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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 309 205
Rank change year-on-year -66 -104 +118
Contract jobs citing PKI 235 177 446
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.54% 0.71% 1.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.65% 2.03% 3.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 141 314
10th Percentile £413 £354 £363
25th Percentile £463 £490 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £639 £625 £625
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £47.22 - -
25th Percentile £56.01 - -
Median hourly rate £71.33 - £23.80
75th Percentile £72.27 - £27.91
90th Percentile £72.43 - £35.32
UK median hourly rate £71.33 - £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 14,245 8,718 11,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.81% 34.73% 30.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,889 5,602 7,324
10th Percentile £313 £303 £276
25th Percentile £415 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.57%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £801
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 782 400 852
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.84 £12.16
25th Percentile £21.14 £20.45 £15.39
Median hourly rate £43.96 £33.89 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.73% -8.42% +64.54%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.24 £63.75
90th Percentile £86.23 £81.35 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £32.05 £36.00
% change year-on-year +32.61% -10.97% +60.11%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 25 June 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 -1 101 £590 +2.61% 20
London -58 70 £550 -3.72% 12
North of England -55 30 £425 -13.62% 11
North West -28 21 £422 -14.33% 6
South West -72 15 £538 -6.52% 8
Midlands -65 11 £450 +12.50% 2
West Midlands -63 10 £400 - 1
Yorkshire - 9 £565 - 4
East of England -26 4 £400 -23.81% 1
East Midlands -17 1 £475 - 1
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 9 (3.83%) Confluence
1 9 (3.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.40%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.28%) IIS
4 1 (0.43%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (4.26%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.43%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 72 (30.64%) Azure
2 55 (23.40%) AWS
3 34 (14.47%) Entra ID
4 19 (8.09%) GCP
5 13 (5.53%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (5.53%) Power Platform
6 10 (4.26%) IaaS
7 9 (3.83%) OpenShift
7 9 (3.83%) PaaS
8 7 (2.98%) Azure Key Vault
9 6 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.70%) AWS KMS
10 4 (1.70%) SaaS
11 3 (1.28%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (1.28%) GitHub
12 2 (0.85%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.85%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 2 (0.85%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.85%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 69 (29.36%) DNS
2 56 (23.83%) Firewall
3 53 (22.55%) DHCP
4 37 (15.74%) BGP
5 36 (15.32%) WAN
6 31 (13.19%) LAN
7 30 (12.77%) VPN
8 28 (11.91%) OSPF
9 25 (10.64%) Ethernet VPN
9 25 (10.64%) VXLAN
10 24 (10.21%) BIG-IP
10 24 (10.21%) Cisco ISE
10 24 (10.21%) Network Security
11 23 (9.79%) Junos
12 15 (6.38%) SSL
13 11 (4.68%) MPLS
14 10 (4.26%) Cisco ASA
15 9 (3.83%) IPsec
15 9 (3.83%) SMTP
15 9 (3.83%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.23%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.11%) Power BI
3 9 (3.83%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.28%) Big Data
6 3 (1.28%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.28%) MySQL
7 2 (0.85%) Metadata
7 2 (0.85%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.43%) Db2
8 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (5.11%) JIRA
2 6 (2.55%) Git
2 6 (2.55%) GitLab
3 5 (2.13%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.70%) Robot Framework
4 4 (1.70%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.85%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.85%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.85%) Gatling
5 2 (0.85%) Gradle
5 2 (0.85%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.85%) MSI
5 2 (0.85%) REST Assured
5 2 (0.85%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.85%) Terragrunt
General
1 30 (12.77%) Social Skills
2 25 (10.64%) Finance
3 22 (9.36%) Public Sector
4 10 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (3.83%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (2.98%) Banking
7 5 (2.13%) Military
8 3 (1.28%) Retail
9 2 (0.85%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.85%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.85%) Legal
9 2 (0.85%) Local Government
9 2 (0.85%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.43%) Back Office
10 1 (0.43%) Law
Job Titles
1 43 (18.30%) Senior
2 42 (17.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 27 (11.49%) Architect
4 22 (9.36%) Network Engineer
5 18 (7.66%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 14 (5.96%) Firewall Specialist
6 14 (5.96%) Network Specialist
7 13 (5.53%) Lead
7 13 (5.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (5.53%) Storage Engineer
8 12 (5.11%) Senior Network Engineer
9 10 (4.26%) Senior Architect
10 9 (3.83%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (3.83%) DevOps Engineer
10 9 (3.83%) Security Engineer
11 8 (3.40%) Analyst
11 8 (3.40%) Linux Engineer
12 7 (2.98%) Support Engineer
13 6 (2.55%) ITSM Architect
14 5 (2.13%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (14.47%) 802.1X
2 17 (7.23%) LDAP
2 17 (7.23%) OpenID
3 15 (6.38%) SAML
4 12 (5.11%) REST
5 11 (4.68%) OAuth
6 6 (2.55%) OAuth2
6 6 (2.55%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (1.70%) SailPoint
