PKI Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in contract job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. 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 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PKI 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.28% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.96% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £426 - -
75th Percentile £426 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median daily rate £426 - -

All Generic Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 208 69 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 29.01% 28.28% 31.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 35 22
10th Percentile £313 £153 £401
25th Percentile £391 £272 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £426 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.44% -14.29% +31.25%
75th Percentile £505 £572 £650
90th Percentile £624 £600 £731
North East median daily rate £450 £463 £500
% change year-on-year -2.70% -7.50% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 3 1
10th Percentile £35.06 £14.69 -
25th Percentile - £16.67 £18.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £19.97 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +120.13% +5.11% -40.63%
75th Percentile £69.81 £35.99 £20.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £45.59 -
North East median hourly rate £43.96 £19.42 £32.59
% change year-on-year +126.36% -40.41% +1.84%

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

PKI job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

PKI
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing PKI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing PKI

PKI
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing PKI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing PKI

PKI
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PKI within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 22 September 2026. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 2 £426 - 2
PKI
North East

PKI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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