PKI Contracts

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PKI over the 3 months to 28 May 2017 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI) UK
Location	3 months to 28 May 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	444	338	396
Rank change year-on-year	-106	+58
Contract jobs citing PKI	151	370	278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.34%	0.68%	0.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	1.02%	2.05%	1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted	94	219	153
Median daily rate	£475	£483	£358
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-1.55%	+34.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£300	£322	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£564	£575	£519
UK excluding London median daily rate	£425	£460	£373
% change year-on-year	-7.65%	+23.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted	4	4	5
Median hourly rate	£50.00	£26.29	£20.19
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+90.20%	+30.23%
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£50.00	£26.29	£20.19
% change year-on-year	+90.20%	+30.23%

PKI is in the generic IT skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Generic IT Skills UK
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	14754	18027	17655
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	32.95%	33.05%	31.97%
Number of daily rates quoted	9563	11799	10920
Median daily rate	£450	£425	£415
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.88%	+2.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£275	£265	£250
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£643	£613	£600
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£388	£375
% change year-on-year	+3.22%	+3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted	459	563	682
Median hourly rate	£27.00	£23.00	£18.47
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+17.39%	+24.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.50	£12.50	£12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£50.00	£47.33	£45.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£29.92	£23.00	£18.50
% change year-on-year	+30.08%	+24.32%

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing PKI as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Miscellaneous category.

PKI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing PKI.

Contractor daily rate trend for PKI in the UK

PKI
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing PKI over the 3 months to 28 May 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for PKI in the UK

PKI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing PKI.

Contractor hourly rate trend for PKI in the UK

PKI
Top 30 Contract Locations

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 over the 3 months to 28 May 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	-86	147	£475	-3.06%	39
London	+29	75	£490	-2.00%	15
South East	-59	34	£463	-2.52%	7
North West	-6	22	£295	-30.79%	3
Cheshire	+42	19	£295	-22.36%	1
Berkshire	+22	14	£540	+20.00%	1
Hampshire	-11	12	£450	+9.09%	2
City of London	-2	9	£475	-7.31%	3
South West	+9	7	£513	-6.81%	3
Chester	+20	6	£288	+51.31%
Reading	+8	6	£540	+20.00%	1
Basingstoke	-4	6	£463	+15.62%
Bracknell	+12	5	£463	-
Surrey	-42	5	£425	-15.00%	2
Somerset	-2	4	-	-
Knutsford	-	4	-	-	1
Yeovil	-	4	-	-
Warrington	+28	3	£325	-16.66%
Bristol	0	3	£513	-8.88%
Scotland	-5	3	-	-
East of England	-5	3	£450	-25.00%	1
Uxbridge	-	3	-	-
Sunbury-on-Thames	-	3	£425	-
Stockley Park	-	3	-	-
West Midlands	+17	2	£425	+6.25%	8
Norfolk	+2	2	£475	-20.83%
Glasgow	-1	2	-	-
Norwich	-2	2	£475	-20.83%
Buckinghamshire	-4	2	£437	-
East Midlands	-7	2	-	-	1

PKI
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 May 2017, IT contractor jobs citing PKI also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads with a requirement for PKI.

1	133 (40.18%)	Security Cleared
2	128 (38.67%)	Windows
3	126 (38.07%)	Active Directory
4	117 (35.35%)	SC Cleared
5	99 (29.91%)	Microsoft
6	84 (25.38%)	Firewall
7	74 (22.36%)	DNS
8	71 (21.45%)	Linux
9	66 (19.94%)	VMware
10	62 (18.73%)	SQL
11	58 (17.52%)	VPN
12	54 (16.31%)	SSL
12	54 (16.31%)	Windows Server
13	52 (15.71%)	DHCP
13	52 (15.71%)	SCCM

14	50 (15.11%)	Unix
14	50 (15.11%)	Office 365
15	47 (14.20%)	SCOM
16	46 (13.90%)	Amazon AWS
16	46 (13.90%)	SQL Server
17	45 (13.60%)	Finance
18	42 (12.69%)	Java
19	41 (12.39%)	Cisco
19	41 (12.39%)	Agile Software Development
20	40 (12.08%)	Oracle
21	39 (11.78%)	Citrix
21	39 (11.78%)	PowerShell
21	39 (11.78%)	Windows Server 2012
22	38 (11.48%)	Puppet
23	35 (10.57%)	Migration

