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 11 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 301 336
Rank change year-on-year -62 +35 -13
Contract jobs citing PKI 84 71 54
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.41% 0.53% 0.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.09% 1.37% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 52 34
10th Percentile £423 £428 £329
25th Percentile £450 £498 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £533
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +9.86% -11.25%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £585
90th Percentile £738 £747 £718
England median daily rate £570 £550 £538
% change year-on-year +3.64% +2.33% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £23.80
England median hourly rate £97.41 - £23.80
% change year-on-year - - -56.73%

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 7,683 5,189 5,507
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.78% 38.43% 33.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,811 3,369 3,684
10th Percentile £350 £335 £325
25th Percentile £450 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -2.61% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £738
90th Percentile £788 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 122 73
10th Percentile £18.25 £15.91 £17.25
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.71 £22.00
Median hourly rate £33.60 £27.81 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +20.81% -7.66% -13.94%
75th Percentile £55.00 £46.55 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £67.31 £71.25
England median hourly rate £37.50 £33.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +13.64% -42.46% +25.16%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -13 15 £625 -6.72% 8
West London -21 1 £475 -36.67% 2
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 (5.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.57%) Confluence
3 1 (1.19%) Apache
3 1 (1.19%) IIS
3 1 (1.19%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 46 (54.76%) Azure
2 35 (41.67%) AWS
3 22 (26.19%) Entra ID
4 12 (14.29%) GCP
5 11 (13.10%) IaaS
6 10 (11.90%) PaaS
7 7 (8.33%) Azure Key Vault
7 7 (8.33%) SaaS
8 6 (7.14%) Amazon EKS
9 5 (5.95%) OCI
9 5 (5.95%) OpenShift
10 4 (4.76%) GitHub
10 4 (4.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 4 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (4.76%) Rubrik
11 3 (3.57%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (2.38%) AWS KMS
12 2 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (2.38%) Power Platform
12 2 (2.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 28 (33.33%) DNS
2 24 (28.57%) DHCP
3 19 (22.62%) Firewall
4 13 (15.48%) VPN
5 9 (10.71%) Network Security
6 8 (9.52%) SSL
7 6 (7.14%) SAN
7 6 (7.14%) SMTP
7 6 (7.14%) TCP/IP
8 5 (5.95%) NAS
8 5 (5.95%) SSH
9 4 (4.76%) Kerberos
9 4 (4.76%) VLAN
9 4 (4.76%) X.509
10 3 (3.57%) Wireless
11 2 (2.38%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (2.38%) S/MIME
12 1 (1.19%) DMZ
12 1 (1.19%) Internet
12 1 (1.19%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.33%) Elasticsearch
1 7 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (7.14%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (7.14%) MySQL
3 5 (5.95%) SQL Server
4 4 (4.76%) Db2
4 4 (4.76%) MongoDB
5 3 (3.57%) Big Data
6 2 (2.38%) Metadata
6 2 (2.38%) NoSQL
6 2 (2.38%) Power BI
7 1 (1.19%) DynamoDB
7 1 (1.19%) MariaDB
7 1 (1.19%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (10.71%) GitLab
2 8 (9.52%) Git
3 5 (5.95%) Jenkins
4 3 (3.57%) JIRA
5 2 (2.38%) Terragrunt
General
1 21 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (17.86%) Finance
3 11 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.76%) Automotive
5 4 (4.76%) Banking
5 4 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.38%) Legal
7 2 (2.38%) Retail
8 1 (1.19%) Local Government
8 1 (1.19%) Military
8 1 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (11.90%) Senior
3 9 (10.71%) Architect
3 9 (10.71%) DevOps Engineer
4 6 (7.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 6 (7.14%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (7.14%) Active Directory Engineer
5 5 (5.95%) Network Engineer
5 5 (5.95%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (4.76%) Analyst
6 4 (4.76%) AWS DevOps
6 4 (4.76%) AWS DevOps Engineer
6 4 (4.76%) AWS Engineer
6 4 (4.76%) Incident Manager
6 4 (4.76%) Lead
6 4 (4.76%) Major Incident Manager
6 4 (4.76%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (4.76%) Senior Network Engineer
7 3 (3.57%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
7 3 (3.57%) Linux DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (22.62%) Terraform
2 8 (9.52%) Kafka
2 8 (9.52%) OpenID
3 7 (8.33%) Keycloak
3 7 (8.33%) LDAP
3 7 (8.33%) SAML
4 5 (5.95%) 802.1X
4 5 (5.95%) Middleware