8 3 (1.28%) JSON
8 3 (1.28%) Kafka
8 3 (1.28%) Keycloak
8 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (1.28%) SPIFFE
9 2 (0.85%) .NET
9 2 (0.85%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.85%) Blazor
9 2 (0.85%) FIDO
9 2 (0.85%) Playwright
9 2 (0.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 47 (20.00%) Clustering
2 30 (12.77%) Data Centre
3 9 (3.83%) Enterprise Storage
4 8 (3.40%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (2.98%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.98%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.98%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.98%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.98%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.55%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.13%) Operational Technology
7 5 (2.13%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.70%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.70%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (1.70%) Fat Client
8 4 (1.70%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.70%) Smartcard
8 4 (1.70%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 120 (51.06%) Windows
2 67 (28.51%) Linux
3 60 (25.53%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (3.83%) Ubuntu
5 6 (2.55%) Debian
5 6 (2.55%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (2.13%) Unix
6 5 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.70%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.28%) Android
8 3 (1.28%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.28%) Mac OS
8 3 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.85%) CentOS
9 2 (0.85%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.43%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.43%) VMS
10 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (25.53%) Identity Access Management
2 46 (19.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 42 (17.87%) High Availability
3 42 (17.87%) ITIL
4 37 (15.74%) Agile
4 37 (15.74%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (14.47%) Cybersecurity
5 34 (14.47%) Zero Trust
6 33 (14.04%) DevOps
7 32 (13.62%) Observability
8 30 (12.77%) Load Balancing
9 27 (11.49%) ITSM
10 25 (10.64%) Service Management
11 24 (10.21%) Key Management
12 23 (9.79%) Project Delivery
13 22 (9.36%) CI/CD
13 22 (9.36%) Cryptography
14 21 (8.94%) Infrastructure as Code
14 21 (8.94%) RBAC
15 20 (8.51%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (23.40%) PowerShell
2 39 (16.60%) Python
3 13 (5.53%) SQL
4 11 (4.68%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.55%) Bash
5 6 (2.55%) C#
6 4 (1.70%) Java
6 4 (1.70%) PHP
7 3 (1.28%) Go
8 2 (0.85%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.43%) C++
Qualifications
1 135 (57.45%) Security Cleared
2 88 (37.45%) DV Cleared
3 49 (20.85%) SC Cleared
4 30 (12.77%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (8.51%) Degree
6 12 (5.11%) CISSP
7 9 (3.83%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.83%) GIAC
8 8 (3.40%) CCNP
8 8 (3.40%) CISM
8 8 (3.40%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (2.98%) JNCIA
9 7 (2.98%) JNCIP
9 7 (2.98%) JNCIS
9 7 (2.98%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (2.13%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.13%) SSCP
11 4 (1.70%) APMG
11 4 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.70%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (11.91%) NIST
2 19 (8.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.68%) NCSC
4 9 (3.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.55%) QA
6 4 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.70%) GDPR
7 3 (1.28%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.85%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.85%) ISA99
8 2 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.85%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.85%) RMADS
8 2 (0.85%) SLA
9 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.43%) GRC
9 1 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.43%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 78 (33.19%) Active Directory
2 47 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (10.64%) Docker
4 18 (7.66%) VMware NSX
5 17 (7.23%) Hyper-V
5 17 (7.23%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (4.26%) BitLocker
7 9 (3.83%) Microsoft App-V
8 5 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.70%) Firmware
9 4 (1.70%) Terminal Services
9 4 (1.70%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (1.28%) OpenAM
11 2 (0.85%) KVM
11 2 (0.85%) OpenSSH
11 2 (0.85%) XenApp
11 2 (0.85%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.43%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
12 1 (0.43%) NFS
12 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (15.32%) Ansible
2 35 (14.89%) Kubernetes
3 27 (11.49%) Terraform
4 26 (11.06%) vCenter Server
5 23 (9.79%) FortiGate
6 14 (5.96%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (5.11%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (5.11%) Puppet
7 12 (5.11%) SCOM
8 9 (3.83%) vMotion
9 8 (3.40%) Avamar
10 7 (2.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 7 (2.98%) Prometheus
11 6 (2.55%) Grafana
12 5 (2.13%) Failover Clustering
12 5 (2.13%) Kibana
12 5 (2.13%) SCCM
12 5 (2.13%) WMI
12 5 (2.13%) WSUS
13 4 (1.70%) CA Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 76 (32.34%) Microsoft
2 65 (27.66%) VMware
3 56 (23.83%) Cisco
4 32 (13.62%) Splunk
5 30 (12.77%) Juniper
6 28 (11.91%) F5
7 27 (11.49%) SolarWinds
8 22 (9.36%) Extreme Networks
8 22 (9.36%) ServiceNow
9 19 (8.09%) Citrix
10 15 (6.38%) Thales
11 12 (5.11%) Palo Alto
12 10 (4.26%) BMC
12 10 (4.26%) Dell
12 10 (4.26%) Remedy
13 8 (3.40%) ForeScout
13 8 (3.40%) NetApp
14 7 (2.98%) Google
15 6 (2.55%) Fortinet
15 6 (2.55%) HP