PKI
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	34 (10.27%)	MS Exchange
2	29 (8.76%)	SharePoint
3	26 (7.85%)	IIS
4	21 (6.34%)	Apache
5	16 (4.83%)	Skype for Business
6	15 (4.53%)	JBoss
7	12 (3.63%)	Exchange Server 2010
7	12 (3.63%)	WebSphere
8	11 (3.32%)	Exchange Server 2013
9	8 (2.42%)	SAS
10	7 (2.11%)	Confluence
10	7 (2.11%)	SharePoint Server
10	7 (2.11%)	Tomcat
11	5 (1.51%)	WebLogic
12	4 (1.21%)	nginx
12	4 (1.21%)	SharePoint 2013
13	3 (0.91%)	ArcGIS
13	3 (0.91%)	Exchange Server 2003
13	3 (0.91%)	MQSeries
13	3 (0.91%)	Oracle SOA Suite

Applications
1	4 (1.21%)	Microsoft Excel
1	4 (1.21%)	Microsoft Office
2	2 (0.60%)	HipChat
2	2 (0.60%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
3	1 (0.30%)	Microsoft Project
3	1 (0.30%)	MS Visio

Business Applications
1	1 (0.30%)	SAP Oil and Gas
1	1 (0.30%)	Sentinel

Cloud Services
1	50 (15.11%)	Office 365
2	46 (13.90%)	Amazon AWS
3	26 (7.85%)	Microsoft Azure
4	21 (6.34%)	IaaS
5	14 (4.23%)	SaaS
6	10 (3.02%)	AWS CloudFormation
7	8 (2.42%)	PaaS
8	7 (2.11%)	Amazon EC2
8	7 (2.11%)	Azure Active Directory
9	6 (1.81%)	Amazon CloudWatch
9	6 (1.81%)	Amazon S3
10	4 (1.21%)	Cloud Computing
11	3 (0.91%)	AWS Lambda
11	3 (0.91%)	Route 53
11	3 (0.91%)	Virtual Private Cloud
12	2 (0.60%)	AWS OpsWorks
12	2 (0.60%)	OneDrive
13	1 (0.30%)	Google Cloud Platform
13	1 (0.30%)	Mimecast

Communications & Networking
1	84 (25.38%)	Firewall
2	74 (22.36%)	DNS
3	58 (17.52%)	VPN
4	54 (16.31%)	SSL
5	52 (15.71%)	DHCP
6	29 (8.76%)	Internet
7	26 (7.85%)	TCP/IP
8	25 (7.55%)	HTTP
8	25 (7.55%)	Network Security
9	23 (6.95%)	LDAP
10	20 (6.04%)	SSH
11	19 (5.74%)	SNMP
12	16 (4.83%)	LAN
13	15 (4.53%)	Kerberos
14	13 (3.93%)	IPsec
14	13 (3.93%)	WAN
15	11 (3.32%)	DMZ
16	10 (3.02%)	Reverse Proxy
17	8 (2.42%)	Cisco ASA
17	8 (2.42%)	SAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	46 (13.90%)	SQL Server
2	20 (6.04%)	PostgreSQL
3	18 (5.44%)	Oracle Database
4	10 (3.02%)	Hadoop
5	9 (2.72%)	Oracle Database 11g
5	9 (2.72%)	Oracle Database 12c
6	7 (2.11%)	MySQL
6	7 (2.11%)	RDBMS
6	7 (2.11%)	Relational Database
6	7 (2.11%)	SQL Server 2008
6	7 (2.11%)	SQL Server 2012
7	4 (1.21%)	Big Data
7	4 (1.21%)	SQL Server 2014
8	3 (0.91%)	Amazon RDS
8	3 (0.91%)	MongoDB
8	3 (0.91%)	NoSQL
9	2 (0.60%)	DB2
9	2 (0.60%)	Redis
9	2 (0.60%)	SQL Server 2005
10	1 (0.30%)	Oracle ODI

Development Applications
1	28 (8.46%)	Jenkins
2	17 (5.14%)	Bitbucket
2	17 (5.14%)	Git (software)
3	16 (4.83%)	JIRA
4	8 (2.42%)	Maven
4	8 (2.42%)	Subversion
5	5 (1.51%)	Atlassian Bamboo
5	5 (1.51%)	Sonatype Nexus
5	5 (1.51%)	Team Foundation Server
5	5 (1.51%)	Xcode
6	3 (0.91%)	GitLab
6	3 (0.91%)	Octopus Deploy
6	3 (0.91%)	TeamCity
7	2 (0.60%)	Ant

General
1	45 (13.60%)	Finance
2	13 (3.93%)	Banking
3	11 (3.32%)	Telecoms
4	9 (2.72%)	Financial Institution
5	7 (2.11%)	Local Government
6	2 (0.60%)	Investment Banking
6	2 (0.60%)	Legal
6	2 (0.60%)	Marketing
6	2 (0.60%)	Multimedia
6	2 (0.60%)	Publishing
7	1 (0.30%)	Automotive
7	1 (0.30%)	Billing
7	1 (0.30%)	Electronics
7	1 (0.30%)	Manufacturing
7	1 (0.30%)	Retail

Job Titles
1	96 (29.00%)	Architect
2	48 (14.50%)	Consultant
3	29 (8.76%)	Technical Architect
4	21 (6.34%)	Security Architect
5	19 (5.74%)	AWS Architect
5	19 (5.74%)	Infrastructure Architect
6	18 (5.44%)	Infrastructure Engineer
7	16 (4.83%)	Security Engineer
8	15 (4.53%)	Cloud Architect
8	15 (4.53%)	Developer
9	14 (4.23%)	Office 365 Architect
10	12 (3.63%)	Security Consultant
11	11 (3.32%)	Analyst
12	10 (3.02%)	Infrastructure Technical Architect
12	10 (3.02%)	Security Specialist
12	10 (3.02%)	Technical Infrastructure Architect
13	9 (2.72%)	DevOps Engineer
13	9 (2.72%)	Network Engineer
13	9 (2.72%)	Network Specialist
14	8 (2.42%)	Service Architect

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	27 (8.16%)	Web Services
2	19 (5.74%)	SAML
3	17 (5.14%)	Oracle GoldenGate
4	15 (4.53%)	OAuth
5	12 (3.63%)	Elastic Stack
5	12 (3.63%)	RESTful
6	11 (3.32%)	Middleware
6	11 (3.32%)	OpenID
7	9 (2.72%)	JSON
8	8 (2.42%)	REST
8	8 (2.42%)	SOAP
9	7 (2.11%)	XML
10	6 (1.81%)	.NET
10	6 (1.81%)	Java EE
10	6 (1.81%)	Node.js
10	6 (1.81%)	OAuth2
11	5 (1.51%)	802.1X
11	5 (1.51%)	Cocoa Touch
11	5 (1.51%)	Core Animation
11	5 (1.51%)	Core Data

Miscellaneous
1	35 (10.57%)	Data Centre
2	20 (6.04%)	Analytical Skills
3	19 (5.74%)	Management Information System
4	16 (4.83%)	Clustering
5	13 (3.93%)	CESG
5	13 (3.93%)	Computer Science
6	11 (3.32%)	Replication
7	10 (3.02%)	Linux Command Line
8	9 (2.72%)	Smart Meter
9	7 (2.11%)	Virtual Team
10	6 (1.81%)	Mainframe
10	6 (1.81%)	Smartcard
10	6 (1.81%)	User Experience
11	5 (1.51%)	Animation
11	5 (1.51%)	Blackberry
11	5 (1.51%)	Enterprise Cloud
11	5 (1.51%)	YubiKey
12	4 (1.21%)	CESG CLAS
12	4 (1.21%)	Private Cloud
13	3 (0.91%)	DataPower

Operating Systems
1	128 (38.67%)	Windows
2	71 (21.45%)	Linux
3	54 (16.31%)	Windows Server
4	50 (15.11%)	Unix
5	39 (11.78%)	Windows Server 2012
6	34 (10.27%)	Windows Server 2008
7	32 (9.67%)	Windows 10
8	20 (6.04%)	Windows Server 2003
9	15 (4.53%)	CentOS
10	12 (3.63%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11	10 (3.02%)	AIX
12	8 (2.42%)	Apple iOS
13	6 (1.81%)	Solaris
14	4 (1.21%)	SUSE
15	2 (0.60%)	zOS
16	1 (0.30%)	Android
16	1 (0.30%)	Windows 7

Processes & Methodologies
1	41 (12.39%)	Agile Software Development
2	35 (10.57%)	DevOps
2	35 (10.57%)	Migration
3	33 (9.97%)	Information Security
4	31 (9.37%)	ITIL
5	29 (8.76%)	Continuous Integration
5	29 (8.76%)	Cryptography
6	20 (6.04%)	Continuous Improvement
6	20 (6.04%)	TOGAF
7	19 (5.74%)	Open Source
8	17 (5.14%)	Identity Access Management
8	17 (5.14%)	Multi-Factor Authentication
8	17 (5.14%)	SIEM
8	17 (5.14%)	TDD
9	16 (4.83%)	Configuration Management
10	15 (4.53%)	Network Design
11	14 (4.23%)	Test Automation
12	13 (3.93%)	Identity Management
13	12 (3.63%)	ITIL V3
13	12 (3.63%)	Penetration Testing

