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 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 349 304 316
Rank change year-on-year -45 +12 +9
Contract jobs citing PKI 74 63 77
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.37% 0.46% 0.44%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.02% 1.25% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 49 60
10th Percentile £413 £407 £336
25th Percentile £450 £463 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £533
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +7.98% -15.48%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £588
90th Percentile £738 £753 £743
England median daily rate £555 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +0.86% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £23.80
England median hourly rate £72.54 - £23.80
% change year-on-year - - -62.81%

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 7,280 5,031 5,865
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.64% 36.97% 33.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,566 3,313 4,098
10th Percentile £350 £331 £315
25th Percentile £450 £444 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £730 £738
90th Percentile £800 £838 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 108 129
10th Percentile £19.14 £15.84 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.73 £22.38 £21.22
Median hourly rate £37.50 £29.75 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.05% -0.83% -14.29%
75th Percentile £63.75 £46.19 £50.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £64.30 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £33.00 £38.50
% change year-on-year +33.21% -14.29% +20.31%

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 12 July 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 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
Central London -7 11 £625 -2.53% 2
West London -17 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 (6.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.05%) Confluence
3 2 (2.70%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.35%) Apache
4 1 (1.35%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 33 (44.59%) Azure
2 32 (43.24%) AWS
3 16 (21.62%) Entra ID
4 11 (14.86%) IaaS
5 10 (13.51%) PaaS
6 8 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (9.46%) GCP
8 5 (6.76%) OpenShift
8 5 (6.76%) SaaS
9 4 (5.41%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (5.41%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (2.70%) AWS KMS
10 2 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (2.70%) OCI
10 2 (2.70%) Power Platform
11 1 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (1.35%) Kong
11 1 (1.35%) Power Automate
11 1 (1.35%) Rubrik
11 1 (1.35%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 24 (32.43%) DNS
2 18 (24.32%) DHCP
3 17 (22.97%) Firewall
4 11 (14.86%) VPN
5 8 (10.81%) SMTP
6 5 (6.76%) SSL
7 4 (5.41%) SAN
7 4 (5.41%) TCP/IP
7 4 (5.41%) X.509
8 3 (4.05%) Kerberos
8 3 (4.05%) NAS
8 3 (4.05%) SSH
8 3 (4.05%) Wireless
9 2 (2.70%) DMZ
9 2 (2.70%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (2.70%) Network Security
9 2 (2.70%) S/MIME
10 1 (1.35%) BGP
10 1 (1.35%) HTTPS
10 1 (1.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.16%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (6.76%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (5.41%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (4.05%) Big Data
4 3 (4.05%) Db2
4 3 (4.05%) MongoDB
4 3 (4.05%) MySQL
4 3 (4.05%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.70%) Metadata
5 2 (2.70%) NoSQL
5 2 (2.70%) Power BI
6 1 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (5.41%) GitLab
2 3 (4.05%) Git
2 3 (4.05%) JIRA
3 2 (2.70%) Terragrunt
4 1 (1.35%) Jenkins
General
1 18 (24.32%) Finance
2 15 (20.27%) Social Skills
3 8 (10.81%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.41%) Banking
4 4 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.70%) Legal
6 2 (2.70%) Retail
7 1 (1.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 10 (13.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (10.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 8 (10.81%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (10.81%) Lead
3 7 (9.46%) DevOps Engineer
4 5 (6.76%) Architect
4 5 (6.76%) Senior
5 4 (5.41%) Active Directory Engineer
5 4 (5.41%) Consultant
5 4 (5.41%) NetApp Engineer
5 4 (5.41%) Storage Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
6 3 (4.05%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) AWS Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 3 (4.05%) Incident Manager
6 3 (4.05%) Linux DevOps Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) Linux Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) Linux/Unix DevOps
6 3 (4.05%) Major Incident Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.11%) LDAP
