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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 313 227
Rank change year-on-year -40 -86 +84
Contract jobs citing PKI 279 206 356
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 0.75% 1.07%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.82% 2.09% 3.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 163 247
10th Percentile £418 £358 £363
25th Percentile £466 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £650 £632 £608
90th Percentile £738 £693 £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 15,334 9,866 10,202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.54% 35.75% 30.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,357 6,236 6,512
10th Percentile £325 £302 £300
25th Percentile £425 £406 £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 951 496 505
10th Percentile £14.81 £15.48 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.87 £19.83
Median hourly rate £40.00 £32.83 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.84% -34.34% +9.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.31 £70.00
90th Percentile £84.00 £78.10 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.98 £30.00 £44.52
% change year-on-year +36.60% -32.61% +1.66%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -4 90 £590 +2.61% 27
London -55 83 £550 -7.17% 80
North of England -25 58 £519 +5.49% 20
North West -22 35 £525 +6.71% 9
South West -64 28 £683 +24.23% 30
Yorkshire -27 23 £500 -16.67% 11
Midlands -74 9 £475 +18.75% 10
East of England -18 8 £500 -4.76% 8
West Midlands -70 8 £475 +18.75% 6
East Midlands -15 1 £475 - 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 12 (4.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.94%) Confluence
3 8 (2.87%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.08%) 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 (3.58%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 98 (35.13%) Azure
2 75 (26.88%) AWS
3 41 (14.70%) Entra ID
4 31 (11.11%) GCP
5 16 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (4.66%) Power Platform
7 12 (4.30%) Azure Key Vault
7 12 (4.30%) IaaS
8 11 (3.94%) PaaS
9 10 (3.58%) OpenShift
10 7 (2.51%) SaaS
11 6 (2.15%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (2.15%) AWS KMS
11 6 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.15%) GitHub
12 5 (1.79%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 4 (1.43%) OCI
14 3 (1.08%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 94 (33.69%) DNS
2 75 (26.88%) DHCP
2 75 (26.88%) Firewall
3 40 (14.34%) VPN
4 32 (11.47%) TCP/IP
5 25 (8.96%) SSL
6 23 (8.24%) Network Security
7 22 (7.89%) LAN
8 21 (7.53%) WAN
9 19 (6.81%) BGP
10 17 (6.09%) IPsec
10 17 (6.09%) OSPF
11 16 (5.73%) VLAN
11 16 (5.73%) VSAN
12 15 (5.38%) Wireless
13 13 (4.66%) Cisco ASA
13 13 (4.66%) Cisco Firepower
13 13 (4.66%) SSH
14 12 (4.30%) Cisco Nexus
14 12 (4.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.17%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.30%) Power BI
3 8 (2.87%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (2.15%) MySQL
6 4 (1.43%) Db2
6 4 (1.43%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.08%) Big Data
7 3 (1.08%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.72%) Metadata
8 2 (0.72%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.36%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.36%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (4.66%) Git
1 13 (4.66%) JIRA
2 10 (3.58%) GitLab
3 7 (2.51%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.72%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.72%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.72%) Gatling
5 2 (0.72%) Gradle
5 2 (0.72%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.72%) MSI
5 2 (0.72%) REST Assured
5 2 (0.72%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.72%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.72%) Terragrunt
General
1 54 (19.35%) Social Skills
2 36 (12.90%) Finance
3 27 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (8.60%) Public Sector
5 14 (5.02%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (4.66%) 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 (1.08%) Military
9 3 (1.08%) Retail
10 2 (0.72%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.72%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (0.72%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.72%) Law
10 2 (0.72%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.36%) Local Government
11 1 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 58 (20.79%) Senior
2 47 (16.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 26 (9.32%) Architect
3 26 (9.32%) Network Engineer
4 21 (7.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 20 (7.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 19 (6.81%) Senior Network Engineer
7 18 (6.45%) Platform Engineer
8 16 (5.73%) Storage Engineer
9 14 (5.02%) Consultant
10 11 (3.94%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.23%) Lead
12 8 (2.87%) Active Directory Engineer
12 8 (2.87%) Linux Engineer
12 8 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
13 7 (2.51%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (2.51%) Analyst
13 7 (2.51%) Firewall Specialist
13 7 (2.51%) Network Specialist
13 7 (2.51%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (19.35%) Terraform
2 24 (8.60%) 802.1X
3 21 (7.53%) OpenID
4 18 (6.45%) LDAP
