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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 317 286
Rank change year-on-year -39 -31 -5
Contract jobs citing PKI 300 209 274
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.65% 0.75% 0.84%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.91% 2.09% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 171 182
10th Percentile £420 £354 £364
25th Percentile £463 £463 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £572 £550 £541
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +1.67% -7.76%
75th Percentile £647 £625 £608
90th Percentile £706 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £543
% change year-on-year - +1.38% -5.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 3
10th Percentile £94.90 - -
25th Percentile £96.00 - -
Median hourly rate £97.41 - £23.80
75th Percentile £98.82 - -
90th Percentile £100.00 - -
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 15,715 10,023 10,096
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.06% 36.13% 30.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,478 6,288 6,128
10th Percentile £325 £300 £294
25th Percentile £425 £412 £415
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 £519 £538
% change year-on-year +1.25% -3.53% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,100 511 386
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £15.50
25th Percentile £17.85 £18.87 £24.18
Median hourly rate £35.11 £30.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +17.03% -47.69% +25.00%
75th Percentile £67.89 £56.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.43 £73.75 £75.16
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £29.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +24.14% -42.00% +12.36%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -55 96 £550 -4.56% 90
South East -12 80 £575 - 27
North of England -14 68 £525 +6.71% 25
North West -32 36 £525 +6.71% 14
South West -54 36 £648 +17.73% 31
Yorkshire -11 30 £568 -5.42% 8
East of England -16 8 £500 -4.76% 10
Midlands -62 8 £475 +18.75% 13
West Midlands -64 7 £475 +18.75% 10
North East - 2 £426 - 3
East Midlands -15 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 13 (4.33%) Confluence
1 13 (4.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.67%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.00%) IIS
3 3 (1.00%) nginx
4 1 (0.33%) Apache
4 1 (0.33%) Traefik
Applications
1 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 8 (2.67%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 107 (35.67%) Azure
2 80 (26.67%) AWS
3 54 (18.00%) Entra ID
4 35 (11.67%) GCP
5 13 (4.33%) Azure Key Vault
6 11 (3.67%) Power Platform
7 10 (3.33%) IaaS
7 10 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (3.33%) OpenShift
7 10 (3.33%) SaaS
8 9 (3.00%) PaaS
9 8 (2.67%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (2.67%) GitHub
10 7 (2.33%) AWS KMS
11 6 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (2.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 5 (1.67%) OCI
13 4 (1.33%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (1.33%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 94 (31.33%) DNS
2 72 (24.00%) DHCP
3 71 (23.67%) Firewall
4 40 (13.33%) VPN
5 33 (11.00%) TCP/IP
6 27 (9.00%) SSL
7 24 (8.00%) Network Security
8 17 (5.67%) LAN
9 16 (5.33%) VLAN
9 16 (5.33%) WAN
10 15 (5.00%) IPsec
10 15 (5.00%) Wireless
11 14 (4.67%) BGP
11 14 (4.67%) SSH
11 14 (4.67%) VSAN
11 14 (4.67%) Wi-Fi
12 13 (4.33%) Cisco ASA
12 13 (4.33%) Cisco Firepower
12 13 (4.33%) Cisco Nexus
13 12 (4.00%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.00%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.33%) Power BI
3 8 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (2.33%) MySQL
5 6 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.67%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.33%) Db2
8 3 (1.00%) Big Data
8 3 (1.00%) Metadata
8 3 (1.00%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.67%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.67%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.33%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (5.00%) JIRA
2 13 (4.33%) Git
2 13 (4.33%) GitLab
3 10 (3.33%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.33%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.67%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.67%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.67%) Gatling
5 2 (0.67%) Gradle
5 2 (0.67%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.67%) MSI
5 2 (0.67%) REST Assured
5 2 (0.67%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.67%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.33%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.33%) Robot Framework
General
1 71 (23.67%) Social Skills
2 37 (12.33%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (11.67%) Finance
4 26 (8.67%) Public Sector
5 19 (6.33%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (5.00%) Banking
7 7 (2.33%) Military
8 6 (2.00%) Police
9 5 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.33%) Automotive
10 4 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.33%) Law
10 4 (1.33%) Legal
11 2 (0.67%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.67%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (0.67%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.67%) Retail
11 2 (0.67%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.33%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (19.00%) Senior
2 45 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 41 (13.67%) Architect
4 25 (8.33%) Network Engineer
5 21 (7.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (6.33%) Platform Engineer
7 18 (6.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 18 (6.00%) Senior Network Engineer
