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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 318 289
Rank change year-on-year -22 -29 -5
Contract jobs citing PKI 310 209 254
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.67% 0.75% 0.79%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.95% 2.05% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 172 161
10th Percentile £425 £350 £375
25th Percentile £491 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £542
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +1.48% -8.91%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £608
90th Percentile £705 £699 £675
UK median daily rate £558 £550 £545
% change year-on-year +1.36% +0.92% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 3
10th Percentile £85.00 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £96.00 - £23.80
75th Percentile £98.82 - -
90th Percentile £100.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £96.00 - £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 15,917 10,192 9,983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.41% 36.42% 30.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,566 6,374 6,025
10th Percentile £325 £300 £294
25th Percentile £425 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £543
Median % change year-on-year - -3.23% -1.36%
75th Percentile £644 £645 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £518 £526
% change year-on-year +1.32% -1.49% -4.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,171 530 363
10th Percentile £13.81 £15.13 £15.92
25th Percentile £17.48 £18.87 £24.34
Median hourly rate £33.99 £30.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.30% -45.45% +19.49%
75th Percentile £67.86 £56.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.62 £73.75 £75.16
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £27.54 £47.50
% change year-on-year +30.74% -42.03% +6.15%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 8 October 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 -45 106 £599 +2.31% 104
South East -17 77 £575 - 34
North of England -4 70 £525 +6.71% 18
North West -21 36 £522 +6.10% 6
South West -53 36 £670 +21.82% 25
Yorkshire -3 32 £570 -5.00% 9
Midlands -72 9 £475 +18.75% 15
East of England -28 8 £610 +1.67% 8
West Midlands -68 7 £475 +18.75% 12
East Midlands -11 2 £525 - 3
North East - 2 £426 - 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 (4.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (3.87%) Confluence
3 7 (2.26%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.61%) IIS
5 3 (0.97%) nginx
6 1 (0.32%) Apache
6 1 (0.32%) Traefik
Applications
1 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) Gliffy
Business Applications
1 7 (2.26%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 113 (36.45%) Azure
2 86 (27.74%) AWS
3 61 (19.68%) Entra ID
4 39 (12.58%) GCP
5 11 (3.55%) SaaS
6 10 (3.23%) Azure Key Vault
6 10 (3.23%) GitHub
6 10 (3.23%) OpenShift
7 9 (2.90%) Amazon EKS
7 9 (2.90%) IaaS
7 9 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (2.90%) Power Platform
8 8 (2.58%) PaaS
9 7 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.26%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (1.94%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 6 (1.94%) OCI
11 5 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (1.29%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 95 (30.65%) DNS
2 70 (22.58%) DHCP
2 70 (22.58%) Firewall
3 39 (12.58%) VPN
4 34 (10.97%) TCP/IP
5 29 (9.35%) SSL
6 24 (7.74%) Network Security
7 16 (5.16%) LAN
8 15 (4.84%) IPsec
8 15 (4.84%) VLAN
8 15 (4.84%) WAN
9 14 (4.52%) VSAN
9 14 (4.52%) Wireless
10 13 (4.19%) BGP
10 13 (4.19%) Cisco ASA
10 13 (4.19%) Cisco Firepower
10 13 (4.19%) X.509
11 12 (3.87%) SAN
11 12 (3.87%) SSH
11 12 (3.87%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.13%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (2.90%) Power BI
3 8 (2.58%) MySQL
4 7 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.94%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (1.29%) Db2
7 4 (1.29%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.97%) Big Data
8 3 (0.97%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.65%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.65%) Metadata
10 1 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.32%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (7.10%) Git
2 16 (5.16%) GitLab
2 16 (5.16%) Jenkins
3 14 (4.52%) JIRA
4 5 (1.61%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (1.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.65%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.65%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.65%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.65%) Gatling
6 2 (0.65%) Gradle
6 2 (0.65%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.65%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.65%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.65%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.32%) MSI
7 1 (0.32%) Robot Framework
General
1 78 (25.16%) Social Skills
2 39 (12.58%) Finance
3 36 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.39%) Public Sector
5 18 (5.81%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (5.48%) Banking
7 7 (2.26%) Military
7 7 (2.26%) Police
8 6 (1.94%) Legal
9 5 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.29%) Automotive
10 4 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.29%) Law
11 2 (0.65%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.65%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (0.65%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.65%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.32%) Local Government
12 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.32%) Retail
Job Titles
1 57 (18.39%) Senior
2 43 (13.87%) Architect
3 42 (13.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 25 (8.06%) Network Engineer
5 20 (6.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (6.13%) Platform Engineer
7 18 (5.81%) DevOps Engineer
7 18 (5.81%) Senior Network Engineer
