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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 316 218
Rank change year-on-year -51 -98 +82
Contract jobs citing PKI 280 207 360
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 0.75% 1.08%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.83% 2.11% 3.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 164 250
10th Percentile £418 £358 £363
25th Percentile £475 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £608
90th Percentile £738 £692 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £538
% change year-on-year - +2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 4
10th Percentile £92.70 - -
25th Percentile £96.00 - -
Median hourly rate £98.82 - £23.80
75th Percentile £99.12 - £27.91
90th Percentile £100.00 - £35.32
UK median hourly rate £98.82 - £23.80
% change year-on-year - - -63.94%

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 15,328 9,824 10,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.56% 35.66% 30.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,362 6,202 6,529
10th Percentile £325 £303 £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 £688
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 954 497 506
10th Percentile £14.72 £15.48 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.87 £19.53
Median hourly rate £40.48 £32.77 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -34.46% +9.12%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.72 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £30.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +36.67% -33.33% +2.86%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -14 92 £590 +2.61% 13
London -63 82 £574 -1.97% 27
North of England -27 58 £519 +5.49% 7
North West -26 35 £525 +6.71% 3
South West -65 28 £683 +21.47% 19
Yorkshire -16 23 £500 -16.67% 4
Midlands -72 9 £475 +18.75% 5
East of England -20 8 £500 -4.76% 4
West Midlands -78 8 £475 +18.75% 2
East Midlands -15 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 12 (4.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.93%) Confluence
3 8 (2.86%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.07%) IIS
5 1 (0.36%) Apache
5 1 (0.36%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.36%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (3.57%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 98 (35.00%) Azure
2 75 (26.79%) AWS
3 41 (14.64%) Entra ID
4 30 (10.71%) GCP
5 16 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (4.64%) Power Platform
7 12 (4.29%) Azure Key Vault
7 12 (4.29%) IaaS
8 11 (3.93%) PaaS
9 10 (3.57%) OpenShift
10 7 (2.50%) SaaS
11 6 (2.14%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (2.14%) AWS KMS
11 6 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.79%) GitHub
13 4 (1.43%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 4 (1.43%) OCI
14 3 (1.07%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (1.07%) Azure Sentinel
15 2 (0.71%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 96 (34.29%) DNS
2 77 (27.50%) DHCP
2 77 (27.50%) Firewall
3 40 (14.29%) VPN
4 32 (11.43%) TCP/IP
5 25 (8.93%) SSL
6 24 (8.57%) LAN
7 23 (8.21%) WAN
8 22 (7.86%) Network Security
9 21 (7.50%) BGP
10 19 (6.79%) OSPF
11 17 (6.07%) IPsec
12 16 (5.71%) VLAN
12 16 (5.71%) VSAN
13 15 (5.36%) Wireless
14 13 (4.64%) Cisco ASA
14 13 (4.64%) Cisco Firepower
14 13 (4.64%) SSH
15 12 (4.29%) Cisco ISE
15 12 (4.29%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.29%) Power BI
3 8 (2.86%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.14%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (2.14%) MySQL
6 4 (1.43%) Db2
6 4 (1.43%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.07%) Big Data
7 3 (1.07%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.71%) Metadata
8 2 (0.71%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.36%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.36%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (4.64%) Git
1 13 (4.64%) JIRA
2 9 (3.21%) GitLab
3 6 (2.14%) Jenkins
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%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.71%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.71%) Terragrunt
General
1 54 (19.29%) Social Skills
2 36 (12.86%) Finance
3 27 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (8.57%) Public Sector
5 14 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (4.64%) Banking
7 5 (1.79%) Police
8 4 (1.43%) Automotive
8 4 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.43%) Legal
9 3 (1.07%) Military
9 3 (1.07%) Retail
10 2 (0.71%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.71%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (0.71%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.71%) Law
10 2 (0.71%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.36%) Local Government
11 1 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 58 (20.71%) Senior
2 47 (16.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 27 (9.64%) Network Engineer
4 26 (9.29%) Architect
5 21 (7.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 20 (7.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 20 (7.14%) Senior Network Engineer
7 18 (6.43%) Platform Engineer
8 16 (5.71%) Storage Engineer
9 14 (5.00%) Consultant
10 11 (3.93%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.21%) Lead
12 8 (2.86%) Active Directory Engineer
12 8 (2.86%) Firewall Specialist
12 8 (2.86%) Linux Engineer
12 8 (2.86%) Network Specialist
12 8 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
