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 2 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 315 327
Rank change year-on-year -49 +12 +4
Contract jobs citing PKI 79 69 68
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.39% 0.50% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.06% 1.35% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 53 52
10th Percentile £414 £410 £326
25th Percentile £459 £463 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £585 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +11.43% -16.67%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £585
90th Percentile £750 £750 £673
England median daily rate £575 £559 £540
% change year-on-year +2.91% +3.47% -7.38%
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 7,485 5,126 5,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.11% 37.35% 33.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,694 3,376 3,859
10th Percentile £357 £335 £325
25th Percentile £450 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £743
90th Percentile £800 £825 £855
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 117 80
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £16.25
25th Percentile £22.50 £22.50 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £27.50 £30.11
Median % change year-on-year +29.09% -8.65% -13.99%
75th Percentile £58.92 £45.75 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £31.78 £45.00
% change year-on-year +38.35% -29.39% +10.31%

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 2 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 2 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 -6 12 £625 -2.53% 4
West London -19 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 (6.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.53%) Confluence
3 1 (1.27%) Apache
3 1 (1.27%) IIS
3 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 40 (50.63%) Azure
2 36 (45.57%) AWS
3 16 (20.25%) Entra ID
4 12 (15.19%) IaaS
5 11 (13.92%) PaaS
6 9 (11.39%) GCP
7 8 (10.13%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (7.59%) SaaS
9 5 (6.33%) Amazon EKS
9 5 (6.33%) OpenShift
10 4 (5.06%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (3.80%) OCI
12 2 (2.53%) AWS KMS
12 2 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (2.53%) Power Platform
12 2 (2.53%) Rubrik
13 1 (1.27%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 1 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (1.27%) Kong
13 1 (1.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 28 (35.44%) DNS
2 23 (29.11%) DHCP
3 21 (26.58%) Firewall
4 15 (18.99%) VPN
5 8 (10.13%) SMTP
6 7 (8.86%) SSL
6 7 (8.86%) TCP/IP
7 6 (7.59%) Network Security
8 5 (6.33%) SAN
9 4 (5.06%) Kerberos
9 4 (5.06%) NAS
9 4 (5.06%) SSH
9 4 (5.06%) VLAN
9 4 (5.06%) X.509
10 3 (3.80%) Wireless
11 2 (2.53%) DMZ
11 2 (2.53%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (2.53%) S/MIME
12 1 (1.27%) BGP
12 1 (1.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.39%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (7.59%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (6.33%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (5.06%) Db2
4 4 (5.06%) MySQL
4 4 (5.06%) SQL Server
5 3 (3.80%) Big Data
5 3 (3.80%) MongoDB
6 2 (2.53%) Metadata
6 2 (2.53%) NoSQL
6 2 (2.53%) Power BI
7 1 (1.27%) DynamoDB
7 1 (1.27%) MariaDB
7 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (10.13%) Git
2 5 (6.33%) GitLab
3 2 (2.53%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.53%) JIRA
3 2 (2.53%) Terragrunt
General
1 17 (21.52%) Finance
2 15 (18.99%) Social Skills
3 8 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (10.13%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.06%) Automotive
5 3 (3.80%) Banking
5 3 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.53%) Legal
6 2 (2.53%) Retail
7 1 (1.27%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 14 (17.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (10.13%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 8 (10.13%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (10.13%) Lead
2 8 (10.13%) Senior
3 7 (8.86%) DevOps Engineer
4 6 (7.59%) Architect
5 5 (6.33%) Network Engineer
5 5 (6.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (5.06%) Active Directory Engineer
6 4 (5.06%) Consultant
6 4 (5.06%) Incident Manager
6 4 (5.06%) Major Incident Manager
6 4 (5.06%) NetApp Engineer
6 4 (5.06%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (5.06%) Senior Network Engineer
6 4 (5.06%) Storage Engineer
7 3 (3.80%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
7 3 (3.80%) Infrastructure Support
7 3 (3.80%) Linux/Unix DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.86%) LDAP
1 7 (8.86%) OpenID
2 6 (7.59%) SAML
3 5 (6.33%) 802.1X
4 4 (5.06%) Kafka
4 4 (5.06%) Keycloak
4 4 (5.06%) Middleware
5 3 (3.80%) OAuth
5 3 (3.80%) SailPoint
5 3 (3.80%) SPIFFE
6 2 (2.53%) .NET
