PKI Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in contract job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PKI over the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 43 47
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 -3
Contract jobs citing PKI 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.29% 0.53% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.81% 1.57% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.89%
75th Percentile £575 - £538
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £550 - £525
% change year-on-year - - -7.89%

All Generic Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 124 127 142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 35.53% 33.78% 35.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 81 105
10th Percentile £189 £145 £170
25th Percentile £230 £210 £207
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £308 £425 £351
Median % change year-on-year -27.65% +21.26% -22.11%
75th Percentile £438 £577 £575
90th Percentile £527 £700 £675
Wales median daily rate £308 £335 £340
% change year-on-year -8.21% -1.47% -24.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 12 9
10th Percentile £13.08 £21.60 £16.00
25th Percentile £14.15 £24.00 £18.00
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.92% -36.00% +110.53%
75th Percentile £26.42 £27.50 £55.25
90th Percentile £63.00 £51.13 £55.50
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £40.00
% change year-on-year -19.92% -36.00% +122.22%

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PKI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

PKI job vacancy trend in South Wales

PKI
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing PKI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing PKI

PKI
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Newport - 1 £550 - 1
PKI
Wales

PKI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Sendmail
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware