PKI Job Trends in London

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited PKI over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 374 354
Rank change year-on-year +30 -20 +120
Permanent jobs citing PKI 65 23 151
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.32% 0.19% 0.65%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.93% 0.42% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 37 16 135
10th Percentile £51,250 £60,775 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £61,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £73,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% -1.67% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £95,500 £93,750 £105,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £61,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +6.56% -0.81% -5.38%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7,021 5,476 9,570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 34.25% 44.34% 40.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4,270 3,168 6,789
10th Percentile £40,625 £41,600 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £136,250 £130,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

PKI job vacancy trend in London

PKI
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing PKI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing PKI

PKI
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PKI in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for PKI in London

PKI
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PKI within the London region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Central London -7 6 £76,250 -15.28% 1
West London - 2 - - 2
PKI
England

PKI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 9 (13.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (10.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (18.46%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 30 (46.15%) AWS
2 23 (35.38%) Azure
2 23 (35.38%) GCP
3 13 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 12 (18.46%) Datadog
5 10 (15.38%) GitHub
5 10 (15.38%) GitHub Actions
5 10 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (12.31%) AWS CloudFormation
7 6 (9.23%) Google Workspace
7 6 (9.23%) Nutanix
7 6 (9.23%) OpenShift
8 4 (6.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (3.08%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (3.08%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (3.08%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (3.08%) Cloudflare
9 2 (3.08%) Mimecast
9 2 (3.08%) Tessian
10 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 29 (44.62%) Network Security
2 23 (35.38%) Firewall
3 20 (30.77%) DNS
4 16 (24.62%) SD-WAN
4 16 (24.62%) WAN
5 14 (21.54%) SSL
5 14 (21.54%) VPN
6 12 (18.46%) Cisco ISE
6 12 (18.46%) Cisco Wireless
6 12 (18.46%) Wireless
7 11 (16.92%) BGP
7 11 (16.92%) SAN
8 10 (15.38%) BIG-IP
8 10 (15.38%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 10 (15.38%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 9 (13.85%) OSPF
10 5 (7.69%) EIGRP
10 5 (7.69%) HSRP
10 5 (7.69%) VLAN
10 5 (7.69%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (21.54%) TeamCity
2 3 (4.62%) Git
3 2 (3.08%) Bitbucket
3 2 (3.08%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (21.54%) Retail
2 13 (20.00%) Banking
3 7 (10.77%) Finance
3 7 (10.77%) Social Skills
4 3 (4.62%) Advertising
4 3 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (4.62%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.08%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.08%) Law
6 1 (1.54%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (27.69%) Cloud Engineer
2 17 (26.15%) Senior
3 16 (24.62%) Network Engineer
4 13 (20.00%) Security Engineer
5 12 (18.46%) Cloud Security Engineer
6 11 (16.92%) Automation Engineer
7 10 (15.38%) Cloud Automation Engineer
7 10 (15.38%) Senior Network Engineer
8 8 (12.31%) Architect
8 8 (12.31%) Security Architect
9 7 (10.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 7 (10.77%) 3rd Line Support
9 7 (10.77%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 7 (10.77%) Support Engineer
10 5 (7.69%) Linux Engineer
10 5 (7.69%) Linux Support
10 5 (7.69%) Linux Support Engineer
10 5 (7.69%) Senior Automation Engineer
10 5 (7.69%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 5 (7.69%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.23%) eBPF
2 2 (3.08%) Middleware
2 2 (3.08%) OAuth
2 2 (3.08%) OAuth2
2 2 (3.08%) OpenID
2 2 (3.08%) RESTful
3 1 (1.54%) FIDO
3 1 (1.54%) JSON
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.54%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.15%) Security Posture
2 13 (20.00%) Data Centre
3 11 (16.92%) Cloud Native
4 6 (9.23%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (4.62%) Management Information System
6 2 (3.08%) Blog
6 2 (3.08%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (3.08%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (3.08%) Cyberattack
6 2 (3.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (3.08%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.08%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.54%) CMDB
7 1 (1.54%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.54%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 18 (27.69%) Windows
2 16 (24.62%) Linux
3 11 (16.92%) Windows Server
4 7 (10.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.54%) Android
5 1 (1.54%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.54%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (44.62%) Security Architecture
2 22 (33.85%) Zero Trust
3 21 (32.31%) Cloud Security
4 17 (26.15%) Cryptography
5 16 (24.62%) Business Continuity
5 16 (24.62%) Disaster Recovery
5 16 (24.62%) Infrastructure as Code
6 15 (23.08%) SIEM
7 14 (21.54%) CI/CD
7 14 (21.54%) Incident Response
7 14 (21.54%) Network Design
7 14 (21.54%) Software Engineering
8 13 (20.00%) Microservices
9 12 (18.46%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (18.46%) Enterprise Architecture
9 12 (18.46%) Information Security
9 12 (18.46%) Network Monitoring
9 12 (18.46%) Security Monitoring
10 11 (16.92%) Agile
10 11 (16.92%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 27 (41.54%) Python
2 10 (15.38%) PowerShell
3 8 (12.31%) C#
3 8 (12.31%) Go
3 8 (12.31%) Java
4 7 (10.77%) SQL
5 6 (9.23%) C++
5 6 (9.23%) JavaScript
5 6 (9.23%) Kotlin
6 5 (7.69%) Bash
7 4 (6.15%) Google Apps Script
8 2 (3.08%) Bicep
8 2 (3.08%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 24 (36.92%) Security Cleared
2 18 (27.69%) AWS Certification
3 12 (18.46%) CCNP
3 12 (18.46%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (13.85%) CISM
4 9 (13.85%) CISSP
5 8 (12.31%) DV Cleared
6 6 (9.23%) SC Cleared
7 4 (6.15%) AWS Certified Developer
7 4 (6.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (6.15%) Azure Certification
8 3 (4.62%) CISA
9 2 (3.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 2 (3.08%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (1.54%) CEH
10 1 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (32.31%) PCI DSS
3 20 (30.77%) NIST
4 12 (18.46%) GRC
4 12 (18.46%) SOC 2
5 5 (7.69%) GDPR
6 4 (6.15%) NCSC
7 3 (4.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (3.08%) NIST 800
8 2 (3.08%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (16.92%) Active Directory
2 11 (16.92%) vSphere
3 9 (13.85%) Docker
4 4 (6.15%) KVM
5 2 (3.08%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.54%) BitLocker
6 1 (1.54%) iptables
6 1 (1.54%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 24 (36.92%) Terraform
2 21 (32.31%) Kubernetes
3 15 (23.08%) Ansible
4 10 (15.38%) Cilium
5 8 (12.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (10.77%) WSUS
7 6 (9.23%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (7.69%) Grafana
9 4 (6.15%) HP Fortify
9 4 (6.15%) VxRail
10 3 (4.62%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (1.54%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 24 (36.92%) Microsoft
2 21 (32.31%) Cisco
3 17 (26.15%) Arista
4 16 (24.62%) Palo Alto
5 15 (23.08%) VMware
6 12 (18.46%) ForeScout
6 12 (18.46%) Infoblox
6 12 (18.46%) SevOne
6 12 (18.46%) SolarWinds
6 12 (18.46%) Splunk
7 10 (15.38%) F5
8 9 (13.85%) Google
9 7 (10.77%) McAfee
10 4 (6.15%) Aruba
10 4 (6.15%) Dell
10 4 (6.15%) Juniper
10 4 (6.15%) Meraki
11 2 (3.08%) Broadcom
11 2 (3.08%) Thales
11 2 (3.08%) Zscaler