PKI Contracts in the South East

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PKI over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 67 155
Rank change year-on-year -50 +88 +28
Contract jobs citing PKI 42 157 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.40% 2.82% 1.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.16% 9.92% 3.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 109 47
10th Percentile £490 £425 £470
25th Percentile £538 £463 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £605 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +0.83% +20.00%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £698
90th Percentile £637 £675 £738
England median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £38.93 -
25th Percentile - £42.19 £52.50
Median hourly rate - £50.75 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.73% -
75th Percentile - £60.69 £57.50
90th Percentile - £64.78 -
England median hourly rate - £31.15 £55.00
% change year-on-year - -43.36% +4.77%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,009 1,583 1,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 33.52% 28.48% 33.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 633 936 1,323
10th Percentile £211 £205 £213
25th Percentile £360 £363 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £661 £688 £725
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 154 90
10th Percentile £16.95 £11.74 £18.23
25th Percentile £23.50 £18.35 £20.48
Median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%
75th Percentile £64.13 £61.30 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.50 £65.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing PKI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for PKI in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PKI in the South East.

Daily rate trend for PKI in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PKI in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PKI in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PKI in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for PKI in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PKI within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Hampshire -28 22 £575 -4.17% 18
Thames Valley +20 20 £565 -6.61% 22
Buckinghamshire +19 11 £622 +33.67% 7
Berkshire +5 9 £525 -13.22% 11
PKI
England

PKI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (11.90%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (40.48%) AWS
1 17 (40.48%) IaaS
1 17 (40.48%) PaaS
2 16 (38.10%) Azure
3 9 (21.43%) GCP
3 9 (21.43%) SaaS
4 8 (19.05%) OpenShift
5 4 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (7.14%) AWS KMS
7 2 (4.76%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (4.76%) Entra ID
8 1 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (2.38%) Azure Storage
8 1 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 18 (42.86%) DNS
2 14 (33.33%) Firewall
3 13 (30.95%) SMTP
4 12 (28.57%) VPN
5 10 (23.81%) DHCP
5 10 (23.81%) VSAN
6 6 (14.29%) SSL
7 5 (11.90%) NetScaler
8 4 (9.52%) Network Security
9 3 (7.14%) BGP
9 3 (7.14%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (7.14%) MPLS
9 3 (7.14%) NGFW
9 3 (7.14%) OSPF
9 3 (7.14%) SD-WAN
9 3 (7.14%) TCP/IP
9 3 (7.14%) VLAN
9 3 (7.14%) WAN
10 2 (4.76%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (4.76%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.05%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (19.05%) Big Data
1 8 (19.05%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
General
1 12 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 7 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Military
4 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Law
4 1 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (50.00%) Architect
2 11 (26.19%) Technical Architect
3 10 (23.81%) Senior
3 10 (23.81%) Senior Architect
3 10 (23.81%) Senior Technical Architect
4 9 (21.43%) Support Engineer
5 8 (19.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 8 (19.05%) 3rd Line Support
5 8 (19.05%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 7 (16.67%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (16.67%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
6 7 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support
6 7 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 4 (9.52%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
7 4 (9.52%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
8 3 (7.14%) Platform Manager
8 3 (7.14%) Systems Manager
8 3 (7.14%) Wintel Administrator
8 3 (7.14%) Wintel Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.52%) Web Services
2 1 (2.38%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.38%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (30.95%) Clustering
1 13 (30.95%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (21.43%) Data Centre
3 3 (7.14%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.38%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.38%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.38%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (52.38%) Windows
2 17 (40.48%) Windows Server
3 13 (30.95%) Linux
4 8 (19.05%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (4.76%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (4.76%) Solaris
6 2 (4.76%) Windows 10
6 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (28.57%) DevSecOps
1 12 (28.57%) TOGAF
2 11 (26.19%) CI/CD
2 11 (26.19%) Infrastructure as Code
2 11 (26.19%) ITIL
3 10 (23.81%) Containerisation
3 10 (23.81%) Continuous Delivery
3 10 (23.81%) Continuous Integration
3 10 (23.81%) Microservices
3 10 (23.81%) Zachman Framework
4 9 (21.43%) DevOps
5 8 (19.05%) Artificial Intelligence
5 8 (19.05%) IT Strategy
5 8 (19.05%) Machine Learning
5 8 (19.05%) Software Deployment
5 8 (19.05%) Use Case
6 7 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (16.67%) Requirements Management
6 7 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 19 (45.24%) PowerShell
2 5 (11.90%) Shell Script
3 2 (4.76%) SQL
4 1 (2.38%) Bicep
4 1 (2.38%) C#
4 1 (2.38%) Python
4 1 (2.38%) VB
4 1 (2.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 34 (80.95%) Security Cleared
2 24 (57.14%) DV Cleared
3 14 (33.33%) Degree
4 12 (28.57%) SC Cleared
5 10 (23.81%) MCSE
5 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (23.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (2.38%) CCSK
6 1 (2.38%) CEH
6 1 (2.38%) CISSP
6 1 (2.38%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.38%) GIAC
6 1 (2.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.38%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (28.57%) NIST
2 10 (23.81%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (23.81%) NCSC
3 1 (2.38%) GDPR
3 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 21 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (47.62%) Active Directory
3 11 (26.19%) Hyper-V
3 11 (26.19%) VMware NSX
4 9 (21.43%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (19.05%) BitLocker
5 8 (19.05%) Docker
5 8 (19.05%) Microsoft App-V
5 8 (19.05%) Terminal Services
6 5 (11.90%) vSphere
6 5 (11.90%) XenApp
6 5 (11.90%) XenDesktop
7 1 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (21.43%) Kubernetes
2 8 (19.05%) Ansible
2 8 (19.05%) Nagios
2 8 (19.05%) Puppet
2 8 (19.05%) vCenter Server
2 8 (19.05%) vMotion
3 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (14.29%) WSUS
4 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (2.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (2.38%) CASB
5 1 (2.38%) SCCM
5 1 (2.38%) SCOM
Vendors
1 28 (66.67%) VMware
2 19 (45.24%) Microsoft
3 13 (30.95%) Citrix
3 13 (30.95%) HP
4 11 (26.19%) Cisco
4 11 (26.19%) Palo Alto
5 9 (21.43%) Google
6 8 (19.05%) Symantec
7 5 (11.90%) Dell
8 3 (7.14%) Oracle
8 3 (7.14%) Thales
9 2 (4.76%) Red Hat
10 1 (2.38%) CyberArk
10 1 (2.38%) Dynatrace
10 1 (2.38%) Forcepoint
10 1 (2.38%) IBM
10 1 (2.38%) Intel