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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 323 190
Rank change year-on-year -40 -133 +122
Contract jobs citing PKI 235 166 459
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.56% 0.69% 1.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.72% 2.00% 4.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 134 323
10th Percentile £411 £415 £363
25th Percentile £463 £500 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £642 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £687 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £47.22 - -
25th Percentile £56.01 - -
Median hourly rate £71.33 - £23.80
75th Percentile £72.27 - £27.91
90th Percentile £72.43 - £35.32
UK median hourly rate £71.33 - £23.80
% change year-on-year - - -63.38%

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 13,661 8,283 11,291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.39% 34.26% 30.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,565 5,349 7,316
10th Percentile £313 £300 £273
25th Percentile £413 £409 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £527 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -4.18% -3.08%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 722 354 840
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.04 £20.73 £15.35
Median hourly rate £44.23 £34.13 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.61% -6.51% +62.33%
75th Percentile £70.17 £63.75 £62.81
90th Percentile £85.95 £83.14 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £33.05 £35.50
% change year-on-year +28.59% -6.90% +61.36%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 99 £600 +4.35% 29
London -48 74 £550 -5.98% 24
North of England -50 30 £425 -13.62% 1
North West -26 21 £422 -14.33%
South West -55 13 £538 -8.12% 10
Midlands -65 10 £400 -8.57% 8
West Midlands -67 10 £400 -8.57% 4
Yorkshire - 9 £650 - 1
East of England -26 4 £400 -23.81% 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 10 (4.26%) Confluence
2 8 (3.40%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.28%) IIS
5 1 (0.43%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.43%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (4.26%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.43%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 65 (27.66%) Azure
2 55 (23.40%) AWS
3 25 (10.64%) Entra ID
4 16 (6.81%) GCP
4 16 (6.81%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (5.53%) Power Platform
6 9 (3.83%) IaaS
6 9 (3.83%) PaaS
7 7 (2.98%) Azure Key Vault
8 5 (2.13%) Amazon EKS
8 5 (2.13%) AWS KMS
8 5 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.28%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.28%) SaaS
10 2 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.85%) GitHub
10 2 (0.85%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.85%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.43%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 62 (26.38%) DNS
2 60 (25.53%) Firewall
3 47 (20.00%) DHCP
4 41 (17.45%) BGP
5 38 (16.17%) WAN
6 34 (14.47%) LAN
6 34 (14.47%) VPN
7 31 (13.19%) OSPF
8 29 (12.34%) Network Security
9 26 (11.06%) Ethernet VPN
9 26 (11.06%) VXLAN
10 25 (10.64%) BIG-IP
11 24 (10.21%) Cisco ISE
12 23 (9.79%) Junos
13 17 (7.23%) SSL
14 12 (5.11%) MPLS
15 10 (4.26%) Cisco ASA
15 10 (4.26%) IPsec
15 10 (4.26%) SMTP
15 10 (4.26%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.96%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.11%) Power BI
3 10 (4.26%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.28%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.28%) MySQL
6 2 (0.85%) Big Data
6 2 (0.85%) Metadata
6 2 (0.85%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.43%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (5.11%) JIRA
2 8 (3.40%) GitLab
3 6 (2.55%) Robot Framework
4 5 (2.13%) Git
4 5 (2.13%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (1.70%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.85%) MSI
6 2 (0.85%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.43%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.43%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.43%) Gatling
7 1 (0.43%) Gradle
7 1 (0.43%) JUnit
7 1 (0.43%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.43%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.43%) SonarQube
General
1 24 (10.21%) Public Sector
2 23 (9.79%) Finance
2 23 (9.79%) Social Skills
3 10 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (2.55%) Banking
4 6 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (1.70%) Military
6 3 (1.28%) Legal
6 3 (1.28%) Retail
7 2 (0.85%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (0.85%) Investment Banking
7 2 (0.85%) Local Government
7 2 (0.85%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.43%) Back Office
8 1 (0.43%) Law
Job Titles
1 41 (17.45%) Senior
2 37 (15.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 33 (14.04%) Architect
4 23 (9.79%) Network Engineer
5 20 (8.51%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 15 (6.38%) Storage Engineer
7 14 (5.96%) Firewall Specialist
7 14 (5.96%) Network Specialist
8 13 (5.53%) Senior Network Engineer
9 10 (4.26%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (4.26%) Security Engineer
9 10 (4.26%) Senior Architect
10 9 (3.83%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (3.40%) DevOps Engineer
11 8 (3.40%) Linux Engineer
11 8 (3.40%) Support Engineer
12 7 (2.98%) Administrator
12 7 (2.98%) Lead
12 7 (2.98%) NetApp Engineer
13 6 (2.55%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (14.47%) 802.1X
2 13 (5.53%) LDAP
2 13 (5.53%) OpenID
