PKI Contract Job Trends in London

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PKI over the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 299 329
Rank change year-on-year -63 +30 +2
Contract jobs citing PKI 81 70 63
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.40% 0.52% 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.07% 1.38% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 53 42
10th Percentile £425 £429 £314
25th Percentile £475 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £585
90th Percentile £750 £750 £695
England median daily rate £575 £575 £538
% change year-on-year - +6.98% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £23.80
England median hourly rate £98.82 - £23.80
% change year-on-year - - -71.33%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7,554 5,073 5,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.66% 37.77% 33.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,734 3,327 3,797
10th Percentile £355 £332 £325
25th Percentile £450 £438 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £717 £750
90th Percentile £788 £825 £863
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 121 80
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £16.80
25th Percentile £21.50 £24.50 £22.00
Median hourly rate £32.63 £27.50 £30.11
Median % change year-on-year +18.64% -8.65% -13.99%
75th Percentile £56.25 £45.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £41.00 £31.78 £48.75
% change year-on-year +29.03% -34.82% +11.00%

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

PKI job vacancy trend in London

PKI
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing PKI

PKI
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PKI in London over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PKI in London

PKI
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing PKI

PKI
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PKI within the London region over the 6 months to 20 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
Central London -3 13 £625 -6.72% 4
West London -23 1 £475 -36.67%
PKI
England

