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 advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PKI over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 243 300
Rank change year-on-year +130 +57 -16
Contract jobs citing PKI 390 232 213
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.91% 0.99% 0.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.56% 3.03% 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 174 152
10th Percentile £363 £454 £413
25th Percentile £425 £506 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £571 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.72% +8.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £610 £650 £641
90th Percentile £675 £748 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £593 £560
% change year-on-year -7.30% +5.95% +17.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £18.75 £26.65
25th Percentile £36.75 £24.38 £39.99
Median hourly rate £38.50 £35.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -33.33% +249.97%
75th Percentile £40.25 £46.88 £56.42
90th Percentile - £53.25 £57.82
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £59.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +3.48% -4.56%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

PKI is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,947 7,647 9,728
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.18% 32.53% 31.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,557 5,163 6,728
10th Percentile £210 £220 £205
25th Percentile £375 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £614 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 720 435 456
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.21
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.36
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £20.07
Median % change year-on-year +29.55% +9.64% -16.40%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £45.43
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +34.13% -18.24% +4.90%

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 7 May 2024.

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 7 May 2024. 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 East +89 157 £605 +0.83% 20
South West +74 108 £550 -4.35% 17
Midlands +87 88 £350 -36.36% 12
West Midlands +80 88 £350 -46.15% 7
Scotland +34 17 £600 +13.21% 7
North of England -20 15 £503 -14.02% 6
North West -21 10 £600 +6.19% 3
North East +13 5 £423 -43.60%
East of England -13 5 £650 -7.14% 2
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 58 (14.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (5.38%) Confluence
3 15 (3.85%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.03%) Apache
5 2 (0.51%) nginx
5 2 (0.51%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.51%) Traefik
6 1 (0.26%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.26%) IIS
6 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.77%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 89 (22.82%) Azure
2 63 (16.15%) AWS
3 31 (7.95%) Entra ID
3 31 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (4.10%) Azure Monitor
4 16 (4.10%) Azure Storage
5 9 (2.31%) Power Platform
6 7 (1.79%) OneDrive
7 6 (1.54%) Power Automate
7 6 (1.54%) PowerApps
8 5 (1.28%) GCP
8 5 (1.28%) PaaS
9 4 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.77%) Snowflake
11 2 (0.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.51%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.51%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.51%) Azure Stack
11 2 (0.51%) OpenShift
11 2 (0.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 78 (20.00%) DNS
2 67 (17.18%) WAN
3 64 (16.41%) BGP
3 64 (16.41%) DHCP
3 64 (16.41%) IPsec
3 64 (16.41%) MPLS
4 59 (15.13%) Firewall
5 57 (14.62%) SSL
6 56 (14.36%) VPN
7 48 (12.31%) Junos
8 15 (3.85%) VSAN
9 14 (3.59%) Network Security
10 11 (2.82%) SAN
11 9 (2.31%) Unified Communications
12 8 (2.05%) SMTP
13 7 (1.79%) LAN
14 6 (1.54%) Skype
15 5 (1.28%) Fibre Channel
15 5 (1.28%) Remote Desktop
15 5 (1.28%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.59%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (1.54%) Power BI
3 5 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (1.03%) MySQL
5 3 (0.77%) Tableau
6 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.15%) JIRA
2 14 (3.59%) Robot Framework
2 14 (3.59%) Sonatype Nexus
3 5 (1.28%) Bitbucket
3 5 (1.28%) Git
3 5 (1.28%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.77%) GitLab
5 2 (0.51%) JMeter
5 2 (0.51%) Selenium
6 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.26%) MSI
General
1 58 (14.87%) Social Skills
2 38 (9.74%) Public Sector
3 20 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (4.62%) Military
5 7 (1.79%) Finance
6 4 (1.03%) Manufacturing
7 3 (0.77%) Aerospace
7 3 (0.77%) Automotive
7 3 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (0.51%) Advertising
8 2 (0.51%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.26%) Banking
9 1 (0.26%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.26%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.26%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.26%) Police
Job Titles
1 86 (22.05%) Architect
2 47 (12.05%) Administrator
3 42 (10.77%) Systems Administrator
3 42 (10.77%) Wintel Administrator
3 42 (10.77%) Wintel Systems Administrator
4 34 (8.72%) Network Support
5 31 (7.95%) WAN Engineer
6 30 (7.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 30 (7.69%) 3rd Line Support
7 28 (7.18%) Security Architect
