Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
North West > Merseyside
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in contract job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PKI over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 27 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing PKI | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside | 1.12% | - | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 4.08% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £675 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £695 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £734 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £766 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £782 | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £492 | £600 | £565 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.00% | +6.19% | -9.60% |
All Generic Skills
Merseyside
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 Merseyside.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 49 | 30 | 43 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside | 27.53% | 15.38% | 16.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 31 | 10 | 30 |
| 10th Percentile | £160 | £336 | £281 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £389 | £366 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £495 | £463 | £492 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.03% | -6.00% | +14.42% |
| 75th Percentile | £547 | £522 | £584 |
| 90th Percentile | £569 | £530 | £651 |
| North West median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | +1.01% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £18.05 | £18.80 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £18.07 | £22.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.30 | £18.11 | £29.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.47% | -37.55% | +65.15% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £26.16 | £46.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £30.99 | £56.20 |
| North West median hourly rate | £40.59 | £31.25 | £38.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.89% | -19.35% | +93.75% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside
Job postings citing PKI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PKI in Merseyside.
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Contract Job Locations in Merseyside
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PKI within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 18 August 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | - | 2 | £734 | - | |
| PKI North West |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: