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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 384 316 198
Rank change year-on-year -68 -118 +110
Contract jobs citing PKI 253 191 455
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.57% 0.71% 1.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.71% 2.04% 3.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 153 321
10th Percentile £412 £358 £363
25th Percentile £463 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £645 £619 £608
90th Percentile £719 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -5.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile £53.08 - -
25th Percentile £70.67 - -
Median hourly rate £72.54 - £23.80
75th Percentile £100.00 - £27.91
90th Percentile - - £35.32
UK median hourly rate £72.54 - £23.80
% change year-on-year - - -63.38%

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 14,813 9,351 11,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.13% 34.66% 30.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,201 5,957 7,394
10th Percentile £313 £305 £284
25th Percentile £415 £408 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £825
UK median daily rate £522 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.62% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 796 450 818
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.14 £18.88 £15.45
Median hourly rate £43.96 £32.95 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.43% -12.15% +19.05%
75th Percentile £71.13 £60.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £87.73 £80.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £31.00 £36.02
% change year-on-year +41.81% -13.94% +30.99%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 9 July 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 +8 106 £590 +2.61% 31
London -58 74 £600 +4.35% 22
North of England -56 34 £425 -13.62% 10
North West -28 23 £418 -15.14% 6
South West -63 19 £540 -6.09% 47
Midlands -67 12 £450 +17.65% 8
West Midlands -71 11 £450 +17.65% 5
Yorkshire - 11 £500 - 4
East of England -23 4 £400 -23.81% 2
East Midlands -13 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 10 (3.95%) Confluence
2 9 (3.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.56%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.19%) IIS
4 1 (0.40%) Apache
4 1 (0.40%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (4.35%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.40%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 78 (30.83%) Azure
2 63 (24.90%) AWS
3 35 (13.83%) Entra ID
4 19 (7.51%) GCP
5 15 (5.93%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (5.53%) Power Platform
7 12 (4.74%) IaaS
8 11 (4.35%) PaaS
9 9 (3.56%) OpenShift
10 8 (3.16%) Azure Key Vault
11 6 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.37%) SaaS
12 5 (1.98%) AWS KMS
13 3 (1.19%) Amazon EKS
13 3 (1.19%) GitHub
14 2 (0.79%) Azure Monitor
14 2 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (0.79%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 2 (0.79%) OneDrive
14 2 (0.79%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 79 (31.23%) DNS
2 66 (26.09%) Firewall
3 61 (24.11%) DHCP
4 39 (15.42%) BGP
5 37 (14.62%) WAN
6 35 (13.83%) VPN
7 33 (13.04%) LAN
8 30 (11.86%) OSPF
9 25 (9.88%) Ethernet VPN
9 25 (9.88%) VXLAN
10 24 (9.49%) BIG-IP
11 23 (9.09%) Junos
12 22 (8.70%) Cisco ISE
12 22 (8.70%) Network Security
13 19 (7.51%) SSL
14 12 (4.74%) Cisco ASA
14 12 (4.74%) IPsec
14 12 (4.74%) TCP/IP
15 11 (4.35%) MPLS
15 11 (4.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.11%) SQL Server
2 13 (5.14%) Power BI
3 10 (3.95%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.19%) Big Data
6 3 (1.19%) Db2
6 3 (1.19%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.19%) MySQL
6 3 (1.19%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.79%) Metadata
8 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (5.14%) JIRA
2 6 (2.37%) Git
2 6 (2.37%) GitLab
3 5 (1.98%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.58%) Robot Framework
4 4 (1.58%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.79%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.79%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.79%) Gatling
5 2 (0.79%) Gradle
5 2 (0.79%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.79%) MSI
5 2 (0.79%) REST Assured
5 2 (0.79%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.79%) Terragrunt
General
1 38 (15.02%) Social Skills
2 27 (10.67%) Finance
2 27 (10.67%) Public Sector
3 12 (4.74%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (2.77%) Banking
6 5 (1.98%) Military
7 4 (1.58%) Legal
8 3 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.19%) Retail
9 2 (0.79%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.79%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.79%) Police
9 2 (0.79%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.40%) Back Office
10 1 (0.40%) Law
10 1 (0.40%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 49 (19.37%) Senior
2 44 (17.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 31 (12.25%) Architect
4 24 (9.49%) Network Engineer
5 19 (7.51%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 15 (5.93%) Storage Engineer
7 14 (5.53%) Firewall Specialist
7 14 (5.53%) Network Specialist
7 14 (5.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (5.53%) Senior Network Engineer
8 13 (5.14%) Lead
9 10 (3.95%) DevOps Engineer
9 10 (3.95%) Senior Architect
10 9 (3.56%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (3.56%) Security Engineer
11 8 (3.16%) Analyst
11 8 (3.16%) Linux Engineer
12 7 (2.77%) Consultant
13 6 (2.37%) ITSM Architect
13 6 (2.37%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (12.65%) 802.1X
