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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 319 200
Rank change year-on-year -60 -119 +113
Contract jobs citing PKI 252 195 455
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.56% 0.71% 1.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.69% 2.06% 4.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 157 322
10th Percentile £407 £358 £363
25th Percentile £463 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £643 £619 £608
90th Percentile £701 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile £53.08 - -
25th Percentile £70.67 - -
Median hourly rate £72.54 - £23.80
75th Percentile £100.00 - £27.91
90th Percentile - - £35.32
UK median hourly rate £72.54 - £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 14,950 9,480 11,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.16% 34.75% 30.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,294 6,041 7,289
10th Percentile £313 £305 £288
25th Percentile £416 £408 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £825
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.37% -2.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 797 459 795
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.14 £18.88 £15.56
Median hourly rate £43.96 £33.00 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.21% -14.29% +20.31%
75th Percentile £71.50 £61.12 £63.75
90th Percentile £87.68 £80.20 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £31.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +41.81% -15.07% +32.25%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -7 103 £575 - 25
London -45 74 £600 +4.35% 19
North of England -54 35 £446 -9.30% 12
North West -33 23 £418 -15.14% 7
South West -64 20 £539 -6.30% 30
Midlands -54 12 £450 +12.50% 6
Yorkshire - 12 £500 - 5
West Midlands -69 11 £450 +12.50% 4
East of England -23 4 £400 -23.81% 2
East Midlands -15 1 £475 - 2
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 (3.97%) Confluence
2 9 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.57%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.19%) IIS
4 1 (0.40%) Apache
4 1 (0.40%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (4.37%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.40%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 81 (32.14%) Azure
2 63 (25.00%) AWS
3 37 (14.68%) Entra ID
4 19 (7.54%) GCP
5 16 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (5.56%) Power Platform
7 11 (4.37%) IaaS
8 10 (3.97%) PaaS
9 9 (3.57%) OpenShift
10 8 (3.17%) Azure Key Vault
11 6 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.38%) SaaS
12 5 (1.98%) AWS KMS
13 4 (1.59%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (1.19%) GitHub
14 3 (1.19%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 3 (1.19%) OCI
15 2 (0.79%) Azure Monitor
15 2 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
15 2 (0.79%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 80 (31.75%) DNS
2 65 (25.79%) Firewall
3 62 (24.60%) DHCP
4 39 (15.48%) BGP
5 36 (14.29%) WAN
6 34 (13.49%) VPN
7 33 (13.10%) LAN
8 30 (11.90%) OSPF
9 25 (9.92%) Ethernet VPN
9 25 (9.92%) VXLAN
10 24 (9.52%) BIG-IP
11 23 (9.13%) Junos
12 22 (8.73%) Cisco ISE
13 20 (7.94%) Network Security
14 18 (7.14%) SSL
15 14 (5.56%) TCP/IP
16 13 (5.16%) Cisco ASA
16 13 (5.16%) IPsec
17 12 (4.76%) Wireless
18 11 (4.37%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 13 (5.16%) Power BI
3 9 (3.57%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.19%) Big Data
6 3 (1.19%) Db2
6 3 (1.19%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.19%) MySQL
6 3 (1.19%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.79%) Metadata
8 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (5.16%) JIRA
2 6 (2.38%) Git
2 6 (2.38%) GitLab
3 5 (1.98%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.19%) Robot Framework
4 3 (1.19%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.79%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.79%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.79%) Gatling
5 2 (0.79%) Gradle
5 2 (0.79%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.79%) MSI
5 2 (0.79%) REST Assured
5 2 (0.79%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.79%) Terragrunt
General
1 39 (15.48%) Social Skills
2 29 (11.51%) Finance
3 28 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 13 (5.16%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (3.97%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (3.57%) Banking
7 5 (1.98%) Military
8 4 (1.59%) Legal
9 3 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.19%) Police
9 3 (1.19%) Retail
10 2 (0.79%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.79%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.79%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.40%) Back Office
11 1 (0.40%) Law
11 1 (0.40%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 50 (19.84%) Senior
2 43 (17.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 28 (11.11%) Architect
4 24 (9.52%) Network Engineer
5 19 (7.54%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 15 (5.95%) Senior Network Engineer
6 15 (5.95%) Storage Engineer
7 14 (5.56%) Firewall Specialist
7 14 (5.56%) Network Specialist
7 14 (5.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (5.16%) Lead
9 10 (3.97%) DevOps Engineer
9 10 (3.97%) Senior Architect
10 9 (3.57%) Security Engineer
11 8 (3.17%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (3.17%) Analyst
11 8 (3.17%) Linux Engineer
12 7 (2.78%) Consultant
13 6 (2.38%) ITSM Architect
13 6 (2.38%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (12.70%) 802.1X
2 19 (7.54%) LDAP
