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 17 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 360 | 325 | 296 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -35 | -29 | -30 |
| Contract jobs citing PKI | 317 | 202 | 242 |
| As % of all contract jobs in England | 0.68% | 0.72% | 0.76% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 1.95% | 1.96% | 2.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 229 | 164 | 154 |
| 10th Percentile | £425 | £350 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £448 | £460 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £550 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.55% | +2.33% | -7.96% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £625 | £608 |
| 90th Percentile | £705 | £695 | £675 |
| UK median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £540 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +1.90% | -6.13% |
| 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.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 16,282 | 10,313 | 9,974 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England | 34.80% | 36.53% | 31.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,772 | 6,440 | 5,996 |
| 10th Percentile | £320 | £300 | £294 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £410 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £546 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -3.85% | -0.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £644 | £644 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £763 | £816 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £515 | £531 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.94% | -2.92% | -3.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,255 | 551 | 347 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.69 | £15.00 | £17.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.42 | £18.51 | £25.87 |
| Median hourly rate | £33.60 | £29.27 | £54.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.79% | -45.80% | +17.31% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.50 | £55.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £73.75 | £75.16 |
| UK median hourly rate | £35.11 | £27.21 | £47.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.03% | -42.72% | +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 Daily Rate Trend in England
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 17 October 2026.
PKI Hourly Rate Trend in England
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 17 October 2026.
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 17 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 | -47 | 111 | £586 | +8.32% | 80 |
| South East | -18 | 76 | £575 | - | 23 |
| North of England | -12 | 72 | £525 | -4.55% | 25 |
| North West | -16 | 38 | £522 | +4.40% | 6 |
| South West | -48 | 38 | £625 | +13.64% | 22 |
| Yorkshire | 0 | 32 | £570 | -5.00% | 15 |
| Midlands | -65 | 9 | £475 | +18.75% | 13 |
| East of England | - | 7 | £610 | - | 10 |
| West Midlands | -69 | 5 | £475 | +18.75% | 8 |
| East Midlands | -8 | 4 | £513 | - | 5 |
| North East | - | 2 | £426 | - | 4 |
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PKI Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Miscellaneous
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data Centre | 9.1% | 29 |
| 2 | Cloud Native | 6.9% | 22 |
| 2 | Onboarding | 6.9% | 22 |
| 4 | Clustering | 6.6% | 21 |
| 5 | Enterprise Software | 5.7% | 18 |
| 6 | Public Cloud | 4.4% | 14 |
| 7 | Distributed Systems | 4.1% | 13 |
| 8 | Linux Command Line | 3.8% | 12 |
| 8 | Management Information System | 3.8% | 12 |
| 10 | Security Posture | 3.5% | 11 |
| 11 | Legacy Systems | 3.2% | 10 |
| 11 | Replication | 3.2% | 10 |
| 13 | Self-Motivation | 2.5% | 8 |
| 14 | Hybrid Cloud | 2.2% | 7 |
| 14 | Smartcard | 2.2% | 7 |
| 16 | Data Protection Act | 1.6% | 5 |
| 16 | Enterprise Storage | 1.6% | 5 |
| 16 | Operational Technology | 1.6% | 5 |
| 16 | Product Ownership | 1.6% | 5 |
| 16 | SCADA | 1.6% | 5 |