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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 328 223
Rank change year-on-year +15 -105 +93
Contract jobs citing PKI 264 161 399
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.80% 0.61% 1.06%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.32% 1.85% 3.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 106 241
10th Percentile £400 £413 £400
25th Percentile £485 £478 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £694 £675 £675
90th Percentile £838 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £585
% change year-on-year -4.35% -1.71% -4.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile £74.80 - £46.38
25th Percentile £82.00 - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 - £55.00
75th Percentile £100.00 - £56.40
90th Percentile £103.30 - £63.06
UK median hourly rate £90.00 - £55.00

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 11,395 8,688 11,674
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.74% 32.84% 31.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,280 5,224 7,770
10th Percentile £280 £265 £255
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £666
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -3.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 553 243 674
10th Percentile £15.25 £18.51 £14.02
25th Percentile £18.50 £24.18 £17.72
Median hourly rate £30.11 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.72% +7.14% +55.66%
75th Percentile £63.32 £67.51 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.60 £83.20 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £28.11 £35.00 £34.61
% change year-on-year -19.69% +1.14% +53.90%

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 28 January 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 28 January 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 28 January 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 +38 99 £600 - 20
South East +14 67 £600 -0.41% 29
South West -45 37 £550 +0.18% 9
West Midlands -16 31 £400 -5.88% 1
Midlands -28 31 £400 -5.88% 2
North of England -54 17 £487 -32.83% 7
North West -22 9 £444 -8.97% 2
Yorkshire -47 8 £487 -32.83% 5
East of England - 3 £550 - 4
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 35 (13.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (5.30%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.65%) Confluence
3 7 (2.65%) IIS
4 6 (2.27%) Skype for Business
5 4 (1.52%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (0.76%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.38%) Apache
7 1 (0.38%) JBoss
7 1 (0.38%) nginx
Applications
1 16 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 42 (15.91%) Azure
2 39 (14.77%) AWS
3 29 (10.98%) IaaS
4 21 (7.95%) Entra ID
5 20 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (4.17%) GitHub
7 9 (3.41%) OpenShift
8 8 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (2.27%) GCP
9 6 (2.27%) PaaS
9 6 (2.27%) SaaS
9 6 (2.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (1.52%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (1.52%) AWS Fargate
10 4 (1.52%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.14%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.76%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (0.76%) AWS KMS
12 2 (0.76%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 51 (19.32%) Firewall
2 49 (18.56%) DNS
3 38 (14.39%) BGP
4 35 (13.26%) VPN
5 30 (11.36%) IPsec
6 29 (10.98%) Network Security
7 28 (10.61%) WAN
8 25 (9.47%) MPLS
9 23 (8.71%) DHCP
9 23 (8.71%) SSL
10 16 (6.06%) Skype
11 12 (4.55%) OSPF
12 10 (3.79%) TCP/IP
13 9 (3.41%) S/MIME
14 8 (3.03%) Cisco IOS
14 8 (3.03%) HTTPS
15 7 (2.65%) Junos
15 7 (2.65%) LAN
16 6 (2.27%) Cisco ISE
17 5 (1.89%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (1.52%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.38%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (0.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (4.55%) JIRA
2 10 (3.79%) GitLab
3 6 (2.27%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.52%) Robot Framework
4 4 (1.52%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (1.52%) Terragrunt
5 2 (0.76%) Git
6 1 (0.38%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.38%) JUnit
General
1 46 (17.42%) Analytical Skills
2 42 (15.91%) Social Skills
3 31 (11.74%) Public Sector
4 15 (5.68%) Finance
5 12 (4.55%) Military
6 4 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.14%) Banking
8 2 (0.76%) Legal
8 2 (0.76%) Local Government
9 1 (0.38%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 86 (32.58%) Architect
2 29 (10.98%) Senior
3 25 (9.47%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 25 (9.47%) Support Engineer
4 21 (7.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 19 (7.20%) 3rd Line Support
6 18 (6.82%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 17 (6.44%) Network Engineer
7 17 (6.44%) Wintel Engineer
8 16 (6.06%) Security Architect
9 14 (5.30%) Administrator
9 14 (5.30%) Platform Manager
9 14 (5.30%) Systems Administrator
9 14 (5.30%) Systems Manager
9 14 (5.30%) Wintel Administrator
9 14 (5.30%) Wintel Systems Administrator
10 10 (3.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 10 (3.79%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (3.41%) Platform Engineer
11 9 (3.41%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (11.36%) REST
2 27 (10.23%) JSON
3 14 (5.30%) OpenID
4 9 (3.41%) OAuth
4 9 (3.41%) OAuth2
4 9 (3.41%) SAML
5 7 (2.65%) LDAP
6 5 (1.89%) Kafka
7 4 (1.52%) AWS CDK
7 4 (1.52%) cloud-init