1 6 (8.11%) OpenID
1 6 (8.11%) SAML
2 3 (4.05%) Kafka
2 3 (4.05%) Keycloak
2 3 (4.05%) Middleware
2 3 (4.05%) SPIFFE
3 2 (2.70%) .NET
3 2 (2.70%) .NET Core
3 2 (2.70%) ASP.NET
3 2 (2.70%) Blazor
3 2 (2.70%) eBPF
3 2 (2.70%) JSON
3 2 (2.70%) Loki
3 2 (2.70%) OAuth
3 2 (2.70%) OAuth2
3 2 (2.70%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.35%) EJB
4 1 (1.35%) REST
4 1 (1.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.51%) Clustering
2 8 (10.81%) Data Centre
3 6 (8.11%) Enterprise Storage
4 5 (6.76%) Cloud Native
5 4 (5.41%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (5.41%) Onboarding
6 3 (4.05%) Mainframe
6 3 (4.05%) Management Information System
6 3 (4.05%) Security Posture
7 2 (2.70%) Smartcard
8 1 (1.35%) AI Agents
8 1 (1.35%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.35%) CMDB
8 1 (1.35%) Culture of Ownership
8 1 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.35%) Private Cloud
8 1 (1.35%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 32 (43.24%) Windows
2 25 (33.78%) Linux
3 18 (24.32%) Windows Server
4 5 (6.76%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (5.41%) Unix
6 3 (4.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (4.05%) Ubuntu
7 2 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.35%) Android
8 1 (1.35%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (24.32%) DevOps
2 17 (22.97%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (17.57%) Infrastructure as Code
4 12 (16.22%) Cryptography
5 11 (14.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (13.51%) CI/CD
6 10 (13.51%) High Availability
6 10 (13.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (12.16%) Identity Access Management
7 9 (12.16%) ITIL
7 9 (12.16%) Migration
7 9 (12.16%) Zero Trust
8 8 (10.81%) Incident Response
8 8 (10.81%) Key Management
8 8 (10.81%) Privileged Access Management
8 8 (10.81%) Secrets Management
9 7 (9.46%) Containerisation
9 7 (9.46%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (9.46%) Vulnerability Management
10 6 (8.11%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 18 (24.32%) PowerShell
2 7 (9.46%) Python
3 4 (5.41%) Bash
4 2 (2.70%) Go
4 2 (2.70%) Java
4 2 (2.70%) SQL
5 1 (1.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (31.08%) Security Cleared
2 10 (13.51%) DV Cleared
2 10 (13.51%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.76%) Degree
4 4 (5.41%) Azure Certification
4 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.70%) CISSP
5 2 (2.70%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.70%) PMP
5 2 (2.70%) SAFe Agilist
6 1 (1.35%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.35%) CCNA
6 1 (1.35%) CCNP
6 1 (1.35%) CISA
6 1 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.35%) CISM
6 1 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.35%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.16%) NIST
2 7 (9.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (8.11%) QA
4 2 (2.70%) GDPR
4 2 (2.70%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (2.70%) ITGC
4 2 (2.70%) NIST 800
4 2 (2.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.35%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.35%) GRC
5 1 (1.35%) NCSC
5 1 (1.35%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.35%) PSD2
5 1 (1.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 37 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 15 (20.27%) Docker
3 11 (14.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (12.16%) BitLocker
5 8 (10.81%) Hyper-V
5 8 (10.81%) Microsoft App-V
5 8 (10.81%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (5.41%) Terminal Services
7 3 (4.05%) NFS
7 3 (4.05%) OpenSSH
7 3 (4.05%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (1.35%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (1.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (29.73%) Kubernetes
2 17 (22.97%) Ansible
3 11 (14.86%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (13.51%) Puppet
4 10 (13.51%) Terraform
5 8 (10.81%) vCenter Server
5 8 (10.81%) vMotion
6 6 (8.11%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (6.76%) CA Single Sign-On
7 5 (6.76%) Grafana
7 5 (6.76%) Prometheus
8 3 (4.05%) Kibana
8 3 (4.05%) Nagios
9 2 (2.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (2.70%) Cilium
9 2 (2.70%) PingFederate
10 1 (1.35%) Argo
10 1 (1.35%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (1.35%) VxRail
Vendors
1 35 (47.30%) Microsoft
2 13 (17.57%) VMware
3 9 (12.16%) Citrix
3 9 (12.16%) Splunk
4 6 (8.11%) CyberArk
5 5 (6.76%) Google
5 5 (6.76%) NetApp
6 4 (5.41%) HP
6 4 (5.41%) Symantec
7 3 (4.05%) BeyondTrust
7 3 (4.05%) Cisco
7 3 (4.05%) Greenplum
7 3 (4.05%) ServiceNow
7 3 (4.05%) Sybase
8 2 (2.70%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (2.70%) Dell
8 2 (2.70%) Okta
8 2 (2.70%) Palo Alto
8 2 (2.70%) Ping Identity
8 2 (2.70%) Zscaler