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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 340 190
Rank change year-on-year +26 -150 +110
Contract jobs citing PKI 272 149 467
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.76% 0.60% 1.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.25% 1.78% 3.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 113 312
10th Percentile £400 £408 £363
25th Percentile £499 £475 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £556
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +3.46% -7.38%
75th Percentile £725 £645 £638
90th Percentile £838 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £560 £565 £568
% change year-on-year -0.88% -0.44% -5.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 2
10th Percentile £61.41 - £56.61
25th Percentile £70.50 - £56.93
Median hourly rate £79.50 - £59.70
75th Percentile £96.25 - £64.73
90th Percentile £101.65 - £66.39
UK median hourly rate £79.50 - £59.70
% change year-on-year - - +8.55%

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 12,115 8,369 11,767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.65% 33.60% 30.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,692 5,350 7,670
10th Percentile £290 £287 £256
25th Percentile £409 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £549 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.57% -0.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £626 £673 £662
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 596 286 805
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.85 £12.79
25th Percentile £19.00 £22.72 £15.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.19% +14.17% +33.33%
75th Percentile £66.50 £68.19 £57.50
90th Percentile £82.25 £83.71 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £29.72
% change year-on-year +4.62% +9.35% +32.18%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 +24 96 £600 -0.83% 29
London +22 94 £623 +18.57% 23
South West -46 28 £556 -1.11% 4
West Midlands -41 25 £400 -5.88% 6
Midlands -47 25 £400 -5.88% 11
North of England -57 18 £482 -32.35% 4
Yorkshire -53 10 £482 -33.52% 1
North West -23 8 £444 -11.25% 3
East of England - 3 £550 - 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 25 (9.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.31%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.84%) Confluence
4 3 (1.10%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.74%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.74%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.37%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.37%) IIS
6 1 (0.37%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.10%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.37%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 46 (16.91%) Azure
2 39 (14.34%) AWS
3 31 (11.40%) IaaS
4 24 (8.82%) Entra ID
5 22 (8.09%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (3.31%) OpenShift
7 8 (2.94%) GitHub
7 8 (2.94%) PaaS
8 7 (2.57%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (2.57%) Power Platform
8 7 (2.57%) SaaS
9 6 (2.21%) GCP
10 5 (1.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (1.10%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (1.10%) AWS Fargate
11 3 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.10%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.10%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.74%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (0.74%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 67 (24.63%) Firewall
2 64 (23.53%) DNS
3 46 (16.91%) BGP
4 40 (14.71%) DHCP
5 36 (13.24%) WAN
6 30 (11.03%) VPN
7 27 (9.93%) Network Security
8 26 (9.56%) OSPF
9 24 (8.82%) LAN
10 21 (7.72%) Ethernet VPN
10 21 (7.72%) Junos
10 21 (7.72%) VXLAN
11 19 (6.99%) BIG-IP
11 19 (6.99%) Cisco ISE
11 19 (6.99%) MPLS
11 19 (6.99%) SSL
12 16 (5.88%) IPsec
13 12 (4.41%) TCP/IP
14 11 (4.04%) Cisco IOS
15 8 (2.94%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.68%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.21%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.10%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.10%) Power BI
4 1 (0.37%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (0.37%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (4.04%) JIRA
2 8 (2.94%) GitLab
3 6 (2.21%) Robot Framework
4 5 (1.84%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.47%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (1.10%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.37%) Git
7 1 (0.37%) JUnit
General
1 42 (15.44%) Analytical Skills
2 34 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 27 (9.93%) Public Sector
4 13 (4.78%) Finance
5 10 (3.68%) Military
6 5 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.47%) Banking
7 4 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (0.74%) Legal
8 2 (0.74%) Local Government
9 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.37%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 88 (32.35%) Architect
2 41 (15.07%) Senior
3 31 (11.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 19 (6.99%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 17 (6.25%) Network Engineer
6 15 (5.51%) Support Engineer
7 14 (5.15%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (4.41%) Lead
8 12 (4.41%) Wintel Engineer
9 11 (4.04%) 3rd Line Support
9 11 (4.04%) Network Specialist
10 10 (3.68%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 10 (3.68%) Administrator
10 10 (3.68%) Platform Manager
10 10 (3.68%) Systems Administrator
10 10 (3.68%) Systems Manager
10 10 (3.68%) Wintel Administrator
10 10 (3.68%) Wintel Systems Administrator