2 19 (7.51%) LDAP
3 17 (6.72%) OpenID
4 15 (5.93%) SAML
5 13 (5.14%) REST
6 11 (4.35%) OAuth
7 6 (2.37%) OAuth2
7 6 (2.37%) RabbitMQ
8 5 (1.98%) SailPoint
9 3 (1.19%) JSON
9 3 (1.19%) Kafka
9 3 (1.19%) Keycloak
9 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Graph
9 3 (1.19%) Middleware
9 3 (1.19%) SPIFFE
10 2 (0.79%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.79%) Blazor
10 2 (0.79%) FIDO
10 2 (0.79%) Loki
10 2 (0.79%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 48 (18.97%) Clustering
2 37 (14.62%) Data Centre
3 9 (3.56%) Enterprise Storage
4 8 (3.16%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (3.16%) Linux Command Line
4 8 (3.16%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.77%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.77%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.77%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (2.37%) Security Posture
6 6 (2.37%) Smartcard
7 5 (1.98%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.58%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.58%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.58%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.58%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 132 (52.17%) Windows
2 73 (28.85%) Linux
3 66 (26.09%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (3.56%) Ubuntu
4 9 (3.56%) Unix
5 6 (2.37%) Debian
5 6 (2.37%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (2.37%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.58%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (1.58%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.19%) Android
7 3 (1.19%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.19%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.79%) CentOS
8 2 (0.79%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.40%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.40%) VMS
9 1 (0.40%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (24.51%) Identity Access Management
2 48 (18.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 47 (18.58%) ITIL
4 44 (17.39%) High Availability
5 43 (17.00%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (15.81%) Cybersecurity
7 38 (15.02%) Agile
8 35 (13.83%) Zero Trust
9 34 (13.44%) DevOps
10 32 (12.65%) Observability
11 30 (11.86%) ITSM
11 30 (11.86%) Load Balancing
12 28 (11.07%) Cryptography
12 28 (11.07%) Service Management
13 27 (10.67%) Key Management
14 26 (10.28%) CI/CD
14 26 (10.28%) Infrastructure as Code
15 24 (9.49%) Project Delivery
16 22 (8.70%) Change Management
17 20 (7.91%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 60 (23.72%) PowerShell
2 46 (18.18%) Python
3 14 (5.53%) SQL
4 12 (4.74%) Bash
4 12 (4.74%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.37%) C#
6 5 (1.98%) Java
7 4 (1.58%) PHP
8 3 (1.19%) Go
9 2 (0.79%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.40%) C++
Qualifications
1 143 (56.52%) Security Cleared
2 94 (37.15%) DV Cleared
3 53 (20.95%) SC Cleared
4 32 (12.65%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (7.91%) Degree
6 13 (5.14%) CISSP
7 10 (3.95%) Azure Certification
7 10 (3.95%) CCNP
8 9 (3.56%) GIAC
9 8 (3.16%) CISM
9 8 (3.16%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (2.77%) JNCIA
10 7 (2.77%) JNCIP
10 7 (2.77%) JNCIS
11 5 (1.98%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.98%) SSCP
12 4 (1.58%) APMG
12 4 (1.58%) CCNA
12 4 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (12.65%) NIST
2 22 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (5.53%) NCSC
4 9 (3.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.37%) QA
6 4 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.58%) GDPR
7 3 (1.19%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.79%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.79%) ISA99
8 2 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.79%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.79%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.79%) RMADS
8 2 (0.79%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.40%) GRC
9 1 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 90 (35.57%) Active Directory
2 52 (20.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (11.86%) Docker
4 22 (8.70%) Hyper-V
5 21 (8.30%) VMware NSX
6 17 (6.72%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (3.95%) BitLocker
8 9 (3.56%) Microsoft App-V
9 5 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.58%) Firmware
10 4 (1.58%) Terminal Services
10 4 (1.58%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (1.58%) vSphere
11 3 (1.19%) NFS
11 3 (1.19%) OpenAM
11 3 (1.19%) OpenSSH
12 2 (0.79%) KVM
12 2 (0.79%) XenApp
12 2 (0.79%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 42 (16.60%) Ansible
2 40 (15.81%) Kubernetes
3 33 (13.04%) Terraform
4 28 (11.07%) vCenter Server
5 23 (9.09%) FortiGate
6 14 (5.53%) SCOM
7 13 (5.14%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (4.74%) Puppet
9 11 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
10 10 (3.95%) Avamar
11 9 (3.56%) vMotion
12 7 (2.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 7 (2.77%) Prometheus
13 6 (2.37%) CA Single Sign-On
13 6 (2.37%) Grafana
13 6 (2.37%) Kibana
14 5 (1.98%) Failover Clustering
14 5 (1.98%) SCCM
14 5 (1.98%) WMI
14 5 (1.98%) WSUS
Vendors
1 84 (33.20%) Microsoft
2 71 (28.06%) VMware
3 56 (22.13%) Cisco
4 32 (12.65%) Splunk
5 30 (11.86%) Juniper
6 28 (11.07%) F5
7 27 (10.67%) SolarWinds
8 23 (9.09%) ServiceNow
9 22 (8.70%) Extreme Networks
10 19 (7.51%) Citrix
10 19 (7.51%) Thales
11 12 (4.74%) Dell
11 12 (4.74%) Palo Alto
12 11 (4.35%) BMC
12 11 (4.35%) Remedy
13 8 (3.16%) NetApp
14 7 (2.77%) Google
15 6 (2.37%) ForeScout
15 6 (2.37%) Fortinet
15 6 (2.37%) HP