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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 305 261
Rank change year-on-year -62 -44 +35
Contract jobs citing PKI 288 217 301
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.62% 0.78% 0.91%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.84% 2.17% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 172 203
10th Percentile £425 £350 £390
25th Percentile £463 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% +2.33% -7.17%
75th Percentile £648 £625 £608
90th Percentile £716 £693 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £540
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 4
10th Percentile £94.90 - -
25th Percentile £96.00 - -
Median hourly rate £97.41 - £23.80
75th Percentile £98.82 - £27.91
90th Percentile £100.00 - £35.32
UK median hourly rate £97.41 - £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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 15,653 10,005 10,138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.77% 35.96% 30.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,494 6,293 6,311
10th Percentile £325 £300 £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 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £543
% change year-on-year +1.94% -5.07% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,023 500 434
10th Percentile £14.17 £15.50 £14.17
25th Percentile £18.00 £18.87 £22.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.95 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +13.83% -42.55% +25.00%
75th Percentile £69.13 £59.08 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £75.00 £75.16
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% -40.00% +13.84%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -61 85 £550 -5.98% 60
South East -14 83 £583 +1.30% 36
North of England -22 64 £525 +6.71% 29
North West -23 36 £525 +6.71% 13
South West -58 34 £648 +17.73% 34
Yorkshire -18 27 £565 -5.83% 12
East of England -16 9 £500 -4.76% 13
Midlands -75 9 £475 +18.75% 12
West Midlands -74 8 £475 +18.75% 3
East Midlands -17 1 £475 - 9
North East - 1 £426 - 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 14 (4.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (4.17%) Confluence
3 8 (2.78%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.04%) IIS
5 2 (0.69%) nginx
6 1 (0.35%) Apache
6 1 (0.35%) Traefik
Applications
1 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (3.47%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 100 (34.72%) Azure
2 76 (26.39%) AWS
3 49 (17.01%) Entra ID
4 34 (11.81%) GCP
5 13 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (4.51%) Power Platform
6 12 (4.17%) Azure Key Vault
7 11 (3.82%) IaaS
8 10 (3.47%) PaaS
9 9 (3.13%) OpenShift
10 7 (2.43%) GitHub
10 7 (2.43%) SaaS
11 6 (2.08%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (2.08%) AWS KMS
11 6 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.08%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 5 (1.74%) OCI
13 4 (1.39%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (1.39%) Rubrik
14 3 (1.04%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 93 (32.29%) DNS
2 73 (25.35%) DHCP
3 72 (25.00%) Firewall
4 42 (14.58%) VPN
5 33 (11.46%) TCP/IP
6 25 (8.68%) Network Security
6 25 (8.68%) SSL
7 18 (6.25%) LAN
8 17 (5.90%) IPsec
8 17 (5.90%) WAN
9 16 (5.56%) VLAN
9 16 (5.56%) VSAN
10 15 (5.21%) BGP
10 15 (5.21%) Wireless
11 13 (4.51%) Cisco ASA
11 13 (4.51%) Cisco Firepower
11 13 (4.51%) Cisco Nexus
11 13 (4.51%) OSPF
11 13 (4.51%) SSH
11 13 (4.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.94%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.17%) Power BI
3 7 (2.43%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (2.08%) MySQL
5 5 (1.74%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.39%) Db2
7 3 (1.04%) Big Data
7 3 (1.04%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.69%) Metadata
8 2 (0.69%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.35%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.35%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (4.86%) JIRA
2 12 (4.17%) Git
2 12 (4.17%) GitLab
3 9 (3.13%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.04%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.69%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.69%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.69%) Gatling
5 2 (0.69%) Gradle
5 2 (0.69%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.69%) MSI
5 2 (0.69%) REST Assured
5 2 (0.69%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.69%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.35%) Robot Framework
General
1 66 (22.92%) Social Skills
2 35 (12.15%) Finance
3 33 (11.46%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (9.03%) Public Sector
5 18 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (4.51%) Banking
7 7 (2.43%) Military
8 5 (1.74%) Police
9 4 (1.39%) Automotive
9 4 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.39%) Legal
10 3 (1.04%) Law
10 3 (1.04%) Retail
11 2 (0.69%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.69%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (0.69%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.69%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.35%) Local Government
12 1 (0.35%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 58 (20.14%) Senior
2 44 (15.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 36 (12.50%) Architect
4 25 (8.68%) Network Engineer
5 20 (6.94%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (6.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 18 (6.25%) Platform Engineer
7 18 (6.25%) Senior Network Engineer
8 15 (5.21%) Consultant
8 15 (5.21%) Storage Engineer
9 12 (4.17%) DevOps Engineer
9 12 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (3.13%) Active Directory Engineer
11 8 (2.78%) Linux Engineer
