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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 333 292 182
Rank change year-on-year -41 -110 +130
Contract jobs citing PKI 253 190 483
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.63% 0.78% 1.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.95% 2.28% 4.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 149 335
10th Percentile £413 £413 £363
25th Percentile £488 £500 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £561 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.39% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £716 £638 £638
90th Percentile £838 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 4
10th Percentile £61.41 - -
25th Percentile £70.50 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £79.50 - £31.15
75th Percentile £96.25 - £47.06
90th Percentile £101.65 - £59.33
UK median hourly rate £79.50 - £31.15
% change year-on-year - - -47.65%

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 13,005 8,348 11,524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.55% 34.12% 30.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,252 5,465 7,530
10th Percentile £305 £300 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.93% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 664 325 825
10th Percentile £16.03 £16.49 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.25 £21.25 £15.17
Median hourly rate £45.46 £34.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.71% +13.33% +33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £86.00 £83.76 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £29.50
% change year-on-year +39.88% +10.17% +31.11%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 -6 100 £600 +4.35% 14
London -43 85 £605 +12.66% 10
North of England -62 23 £482 -27.25% 2
South West -57 19 £556 -3.26% 1
West Midlands -60 15 £450 +5.88%
Midlands -60 15 £450 +5.88% 4
North West -30 13 £417 -15.93%
Yorkshire -56 10 £482 -33.52% 2
East of England -31 6 £475 -9.52% 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 14 (5.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.98%) Confluence
3 3 (1.19%) IIS
3 3 (1.19%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.40%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.40%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (2.77%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.40%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 59 (23.32%) Azure
2 48 (18.97%) AWS
3 29 (11.46%) IaaS
4 23 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (8.30%) Entra ID
6 11 (4.35%) Power Platform
7 10 (3.95%) PaaS
8 9 (3.56%) GCP
8 9 (3.56%) OpenShift
9 8 (3.16%) SaaS
10 5 (1.98%) AWS KMS
11 4 (1.58%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.58%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (1.58%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.19%) Amazon EKS
13 2 (0.79%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.79%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 1 (0.40%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 66 (26.09%) DNS
1 66 (26.09%) Firewall
2 47 (18.58%) DHCP
3 40 (15.81%) BGP
4 34 (13.44%) WAN
5 29 (11.46%) LAN
5 29 (11.46%) OSPF
5 29 (11.46%) VPN
6 28 (11.07%) Cisco ISE
7 27 (10.67%) Junos
7 27 (10.67%) Network Security
8 26 (10.28%) Ethernet VPN
8 26 (10.28%) VXLAN
9 25 (9.88%) BIG-IP
10 20 (7.91%) SSL
11 11 (4.35%) MPLS
11 11 (4.35%) TCP/IP
12 10 (3.95%) Cisco IOS
13 8 (3.16%) IPsec
13 8 (3.16%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.56%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.16%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (2.77%) Power BI
4 2 (0.79%) Metadata
5 1 (0.40%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.40%) MySQL
5 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (4.35%) JIRA
2 6 (2.37%) Robot Framework
3 5 (1.98%) GitLab
4 4 (1.58%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.79%) Git
5 2 (0.79%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.40%) JUnit
6 1 (0.40%) MSI
General
1 32 (12.65%) Analytical Skills
2 23 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 21 (8.30%) Public Sector
4 17 (6.72%) Finance
5 6 (2.37%) Military
6 5 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.19%) Banking
7 3 (1.19%) Retail
8 2 (0.79%) Legal
8 2 (0.79%) Local Government
9 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.40%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 72 (28.46%) Architect
2 37 (14.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 37 (14.62%) Senior
3 22 (8.70%) Network Engineer
4 17 (6.72%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 14 (5.53%) Firewall Specialist
5 14 (5.53%) Network Specialist
6 13 (5.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (3.95%) Senior Architect
7 10 (3.95%) Senior Network Engineer
8 9 (3.56%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (3.56%) Security Engineer
8 9 (3.56%) Support Engineer
9 8 (3.16%) Administrator
10 7 (2.77%) NetApp Engineer
10 7 (2.77%) Storage Engineer
11 6 (2.37%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
11 6 (2.37%) ITSM Architect
11 6 (2.37%) Wintel Administrator
11 6 (2.37%) Wintel Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (12.65%) 802.1X
1 32 (12.65%) REST
2 25 (9.88%) JSON
3 14 (5.53%) OpenID
4 13 (5.14%) LDAP
4 13 (5.14%) SAML
5 9 (3.56%) OAuth
6 7 (2.77%) OAuth2
