PKI Contracts in the South West

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in contract job vacancies in the South West. 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 66 55 126
Rank change year-on-year -11 +71 +28
Contract jobs citing PKI 45 111 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.68% 3.47% 1.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.20% 10.51% 4.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 101 33
10th Percentile £521 £463 £456
25th Percentile £538 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £606 £575 £638
90th Percentile £671 £599 £795
England median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +9.09%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 489 1,056 1,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 29.14% 33.01% 28.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 647 702
10th Percentile £263 £300 £263
25th Percentile £400 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% -0.91% +10.11%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £656
90th Percentile £676 £694 £725
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 166 138
10th Percentile £18.51 £13.69 -
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.65 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +359.18% -80.30%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £83.34
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for PKI in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for PKI in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for PKI in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for PKI in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Wiltshire -20 22 £585 +6.36% 4
Gloucestershire +28 15 £547 +9.40% 5
Dorset +8 5 £525 -
Bristol +15 2 £625 +7.30% 3
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England

PKI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 15 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (17.78%) Confluence
2 8 (17.78%) SharePoint
2 8 (17.78%) Skype for Business
3 1 (2.22%) Apache
3 1 (2.22%) CMS
3 1 (2.22%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (24.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.44%) AWS
1 2 (4.44%) Azure
1 2 (4.44%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.22%) Akamai
2 1 (2.22%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 26 (57.78%) DNS
2 17 (37.78%) Firewall
3 13 (28.89%) Skype
4 12 (26.67%) DHCP
4 12 (26.67%) Kerberos
5 6 (13.33%) Unified Communications
6 4 (8.89%) Network Security
6 4 (8.89%) SSL
7 3 (6.67%) VPN
8 2 (4.44%) iSCSI
8 2 (4.44%) SAN
9 1 (2.22%) BGP
9 1 (2.22%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (2.22%) LAN
9 1 (2.22%) SMTP
9 1 (2.22%) TCP/IP
9 1 (2.22%) VoIP
9 1 (2.22%) VSAN
9 1 (2.22%) WAN
9 1 (2.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (17.78%) JIRA
2 3 (6.67%) Bitbucket
General
1 16 (35.56%) Social Skills
2 13 (28.89%) Public Sector
3 11 (24.44%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (22.22%) Aerospace
5 4 (8.89%) Military
6 1 (2.22%) Electronics
6 1 (2.22%) Finance
6 1 (2.22%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.22%) Marketing
6 1 (2.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (37.78%) Architect
2 11 (24.44%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (11.11%) Wintel Engineer
4 4 (8.89%) Senior
4 4 (8.89%) Senior Wintel Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Administrator
5 3 (6.67%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (6.67%) Test Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Active Directory Architect
6 2 (4.44%) Security Architect
6 2 (4.44%) Virtualisation Engineer
7 1 (2.22%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 1 (2.22%) Integration Engineer
7 1 (2.22%) IT Engineer
7 1 (2.22%) Server Engineer
7 1 (2.22%) Service Architect
7 1 (2.22%) Test and Integration Engineer
7 1 (2.22%) Unified Communications Consultant
7 1 (2.22%) Wintel Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (31.11%) .NET
2 4 (8.89%) 802.1X
3 2 (4.44%) Flash
3 2 (4.44%) LDAP
4 1 (2.22%) ModSecurity
4 1 (2.22%) OAuth
4 1 (2.22%) OAuth2
4 1 (2.22%) OpenID
4 1 (2.22%) SAML
4 1 (2.22%) SOAP
4 1 (2.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (26.67%) Data Centre
1 12 (26.67%) Replication
2 4 (8.89%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.67%) Clustering
4 2 (4.44%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.22%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.22%) CESG
5 1 (2.22%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.22%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.22%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 24 (53.33%) Windows
2 18 (40.00%) Windows Server
3 13 (28.89%) Windows Server 2012
4 12 (26.67%) Windows 10
5 8 (17.78%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (8.89%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (6.67%) VMS
8 2 (4.44%) Linux
9 1 (2.22%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.11%) RBAC
2 11 (24.44%) Agile
2 11 (24.44%) Critical Thinking
2 11 (24.44%) ITIL
2 11 (24.44%) Service Management
3 10 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (20.00%) System Testing
5 7 (15.56%) Information Security
6 6 (13.33%) Identity Access Management
6 6 (13.33%) NsoIT
6 6 (13.33%) Waterfall
7 4 (8.89%) Change Control
7 4 (8.89%) Change Management
7 4 (8.89%) Cryptography
7 4 (8.89%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (8.89%) Test Scripting
8 3 (6.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 3 (6.67%) Project Management
8 3 (6.67%) Security Patching
8 3 (6.67%) Two-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 13 (28.89%) SQL
2 9 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.22%) Java
3 1 (2.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 43 (95.56%) Security Cleared
2 31 (68.89%) SC Cleared
3 19 (42.22%) DV Cleared
4 12 (26.67%) Degree
4 12 (26.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (22.22%) MCSE
6 6 (13.33%) MCSA
7 4 (8.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (6.67%) CCNA
8 3 (6.67%) CCNP
8 3 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (4.44%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) NCSC
2 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.22%) JSP 440
2 1 (2.22%) NIST
2 1 (2.22%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (42.22%) Active Directory
2 8 (17.78%) Hyper-V
2 8 (17.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 6 (13.33%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (8.89%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (4.44%) VMware NSX
5 2 (4.44%) vSphere
6 1 (2.22%) Docker
6 1 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (20.00%) WSUS
2 6 (13.33%) OPNET
3 5 (11.11%) SCCM
4 3 (6.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (6.67%) SCOM
4 3 (6.67%) vCenter Server
5 1 (2.22%) Ansible
5 1 (2.22%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (2.22%) Cisco UCCX
5 1 (2.22%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (2.22%) PowerCLI
5 1 (2.22%) Puppet
5 1 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (22.22%) VMware
3 6 (13.33%) Atlassian
4 5 (11.11%) Veeam
5 3 (6.67%) Cisco
6 1 (2.22%) Oracle
6 1 (2.22%) Palo Alto
6 1 (2.22%) Remedy
6 1 (2.22%) SAP
6 1 (2.22%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.22%) Veritas