1 (0.40%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 65 (26.10%) Firewall
2 63 (25.30%) DNS
3 46 (18.47%) DHCP
4 40 (16.06%) BGP
5 34 (13.65%) WAN
6 29 (11.65%) LAN
6 29 (11.65%) OSPF
6 29 (11.65%) VPN
7 28 (11.24%) Cisco ISE
8 27 (10.84%) Junos
8 27 (10.84%) Network Security
9 26 (10.44%) Ethernet VPN
9 26 (10.44%) VXLAN
10 25 (10.04%) BIG-IP
11 20 (8.03%) SSL
12 11 (4.42%) MPLS
13 10 (4.02%) Cisco IOS
13 10 (4.02%) TCP/IP
14 8 (3.21%) SMTP
14 8 (3.21%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.21%) Elasticsearch
1 8 (3.21%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.81%) Power BI
3 2 (0.80%) Metadata
4 1 (0.40%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.40%) MySQL
4 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (4.42%) JIRA
2 6 (2.41%) Robot Framework
3 5 (2.01%) GitLab
4 4 (1.61%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (1.20%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.80%) Git
6 2 (0.80%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.40%) JUnit
7 1 (0.40%) MSI
General
1 28 (11.24%) Analytical Skills
2 23 (9.24%) Social Skills
3 21 (8.43%) Public Sector
4 17 (6.83%) Finance
5 6 (2.41%) Military
6 5 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.20%) Banking
7 3 (1.20%) Retail
8 2 (0.80%) Legal
8 2 (0.80%) Local Government
9 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.40%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 67 (26.91%) Architect
2 36 (14.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 36 (14.46%) Senior
3 22 (8.84%) Network Engineer
4 17 (6.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 14 (5.62%) Firewall Specialist
5 14 (5.62%) Network Specialist
6 12 (4.82%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (4.02%) Senior Architect
7 10 (4.02%) Senior Network Engineer
8 9 (3.61%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (3.61%) Security Engineer
8 9 (3.61%) Support Engineer
9 8 (3.21%) Administrator
10 7 (2.81%) NetApp Engineer
10 7 (2.81%) Storage Engineer
11 6 (2.41%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
11 6 (2.41%) ITSM Architect
11 6 (2.41%) Wintel Administrator
11 6 (2.41%) Wintel Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (12.85%) 802.1X
2 27 (10.84%) REST
3 21 (8.43%) JSON
4 14 (5.62%) OpenID
5 13 (5.22%) SAML
6 11 (4.42%) LDAP
7 9 (3.61%) OAuth
8 7 (2.81%) OAuth2
9 3 (1.20%) SailPoint
10 2 (0.80%) CSS
10 2 (0.80%) eBPF
10 2 (0.80%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (0.80%) HTML
10 2 (0.80%) Loki
10 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Graph
10 2 (0.80%) SPIFFE
10 2 (0.80%) Web Services
11 1 (0.40%) EJB
11 1 (0.40%) Keycloak
11 1 (0.40%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 40 (16.06%) Clustering
2 27 (10.84%) Data Centre
3 18 (7.23%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.02%) Enterprise Storage
5 9 (3.61%) Public Cloud
6 8 (3.21%) Algorithms
6 8 (3.21%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.81%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (2.41%) Private Cloud
9 5 (2.01%) Fat Client
9 5 (2.01%) Management Information System
9 5 (2.01%) Operational Technology
9 5 (2.01%) Smartcard
9 5 (2.01%) Thin Client
10 4 (1.61%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.80%) CESG
11 2 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.80%) SCADA
12 1 (0.40%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 97 (38.96%) Windows
2 50 (20.08%) Linux
3 43 (17.27%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.61%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (2.81%) Ubuntu
5 7 (2.81%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (2.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (2.01%) Windows 7
7 4 (1.61%) CentOS
7 4 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.80%) Debian
9 2 (0.80%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.40%) Android