6 2 (2.53%) .NET Core
6 2 (2.53%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (2.53%) ASP.NET
6 2 (2.53%) Blazor
6 2 (2.53%) JSON
6 2 (2.53%) OAuth2
7 1 (1.27%) EJB
7 1 (1.27%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (1.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.66%) Clustering
2 9 (11.39%) Data Centre
3 6 (7.59%) Cloud Native
4 5 (6.33%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (6.33%) Enterprise Storage
4 5 (6.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (6.33%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (6.33%) Onboarding
5 4 (5.06%) Mainframe
5 4 (5.06%) Public Cloud
5 4 (5.06%) Robotics
5 4 (5.06%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.53%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.53%) Smartcard
7 1 (1.27%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.27%) CMDB
7 1 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.27%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 32 (40.51%) Windows
2 28 (35.44%) Linux
3 18 (22.78%) Windows Server
4 7 (8.86%) Ubuntu
5 5 (6.33%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (5.06%) Unix
7 3 (3.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (2.53%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (2.53%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (1.27%) Android
9 1 (1.27%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (29.11%) DevOps
2 19 (24.05%) Infrastructure as Code
3 17 (21.52%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (17.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 13 (16.46%) Migration
6 11 (13.92%) CI/CD
6 11 (13.92%) Cryptography
6 11 (13.92%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (13.92%) Zero Trust
7 10 (12.66%) High Availability
8 9 (11.39%) Change Management
8 9 (11.39%) Incident Response
8 9 (11.39%) ITIL
8 9 (11.39%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (11.39%) Secrets Management
9 8 (10.13%) AI
9 8 (10.13%) Containerisation
9 8 (10.13%) Identity Access Management
9 8 (10.13%) Privileged Access Management
9 8 (10.13%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 18 (22.78%) PowerShell
2 12 (15.19%) Python
3 8 (10.13%) Bash
4 3 (3.80%) Java
4 3 (3.80%) SQL
5 2 (2.53%) Go
6 1 (1.27%) C#
6 1 (1.27%) C++
6 1 (1.27%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (30.38%) Security Cleared
2 11 (13.92%) DV Cleared
3 10 (12.66%) SC Cleared
4 5 (6.33%) CCNP
4 5 (6.33%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (6.33%) Degree
5 4 (5.06%) Azure Certification
5 4 (5.06%) JNCIP
5 4 (5.06%) JNCIS
5 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.53%) CISSP
6 2 (2.53%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.53%) PMP
6 2 (2.53%) SAFe Agilist
7 1 (1.27%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.27%) CCNA
7 1 (1.27%) CISA
7 1 (1.27%) CISM
7 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.66%) NIST
2 8 (10.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (7.59%) QA
4 2 (2.53%) GDPR
4 2 (2.53%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (2.53%) ITGC
4 2 (2.53%) NIST 800
4 2 (2.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (2.53%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.27%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.27%) GRC
5 1 (1.27%) NCSC
5 1 (1.27%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.27%) PSD2
5 1 (1.27%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (48.10%) Active Directory
2 15 (18.99%) Docker
3 11 (13.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (11.39%) BitLocker
5 8 (10.13%) Hyper-V
5 8 (10.13%) Microsoft App-V
5 8 (10.13%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (5.06%) NFS
6 4 (5.06%) Terminal Services
7 3 (3.80%) OpenSSH
7 3 (3.80%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (2.53%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (1.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (29.11%) Kubernetes
2 21 (26.58%) Ansible
3 16 (20.25%) Terraform
4 11 (13.92%) Puppet
4 11 (13.92%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (10.13%) vCenter Server
5 8 (10.13%) vMotion
6 6 (7.59%) CA Single Sign-On
6 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (5.06%) Grafana
7 4 (5.06%) Prometheus
7 4 (5.06%) systemd
8 3 (3.80%) Kibana
8 3 (3.80%) Nagios
9 2 (2.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (2.53%) Argo
9 2 (2.53%) PingFederate
10 1 (1.27%) Cilium
10 1 (1.27%) Progress Chef
10 1 (1.27%) VxRail
Vendors
1 39 (49.37%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.72%) VMware
3 9 (11.39%) Citrix
3 9 (11.39%) Splunk
4 7 (8.86%) Cisco
4 7 (8.86%) CyberArk
5 5 (6.33%) Google
5 5 (6.33%) NetApp
6 4 (5.06%) Greenplum
6 4 (5.06%) HP
6 4 (5.06%) Juniper
6 4 (5.06%) MikroTik
6 4 (5.06%) ServiceNow
6 4 (5.06%) Sybase
6 4 (5.06%) Symantec
7 2 (2.53%) BeyondTrust
7 2 (2.53%) Dell
7 2 (2.53%) Palo Alto
7 2 (2.53%) Ping Identity
7 2 (2.53%) Zscaler