PKI Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in contract job vacancies in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PKI over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PKI 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 1.28% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £569 - -
90th Percentile £640 - -
North West median daily rate £525 £492 £600
% change year-on-year +6.71% -18.00% +6.38%

All Generic Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 117 53 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 30.00% 27.32% 14.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 28 18
10th Percentile £325 £343 £241
25th Percentile £463 £404 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £513 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.78% -14.58% +21.69%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £744
90th Percentile £688 - £979
North West median daily rate £500 £453 £494
% change year-on-year +10.38% -8.25% -1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 11 2
10th Percentile £15.68 £26.88 -
25th Percentile £21.14 £32.34 £11.25
Median hourly rate £43.56 £47.12 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +309.74% -71.67%
75th Percentile £64.09 £70.81 £11.75
90th Percentile £70.02 £81.00 -
North West median hourly rate £43.96 £43.86 £27.25
% change year-on-year +0.24% +60.94% -32.42%

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PKI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

PKI job vacancy trend in Lancashire

PKI
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing PKI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing PKI

PKI
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PKI in Lancashire over the 6 months to 29 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PKI in Lancashire

PKI
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing PKI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing PKI

PKI
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PKI within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
Preston - 5 £550 - 2
PKI
North West

PKI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Management Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (80.00%) SIAM
3 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (60.00%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (40.00%) ISMS
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) GRC
2 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (60.00%) NCSC
2 3 (60.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow