PKI Job Trends in Lancashire

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in permanent job vacancies in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited PKI over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 72 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Permanent jobs citing PKI 1 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.086% 0.50% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% 1.98% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,446 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 - -
75th Percentile £50,443 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £48,445 £52,500 £45,500
% change year-on-year -7.72% +15.38% -6.34%

All Generic Skills
Lancashire

PKI falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 702 202 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 60.67% 25.44% 21.92%
Number of salaries quoted 88 134 73
10th Percentile £24,625 £32,114 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,720 £52,500 £44,240
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +18.67% -5.17%
75th Percentile £53,000 £58,943 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,650 £65,422 £70,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

PKI job vacancy trend in Lancashire

PKI
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing PKI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing PKI

PKI
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PKI within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Blackpool - 1 £48,445 - 1
PKI
North West

PKI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) NGFW
1 1 (100.00%) VXLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Network Operations Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Arista
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) NetScout