PKI Contracts in the UK excluding London

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 232 117 237
Rank change year-on-year -115 +120 +63
Contract jobs citing PKI 125 384 228
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.87% 1.82% 0.98%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.57% 6.29% 3.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 264 161
10th Percentile £350 £363 £455
25th Percentile £486 £425 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £600 £608 £650
90th Percentile £638 £664 £715
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £583
% change year-on-year - -5.66% +1.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £38.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year - +156.67% -74.47%
UK median hourly rate - £23.80 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -63.38% -1.52%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,862 6,107 7,349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.68% 29.00% 31.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,898 3,571 4,946
10th Percentile £220 £213 £232
25th Percentile £363 £381 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £601
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 379 738 379
10th Percentile £15.12 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.51 £14.26 £16.52
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.83 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.26% +32.69% +25.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £64.75
90th Percentile £79.00 £72.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £30.25 £36.02 £25.50
% change year-on-year -16.02% +41.26% -5.49%

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PKI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PKI in the UK excluding London

PKI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PKI in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for PKI in the UK excluding London

PKI
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PKI in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PKI in the UK excluding London

PKI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PKI in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for PKI in the UK excluding London

PKI
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PKI within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 July 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
South West -10 47 £575 +4.55% 15
South East -67 37 £575 -4.96% 21
Midlands -49 19 £383 +2.00% 9
West Midlands -53 18 £383 +2.00% 7
North of England +8 11 £492 -18.00% 11
North West +12 10 £492 -18.00% 8
Scotland 0 8 £535 -6.96% 8
East of England +27 4 £525 -19.23% 8
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
North East - 1 £350 - 1
PKI
UK

