PKI Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in contract job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PKI over the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PKI 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.31% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £426 - -
75th Percentile £426 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £426 - -

All Generic Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 179 66 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 28.01% 29.07% 34.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 32 20
10th Percentile £313 £147 £392
25th Percentile £400 £215 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.72% -12.20% +28.13%
75th Percentile £508 £545 £650
90th Percentile £607 £600 £690
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £426 £450 £525
% change year-on-year -5.44% -14.29% +31.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 3 1
10th Percentile £23.99 £14.69 -
25th Percentile £43.96 £16.67 £18.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £19.97 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +225.49% +5.11% -40.63%
75th Percentile £70.00 £35.99 £20.00
90th Percentile - £45.59 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £43.96 £19.97 £19.00
% change year-on-year +120.13% +5.11% -40.63%

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

PKI job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

PKI
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing PKI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing PKI

PKI
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing PKI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing PKI

PKI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (100.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Security Hardening
2 1 (50.00%) Server Building
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) McAfee ePO
1 2 (100.00%) Nessus
1 2 (100.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Carbon Black
1 2 (100.00%) Dell
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) McAfee
1 2 (100.00%) Tenable
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft