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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 229 109 233
Rank change year-on-year -120 +124 +74
Contract jobs citing PKI 111 389 225
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.85% 1.91% 0.98%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.56% 6.61% 3.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 271 166
10th Percentile £413 £363 £456
25th Percentile £492 £425 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year - -2.57% +10.69%
75th Percentile £606 £608 £650
90th Percentile £638 £675 £729
UK median daily rate £565 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +2.73% -4.35% +2.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £38.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year - +156.67% -72.44%
UK median hourly rate - £23.80 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -63.38% +5.26%

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 4,331 5,882 7,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.34% 28.95% 32.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,622 3,533 5,007
10th Percentile £205 £210 £220
25th Percentile £363 £378 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £613
90th Percentile £656 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 722 422
10th Percentile £16.58 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.97 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £29.53 £30.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.58% +36.36% +3.53%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £64.50
90th Percentile £83.26 £70.00 £74.90
UK median hourly rate £31.76 £31.50 £22.49
% change year-on-year +0.83% +40.09% -18.24%

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 18 May 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 18 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
South West -20 40 £575 +4.55% 12
South East -51 35 £575 -4.96% 34
Midlands -45 19 £425 +13.33% 5
West Midlands -50 19 £425 +13.33% 3
North of England +17 9 £492 -14.43% 17
North West +9 7 £492 -18.00% 13
East of England +24 4 £525 -19.23% 5
Scotland -8 4 £535 -10.83% 3
North East -8 1 £350 -18.79% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £725 - 3
Wales - 1 £458 - 5
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 26 (23.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (8.11%) Confluence
2 9 (8.11%) Skype for Business
3 8 (7.21%) SharePoint
4 7 (6.31%) IIS
5 1 (0.90%) Apache
5 1 (0.90%) CMS
5 1 (0.90%) nginx
5 1 (0.90%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.90%) Traefik
Applications
1 12 (10.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.80%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 31 (27.93%) Azure
2 26 (23.42%) AWS
3 13 (11.71%) IaaS
3 13 (11.71%) PaaS
4 10 (9.01%) GCP
5 9 (8.11%) Entra ID
6 8 (7.21%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (7.21%) OpenShift
7 5 (4.50%) AWS KMS
7 5 (4.50%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (4.50%) SaaS
8 4 (3.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.80%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (1.80%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.80%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (1.80%) AWS Fargate
9 2 (1.80%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.80%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.80%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 44 (39.64%) DNS
2 29 (26.13%) Firewall
3 25 (22.52%) VPN
4 23 (20.72%) DHCP
5 15 (13.51%) SMTP
6 14 (12.61%) BGP
6 14 (12.61%) Skype
6 14 (12.61%) WAN
7 13 (11.71%) MPLS
8 12 (10.81%) SSL
9 11 (9.91%) Network Security
10 10 (9.01%) IPsec
11 8 (7.21%) Kerberos
12 7 (6.31%) TCP/IP
13 6 (5.41%) NetScaler
13 6 (5.41%) Unified Communications
13 6 (5.41%) VSAN
14 4 (3.60%) X.509
15 3 (2.70%) HTTPS
15 3 (2.70%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.21%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (7.21%) Big Data
1 8 (7.21%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (5.41%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.60%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.80%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 10 (9.01%) GitLab
2 9 (8.11%) JIRA
3 3 (2.70%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.80%) Jenkins
General
1 31 (27.93%) Public Sector
2 26 (23.42%) Social Skills
3 15 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (7.21%) Military
5 6 (5.41%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.80%) Finance
7 1 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.90%) Electronics
7 1 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.90%) Law
7 1 (0.90%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.90%) Marketing
7 1 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (23.42%) Architect
2 19 (17.12%) Support Engineer
3 14 (12.61%) Senior
4 12 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (8.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 9 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support
5 9 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 9 (8.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 9 (8.11%) Network Engineer
6 8 (7.21%) 3rd Line Support
6 8 (7.21%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 7 (6.31%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
7 7 (6.31%) Administrator
7 7 (6.31%) DevOps Engineer
7 7 (6.31%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 7 (6.31%) Network Support
7 7 (6.31%) Network Support Engineer
7 7 (6.31%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (6.31%) Systems Administrator
7 7 (6.31%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.21%) .NET
2 4 (3.60%) OAuth
2 4 (3.60%) OAuth2
2 4 (3.60%) OpenID
2 4 (3.60%) SOAP
2 4 (3.60%) Web Services
3 3 (2.70%) 802.1X
3 3 (2.70%) JDBC
3 3 (2.70%) LDAP
4 2 (1.80%) cloud-init
4 2 (1.80%) Flash
4 2 (1.80%) Kafka
4 2 (1.80%) Keycloak
4 2 (1.80%) SAML
5 1 (0.90%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.90%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.90%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.90%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (15.32%) Clustering
2 16 (14.41%) Data Centre
3 7 (6.31%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (6.31%) Replication
4 5 (4.50%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (3.60%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.70%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.70%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.70%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.70%) Taxonomies
7 2 (1.80%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.80%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.90%) Blackberry
8 1 (0.90%) CESG
8 1 (0.90%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.90%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.90%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.90%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 56 (50.45%) Windows
2 41 (36.94%) Windows Server
3 18 (16.22%) Linux
4 16 (14.41%) Windows Server 2012
5 15 (13.51%) Windows 10
6 12 (10.81%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (9.91%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (4.50%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (2.70%) Oracle Linux
9 3 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (2.70%) Solaris
9 3 (2.70%) VMS
10 2 (1.80%) CentOS
10 2 (1.80%) Unix
11 1 (0.90%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (18.02%) Agile
2 17 (15.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 17 (15.32%) ITIL
3 16 (14.41%) DevOps
4 14 (12.61%) CI/CD
5 12 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (10.81%) Identity Access Management
5 12 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (10.81%) RBAC
6 11 (9.91%) Critical Thinking
6 11 (9.91%) Cryptography
6 11 (9.91%) DevSecOps
6 11 (9.91%) Service Management
7 9 (8.11%) Identity Management
7 9 (8.11%) System Testing
8 8 (7.21%) Artificial Intelligence
8 8 (7.21%) Change Management
8 8 (7.21%) Machine Learning
8 8 (7.21%) Software Deployment
8 8 (7.21%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 33 (29.73%) PowerShell
2 16 (14.41%) SQL
3 7 (6.31%) Java
4 6 (5.41%) Shell Script
5 5 (4.50%) JavaScript
5 5 (4.50%) Python
6 2 (1.80%) Bash
6 2 (1.80%) Go
6 2 (1.80%) VBScript
7 1 (0.90%) Bicep
7 1 (0.90%) C#
7 1 (0.90%) VB
Qualifications
1 86 (77.48%) Security Cleared
2 48 (43.24%) SC Cleared
3 43 (38.74%) DV Cleared
4 27 (24.32%) Degree
5 17 (15.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (13.51%) MCSE
7 8 (7.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 6 (5.41%) MCSA
9 4 (3.60%) AWS Certification
9 4 (3.60%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (2.70%) CCNA
10 3 (2.70%) CCNP
10 3 (2.70%) Master's Degree
11 2 (1.80%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.90%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.90%) CCSK
12 1 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.90%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.11%) NIST
2 8 (7.21%) NCSC
3 4 (3.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.70%) GDPR
5 2 (1.80%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.80%) FIPS 140-2
5 2 (1.80%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.80%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.90%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.90%) SLA
System Software
1 49 (44.14%) Active Directory
2 24 (21.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (19.82%) Hyper-V
4 13 (11.71%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (8.11%) Docker
5 9 (8.11%) vSphere
6 8 (7.21%) BitLocker
6 8 (7.21%) Microsoft App-V
6 8 (7.21%) Terminal Services
7 7 (6.31%) VMware NSX
8 6 (5.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (5.41%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (5.41%) XenApp
8 6 (5.41%) XenDesktop
9 2 (1.80%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (16.22%) WSUS
2 15 (13.51%) Ansible
3 12 (10.81%) Kubernetes
4 11 (9.91%) vCenter Server
5 9 (8.11%) Puppet
5 9 (8.11%) SCCM
6 8 (7.21%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (7.21%) Nagios
6 8 (7.21%) vMotion
7 7 (6.31%) Microsoft Clustering
7 7 (6.31%) Terraform
8 6 (5.41%) OPNET
8 6 (5.41%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (4.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (4.50%) SCOM
10 2 (1.80%) Consul
10 2 (1.80%) Istio
10 2 (1.80%) linkerd
10 2 (1.80%) Prometheus
10 2 (1.80%) Rancher
Vendors
1 53 (47.75%) Microsoft
2 36 (32.43%) VMware
3 15 (13.51%) HP
4 14 (12.61%) Citrix
5 10 (9.01%) Cisco
5 10 (9.01%) Google
5 10 (9.01%) Juniper
6 8 (7.21%) Symantec
7 6 (5.41%) Atlassian
7 6 (5.41%) Dell
7 6 (5.41%) Palo Alto
8 5 (4.50%) ForgeRock
8 5 (4.50%) Oracle
8 5 (4.50%) Veeam
9 4 (3.60%) Red Hat
10 3 (2.70%) Okta
10 3 (2.70%) Ping Identity
10 3 (2.70%) Thales
11 2 (1.80%) Splunk
12 1 (0.90%) SolarWinds