3 12 (5.11%) REST
4 11 (4.68%) SAML
5 8 (3.40%) OAuth
6 6 (2.55%) OAuth2
6 6 (2.55%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (1.70%) SailPoint
8 3 (1.28%) JSON
8 3 (1.28%) Kafka
8 3 (1.28%) Keycloak
8 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (1.28%) SPIFFE
9 2 (0.85%) .NET
9 2 (0.85%) Blazor
9 2 (0.85%) CSS
9 2 (0.85%) eBPF
9 2 (0.85%) HTML
9 2 (0.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 45 (19.15%) Clustering
2 29 (12.34%) Data Centre
3 11 (4.68%) Enterprise Storage
4 8 (3.40%) Algorithms
5 7 (2.98%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.98%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (2.98%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (2.98%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.98%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.98%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.13%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.70%) Enterprise Cloud
7 4 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.70%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.70%) Smartcard
8 3 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.28%) Tandem
9 2 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 118 (50.21%) Windows
2 65 (27.66%) Linux
3 59 (25.11%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.83%) Ubuntu
5 8 (3.40%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (2.55%) Debian
6 6 (2.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.70%) Unix
9 3 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.85%) CentOS
10 2 (0.85%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.43%) Android
11 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.43%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.43%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (24.68%) Identity Access Management
2 43 (18.30%) Agile
3 42 (17.87%) High Availability
4 40 (17.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 37 (15.74%) ITIL
6 35 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (14.04%) Observability
8 32 (13.62%) Cybersecurity
8 32 (13.62%) Load Balancing
9 30 (12.77%) DevOps
10 28 (11.91%) Zero Trust
11 27 (11.49%) ITSM
12 26 (11.06%) Key Management
13 24 (10.21%) Service Management
14 23 (9.79%) Change Management
14 23 (9.79%) CI/CD
15 22 (9.36%) Cryptography
15 22 (9.36%) Infrastructure as Code
16 21 (8.94%) RBAC
17 20 (8.51%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 52 (22.13%) PowerShell
2 36 (15.32%) Python
3 14 (5.96%) SQL
4 12 (5.11%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.55%) Bash
5 6 (2.55%) C#
6 4 (1.70%) PHP
7 3 (1.28%) Go
7 3 (1.28%) Java
8 2 (0.85%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.43%) C++
Qualifications
1 146 (62.13%) Security Cleared
2 98 (41.70%) DV Cleared
3 48 (20.43%) SC Cleared
4 32 (13.62%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (7.66%) Degree
6 13 (5.53%) CISSP
7 11 (4.68%) CISM
8 10 (4.26%) GIAC
9 9 (3.83%) CCNP
10 8 (3.40%) Azure Certification
10 8 (3.40%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (2.98%) JNCIA
11 7 (2.98%) JNCIP
11 7 (2.98%) JNCIS
12 5 (2.13%) CCNA
12 5 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.70%) APMG
13 4 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (1.70%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (1.70%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (12.77%) NIST
2 21 (8.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (5.11%) NCSC
4 9 (3.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.55%) QA
6 4 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.70%) GDPR
7 3 (1.28%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.28%) RMADS
8 2 (0.85%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.85%) ISA99
8 2 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.85%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.85%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.85%) SLA
9 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.43%) GRC
9 1 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 72 (30.64%) Active Directory
2 49 (20.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (9.79%) Docker
4 18 (7.66%) VMware NSX
5 17 (7.23%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (5.96%) Hyper-V
7 11 (4.68%) BitLocker
8 10 (4.26%) Microsoft App-V
9 5 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.70%) Firmware
11 3 (1.28%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.85%) KVM
12 2 (0.85%) OpenSSH
12 2 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.85%) XenApp
12 2 (0.85%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.43%) Squid
13 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (15.74%) Ansible
2 31 (13.19%) Kubernetes
3 28 (11.91%) Terraform
4 26 (11.06%) vCenter Server
5 23 (9.79%) FortiGate
6 13 (5.53%) Puppet
7 12 (5.11%) SCOM
7 12 (5.11%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (4.26%) vMotion
9 9 (3.83%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (3.40%) Avamar
10 8 (3.40%) Prometheus
11 7 (2.98%) Grafana
12 6 (2.55%) WMI
13 3 (1.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (1.28%) CA Single Sign-On
13 3 (1.28%) SCCM
13 3 (1.28%) WSUS
14 2 (0.85%) Cilium
14 2 (0.85%) Istio
Vendors
1 69 (29.36%) Microsoft
1 69 (29.36%) VMware
2 56 (23.83%) Cisco
3 36 (15.32%) Splunk
4 31 (13.19%) Juniper
5 29 (12.34%) F5
6 27 (11.49%) SolarWinds
7 22 (9.36%) Extreme Networks
8 20 (8.51%) Citrix
8 20 (8.51%) ServiceNow
9 17 (7.23%) Thales
10 15 (6.38%) Palo Alto
11 10 (4.26%) BMC
11 10 (4.26%) Dell
11 10 (4.26%) NetApp
11 10 (4.26%) Remedy
12 8 (3.40%) ForeScout
13 7 (2.98%) Aruba
14 6 (2.55%) Google
14 6 (2.55%) Symantec