10 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.40%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.40%) Solaris
10 1 (0.40%) Unix
10 1 (0.40%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (25.30%) Agile
2 48 (19.28%) Identity Access Management
3 46 (18.47%) Key Management
4 42 (16.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 37 (14.86%) High Availability
6 33 (13.25%) Cybersecurity
6 33 (13.25%) ITIL
6 33 (13.25%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (12.85%) CI/CD
8 31 (12.45%) Observability
9 30 (12.05%) Load Balancing
10 28 (11.24%) Change Management
11 27 (10.84%) DevOps
12 24 (9.64%) Migration
13 23 (9.24%) Zero Trust
14 22 (8.84%) Configuration Management
14 22 (8.84%) ITSM
15 21 (8.43%) Cryptography
15 21 (8.43%) Service Management
16 20 (8.03%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 63 (25.30%) PowerShell
2 31 (12.45%) Python
3 15 (6.02%) SQL
4 12 (4.82%) Bash
5 9 (3.61%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.41%) C#
7 4 (1.61%) PHP
8 3 (1.20%) Go
9 2 (0.80%) Java
10 1 (0.40%) C++
10 1 (0.40%) Perl
10 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 173 (69.48%) Security Cleared
2 96 (38.55%) DV Cleared
3 69 (27.71%) SC Cleared
4 30 (12.05%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (7.23%) Degree
6 16 (6.43%) CISSP
7 15 (6.02%) CISM
8 8 (3.21%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (3.21%) GIAC
8 8 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (2.81%) CCNP
9 7 (2.81%) JNCIA
9 7 (2.81%) JNCIP
9 7 (2.81%) JNCIS
10 5 (2.01%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.01%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.01%) CCNA
10 5 (2.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (1.61%) APMG
11 4 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.24%) NIST
2 17 (6.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (5.22%) NCSC
4 9 (3.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.41%) GDPR
6 5 (2.01%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.61%) QA
8 3 (1.20%) RMADS
8 3 (1.20%) SLA
9 2 (0.80%) ISA99
9 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.80%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.40%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 71 (28.51%) Active Directory
2 43 (17.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (6.83%) VMware ESXi
4 16 (6.43%) Docker
5 15 (6.02%) Hyper-V
6 14 (5.62%) VMware NSX
7 10 (4.02%) BitLocker
8 8 (3.21%) Microsoft App-V
9 7 (2.81%) Firmware
10 5 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (1.20%) vSphere
11 3 (1.20%) XenApp
12 2 (0.80%) KVM
12 2 (0.80%) OpenSSH
12 2 (0.80%) Sendmail
12 2 (0.80%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.40%) Squid
13 1 (0.40%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 32 (12.85%) Ansible
2 31 (12.45%) Kubernetes
3 29 (11.65%) Terraform
4 23 (9.24%) FortiGate
5 21 (8.43%) vCenter Server
6 11 (4.42%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (4.02%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (3.61%) Puppet
9 8 (3.21%) Prometheus
9 8 (3.21%) vMotion
10 7 (2.81%) Grafana
11 6 (2.41%) SCCM
11 6 (2.41%) SCOM
12 5 (2.01%) WMI
12 5 (2.01%) WSUS
13 4 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (1.20%) CA Single Sign-On
15 2 (0.80%) Cilium
15 2 (0.80%) Failover Clustering
15 2 (0.80%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 70 (28.11%) Microsoft
2 62 (24.90%) VMware
3 53 (21.29%) Cisco
4 35 (14.06%) Splunk
5 34 (13.65%) Juniper
6 29 (11.65%) SolarWinds
7 28 (11.24%) F5
8 22 (8.84%) Extreme Networks
9 15 (6.02%) Citrix
9 15 (6.02%) ServiceNow
10 12 (4.82%) Palo Alto
11 10 (4.02%) NetApp
12 8 (3.21%) ForeScout
12 8 (3.21%) Thales
13 7 (2.81%) Aruba
13 7 (2.81%) BMC
13 7 (2.81%) Broadcom
13 7 (2.81%) Remedy
14 6 (2.41%) Netskope
15 4 (1.61%) CyberArk