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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 376 313 202
Rank change year-on-year -63 -111 +107
Contract jobs citing PKI 273 204 426
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.60% 0.74% 1.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.81% 2.12% 4.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 161 310
10th Percentile £413 £358 £363
25th Percentile £463 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £568 £542
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% +4.66% -6.99%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £608
90th Percentile £730 £688 £670
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £543
% change year-on-year - +1.38% -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 4
10th Percentile £64.80 - -
25th Percentile £72.54 - -
Median hourly rate £98.82 - £23.80
75th Percentile - - £27.91
90th Percentile £100.00 - £35.32
UK median hourly rate £98.82 - £23.80
% change year-on-year - - -68.05%

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 15,106 9,640 10,527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.33% 35.03% 30.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,321 6,093 6,845
10th Percentile £322 £306 £300
25th Percentile £425 £408 £425
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 £525 £545
% change year-on-year - -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 860 478 589
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.48 £12.50
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.87 £17.25
Median hourly rate £43.96 £32.38 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.76% -28.04% +9.76%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.40 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £29.50 £41.25
% change year-on-year +49.02% -28.48% +10.00%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 +6 108 £590 +2.61% 13
London -55 78 £600 +2.56% 18
North of England -40 44 £500 +1.63% 17
South West -63 27 £670 +16.52% 12
North West -41 24 £418 -15.04% 8
Yorkshire - 20 £500 - 10
Midlands -64 12 £463 +8.82% 3
West Midlands -73 11 £450 +5.88% 2
East of England -19 4 £400 -23.81% 3
East Midlands -12 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 10 (3.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.30%) Confluence
3 8 (2.93%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.10%) IIS
5 1 (0.37%) Apache
5 1 (0.37%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 5 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (4.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.37%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 90 (32.97%) Azure
2 73 (26.74%) AWS
3 38 (13.92%) Entra ID
4 25 (9.16%) GCP
5 19 (6.96%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (5.86%) Power Platform
7 12 (4.40%) IaaS
8 11 (4.03%) PaaS
9 10 (3.66%) OpenShift
10 8 (2.93%) Azure Key Vault
11 7 (2.56%) SaaS
12 6 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.83%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (1.83%) AWS KMS
14 4 (1.47%) GitHub
14 4 (1.47%) OCI
15 3 (1.10%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 2 (0.73%) Azure Monitor
16 2 (0.73%) Power Automate
16 2 (0.73%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 102 (37.36%) DNS
2 85 (31.14%) Firewall
3 82 (30.04%) DHCP
4 37 (13.55%) VPN
5 36 (13.19%) BGP
6 35 (12.82%) LAN
6 35 (12.82%) WAN
7 31 (11.36%) OSPF
8 29 (10.62%) TCP/IP
9 24 (8.79%) Ethernet VPN
9 24 (8.79%) VXLAN
10 23 (8.42%) BIG-IP
10 23 (8.42%) Junos
10 23 (8.42%) SSL
11 22 (8.06%) Cisco ISE
12 19 (6.96%) Network Security
13 17 (6.23%) VSAN
14 16 (5.86%) IPsec
15 14 (5.13%) VLAN
15 14 (5.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 15 (5.49%) Power BI
3 9 (3.30%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.47%) Db2
5 4 (1.47%) MySQL
6 3 (1.10%) Big Data
6 3 (1.10%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.10%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.73%) Metadata
8 1 (0.37%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.37%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (4.40%) JIRA
2 11 (4.03%) Git
3 7 (2.56%) GitLab
4 6 (2.20%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.10%) Robot Framework
5 3 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.73%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.73%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.73%) Gatling
6 2 (0.73%) Gradle
6 2 (0.73%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.73%) MSI
6 2 (0.73%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.73%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.73%) Terragrunt
General
1 40 (14.65%) Social Skills
2 32 (11.72%) Finance
3 26 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 19 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (3.66%) Banking
6 8 (2.93%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.56%) Military
8 4 (1.47%) Automotive
8 4 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.47%) Legal
8 4 (1.47%) Police
9 3 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.10%) Retail
10 2 (0.73%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (0.73%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.73%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.37%) Back Office
11 1 (0.37%) Law
11 1 (0.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 62 (22.71%) Senior
2 47 (17.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 32 (11.72%) Architect
3 32 (11.72%) Network Engineer
4 24 (8.79%) Senior Network Engineer
5 21 (7.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 20 (7.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (6.23%) Storage Engineer
8 14 (5.13%) Firewall Specialist
8 14 (5.13%) Network Specialist
9 13 (4.76%) Lead
10 12 (4.40%) Platform Engineer
11 10 (3.66%) DevOps Engineer
11 10 (3.66%) Senior Architect
12 9 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
13 8 (2.93%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (2.93%) Linux Engineer
14 7 (2.56%) Principal Engineer
14 7 (2.56%) VMware Engineer
15 6 (2.20%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (13.19%) 802.1X
2 22 (8.06%) OpenID
3 19 (6.96%) SAML
4 16 (5.86%) LDAP
4 16 (5.86%) OAuth
5 15 (5.49%) REST
6 10 (3.66%) OAuth2
7 6 (2.20%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (2.20%) SailPoint
8 4 (1.47%) Kafka
8 4 (1.47%) Keycloak
8 4 (1.47%) Middleware
9 3 (1.10%) JSON
9 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Graph
9 3 (1.10%) SPIFFE
10 2 (0.73%) .NET
10 2 (0.73%) Node.js
10 2 (0.73%) Quarkus
10 2 (0.73%) Spring
10 2 (0.73%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 50 (18.32%) Clustering
2 49 (17.95%) Data Centre
3 14 (5.13%) Public Cloud
4 13 (4.76%) Cloud Native
5 12 (4.40%) Linux Command Line
6 10 (3.66%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (3.30%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.93%) Onboarding
9 7 (2.56%) Enterprise Storage
9 7 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.56%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.56%) Security Posture
10 6 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.83%) Robotics
11 5 (1.83%) Smartcard
12 4 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.47%) Fibre Optics
12 4 (1.47%) Mainframe
12 4 (1.47%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 149 (54.58%) Windows
2 85 (31.14%) Linux
3 71 (26.01%) Windows Server
4 10 (3.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (3.30%) Unix
6 8 (2.93%) Ubuntu
7 6 (2.20%) Debian
7 6 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (2.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.83%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (1.10%) Android
10 3 (1.10%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.10%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.73%) CentOS
11 2 (0.73%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.37%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (27.11%) Identity Access Management
2 53 (19.41%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (19.05%) High Availability
3 52 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 50 (18.32%) ITIL
5 45 (16.48%) Infrastructure as Code
6 44 (16.12%) Cybersecurity
7 40 (14.65%) Zero Trust
8 39 (14.29%) Agile
8 39 (14.29%) CI/CD
8 39 (14.29%) DevOps
9 35 (12.82%) ITSM
10 34 (12.45%) Observability
11 32 (11.72%) Service Management
12 31 (11.36%) Technical Leadership
13 29 (10.62%) Load Balancing
14 27 (9.89%) Change Management
14 27 (9.89%) DevSecOps
15 26 (9.52%) Cryptography
15 26 (9.52%) Key Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (26.01%) PowerShell
2 56 (20.51%) Python
3 27 (9.89%) Bash
4 15 (5.49%) SQL
5 14 (5.13%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.20%) C#
6 6 (2.20%) Java
7 3 (1.10%) Go
8 2 (0.73%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.37%) C++
9 1 (0.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 151 (55.31%) Security Cleared
2 104 (38.10%) DV Cleared
3 51 (18.68%) SC Cleared
4 37 (13.55%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (6.96%) Degree
6 16 (5.86%) CCNP
7 11 (4.03%) Azure Certification
7 11 (4.03%) CISSP
7 11 (4.03%) JNCIP
7 11 (4.03%) JNCIS
8 10 (3.66%) VCAP
9 8 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (2.56%) JNCIA
11 6 (2.20%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.83%) CISM
12 5 (1.83%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (1.83%) GIAC
12 5 (1.83%) Master's Degree
13 4 (1.47%) ISTQB
13 4 (1.47%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.62%) NIST
2 18 (6.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (4.40%) NCSC
4 6 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (2.20%) QA
5 4 (1.47%) GDPR
6 3 (1.10%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.73%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.73%) ISA99
7 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.73%) ITGC
7 2 (0.73%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.73%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.73%) SLA
7 2 (0.73%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.37%) GRC
8 1 (0.37%) PSD2
System Software
1 108 (39.56%) Active Directory
2 63 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (13.55%) Docker
4 33 (12.09%) VMware NSX
5 30 (10.99%) Hyper-V
6 13 (4.76%) vSphere
7 11 (4.03%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (3.30%) BitLocker
9 8 (2.93%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (1.47%) Firmware
11 4 (1.47%) NFS
11 4 (1.47%) Terminal Services
11 4 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (1.10%) OpenAM
12 3 (1.10%) OpenSSH
13 2 (0.73%) KVM
13 2 (0.73%) XenApp
13 2 (0.73%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 58 (21.25%) Kubernetes
2 55 (20.15%) Ansible
3 49 (17.95%) Terraform
4 25 (9.16%) vCenter Server
5 23 (8.42%) FortiGate
6 16 (5.86%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (5.13%) SCOM
8 13 (4.76%) Avamar
8 13 (4.76%) VxRail
9 12 (4.40%) Puppet
10 11 (4.03%) Microsoft Intune
11 8 (2.93%) vMotion
12 7 (2.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 7 (2.56%) CA Single Sign-On
13 6 (2.20%) Kibana
13 6 (2.20%) Prometheus
14 5 (1.83%) Failover Clustering
14 5 (1.83%) Grafana
14 5 (1.83%) SCCM
14 5 (1.83%) WSUS
Vendors
1 92 (33.70%) Microsoft
2 82 (30.04%) VMware
3 60 (21.98%) Cisco
4 33 (12.09%) Juniper
5 32 (11.72%) Splunk
6 30 (10.99%) SolarWinds
7 26 (9.52%) F5
8 25 (9.16%) ServiceNow
9 23 (8.42%) Thales
10 22 (8.06%) Extreme Networks
11 18 (6.59%) Citrix
12 15 (5.49%) Dell
13 13 (4.76%) BMC
13 13 (4.76%) Palo Alto
13 13 (4.76%) Remedy
14 11 (4.03%) CyberArk
15 10 (3.66%) Google
16 7 (2.56%) NetApp
17 6 (2.20%) ForeScout
17 6 (2.20%) HP