PKI Contract Job Trends in Wales

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in contract job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PKI over the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 48 55
Rank change year-on-year +1 +7 -10
Contract jobs citing PKI 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.21% 0.44% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.68% 1.33% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.89%
75th Percentile £575 - £538
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%

All Generic Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 148 150 165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 31.56% 32.97% 34.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 93 120
10th Percentile £169 £134 £174
25th Percentile £214 £178 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £308 £335 £340
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% -1.47% -24.44%
75th Percentile £438 £550 £550
90th Percentile £539 £676 £675
UK median daily rate £511 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.62% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 16 9
10th Percentile £13.08 £20.07 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £22.25 £18.00
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.92% -36.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £21.50 £27.50 £55.25
90th Percentile £31.88 £45.52 £55.50
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £37.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -29.33% -14.45% +48.59%

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

PKI job vacancy trend in Wales

PKI
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing PKI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing PKI

PKI
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing PKI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing PKI

PKI
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PKI within the Wales region over the 6 months to 15 November 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 Wales +2 1 £550 - 1
PKI
UK

PKI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Sendmail
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware