PKI Job Trends in Scotland

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited PKI over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 191
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Permanent jobs citing PKI 0 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland - - 0.096%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £58,450
25th Percentile - - £59,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.05%
75th Percentile - - £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £58,000 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +16.00% -23.08% +8.33%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 766 770 1,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 28.00% 30.00% 40.50%
Number of salaries quoted 347 320 655
10th Percentile £25,260 £38,450 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £59,430 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.69% -0.95% +3.45%
75th Percentile £61,250 £74,144 £75,000
90th Percentile £71,750 £93,778 £95,063
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

PKI job vacancy trend in Scotland

PKI
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PKI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PKI