PKI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 28 (22.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (11.20%) Confluence
3 12 (9.60%) Apache
4 10 (8.00%) IIS
5 7 (5.60%) Skype for Business
6 6 (4.80%) SharePoint
7 3 (2.40%) JBoss
8 2 (1.60%) Alfresco
8 2 (1.60%) Camunda
9 1 (0.80%) CMS
9 1 (0.80%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (12.80%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.20%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 32 (25.60%) Azure
2 24 (19.20%) AWS
3 11 (8.80%) IaaS
3 11 (8.80%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (8.80%) PaaS
4 9 (7.20%) GCP
5 8 (6.40%) OpenShift
6 6 (4.80%) AWS KMS
6 6 (4.80%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (4.80%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (4.80%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.20%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.40%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (2.40%) AWS CloudTrail
8 3 (2.40%) SaaS
8 3 (2.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.60%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.80%) Amazon EventBridge
10 1 (0.80%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 46 (36.80%) DNS
2 34 (27.20%) Firewall
3 26 (20.80%) VPN
4 22 (17.60%) DHCP
5 18 (14.40%) SMTP
6 17 (13.60%) BGP
7 16 (12.80%) IPsec
7 16 (12.80%) MPLS
8 13 (10.40%) SSL
8 13 (10.40%) Unified Communications
9 12 (9.60%) Skype
10 11 (8.80%) Network Security
10 11 (8.80%) WAN
11 5 (4.00%) Kerberos
11 5 (4.00%) NetScaler
12 4 (3.20%) VSAN
13 3 (2.40%) 4G
13 3 (2.40%) 5G
13 3 (2.40%) HTTPS
13 3 (2.40%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.20%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (6.40%) Big Data
2 8 (6.40%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (4.80%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (4.80%) SQL Server
4 5 (4.00%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.60%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.60%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 14 (11.20%) JIRA
2 8 (6.40%) GitLab
3 4 (3.20%) MSI
3 4 (3.20%) Robot Framework
3 4 (3.20%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (2.40%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.60%) JUnit
6 1 (0.80%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.80%) SpecFlow
General
1 31 (24.80%) Social Skills
2 21 (16.80%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (16.00%) Public Sector
4 10 (8.00%) Military
5 3 (2.40%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.60%) Finance
7 1 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (15.20%) Support Engineer
2 17 (13.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 14 (11.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 14 (11.20%) Network Engineer
4 13 (10.40%) Architect
5 9 (7.20%) 3rd Line Support
5 9 (7.20%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 9 (7.20%) Senior
6 7 (5.60%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 7 (5.60%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (5.60%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 7 (5.60%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (5.60%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
6 7 (5.60%) Administrator
6 7 (5.60%) Infrastructure Support
6 7 (5.60%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 7 (5.60%) Platform Manager
6 7 (5.60%) Wintel Administrator
6 7 (5.60%) Wintel Engineer
6 7 (5.60%) Wintel Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.60%) NETCONF
1 7 (5.60%) RESTCONF
2 6 (4.80%) .NET
3 5 (4.00%) Kafka
4 4 (3.20%) OAuth
4 4 (3.20%) OAuth2
4 4 (3.20%) OpenID
4 4 (3.20%) SOAP
4 4 (3.20%) YAML
5 3 (2.40%) 802.1X
5 3 (2.40%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.40%) JDBC
5 3 (2.40%) LDAP
5 3 (2.40%) Web Services
5 3 (2.40%) XML
6 2 (1.60%) Hibernate
6 2 (1.60%) HTML
6 2 (1.60%) Keycloak
6 2 (1.60%) SAML
6 2 (1.60%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.20%) Clustering
2 13 (10.40%) Data Centre
3 7 (5.60%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (5.60%) Replication
4 4 (3.20%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.40%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.40%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.40%) Taxonomies
6 2 (1.60%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.80%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.80%) CESG
7 1 (0.80%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.80%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.80%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.80%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.80%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 63 (50.40%) Windows
2 46 (36.80%) Windows Server
3 26 (20.80%) Linux
4 13 (10.40%) Windows 10
5 12 (9.60%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (8.80%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (8.00%) Windows Server 2003
8 8 (6.40%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (4.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (3.20%) CentOS
11 3 (2.40%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (2.40%) Solaris
12 1 (0.80%) SUSE
12 1 (0.80%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.80%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (22.40%) Agile
2 23 (18.40%) DevOps
3 21 (16.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 19 (15.20%) Service Management
5 17 (13.60%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (12.80%) Critical Thinking
7 14 (11.20%) Cryptography
7 14 (11.20%) System Testing
8 12 (9.60%) Change Management
8 12 (9.60%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (9.60%) ITIL
9 11 (8.80%) NsoIT
9 11 (8.80%) Test Automation
10 10 (8.00%) Mentoring
11 9 (7.20%) CI/CD
11 9 (7.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (7.20%) Identity Access Management
11 9 (7.20%) Kalman Filter
11 9 (7.20%) Prototyping
11 9 (7.20%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 40 (32.00%) PowerShell
2 17 (13.60%) SQL
3 14 (11.20%) Python
4 9 (7.20%) Java
5 6 (4.80%) JavaScript
6 5 (4.00%) Shell Script
7 4 (3.20%) PHP
8 2 (1.60%) C#
8 2 (1.60%) VBScript
9 1 (0.80%) Bicep
9 1 (0.80%) VB
Qualifications
1 93 (74.40%) Security Cleared
2 50 (40.00%) DV Cleared
2 50 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 33 (26.40%) Degree
4 9 (7.20%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (6.40%) CCNP
5 8 (6.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (5.60%) MCSE
7 3 (2.40%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.60%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.60%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.60%) MCSA
8 2 (1.60%) SANS
9 1 (0.80%) CCNA
9 1 (0.80%) CCSP
9 1 (0.80%) CISM
9 1 (0.80%) CISSP
9 1 (0.80%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.60%) NIST
2 5 (4.00%) NCSC
3 4 (3.20%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.40%) GDPR
5 2 (1.60%) FIPS 140-2
5 2 (1.60%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.60%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.80%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.80%) SLA
System Software
1 57 (45.60%) Active Directory
2 34 (27.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (20.00%) Hyper-V
4 20 (16.00%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (9.60%) Docker
6 8 (6.40%) BitLocker
6 8 (6.40%) Microsoft App-V
6 8 (6.40%) Terminal Services
6 8 (6.40%) vSphere
7 7 (5.60%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (4.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (4.00%) XenApp
9 5 (4.00%) XenDesktop
10 3 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.80%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 33 (26.40%) Ansible
2 17 (13.60%) WSUS
3 13 (10.40%) Kubernetes
4 11 (8.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (8.00%) vCenter Server
6 9 (7.20%) Puppet
6 9 (7.20%) SCCM
6 9 (7.20%) Terraform
7 8 (6.40%) Nagios
7 8 (6.40%) vMotion
8 7 (5.60%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (4.80%) Microsoft Clustering
10 4 (3.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (3.20%) OPNET
10 4 (3.20%) WMI
11 3 (2.40%) Check_MK
11 3 (2.40%) Progress Chef
11 3 (2.40%) SCOM
12 2 (1.60%) PowerCLI
13 1 (0.80%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 56 (44.80%) Microsoft
2 46 (36.80%) VMware
3 14 (11.20%) HP
4 13 (10.40%) Cisco
4 13 (10.40%) Citrix
5 12 (9.60%) Atlassian
5 12 (9.60%) Juniper
6 9 (7.20%) Google
7 8 (6.40%) Oracle
7 8 (6.40%) Symantec
8 7 (5.60%) Veeam
9 6 (4.80%) Dell
10 5 (4.00%) ForgeRock
11 4 (3.20%) Fortinet
11 4 (3.20%) IBM
11 4 (3.20%) Red Hat
12 3 (2.40%) Ping Identity
12 3 (2.40%) Splunk
12 3 (2.40%) Thales
13 2 (1.60%) Intel