PKI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.70%) Confluence
3 1 (1.23%) Apache
3 1 (1.23%) IIS
3 1 (1.23%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 44 (54.32%) Azure
2 34 (41.98%) AWS
3 18 (22.22%) Entra ID
4 12 (14.81%) IaaS
5 11 (13.58%) PaaS
6 9 (11.11%) GCP
7 7 (8.64%) Azure Key Vault
7 7 (8.64%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (8.64%) SaaS
8 5 (6.17%) Amazon EKS
8 5 (6.17%) OpenShift
9 3 (3.70%) OCI
10 2 (2.47%) AWS KMS
10 2 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (2.47%) Power Platform
10 2 (2.47%) Rubrik
11 1 (1.23%) AWS CloudTrail
11 1 (1.23%) Kong
11 1 (1.23%) Power Automate
11 1 (1.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 28 (34.57%) DNS
2 24 (29.63%) DHCP
3 20 (24.69%) Firewall
4 14 (17.28%) VPN
5 8 (9.88%) SSL
6 7 (8.64%) Network Security
6 7 (8.64%) SMTP
7 6 (7.41%) SAN
7 6 (7.41%) TCP/IP
8 5 (6.17%) NAS
8 5 (6.17%) SSH
9 4 (4.94%) Kerberos
9 4 (4.94%) VLAN
9 4 (4.94%) X.509
10 3 (3.70%) Wireless
11 2 (2.47%) DMZ
11 2 (2.47%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (2.47%) S/MIME
12 1 (1.23%) Internet
12 1 (1.23%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.88%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (6.17%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (6.17%) MySQL
3 5 (6.17%) SQL Server
4 4 (4.94%) Db2
5 3 (3.70%) Big Data
5 3 (3.70%) MongoDB
6 2 (2.47%) Metadata
6 2 (2.47%) NoSQL
6 2 (2.47%) Power BI
7 1 (1.23%) DynamoDB
7 1 (1.23%) MariaDB
7 1 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (9.88%) Git
2 5 (6.17%) GitLab
3 3 (3.70%) JIRA
4 2 (2.47%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.47%) Terragrunt
General
1 20 (24.69%) Social Skills
2 18 (22.22%) Finance
3 11 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (9.88%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.94%) Automotive
5 4 (4.94%) Banking
5 4 (4.94%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.47%) Legal
7 2 (2.47%) Retail
8 1 (1.23%) Local Government
8 1 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (16.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (9.88%) Senior
3 7 (8.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 7 (8.64%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (8.64%) DevOps Engineer
3 7 (8.64%) Lead
4 6 (7.41%) Architect
5 5 (6.17%) Active Directory Engineer
5 5 (6.17%) Network Engineer
5 5 (6.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (4.94%) Analyst
6 4 (4.94%) Incident Manager
6 4 (4.94%) Major Incident Manager
6 4 (4.94%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (4.94%) Senior Network Engineer
7 3 (3.70%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (3.70%) Linux DevOps Engineer
7 3 (3.70%) Linux Engineer
7 3 (3.70%) Production Manager
7 3 (3.70%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (19.75%) Terraform
2 7 (8.64%) LDAP
2 7 (8.64%) OpenID
3 6 (7.41%) SAML
4 5 (6.17%) 802.1X
4 5 (6.17%) Middleware
5 4 (4.94%) Kafka
5 4 (4.94%) Keycloak
6 3 (3.70%) OAuth
6 3 (3.70%) SailPoint
6 3 (3.70%) SPIFFE
7 2 (2.47%) .NET
7 2 (2.47%) .NET Core
7 2 (2.47%) Apache NiFi
7 2 (2.47%) ASP.NET
7 2 (2.47%) Blazor
7 2 (2.47%) JSON
7 2 (2.47%) OAuth2
8 1 (1.23%) EJB
8 1 (1.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.35%) Clustering
2 9 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 6 (7.41%) Cloud Native
3 6 (7.41%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (7.41%) Onboarding
4 5 (6.17%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (6.17%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (6.17%) Public Cloud
5 4 (4.94%) Enterprise Storage
5 4 (4.94%) Mainframe
5 4 (4.94%) Robotics
5 4 (4.94%) Security Posture
6 3 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.47%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.47%) Smartcard
8 1 (1.23%) AI Agents
8 1 (1.23%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (1.23%) CMDB
8 1 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.23%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 31 (38.27%) Windows
2 26 (32.10%) Linux
3 18 (22.22%) Windows Server
4 7 (8.64%) Ubuntu
5 4 (4.94%) Unix
5 4 (4.94%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (2.47%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (2.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (2.47%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.23%) Android
8 1 (1.23%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.23%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (28.40%) DevOps
2 20 (24.69%) Infrastructure as Code
3 16 (19.75%) Migration
4 15 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (18.52%) High Availability
5 13 (16.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (14.81%) CI/CD
6 12 (14.81%) Cryptography
6 12 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (13.58%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (13.58%) Zero Trust
8 10 (12.35%) Change Management
8 10 (12.35%) ITIL
8 10 (12.35%) Key Management
8 10 (12.35%) Validation
9 9 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
9 9 (11.11%) Secrets Management
10 8 (9.88%) Containerisation
10 8 (9.88%) Incident Response
10 8 (9.88%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (23.46%) PowerShell
2 12 (14.81%) Python
3 8 (9.88%) Bash
4 4 (4.94%) SQL
5 3 (3.70%) Java
6 2 (2.47%) Go
7 1 (1.23%) C#
7 1 (1.23%) C++
7 1 (1.23%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (28.40%) Security Cleared
2 10 (12.35%) DV Cleared
2 10 (12.35%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.17%) Azure Certification
3 5 (6.17%) CCNP
3 5 (6.17%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (6.17%) Degree
3 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (4.94%) JNCIP
4 4 (4.94%) JNCIS
5 3 (3.70%) CISSP
6 2 (2.47%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.47%) PMP
6 2 (2.47%) SAFe Agilist
7 1 (1.23%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.23%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (1.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.35%) NIST
2 9 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (6.17%) QA
4 2 (2.47%) GDPR
4 2 (2.47%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (2.47%) ITGC
4 2 (2.47%) NIST 800
4 2 (2.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (2.47%) SLA
4 2 (2.47%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.23%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.23%) GRC
5 1 (1.23%) NCSC
5 1 (1.23%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.23%) PSD2
System Software
1 42 (51.85%) Active Directory
2 14 (17.28%) Docker
3 12 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (9.88%) BitLocker
5 7 (8.64%) Hyper-V
5 7 (8.64%) Microsoft App-V
5 7 (8.64%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (4.94%) NFS
6 4 (4.94%) Terminal Services
7 3 (3.70%) OpenSSH
7 3 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (2.47%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (1.23%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (1.23%) VMware NSX
9 1 (1.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (25.93%) Kubernetes
2 19 (23.46%) Ansible
3 12 (14.81%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (12.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (12.35%) Puppet
5 7 (8.64%) vCenter Server
5 7 (8.64%) vMotion
6 6 (7.41%) CA Single Sign-On
7 4 (4.94%) systemd
8 3 (3.70%) Grafana
8 3 (3.70%) Kibana
8 3 (3.70%) Nagios
8 3 (3.70%) Prometheus
9 2 (2.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (2.47%) Argo
9 2 (2.47%) PingFederate
10 1 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (1.23%) Progress Chef
10 1 (1.23%) VxRail
Vendors
1 43 (53.09%) Microsoft
2 15 (18.52%) VMware
3 8 (9.88%) Citrix
4 7 (8.64%) Cisco
4 7 (8.64%) CyberArk
4 7 (8.64%) Splunk
5 5 (6.17%) Google
5 5 (6.17%) ServiceNow
6 4 (4.94%) Greenplum
6 4 (4.94%) HP
6 4 (4.94%) Juniper
6 4 (4.94%) MikroTik
6 4 (4.94%) NetApp
6 4 (4.94%) Sybase
6 4 (4.94%) Symantec
7 3 (3.70%) Thales
8 2 (2.47%) BeyondTrust
8 2 (2.47%) Palo Alto
8 2 (2.47%) Ping Identity
8 2 (2.47%) Zscaler