8 17 (5.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 16 (5.16%) Solutions Architect
10 15 (4.84%) Consultant
11 14 (4.52%) Storage Engineer
12 13 (4.19%) Security Engineer
13 10 (3.23%) Active Directory Engineer
13 10 (3.23%) Lead
13 10 (3.23%) Security Architect
14 8 (2.58%) Analyst
14 8 (2.58%) Cloud Engineer
14 8 (2.58%) Integration Engineer
15 7 (2.26%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (19.68%) Terraform
2 28 (9.03%) OpenID
3 23 (7.42%) SAML
4 22 (7.10%) 802.1X
4 22 (7.10%) OAuth
5 19 (6.13%) LDAP
5 19 (6.13%) REST
6 13 (4.19%) Kafka
7 12 (3.87%) OAuth2
8 11 (3.55%) Keycloak
9 6 (1.94%) FIDO
9 6 (1.94%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (1.61%) Middleware
10 5 (1.61%) SailPoint
10 5 (1.61%) WebAuthn
11 4 (1.29%) Apache NiFi
12 3 (0.97%) eBPF
12 3 (0.97%) Loki
12 3 (0.97%) RESTful
12 3 (0.97%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.68%) Data Centre
2 24 (7.74%) Clustering
3 22 (7.10%) Cloud Native
4 19 (6.13%) Onboarding
5 16 (5.16%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (4.52%) Public Cloud
7 12 (3.87%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (3.87%) Linux Command Line
7 12 (3.87%) Management Information System
7 12 (3.87%) Security Posture
8 10 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (2.58%) Replication
9 8 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (2.26%) Smartcard
11 5 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.61%) Enterprise Storage
11 5 (1.61%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.61%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.61%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 142 (45.81%) Windows
2 101 (32.58%) Linux
3 76 (24.52%) Windows Server
4 12 (3.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 12 (3.87%) Ubuntu
4 12 (3.87%) Unix
5 9 (2.90%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.94%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.94%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.29%) Android
7 4 (1.29%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.29%) Debian
7 4 (1.29%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.29%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.97%) CentOS
9 2 (0.65%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.32%) VMS
10 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (21.61%) Identity Access Management
2 61 (19.68%) Cybersecurity
3 60 (19.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 59 (19.03%) Infrastructure as Code
5 56 (18.06%) CI/CD
5 56 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (17.10%) DevOps
7 50 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
8 48 (15.48%) ITIL
8 48 (15.48%) Technical Leadership
9 46 (14.84%) Zero Trust
10 43 (13.87%) High Availability
10 43 (13.87%) Key Management
11 41 (13.23%) Mentoring
12 39 (12.58%) Change Management
13 35 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
13 35 (11.29%) Cryptography
13 35 (11.29%) DevSecOps
13 35 (11.29%) Platform Engineering
13 35 (11.29%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 84 (27.10%) PowerShell
2 77 (24.84%) Python
3 41 (13.23%) Bash
4 18 (5.81%) SQL
5 10 (3.23%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.94%) Java
7 5 (1.61%) Go
8 3 (0.97%) C#
8 3 (0.97%) C++
9 2 (0.65%) Bicep
9 2 (0.65%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 162 (52.26%) Security Cleared
2 98 (31.61%) DV Cleared
3 79 (25.48%) SC Cleared
4 23 (7.42%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (6.77%) CISSP
6 20 (6.45%) Degree
7 18 (5.81%) CCNP
8 17 (5.48%) Azure Certification
9 14 (4.52%) AWS Certification
10 12 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (3.87%) VCAP
11 11 (3.55%) CISM
12 6 (1.94%) GIAC
13 5 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (1.61%) ISTQB
13 5 (1.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (1.61%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.61%) MCSE
14 4 (1.29%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (11.29%) NIST
2 26 (8.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (5.48%) NCSC
4 8 (2.58%) JSP 440
5 7 (2.26%) GRC
6 5 (1.61%) SLA
7 4 (1.29%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.97%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.97%) QA
9 2 (0.65%) GDPR
9 2 (0.65%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.65%) ITGC
9 2 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.32%) PSD2
System Software
1 147 (47.42%) Active Directory
2 65 (20.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (13.55%) Docker
4 27 (8.71%) Hyper-V
4 27 (8.71%) VMware NSX
5 16 (5.16%) vSphere
6 11 (3.55%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (1.61%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (1.29%) NFS
8 4 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.97%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.97%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (0.97%) OpenAM
9 3 (0.97%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.65%) Firmware
10 2 (0.65%) XenApp
10 2 (0.65%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.32%) OpenSSH
Systems Management
1 73 (23.55%) Kubernetes
2 57 (18.39%) Ansible
3 24 (7.74%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (6.45%) vCenter Server
5 19 (6.13%) VxRail
6 17 (5.48%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (5.16%) SCOM
8 14 (4.52%) Avamar
9 12 (3.87%) Grafana
9 12 (3.87%) Prometheus
10 10 (3.23%) Puppet
11 9 (2.90%) Istio
12 8 (2.58%) SCCM
12 8 (2.58%) WSUS
13 6 (1.94%) Failover Clustering
13 6 (1.94%) Kibana
14 5 (1.61%) McAfee ePO
14 5 (1.61%) Nessus
15 4 (1.29%) CA Single Sign-On
15 4 (1.29%) WMI
Vendors
1 128 (41.29%) Microsoft
2 80 (25.81%) VMware
3 38 (12.26%) Cisco
4 30 (9.68%) Thales
5 23 (7.42%) ServiceNow
6 20 (6.45%) Dell
7 14 (4.52%) CyberArk
8 13 (4.19%) Google
9 12 (3.87%) Citrix
10 10 (3.23%) Fortinet
10 10 (3.23%) Juniper
10 10 (3.23%) Palo Alto
11 9 (2.90%) CheckPoint
11 9 (2.90%) SolarWinds
12 8 (2.58%) McAfee
12 8 (2.58%) Okta
13 7 (2.26%) BeyondTrust
13 7 (2.26%) BMC
13 7 (2.26%) Remedy
14 6 (1.94%) F5