7 4 (1.52%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (1.52%) Keycloak
8 3 (1.14%) CSS
8 3 (1.14%) HTML
8 3 (1.14%) JDBC
8 3 (1.14%) SOAP
9 2 (0.76%) .NET
9 2 (0.76%) 802.1X
9 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (0.76%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.98%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (4.55%) Fat Client
2 12 (4.55%) Thin Client
3 9 (3.41%) Algorithms
3 9 (3.41%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.65%) Private Cloud
5 6 (2.27%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.89%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.89%) Smartcard
7 4 (1.52%) Clustering
7 4 (1.52%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.52%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.52%) Replication
7 4 (1.52%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.14%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.14%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (1.14%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.14%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.76%) CESG
9 2 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 87 (32.95%) Windows
2 45 (17.05%) Linux
3 42 (15.91%) Windows Server
4 13 (4.92%) Windows 10
5 11 (4.17%) Windows 7
6 8 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (2.65%) CentOS
8 6 (2.27%) Unix
9 5 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (1.89%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (1.52%) Ubuntu
11 3 (1.14%) VMS
11 3 (1.14%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.38%) Android
12 1 (0.38%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (29.17%) Agile
2 57 (21.59%) Key Management
3 35 (13.26%) Change Management
4 34 (12.88%) ITIL
5 29 (10.98%) CI/CD
6 28 (10.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 27 (10.23%) Configuration Management
8 26 (9.85%) DevOps
8 26 (9.85%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (9.47%) Identity Access Management
10 22 (8.33%) Incident Response
10 22 (8.33%) Platform Engineering
10 22 (8.33%) Service Management
10 22 (8.33%) SIEM
11 21 (7.95%) Cybersecurity
12 20 (7.58%) Containerisation
12 20 (7.58%) Information Security
12 20 (7.58%) Security Architecture
13 19 (7.20%) Cryptography
13 19 (7.20%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 64 (24.24%) PowerShell
2 42 (15.91%) Python
3 19 (7.20%) SQL
4 17 (6.44%) Bash
5 6 (2.27%) C++
5 6 (2.27%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.27%) Perl
6 5 (1.89%) Java
6 5 (1.89%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.52%) Go
8 1 (0.38%) C
8 1 (0.38%) C#
8 1 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 193 (73.11%) Security Cleared
2 98 (37.12%) SC Cleared
3 91 (34.47%) DV Cleared
4 29 (10.98%) Degree
5 22 (8.33%) CISSP
5 22 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (7.20%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (6.06%) CISM
8 14 (5.30%) CCNP
9 10 (3.79%) MCSE
10 8 (3.03%) Master's Degree
11 6 (2.27%) CCNA
11 6 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (2.27%) GIAC
11 6 (2.27%) IISP
11 6 (2.27%) ISACA
11 6 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (2.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (1.89%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.89%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.30%) NCSC
2 13 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (4.55%) NIST
4 9 (3.41%) PCI DSS
5 7 (2.65%) GDPR
6 4 (1.52%) RMADS
6 4 (1.52%) SLA
7 3 (1.14%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.76%) FIPS 140-2
8 2 (0.76%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.76%) SOC 1
9 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.38%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.38%) PSD2
9 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 81 (30.68%) Active Directory
2 42 (15.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (6.44%) Docker
4 12 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (4.17%) VMware NSX
6 10 (3.79%) Firmware
7 9 (3.41%) Hyper-V
7 9 (3.41%) vSphere
8 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (1.89%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (1.52%) BitLocker
9 4 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (1.14%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.76%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 2 (0.76%) Sendmail
12 1 (0.38%) NFS
12 1 (0.38%) Squid
12 1 (0.38%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 27 (10.23%) Ansible
2 25 (9.47%) Kubernetes
2 25 (9.47%) Terraform
3 22 (8.33%) vCenter Server
4 15 (5.68%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (4.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 12 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (4.55%) WSUS
7 11 (4.17%) SCCM
7 11 (4.17%) WMI
8 10 (3.79%) SCOM
9 5 (1.89%) Grafana
9 5 (1.89%) Prometheus
10 4 (1.52%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (1.52%) Packer
10 4 (1.52%) Podman
10 4 (1.52%) QRadar
11 3 (1.14%) FortiGate
11 3 (1.14%) OPNET
11 3 (1.14%) vMotion
Vendors
1 88 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 67 (25.38%) VMware
3 41 (15.53%) Cisco
4 34 (12.88%) Juniper
5 21 (7.95%) Splunk
6 15 (5.68%) SolarWinds
7 14 (5.30%) Veeam
8 10 (3.79%) Palo Alto
9 9 (3.41%) Thales
10 7 (2.65%) Broadcom
10 7 (2.65%) Citrix
10 7 (2.65%) Dell
11 6 (2.27%) Google
11 6 (2.27%) Okta
12 5 (1.89%) Aruba
12 5 (1.89%) Fortinet
12 5 (1.89%) Netskope
12 5 (1.89%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.89%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.89%) Zscaler