7 3 (1.19%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.79%) CSS
8 2 (0.79%) eBPF
8 2 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.79%) HTML
8 2 (0.79%) Loki
8 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.79%) SPIFFE
8 2 (0.79%) Web Services
9 1 (0.40%) EJB
9 1 (0.40%) Keycloak
9 1 (0.40%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 40 (15.81%) Clustering
2 27 (10.67%) Data Centre
3 22 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (3.95%) Enterprise Storage
5 9 (3.56%) Public Cloud
6 8 (3.16%) Algorithms
7 7 (2.77%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.77%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.37%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.98%) Fat Client
9 5 (1.98%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.98%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.98%) Smartcard
9 5 (1.98%) Thin Client
10 4 (1.58%) Cloud Native
11 3 (1.19%) Replication
12 2 (0.79%) CESG
12 2 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.79%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 95 (37.55%) Windows
2 48 (18.97%) Linux
3 44 (17.39%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.56%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (2.77%) Ubuntu
5 7 (2.77%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (1.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.98%) Windows 7
7 4 (1.58%) CentOS
7 4 (1.58%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.79%) Debian
9 2 (0.79%) VMS
9 2 (0.79%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.40%) Android
10 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.40%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.40%) Solaris
10 1 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (26.48%) Agile
2 50 (19.76%) Key Management
3 49 (19.37%) Identity Access Management
4 43 (17.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 37 (14.62%) High Availability
6 33 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
6 33 (13.04%) ITIL
7 32 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (12.25%) Observability
9 30 (11.86%) CI/CD
9 30 (11.86%) Load Balancing
10 28 (11.07%) Change Management
11 26 (10.28%) Configuration Management
12 25 (9.88%) DevOps
13 24 (9.49%) Migration
13 24 (9.49%) Zero Trust
14 22 (8.70%) ITSM
15 21 (8.30%) Cryptography
15 21 (8.30%) Service Management
16 19 (7.51%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 68 (26.88%) PowerShell
2 32 (12.65%) Python
3 15 (5.93%) SQL
4 12 (4.74%) Bash
5 9 (3.56%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.37%) C#
7 4 (1.58%) PHP
8 3 (1.19%) Go
9 2 (0.79%) Java
10 1 (0.40%) C++
10 1 (0.40%) Perl
10 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 175 (69.17%) Security Cleared
2 96 (37.94%) DV Cleared
3 71 (28.06%) SC Cleared
4 30 (11.86%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (7.11%) Degree
6 16 (6.32%) CISSP
7 15 (5.93%) CISM
8 8 (3.16%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (3.16%) GIAC
8 8 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (2.77%) CCNP
9 7 (2.77%) JNCIA
9 7 (2.77%) JNCIP
9 7 (2.77%) JNCIS
10 5 (1.98%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.98%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.98%) CCNA
10 5 (1.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (1.58%) APMG
11 4 (1.58%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.09%) NIST
2 17 (6.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (5.14%) NCSC
4 9 (3.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.37%) GDPR
6 5 (1.98%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.58%) QA
8 3 (1.19%) RMADS
8 3 (1.19%) SLA
9 2 (0.79%) ISA99
9 2 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.79%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.40%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 74 (29.25%) Active Directory
2 44 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (6.72%) VMware ESXi
4 16 (6.32%) Docker
5 15 (5.93%) Hyper-V
6 14 (5.53%) VMware NSX
7 10 (3.95%) BitLocker
8 8 (3.16%) Microsoft App-V
9 7 (2.77%) Firmware
10 3 (1.19%) vSphere
10 3 (1.19%) XenApp
11 2 (0.79%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 2 (0.79%) KVM
11 2 (0.79%) OpenSSH
11 2 (0.79%) Sendmail
11 2 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.79%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.40%) Squid
12 1 (0.40%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 32 (12.65%) Ansible
2 31 (12.25%) Kubernetes
3 28 (11.07%) Terraform
4 23 (9.09%) FortiGate
5 22 (8.70%) vCenter Server
6 11 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (3.56%) Puppet
8 8 (3.16%) Prometheus
8 8 (3.16%) vMotion
9 7 (2.77%) Grafana
10 6 (2.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (2.37%) SCCM
10 6 (2.37%) SCOM
11 5 (1.98%) WMI
11 5 (1.98%) WSUS
12 3 (1.19%) CA Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.79%) Cilium
13 2 (0.79%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.79%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 71 (28.06%) Microsoft
2 63 (24.90%) VMware
3 53 (20.95%) Cisco
4 35 (13.83%) Splunk
5 34 (13.44%) Juniper
6 29 (11.46%) SolarWinds
7 28 (11.07%) F5
8 22 (8.70%) Extreme Networks
9 16 (6.32%) Citrix
10 15 (5.93%) ServiceNow
11 12 (4.74%) Palo Alto
12 10 (3.95%) NetApp
13 8 (3.16%) ForeScout
13 8 (3.16%) Thales
14 7 (2.77%) Aruba
14 7 (2.77%) BMC
14 7 (2.77%) Broadcom
14 7 (2.77%) Remedy
15 6 (2.37%) Netskope
16 4 (1.58%) CyberArk