PKI Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited PKI over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 176 151
Rank change year-on-year +11 -25 +90
Permanent jobs citing PKI 6 3 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.15% 0.088% 1.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.57% 0.25% 3.38%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 43
10th Percentile - - £42,320
25th Percentile - - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £56,525
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.36%
75th Percentile - - £64,500
90th Percentile - - £74,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £53,050 £56,525
% change year-on-year +3.68% -6.15% -9.56%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,060 1,191 1,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 26.44% 34.97% 32.75%
Number of salaries quoted 594 517 849
10th Percentile £26,825 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,875 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +10.09% -0.91%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,833 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £56,254 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.01% +2.28% -

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

PKI job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

PKI
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PKI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PKI

PKI
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PKI within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 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
Berkshire +1 6 - - 4
PKI
South East

PKI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) S/MIME
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Test Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
1 1 (16.67%) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
2 1 (16.67%) Key Management
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (16.67%) SIEM
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (16.67%) Test Management
2 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) CEH
2 1 (16.67%) CISM
2 1 (16.67%) CISSP
2 1 (16.67%) GIAC
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
1 1 (16.67%) HIPAA
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
1 1 (16.67%) NIST 800
1 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
1 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Thales