Programming Languages
1	62 (18.73%)	SQL
2	42 (12.69%)	Java
3	39 (11.78%)	PowerShell
4	26 (7.85%)	C
5	22 (6.65%)	Python
6	21 (6.34%)	Shell Script
7	9 (2.72%)	Ruby
8	8 (2.42%)	Bash Shell
9	6 (1.81%)	JCL
9	6 (1.81%)	VB.NET
10	5 (1.51%)	Apple Swift
10	5 (1.51%)	Objective-C
11	4 (1.21%)	C++
11	4 (1.21%)	JavaScript
11	4 (1.21%)	PHP
12	3 (0.91%)	C#
12	3 (0.91%)	Perl
13	2 (0.60%)	Assembly Language
13	2 (0.60%)	C-shell
13	2 (0.60%)	REXX

Qualifications
1	133 (40.18%)	Security Cleared
2	117 (35.35%)	SC Cleared
3	25 (7.55%)	Microsoft Certification
4	24 (7.25%)	CISSP
4	24 (7.25%)	Degree
5	16 (4.83%)	RHCE
6	13 (3.93%)	Cisco Certification
6	13 (3.93%)	MCSE
7	12 (3.63%)	DV Cleared
8	11 (3.32%)	RHCSA
9	9 (2.72%)	Computer Science Degree
10	8 (2.42%)	CISM
11	7 (2.11%)	ITIL Certification
11	7 (2.11%)	MCITP
11	7 (2.11%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12	6 (1.81%)	BPSS Clearance
12	6 (1.81%)	CCIE
12	6 (1.81%)	CCNA
12	6 (1.81%)	VCP6
13	5 (1.51%)	MCSA

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	17 (5.14%)	ISO/IEC 27001
1	17 (5.14%)	PCI DSS
2	9 (2.72%)	QA
3	6 (1.81%)	GDPR
3	6 (1.81%)	SLA
4	5 (1.51%)	COBIT
5	4 (1.21%)	GPG13
5	4 (1.21%)	HMG Security Policy Framework
5	4 (1.21%)	RMADS
6	3 (0.91%)	Disclosure Scotland
6	3 (0.91%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
7	1 (0.30%)	COSO
7	1 (0.30%)	ISAE 3402
7	1 (0.30%)	ISO/IEC 27002
7	1 (0.30%)	SSAE 16

System Software
1	126 (38.07%)	Active Directory
2	30 (9.06%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	19 (5.74%)	Docker
4	18 (5.44%)	vSphere
5	12 (3.63%)	XenApp
6	8 (2.42%)	BitLocker
6	8 (2.42%)	vCloud
7	6 (1.81%)	DFS Replication
8	4 (1.21%)	Terminal Services
8	4 (1.21%)	UAG
8	4 (1.21%)	XenDesktop
9	3 (0.91%)	Citrix Presentation Server
9	3 (0.91%)	Microsoft App-V
9	3 (0.91%)	NFS
10	2 (0.60%)	Hyper-V
10	2 (0.60%)	Job Entry Subsystem
10	2 (0.60%)	ProxySG
10	2 (0.60%)	RACF
10	2 (0.60%)	Time Sharing Option
10	2 (0.60%)	Virtual Machines

Systems Management
1	52 (15.71%)	SCCM
2	47 (14.20%)	SCOM
3	38 (11.48%)	Puppet
4	23 (6.95%)	Microsoft Intune
5	18 (5.44%)	Ansible
5	18 (5.44%)	Kubernetes
6	15 (4.53%)	vCenter Server
7	12 (3.63%)	Rsyslog
8	11 (3.32%)	Opscode Chef
9	9 (2.72%)	Consul
9	9 (2.72%)	Forefront Identity Manager
9	9 (2.72%)	Packer
9	9 (2.72%)	Terraform
9	9 (2.72%)	yum
9	9 (2.72%)	ZABBIX
10	8 (2.42%)	Nessus
11	6 (1.81%)	Cobbler
11	6 (1.81%)	vRealize
12	5 (1.51%)	CA Single Sign-On
12	5 (1.51%)	Norton AntiVirus

Vendors
1	99 (29.91%)	Microsoft
2	66 (19.94%)	VMware
3	41 (12.39%)	Cisco
4	40 (12.08%)	Oracle
5	39 (11.78%)	Citrix
6	26 (7.85%)	Red Hat
7	22 (6.65%)	Atlassian
8	20 (6.04%)	CA
9	17 (5.14%)	Juniper
10	16 (4.83%)	McAfee
11	15 (4.53%)	IBM
12	14 (4.23%)	F5
12	14 (4.23%)	Qualys
13	12 (3.63%)	HP
13	12 (3.63%)	Palo Alto
14	11 (3.32%)	Thales
15	10 (3.02%)	3PAR
16	9 (2.72%)	AppDynamics
16	9 (2.72%)	Symantec
17	6 (1.81%)	ArcSight