13 7 (2.50%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (2.50%) Analyst
13 7 (2.50%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (18.93%) Terraform
2 26 (9.29%) 802.1X
3 21 (7.50%) OpenID
4 18 (6.43%) LDAP
4 18 (6.43%) SAML
5 14 (5.00%) OAuth
6 12 (4.29%) REST
7 8 (2.86%) OAuth2
8 6 (2.14%) Kafka
8 6 (2.14%) RabbitMQ
9 5 (1.79%) Keycloak
9 5 (1.79%) Middleware
10 3 (1.07%) JSON
10 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Graph
10 3 (1.07%) SailPoint
10 3 (1.07%) SPIFFE
11 2 (0.71%) Node.js
11 2 (0.71%) React
11 2 (0.71%) Spring
11 2 (0.71%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 40 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 37 (13.21%) Clustering
3 16 (5.71%) Public Cloud
4 15 (5.36%) Cloud Native
5 12 (4.29%) Linux Command Line
6 11 (3.93%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.93%) Onboarding
7 9 (3.21%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (2.86%) Enterprise Storage
8 8 (2.86%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.50%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.79%) Robotics
10 5 (1.79%) Smartcard
11 4 (1.43%) Mainframe
11 4 (1.43%) Replication
11 4 (1.43%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 143 (51.07%) Windows
2 93 (33.21%) Linux
3 74 (26.43%) Windows Server
4 12 (4.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (3.93%) Ubuntu
5 11 (3.93%) Unix
6 7 (2.50%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (2.50%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (2.14%) Debian
8 5 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.43%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (1.07%) Android
10 3 (1.07%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.07%) CentOS
10 3 (1.07%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.71%) Data ONTAP
11 2 (0.71%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (23.57%) Identity Access Management
2 57 (20.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 53 (18.93%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (18.21%) Infrastructure as Code
5 49 (17.50%) High Availability
6 48 (17.14%) Cybersecurity
7 47 (16.79%) ITIL
8 40 (14.29%) CI/CD
8 40 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
9 39 (13.93%) DevOps
10 38 (13.57%) Zero Trust
11 37 (13.21%) Key Management
12 34 (12.14%) Agile
12 34 (12.14%) Cryptography
12 34 (12.14%) Stakeholder Management
13 33 (11.79%) Change Management
14 32 (11.43%) DevSecOps
15 31 (11.07%) Platform Engineering
16 30 (10.71%) Mentoring
17 29 (10.36%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 72 (25.71%) PowerShell
2 57 (20.36%) Python
3 30 (10.71%) Bash
4 14 (5.00%) SQL
5 11 (3.93%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.14%) Java
7 3 (1.07%) C#
7 3 (1.07%) Go
7 3 (1.07%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.36%) Bicep
8 1 (0.36%) C++
8 1 (0.36%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 152 (54.29%) Security Cleared
2 98 (35.00%) DV Cleared
3 60 (21.43%) SC Cleared
4 30 (10.71%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (7.50%) Degree
6 18 (6.43%) CCNP
7 15 (5.36%) CISSP
8 12 (4.29%) Azure Certification
8 12 (4.29%) VCAP
9 10 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (3.21%) AWS Certification
11 7 (2.50%) CISM
12 6 (2.14%) GIAC
12 6 (2.14%) JNCIP
12 6 (2.14%) JNCIS
12 6 (2.14%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (1.79%) ISTQB
13 5 (1.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 4 (1.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (11.07%) NIST
2 22 (7.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (5.36%) NCSC
4 6 (2.14%) GRC
4 6 (2.14%) JSP 440
5 5 (1.79%) QA
6 4 (1.43%) GDPR
6 4 (1.43%) SLA
7 3 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
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%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.71%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.36%) PSD2
System Software
1 123 (43.93%) Active Directory
2 63 (22.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (13.21%) Docker
4 31 (11.07%) VMware NSX
5 29 (10.36%) Hyper-V
6 16 (5.71%) vSphere
7 10 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (2.86%) BitLocker
9 7 (2.50%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (1.43%) Firmware
11 4 (1.43%) NFS
11 4 (1.43%) Terminal Services
11 4 (1.43%) 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%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
14 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 61 (21.79%) Kubernetes
2 55 (19.64%) Ansible
3 23 (8.21%) vCenter Server
4 17 (6.07%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (6.07%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (5.00%) VxRail
6 13 (4.64%) Avamar
6 13 (4.64%) SCOM
7 11 (3.93%) Puppet
8 10 (3.57%) FortiGate
9 7 (2.50%) Istio
9 7 (2.50%) vMotion
10 6 (2.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (2.14%) CA Single Sign-On
10 6 (2.14%) Grafana
10 6 (2.14%) Kibana
10 6 (2.14%) Prometheus
10 6 (2.14%) WSUS
11 5 (1.79%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (1.43%) systemd
Vendors
1 105 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 79 (28.21%) VMware
3 49 (17.50%) Cisco
4 29 (10.36%) Thales
5 26 (9.29%) ServiceNow
6 19 (6.79%) Juniper
7 17 (6.07%) Citrix
7 17 (6.07%) SolarWinds
7 17 (6.07%) Splunk
8 14 (5.00%) Dell
8 14 (5.00%) F5
9 12 (4.29%) CyberArk
9 12 (4.29%) Google
10 11 (3.93%) Palo Alto
11 10 (3.57%) BMC
11 10 (3.57%) Extreme Networks
11 10 (3.57%) Remedy
12 9 (3.21%) CheckPoint
13 8 (2.86%) NetApp
14 6 (2.14%) HP