12 7 (2.43%) Analyst
12 7 (2.43%) Cloud Engineer
12 7 (2.43%) Lead
12 7 (2.43%) Principal Engineer
12 7 (2.43%) VMware Engineer
13 6 (2.08%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (18.40%) Terraform
2 23 (7.99%) 802.1X
2 23 (7.99%) OpenID
3 21 (7.29%) SAML
4 18 (6.25%) LDAP
5 16 (5.56%) OAuth
6 14 (4.86%) REST
7 10 (3.47%) OAuth2
8 9 (3.13%) Kafka
9 8 (2.78%) Keycloak
10 6 (2.08%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (1.74%) Middleware
11 5 (1.74%) SailPoint
12 4 (1.39%) FIDO
13 3 (1.04%) eBPF
13 3 (1.04%) Loki
13 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Graph
13 3 (1.04%) SPIFFE
13 3 (1.04%) WebAuthn
14 2 (0.69%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.46%) Data Centre
2 31 (10.76%) Clustering
3 16 (5.56%) Public Cloud
4 14 (4.86%) Cloud Native
5 12 (4.17%) Linux Command Line
6 11 (3.82%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.82%) Onboarding
7 10 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (3.47%) Security Posture
8 9 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.78%) Enterprise Storage
9 8 (2.78%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (2.08%) Replication
10 6 (2.08%) Smartcard
11 5 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.74%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.74%) SCADA
12 4 (1.39%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 142 (49.31%) Windows
2 97 (33.68%) Linux
3 77 (26.74%) Windows Server
4 12 (4.17%) Unix
5 11 (3.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (3.82%) Ubuntu
6 8 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (2.43%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (2.08%) Debian
9 5 (1.74%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.04%) Android
10 3 (1.04%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.04%) CentOS
10 3 (1.04%) Data ONTAP
10 3 (1.04%) Mac OS
10 3 (1.04%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.69%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (21.88%) Identity Access Management
2 58 (20.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 54 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
3 54 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (18.06%) Infrastructure as Code
5 48 (16.67%) ITIL
6 45 (15.63%) High Availability
7 43 (14.93%) Technical Leadership
8 42 (14.58%) CI/CD
8 42 (14.58%) DevOps
8 42 (14.58%) Zero Trust
9 41 (14.24%) Key Management
10 40 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
11 36 (12.50%) Change Management
12 35 (12.15%) Agile
13 32 (11.11%) Cryptography
13 32 (11.11%) DevSecOps
13 32 (11.11%) Secrets Management
14 31 (10.76%) Mentoring
15 30 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 77 (26.74%) PowerShell
2 61 (21.18%) Python
3 33 (11.46%) Bash
4 16 (5.56%) SQL
5 11 (3.82%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.08%) Go
6 6 (2.08%) Java
7 2 (0.69%) C#
7 2 (0.69%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.35%) Bicep
8 1 (0.35%) C++
8 1 (0.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 160 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 101 (35.07%) DV Cleared
3 68 (23.61%) SC Cleared
4 25 (8.68%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (6.94%) Degree
6 18 (6.25%) CCNP
7 16 (5.56%) CISSP
8 14 (4.86%) Azure Certification
9 12 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (4.17%) VCAP
10 10 (3.47%) AWS Certification
11 8 (2.78%) CISM
12 6 (2.08%) GIAC
13 5 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (1.74%) ISTQB
13 5 (1.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (1.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (1.74%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.74%) MCSE
14 4 (1.39%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (12.50%) NIST
2 27 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (6.94%) NCSC
4 8 (2.78%) JSP 440
5 7 (2.43%) GRC
6 4 (1.39%) GDPR
6 4 (1.39%) SLA
6 4 (1.39%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (1.04%) QA
8 2 (0.69%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.69%) ISA99
8 2 (0.69%) ITGC
8 2 (0.69%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.69%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.35%) PSD2
System Software
1 135 (46.88%) Active Directory
2 67 (23.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (12.85%) Docker
4 31 (10.76%) VMware NSX
5 29 (10.07%) Hyper-V
6 16 (5.56%) vSphere
7 12 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (2.43%) BitLocker
9 6 (2.08%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (1.39%) NFS
10 4 (1.39%) Terminal Services
10 4 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (1.04%) OpenAM
11 3 (1.04%) OpenSSH
11 3 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.69%) Firmware
12 2 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.69%) XenApp
12 2 (0.69%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.35%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Systems Management
1 61 (21.18%) Kubernetes
2 53 (18.40%) Ansible
3 22 (7.64%) vCenter Server
4 20 (6.94%) Single Sign-On
5 18 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (5.90%) VxRail
7 14 (4.86%) SCOM
8 13 (4.51%) Avamar
9 9 (3.13%) Puppet
10 8 (2.78%) Grafana
10 8 (2.78%) Istio
10 8 (2.78%) Prometheus
10 8 (2.78%) WSUS
11 6 (2.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (2.08%) CA Single Sign-On
11 6 (2.08%) Kibana
11 6 (2.08%) vMotion
12 5 (1.74%) Failover Clustering
12 5 (1.74%) SCCM
13 4 (1.39%) WMI
Vendors
1 117 (40.63%) Microsoft
2 83 (28.82%) VMware
3 45 (15.63%) Cisco
4 28 (9.72%) Thales
5 26 (9.03%) ServiceNow
6 17 (5.90%) Dell
7 16 (5.56%) Citrix
8 14 (4.86%) CyberArk
8 14 (4.86%) Google
9 13 (4.51%) Juniper
10 11 (3.82%) Palo Alto
10 11 (3.82%) SolarWinds
11 10 (3.47%) BMC
11 10 (3.47%) Remedy
12 9 (3.13%) CheckPoint
12 9 (3.13%) Fortinet
12 9 (3.13%) Splunk
13 8 (2.78%) F5
13 8 (2.78%) NetApp
14 6 (2.08%) HP