3 17 (6.75%) OpenID
4 15 (5.95%) SAML
5 13 (5.16%) REST
6 11 (4.37%) OAuth
7 6 (2.38%) OAuth2
7 6 (2.38%) RabbitMQ
8 5 (1.98%) SailPoint
9 3 (1.19%) JSON
9 3 (1.19%) Kafka
9 3 (1.19%) Keycloak
9 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Graph
9 3 (1.19%) Middleware
9 3 (1.19%) SPIFFE
10 2 (0.79%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.79%) Blazor
10 2 (0.79%) eBPF
10 2 (0.79%) FIDO
10 2 (0.79%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 47 (18.65%) Clustering
2 37 (14.68%) Data Centre
3 8 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (3.17%) Enterprise Storage
3 8 (3.17%) Linux Command Line
3 8 (3.17%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.17%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.78%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.78%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (2.38%) Security Posture
6 5 (1.98%) Operational Technology
6 5 (1.98%) Smartcard
7 4 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.59%) Enterprise Cloud
7 4 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.59%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.19%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 130 (51.59%) Windows
2 74 (29.37%) Linux
3 65 (25.79%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (3.57%) Ubuntu
4 9 (3.57%) Unix
5 6 (2.38%) Debian
5 6 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (1.98%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.19%) Android
8 3 (1.19%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.19%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.79%) CentOS
9 2 (0.79%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.40%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.40%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (25.79%) Identity Access Management
2 47 (18.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 47 (18.65%) ITIL
3 44 (17.46%) High Availability
3 44 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 37 (14.68%) Zero Trust
6 36 (14.29%) Agile
7 33 (13.10%) DevOps
7 33 (13.10%) Observability
8 31 (12.30%) ITSM
9 30 (11.90%) Load Balancing
10 28 (11.11%) Cryptography
10 28 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
10 28 (11.11%) Service Management
11 27 (10.71%) CI/CD
12 26 (10.32%) Key Management
13 23 (9.13%) Project Delivery
14 22 (8.73%) Change Management
15 21 (8.33%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 59 (23.41%) PowerShell
2 45 (17.86%) Python
3 14 (5.56%) SQL
4 13 (5.16%) Bash
5 11 (4.37%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.38%) C#
7 5 (1.98%) Java
8 4 (1.59%) PHP
9 3 (1.19%) Go
10 2 (0.79%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.40%) C++
Qualifications
1 139 (55.16%) Security Cleared
2 90 (35.71%) DV Cleared
3 53 (21.03%) SC Cleared
4 32 (12.70%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (7.54%) Degree
6 12 (4.76%) CISSP
7 10 (3.97%) Azure Certification
7 10 (3.97%) CCNP
8 8 (3.17%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (3.17%) GIAC
8 8 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (2.78%) CISM
9 7 (2.78%) JNCIA
9 7 (2.78%) JNCIP
9 7 (2.78%) JNCIS
10 5 (1.98%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.98%) SSCP
11 4 (1.59%) CCNA
11 4 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.59%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (13.10%) NIST
2 23 (9.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (5.56%) NCSC
4 9 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.38%) QA
6 4 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.59%) GDPR
7 3 (1.19%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.79%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.79%) ISA99
8 2 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.79%) ITGC
8 2 (0.79%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.79%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.79%) RMADS
8 2 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.79%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.40%) GRC
9 1 (0.40%) PSD2
System Software
1 90 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 53 (21.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (11.90%) Docker
4 22 (8.73%) Hyper-V
5 21 (8.33%) VMware NSX
6 16 (6.35%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (3.57%) BitLocker
8 8 (3.17%) Microsoft App-V
9 5 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.59%) Firmware
10 4 (1.59%) Terminal Services
10 4 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (1.59%) vSphere
11 3 (1.19%) NFS
11 3 (1.19%) OpenAM
11 3 (1.19%) OpenSSH
12 2 (0.79%) KVM
12 2 (0.79%) XenApp
12 2 (0.79%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 41 (16.27%) Ansible
1 41 (16.27%) Kubernetes
2 33 (13.10%) Terraform
3 28 (11.11%) vCenter Server
4 23 (9.13%) FortiGate
5 15 (5.95%) SCOM
5 15 (5.95%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (4.37%) Avamar
6 11 (4.37%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (4.37%) Puppet
7 8 (3.17%) vMotion
8 7 (2.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 7 (2.78%) Prometheus
9 6 (2.38%) CA Single Sign-On
9 6 (2.38%) Grafana
9 6 (2.38%) Kibana
10 5 (1.98%) Failover Clustering
10 5 (1.98%) SCCM
10 5 (1.98%) WSUS
11 4 (1.59%) WMI
Vendors
1 83 (32.94%) Microsoft
2 70 (27.78%) VMware
3 56 (22.22%) Cisco
4 32 (12.70%) Splunk
5 30 (11.90%) Juniper
6 28 (11.11%) F5
7 27 (10.71%) SolarWinds
8 23 (9.13%) ServiceNow
9 22 (8.73%) Extreme Networks
10 19 (7.54%) Thales
11 18 (7.14%) Citrix
12 13 (5.16%) Dell
13 11 (4.37%) BMC
13 11 (4.37%) Palo Alto
13 11 (4.37%) Remedy
14 8 (3.17%) CyberArk
15 7 (2.78%) Google
15 7 (2.78%) NetApp
16 6 (2.38%) Fortinet
16 6 (2.38%) HP