Hybrid/Remote Key Management Contract Job Trends

Key Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Key Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 280 341
Rank change year-on-year +18 +61 +150
Contract jobs citing Key Management 56 23 20
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.56% 0.21% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.23% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 13 12
10th Percentile £358 £448 £446
25th Percentile £563 £450 £570
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £825 £470 £650
Median % change year-on-year +75.53% -27.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £838 £627 £669
90th Percentile - £666 £849
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £650
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £85.00 -
UK median hourly rate £90.50 £85.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year +6.47% +8.97% +48.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Key Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,096 9,814 14,269
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.34% 89.48% 88.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,982 6,138 9,701
10th Percentile £331 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 189 363
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.45 £18.65
25th Percentile £20.33 £22.00 £26.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £35.25 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.96% -30.88% -11.30%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +22.16%

Key Management
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Key Management and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Key Management job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Key Management
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Key Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Key Management

Key Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Key Management over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Key Management daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Key Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 8 (14.29%) Confluence
2 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (46.43%) IaaS
2 10 (17.86%) AWS
3 7 (12.50%) GitHub
4 6 (10.71%) Amazon EKS
5 4 (7.14%) Azure
6 1 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.79%) AWS KMS
6 1 (1.79%) GCP
6 1 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (21.43%) SSL
2 4 (7.14%) SSH
3 3 (5.36%) S/MIME
4 2 (3.57%) 3GPP
4 2 (3.57%) MVNO
4 2 (3.57%) Network Security
4 2 (3.57%) SMPP
4 2 (3.57%) SMS
5 1 (1.79%) DNS
5 1 (1.79%) Firewall
5 1 (1.79%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.50%) MongoDB
2 6 (10.71%) DocumentDB
2 6 (10.71%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (16.07%) JIRA
2 3 (5.36%) Git
3 2 (3.57%) git-flow
4 1 (1.79%) CircleCI
4 1 (1.79%) GitLab
4 1 (1.79%) Jenkins
General
1 27 (48.21%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (14.29%) Finance
3 6 (10.71%) Social Skills
4 3 (5.36%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.57%) Law
5 2 (3.57%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.79%) Banking
6 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.79%) Military
Job Titles
1 29 (51.79%) Architect
2 7 (12.50%) Developer
3 6 (10.71%) Consultant
4 5 (8.93%) Security Consultant
5 4 (7.14%) Full-Stack Developer
5 4 (7.14%) Lead
6 3 (5.36%) Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 1 (1.79%) JavaScript Engineer
7 1 (1.79%) Rust Engineer
7 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared Technical Consultant
7 1 (1.79%) Security Technical Consultant
7 1 (1.79%) Senior
7 1 (1.79%) Senior Developer
7 1 (1.79%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
7 1 (1.79%) Technical Consultant
7 1 (1.79%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (57.14%) REST
2 28 (50.00%) JSON
3 7 (12.50%) Kafka
4 6 (10.71%) HTML
4 6 (10.71%) Node.js
4 6 (10.71%) RESTful
4 6 (10.71%) Spring
4 6 (10.71%) Spring Boot
5 1 (1.79%) Smart Contracts
5 1 (1.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 40 (71.43%) PKI
2 26 (46.43%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (5.36%) Java Card
4 2 (3.57%) Algorithms
4 2 (3.57%) IoT
5 1 (1.79%) Blockchain
5 1 (1.79%) EMV
5 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.79%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.79%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.79%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.36%) Linux
2 2 (3.57%) Unix
2 2 (3.57%) Windows
3 1 (1.79%) Android
3 1 (1.79%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (50.00%) Agile
1 28 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 12 (21.43%) Cryptography
3 9 (16.07%) CI/CD
4 8 (14.29%) Containerisation
4 8 (14.29%) Information Security
5 7 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 7 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
5 7 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
6 6 (10.71%) API Design
6 6 (10.71%) API Management
6 6 (10.71%) Event-Driven
6 6 (10.71%) Full-Stack Development
6 6 (10.71%) Microservices
6 6 (10.71%) Process Improvement
6 6 (10.71%) RBAC
6 6 (10.71%) Security Architecture
6 6 (10.71%) Test Automation
7 4 (7.14%) Project Management
7 4 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (51.79%) PowerShell
2 6 (10.71%) JavaScript
2 6 (10.71%) Python
3 3 (5.36%) Java
4 2 (3.57%) C
4 2 (3.57%) C++
5 1 (1.79%) Bash
5 1 (1.79%) Go
5 1 (1.79%) Rust
5 1 (1.79%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (69.64%) Security Cleared
2 35 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 8 (14.29%) Degree
4 7 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (5.36%) DV Cleared
7 2 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.79%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.79%) FIPS 140-2
1 1 (1.79%) GDPR
1 1 (1.79%) PCI DSS
1 1 (1.79%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (12.50%) Docker
2 6 (10.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.79%) Ansible
2 1 (1.79%) Grafana
2 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (14.29%) Thales
2 6 (10.71%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.36%) Gemalto
4 1 (1.79%) BiZZdesign
4 1 (1.79%) IBM
4 1 (1.79%) Oracle
4 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.79%) Splunk