4 18 (6.45%) SAML
5 14 (5.02%) OAuth
6 12 (4.30%) REST
7 8 (2.87%) OAuth2
8 7 (2.51%) Kafka
9 6 (2.15%) Keycloak
9 6 (2.15%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (1.79%) Middleware
11 3 (1.08%) JSON
11 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Graph
11 3 (1.08%) SailPoint
11 3 (1.08%) SPIFFE
12 2 (0.72%) .NET Core
12 2 (0.72%) Apache NiFi
12 2 (0.72%) Blazor
12 2 (0.72%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 38 (13.62%) Data Centre
2 35 (12.54%) Clustering
3 16 (5.73%) Public Cloud
4 15 (5.38%) Cloud Native
5 12 (4.30%) Linux Command Line
6 11 (3.94%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.94%) Onboarding
7 9 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (2.87%) Enterprise Storage
8 8 (2.87%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.87%) Security Posture
8 8 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.79%) Replication
10 5 (1.79%) Robotics
10 5 (1.79%) Smartcard
11 4 (1.43%) Mainframe
11 4 (1.43%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 141 (50.54%) Windows
2 94 (33.69%) Linux
3 74 (26.52%) Windows Server
4 12 (4.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (3.94%) Ubuntu
5 11 (3.94%) Unix
6 7 (2.51%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (2.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (2.15%) Debian
8 5 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.43%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (1.08%) Android
10 3 (1.08%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.08%) CentOS
10 3 (1.08%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.72%) Data ONTAP
11 2 (0.72%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (22.94%) Identity Access Management
2 57 (20.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 52 (18.64%) Infrastructure as Code
3 52 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (17.20%) Cybersecurity
5 47 (16.85%) High Availability
6 46 (16.49%) ITIL
7 41 (14.70%) CI/CD
8 40 (14.34%) DevOps
8 40 (14.34%) Technical Leadership
9 38 (13.62%) Zero Trust
10 37 (13.26%) Key Management
11 34 (12.19%) Agile
11 34 (12.19%) Cryptography
11 34 (12.19%) Stakeholder Management
12 33 (11.83%) Change Management
13 32 (11.47%) DevSecOps
14 31 (11.11%) Platform Engineering
15 30 (10.75%) Mentoring
16 29 (10.39%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 72 (25.81%) PowerShell
2 58 (20.79%) Python
3 31 (11.11%) Bash
4 14 (5.02%) SQL
5 11 (3.94%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.15%) Java
7 4 (1.43%) Go
8 3 (1.08%) C#
8 3 (1.08%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.36%) Bicep
9 1 (0.36%) C++
9 1 (0.36%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 151 (54.12%) Security Cleared
2 98 (35.13%) DV Cleared
3 61 (21.86%) SC Cleared
4 28 (10.04%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (7.53%) Degree
6 18 (6.45%) CCNP
7 15 (5.38%) CISSP
8 12 (4.30%) Azure Certification
8 12 (4.30%) VCAP
9 10 (3.58%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (3.23%) AWS Certification
11 7 (2.51%) CISM
12 6 (2.15%) GIAC
12 6 (2.15%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (1.79%) ISTQB
13 5 (1.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (1.79%) JNCIP
13 5 (1.79%) JNCIS
14 4 (1.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (11.11%) NIST
2 22 (7.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (5.38%) NCSC
4 6 (2.15%) GRC
4 6 (2.15%) JSP 440
5 5 (1.79%) QA
6 4 (1.43%) GDPR
6 4 (1.43%) SLA
7 3 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.08%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.72%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.72%) ISA99
8 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.72%) ITGC
8 2 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.72%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.36%) PSD2
System Software
1 123 (44.09%) Active Directory
2 63 (22.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (13.62%) Docker
4 31 (11.11%) VMware NSX
5 29 (10.39%) Hyper-V
6 16 (5.73%) vSphere
7 10 (3.58%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (2.87%) BitLocker
9 7 (2.51%) 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 (1.08%) OpenAM
12 3 (1.08%) OpenSSH
13 2 (0.72%) XenApp
13 2 (0.72%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.36%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
14 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 62 (22.22%) Kubernetes
2 56 (20.07%) Ansible
3 23 (8.24%) vCenter Server
4 17 (6.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (6.09%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (5.02%) VxRail
6 13 (4.66%) Avamar
6 13 (4.66%) SCOM
7 11 (3.94%) Puppet
8 8 (2.87%) FortiGate
9 7 (2.51%) Grafana
9 7 (2.51%) Istio
9 7 (2.51%) Prometheus
9 7 (2.51%) vMotion
10 6 (2.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (2.15%) CA Single Sign-On
10 6 (2.15%) Kibana
10 6 (2.15%) WSUS
11 5 (1.79%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (1.43%) systemd
Vendors
1 105 (37.63%) Microsoft
2 79 (28.32%) VMware
3 47 (16.85%) Cisco
4 29 (10.39%) Thales
5 26 (9.32%) ServiceNow
6 17 (6.09%) Citrix
6 17 (6.09%) Juniper
7 15 (5.38%) SolarWinds
7 15 (5.38%) Splunk
8 14 (5.02%) Dell
9 13 (4.66%) Google
10 12 (4.30%) CyberArk
10 12 (4.30%) F5
11 11 (3.94%) Palo Alto
12 10 (3.58%) BMC
12 10 (3.58%) Remedy
13 9 (3.23%) CheckPoint
14 8 (2.87%) Extreme Networks
14 8 (2.87%) NetApp
15 6 (2.15%) HP