8 15 (5.00%) Consultant
8 15 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (5.00%) Storage Engineer
9 12 (4.00%) DevOps Engineer
10 10 (3.33%) Active Directory Engineer
11 8 (2.67%) Analyst
11 8 (2.67%) Cloud Engineer
11 8 (2.67%) Lead
11 8 (2.67%) Security Architect
11 8 (2.67%) Security Engineer
12 7 (2.33%) Integration Engineer
12 7 (2.33%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (19.00%) Terraform
2 25 (8.33%) OpenID
3 23 (7.67%) 802.1X
4 21 (7.00%) SAML
5 18 (6.00%) LDAP
6 17 (5.67%) OAuth
7 16 (5.33%) REST
8 11 (3.67%) Kafka
9 10 (3.33%) Keycloak
9 10 (3.33%) OAuth2
10 6 (2.00%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (1.67%) Middleware
11 5 (1.67%) SailPoint
12 4 (1.33%) FIDO
13 3 (1.00%) Apache NiFi
13 3 (1.00%) eBPF
13 3 (1.00%) RESTful
13 3 (1.00%) SPIFFE
13 3 (1.00%) Web Services
13 3 (1.00%) WebAuthn
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.33%) Data Centre
2 28 (9.33%) Clustering
3 19 (6.33%) Cloud Native
4 15 (5.00%) Onboarding
5 14 (4.67%) Public Cloud
6 12 (4.00%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (4.00%) Linux Command Line
6 12 (4.00%) Security Posture
7 11 (3.67%) Management Information System
8 10 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (2.33%) Enterprise Storage
11 7 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (2.33%) Replication
12 6 (2.00%) Smartcard
13 5 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (1.67%) Operational Technology
13 5 (1.67%) Private Cloud
13 5 (1.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 142 (47.33%) Windows
2 97 (32.33%) Linux
3 77 (25.67%) Windows Server
4 12 (4.00%) Unix
5 11 (3.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (3.67%) Ubuntu
6 8 (2.67%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (2.00%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (1.67%) Debian
8 5 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.33%) Android
9 4 (1.33%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.33%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.33%) Windows 10
10 3 (1.00%) CentOS
10 3 (1.00%) Data ONTAP
11 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (21.33%) Identity Access Management
2 61 (20.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 58 (19.33%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (18.67%) Cybersecurity
5 54 (18.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 49 (16.33%) ITIL
7 47 (15.67%) High Availability
8 46 (15.33%) CI/CD
8 46 (15.33%) Technical Leadership
9 45 (15.00%) DevOps
9 45 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 44 (14.67%) Key Management
11 43 (14.33%) Zero Trust
12 38 (12.67%) Change Management
13 35 (11.67%) Mentoring
14 34 (11.33%) Platform Engineering
15 33 (11.00%) Agile
15 33 (11.00%) Cryptography
15 33 (11.00%) DevSecOps
15 33 (11.00%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (25.67%) PowerShell
2 66 (22.00%) Python
3 33 (11.00%) Bash
4 14 (4.67%) SQL
5 10 (3.33%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.33%) Go
7 6 (2.00%) Java
8 2 (0.67%) C#
8 2 (0.67%) C++
8 2 (0.67%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.33%) Bicep
9 1 (0.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 160 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 98 (32.67%) DV Cleared
3 74 (24.67%) SC Cleared
4 25 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (7.00%) CISSP
6 19 (6.33%) Degree
7 18 (6.00%) Azure Certification
7 18 (6.00%) CCNP
8 13 (4.33%) AWS Certification
9 12 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (4.00%) VCAP
10 10 (3.33%) CISM
11 6 (2.00%) GIAC
11 6 (2.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.67%) ISTQB
12 5 (1.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 5 (1.67%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.67%) MCSE
13 4 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (12.33%) NIST
2 28 (9.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (5.67%) NCSC
4 8 (2.67%) JSP 440
5 7 (2.33%) GRC
6 5 (1.67%) SLA
7 4 (1.33%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.00%) GDPR
8 3 (1.00%) NIST 800
8 3 (1.00%) QA
9 2 (0.67%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.67%) ITGC
9 2 (0.67%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.33%) PSD2
System Software
1 141 (47.00%) Active Directory
2 67 (22.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (12.00%) Docker
4 29 (9.67%) Hyper-V
5 28 (9.33%) VMware NSX
6 16 (5.33%) vSphere
7 12 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (1.67%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (1.33%) BitLocker
9 4 (1.33%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (1.33%) NFS
9 4 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (1.00%) OpenAM
10 3 (1.00%) OpenSSH
10 3 (1.00%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.67%) Firmware
11 2 (0.67%) XenApp
11 2 (0.67%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 66 (22.00%) Kubernetes
2 55 (18.33%) Ansible
3 21 (7.00%) vCenter Server
4 19 (6.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (6.33%) Single Sign-On
4 19 (6.33%) VxRail
5 16 (5.33%) SCOM
6 14 (4.67%) Avamar
7 9 (3.00%) Grafana
7 9 (3.00%) Istio
7 9 (3.00%) Prometheus
7 9 (3.00%) Puppet
8 8 (2.67%) SCCM
8 8 (2.67%) WSUS
9 6 (2.00%) Failover Clustering
9 6 (2.00%) Kibana
10 5 (1.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (1.67%) CA Single Sign-On
10 5 (1.67%) McAfee ePO
10 5 (1.67%) Nessus
Vendors
1 119 (39.67%) Microsoft
2 82 (27.33%) VMware
3 40 (13.33%) Cisco
4 30 (10.00%) Thales
5 26 (8.67%) ServiceNow
6 20 (6.67%) Dell
7 14 (4.67%) Citrix
7 14 (4.67%) CyberArk
8 13 (4.33%) Google
9 12 (4.00%) Juniper
10 10 (3.33%) Fortinet
10 10 (3.33%) Palo Alto
10 10 (3.33%) SolarWinds
11 9 (3.00%) CheckPoint
12 8 (2.67%) BMC
12 8 (2.67%) McAfee
12 8 (2.67%) Remedy
13 7 (2.33%) F5
13 7 (2.33%) Splunk
14 6 (2.00%) NetApp