8 24 (6.15%) Security Engineer
9 23 (5.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 19 (4.87%) Support Engineer
11 17 (4.36%) 1st Line Engineer
11 17 (4.36%) Network Engineer
11 17 (4.36%) Test Engineer
12 16 (4.10%) Active Directory Support
12 16 (4.10%) Integration Engineer
12 16 (4.10%) Test and Integration Engineer
13 15 (3.85%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (11.54%) Web Services
2 16 (4.10%) ARM Templates
3 6 (1.54%) LDAP
4 5 (1.28%) .NET
4 5 (1.28%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (0.77%) JSON
5 3 (0.77%) XML
5 3 (0.77%) XSLT
6 2 (0.51%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.51%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.51%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.51%) cloud-init
6 2 (0.51%) Kafka
6 2 (0.51%) ModSecurity
6 2 (0.51%) RESTful
7 1 (0.26%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.26%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.26%) Middleware
7 1 (0.26%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 40 (10.26%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (4.87%) Data Centre
3 12 (3.08%) Clustering
4 6 (1.54%) Digital Signage
4 6 (1.54%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.03%) Fat Client
5 4 (1.03%) Security Posture
5 4 (1.03%) Thin Client
6 3 (0.77%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (0.77%) IoT
6 3 (0.77%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.51%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.51%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.26%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.26%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.26%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 147 (37.69%) Windows
2 87 (22.31%) Windows Server
3 68 (17.44%) Linux
4 50 (12.82%) Windows Server 2019
5 28 (7.18%) Windows Server 2016
6 20 (5.13%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (2.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (2.56%) Ubuntu
9 8 (2.05%) Windows Server 2003
10 7 (1.79%) CentOS
11 5 (1.28%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.51%) VMS
12 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.26%) Unix
13 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (17.69%) Agile
2 56 (14.36%) Load Balancing
3 52 (13.33%) Cryptography
4 42 (10.77%) Key Management
4 42 (10.77%) Service Management
5 40 (10.26%) ITIL
6 28 (7.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 24 (6.15%) DevOps
7 24 (6.15%) Infrastructure as Code
8 23 (5.90%) Change Control
8 23 (5.90%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 22 (5.64%) Change Management
10 21 (5.38%) CI/CD
11 20 (5.13%) Network Design
11 20 (5.13%) Release Management
12 19 (4.87%) Critical Thinking
12 19 (4.87%) Incident Management
12 19 (4.87%) Test Scripting
13 18 (4.62%) Test Automation
14 17 (4.36%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 87 (22.31%) PowerShell
2 42 (10.77%) Python
3 26 (6.67%) SQL
4 16 (4.10%) Bicep
4 16 (4.10%) C#
4 16 (4.10%) VB
4 16 (4.10%) VBScript
5 7 (1.79%) Bash
6 2 (0.51%) Go
6 2 (0.51%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.51%) Ruby
7 1 (0.26%) Java
Qualifications
1 317 (81.28%) Security Cleared
2 184 (47.18%) DV Cleared
3 112 (28.72%) SC Cleared
4 85 (21.79%) Degree
5 37 (9.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (5.13%) MCSE
7 16 (4.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 16 (4.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 15 (3.85%) MCSA
9 4 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.77%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.51%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.51%) CCNA
11 2 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.26%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.85%) JSP 440
2 8 (2.05%) Disclosure Scotland
3 7 (1.79%) RMADS
4 3 (0.77%) NCSC
5 2 (0.51%) SLA
6 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 151 (38.72%) Active Directory
2 55 (14.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (8.46%) VMware ESXi
4 21 (5.38%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (5.38%) VMware NSX
5 20 (5.13%) vSphere
6 18 (4.62%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (4.10%) Hyper-V
8 9 (2.31%) Docker
9 6 (1.54%) BitLocker
9 6 (1.54%) Microsoft App-V
9 6 (1.54%) Terminal Services
10 5 (1.28%) VMware Server
11 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 50 (12.82%) Ansible
2 42 (10.77%) Terraform
3 26 (6.67%) SCCM
4 23 (5.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 23 (5.90%) Kubernetes
4 23 (5.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (5.90%) OPNET
4 23 (5.90%) WSUS
5 22 (5.64%) vCenter Server
6 19 (4.87%) SCOM
7 9 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.54%) Nessus
8 6 (1.54%) vMotion
8 6 (1.54%) ZABBIX
9 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Clustering
9 4 (1.03%) Red Hat Satellite
10 3 (0.77%) Grafana
11 2 (0.51%) Graphite
11 2 (0.51%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.51%) Packer
Vendors
1 111 (28.46%) Microsoft
2 81 (20.77%) VMware
3 65 (16.67%) Juniper
4 22 (5.64%) CA
5 13 (3.33%) Oracle
5 13 (3.33%) Red Hat
6 8 (2.05%) Citrix
7 6 (1.54%) Infoblox
7 6 (1.54%) Veeam
8 5 (1.28%) Cisco
8 5 (1.28%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.03%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.03%) Google
9 4 (1.03%) Splunk
10 3 (0.77%) HP
10 3 (0.77%) Symantec
10 3 (0.77%) Veritas
11 2 (0.51%) McAfee
11 2 (0.51%) Remedy
11 2 (0.51%) SAP