4 5 (5.95%) SailPoint
5 3 (3.57%) eBPF
5 3 (3.57%) Loki
5 3 (3.57%) OAuth
5 3 (3.57%) SPIFFE
6 2 (2.38%) .NET
6 2 (2.38%) .NET Core
6 2 (2.38%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (2.38%) ASP.NET
6 2 (2.38%) Blazor
6 2 (2.38%) JSON
6 2 (2.38%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.71%) Clustering
2 8 (9.52%) Data Centre
3 7 (8.33%) Onboarding
4 6 (7.14%) Cloud Native
4 6 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (7.14%) Security Posture
5 5 (5.95%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (5.95%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (5.95%) Public Cloud
6 4 (4.76%) Mainframe
6 4 (4.76%) Replication
6 4 (4.76%) Robotics
7 3 (3.57%) Distributed Architecture
7 3 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (3.57%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (2.38%) Management Information System
8 2 (2.38%) Smartcard
9 1 (1.19%) CMDB
9 1 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 30 (35.71%) Windows
2 28 (33.33%) Linux
3 16 (19.05%) Windows Server
4 8 (9.52%) Ubuntu
5 4 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (4.76%) Unix
6 3 (3.57%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.19%) Android
8 1 (1.19%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.19%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (32.14%) DevOps
2 23 (27.38%) Infrastructure as Code
3 17 (20.24%) Migration
4 15 (17.86%) CI/CD
4 15 (17.86%) High Availability
4 15 (17.86%) Secrets Management
5 13 (15.48%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (15.48%) Zero Trust
6 12 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
6 12 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 11 (13.10%) Cryptography
7 11 (13.10%) Incident Response
7 11 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (11.90%) AI
8 10 (11.90%) Change Management
8 10 (11.90%) ITIL
8 10 (11.90%) Key Management
8 10 (11.90%) Privileged Access Management
8 10 (11.90%) Validation
9 9 (10.71%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (21.43%) PowerShell
2 15 (17.86%) Python
3 11 (13.10%) Bash
4 5 (5.95%) Go
5 3 (3.57%) Java
5 3 (3.57%) SQL
6 1 (1.19%) C#
6 1 (1.19%) C++
6 1 (1.19%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.19%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 27 (32.14%) Security Cleared
2 14 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 10 (11.90%) DV Cleared
4 6 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (5.95%) Azure Certification
5 5 (5.95%) CCNP
5 5 (5.95%) Degree
5 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (4.76%) CISSP
6 4 (4.76%) JNCIP
6 4 (4.76%) JNCIS
7 3 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (2.38%) CISM
8 2 (2.38%) DBS Check
8 2 (2.38%) PMI Certification
8 2 (2.38%) PMP
8 2 (2.38%) SAFe Agilist
9 1 (1.19%) CISA
9 1 (1.19%) GIAC
9 1 (1.19%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (15.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (15.48%) NIST
2 4 (4.76%) SOC 2
3 2 (2.38%) GDPR
3 2 (2.38%) Government Security Classifications
3 2 (2.38%) ITGC
3 2 (2.38%) NIST 800
3 2 (2.38%) QA
3 2 (2.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (2.38%) SLA
4 1 (1.19%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.19%) GRC
4 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (1.19%) NCSC
4 1 (1.19%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.19%) PSD2
System Software
1 45 (53.57%) Active Directory
2 16 (19.05%) Docker
3 12 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (8.33%) BitLocker
5 6 (7.14%) Hyper-V
5 6 (7.14%) Microsoft App-V
5 6 (7.14%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (4.76%) NFS
6 4 (4.76%) Terminal Services
7 3 (3.57%) OpenSSH
7 3 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (1.19%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (1.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (27.38%) Kubernetes
2 21 (25.00%) Ansible
3 14 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (13.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (10.71%) Puppet
6 7 (8.33%) Grafana
6 7 (8.33%) Prometheus
7 6 (7.14%) CA Single Sign-On
7 6 (7.14%) vCenter Server
7 6 (7.14%) vMotion
8 4 (4.76%) systemd
9 3 (3.57%) Cilium
9 3 (3.57%) Kibana
9 3 (3.57%) Nagios
10 2 (2.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (2.38%) Argo
10 2 (2.38%) PingFederate
11 1 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (1.19%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 46 (54.76%) Microsoft
2 14 (16.67%) VMware
3 9 (10.71%) CyberArk
4 8 (9.52%) Google
5 7 (8.33%) Cisco
5 7 (8.33%) Citrix
6 5 (5.95%) ServiceNow
7 4 (4.76%) Greenplum
7 4 (4.76%) HP
7 4 (4.76%) Juniper
7 4 (4.76%) MikroTik
7 4 (4.76%) Sybase
7 4 (4.76%) Symantec
8 3 (3.57%) NetApp
8 3 (3.57%) Splunk
8 3 (3.57%) Thales
9 2 (2.38%) BeyondTrust
9 2 (2.38%) Ping Identity
9 2 (2.38%) Zscaler
10 1 (1.19%) Okta