11 9 (3.31%) Firewall Specialist
11 9 (3.31%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (11.76%) REST
2 28 (10.29%) JSON
3 19 (6.99%) 802.1X
4 15 (5.51%) OpenID
5 11 (4.04%) LDAP
5 11 (4.04%) SAML
6 10 (3.68%) OAuth
6 10 (3.68%) OAuth2
7 3 (1.10%) AWS CDK
7 3 (1.10%) cloud-init
7 3 (1.10%) CSS
7 3 (1.10%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (1.10%) HTML
7 3 (1.10%) Kafka
7 3 (1.10%) Keycloak
7 3 (1.10%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.74%) eBPF
8 2 (0.74%) JDBC
8 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.74%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.56%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (8.82%) Clustering
3 22 (8.09%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.68%) Fat Client
4 10 (3.68%) Thin Client
5 8 (2.94%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.57%) Algorithms
6 7 (2.57%) Enterprise Storage
7 6 (2.21%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.84%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.84%) Smartcard
9 4 (1.47%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.47%) Replication
9 4 (1.47%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (1.10%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.10%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.74%) CESG
11 2 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 98 (36.03%) Windows
2 51 (18.75%) Linux
3 44 (16.18%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.31%) Windows 7
5 8 (2.94%) CentOS
5 8 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (2.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.57%) Ubuntu
6 7 (2.57%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.84%) Unix
7 5 (1.84%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (1.10%) VMS
9 3 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.37%) Android
10 1 (0.37%) Solaris
10 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (28.68%) Agile
2 56 (20.59%) Key Management
3 46 (16.91%) Identity Access Management
4 38 (13.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 34 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 34 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (11.40%) Change Management
6 31 (11.40%) Configuration Management
7 30 (11.03%) Cybersecurity
7 30 (11.03%) ITIL
8 27 (9.93%) Load Balancing
9 26 (9.56%) Observability
10 25 (9.19%) DevOps
11 23 (8.46%) Service Management
12 22 (8.09%) Platform Engineering
13 21 (7.72%) Cryptography
14 20 (7.35%) High Availability
14 20 (7.35%) Incident Response
14 20 (7.35%) Infrastructure as Code
15 19 (6.99%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 70 (25.74%) PowerShell
2 43 (15.81%) Python
3 17 (6.25%) SQL
4 14 (5.15%) Bash
5 8 (2.94%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.47%) C#
6 4 (1.47%) Go
6 4 (1.47%) Java
6 4 (1.47%) PHP
6 4 (1.47%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.74%) C++
7 2 (0.74%) Perl
8 1 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 193 (70.96%) Security Cleared
2 100 (36.76%) DV Cleared
3 89 (32.72%) SC Cleared
4 25 (9.19%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (8.46%) Degree
6 19 (6.99%) CISSP
7 16 (5.88%) CISM
7 16 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (2.94%) GIAC
9 7 (2.57%) CCNP
9 7 (2.57%) JNCIA
9 7 (2.57%) JNCIS
9 7 (2.57%) MCSE
10 6 (2.21%) JNCIP
10 6 (2.21%) Master's Degree
10 6 (2.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (1.84%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.47%) APMG
12 4 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.88%) NIST
2 14 (5.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (5.15%) NCSC
3 7 (2.57%) GDPR
4 6 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (2.21%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.47%) QA
5 4 (1.47%) SLA
6 3 (1.10%) RMADS
7 2 (0.74%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.74%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.74%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.37%) PSD2
8 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 81 (29.78%) Active Directory
2 42 (15.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (6.99%) Docker
4 14 (5.15%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (4.78%) VMware NSX
6 11 (4.04%) Hyper-V
7 7 (2.57%) Firmware
7 7 (2.57%) vSphere
8 6 (2.21%) BitLocker
9 5 (1.84%) Microsoft App-V
9 5 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.74%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 2 (0.74%) KVM
10 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.74%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.37%) NFS
11 1 (0.37%) Squid
11 1 (0.37%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 34 (12.50%) Ansible
2 31 (11.40%) Terraform
3 30 (11.03%) Kubernetes
4 22 (8.09%) vCenter Server
5 20 (7.35%) FortiGate
6 14 (5.15%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (4.04%) Microsoft Intune
8 10 (3.68%) SCOM
9 9 (3.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 9 (3.31%) WMI
9 9 (3.31%) WSUS
10 8 (2.94%) Prometheus
10 8 (2.94%) SCCM
11 7 (2.57%) Grafana
12 6 (2.21%) Puppet
13 5 (1.84%) vMotion
14 4 (1.47%) QRadar
15 3 (1.10%) Jamf Pro
15 3 (1.10%) Packer
15 3 (1.10%) Podman
Vendors
1 80 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 67 (24.63%) VMware
3 51 (18.75%) Cisco
4 38 (13.97%) Juniper
5 34 (12.50%) Splunk
6 27 (9.93%) SolarWinds
7 22 (8.09%) F5
8 18 (6.62%) Extreme Networks
9 13 (4.78%) Palo Alto
10 9 (3.31%) Citrix
10 9 (3.31%) Veeam
11 8 (2.94%) Thales
12 7 (2.57%) Broadcom
12 7 (2.57%) Google
12 7 (2.57%) ServiceNow
13 6 (2.21%) Dell
14 5 (1.84%) Aruba
14 5 (1.84%) NetApp
14 5 (1.84%) Netskope
14 5 (1.84%) Zscaler