PKI Jobs in the UK excluding London

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited PKI over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 484 470 507
Rank change year-on-year -14 +37 +122
Permanent jobs citing PKI 108 286 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.39% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.74% 1.25% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 75 176 120
10th Percentile £43,799 £39,375 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £64,813 £61,688 £75,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £67,968 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -15.38% +8.33%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 14,648 22,867 20,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.81% 31.47% 41.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6,740 13,605 10,654
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £35,392 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £64,029
% change year-on-year +4.55% -14.10% +2.45%

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PKI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PKI in the UK excluding London

PKI
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PKI in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for PKI in the UK excluding London

PKI
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PKI in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

Salary histogram for PKI in the UK excluding London

PKI
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PKI within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 July 2025. 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
South East +13 57 £55,000 -2.70% 13
East of England +42 23 £85,000 +36.00% 7
South West +50 15 £57,500 +15.00% 7
West Midlands +33 6 £55,000 +11.99% 9
Midlands +24 6 £55,000 +24.37% 9
North of England -14 5 £51,100 -18.42% 12
North West -26 3 £66,000 +5.60% 9
Yorkshire +25 2 £44,700 -28.48% 2
Scotland +76 1 £74,500 +41.90% 5
Northern Ireland +31 1 - - 1
PKI
UK

PKI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (17.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (12.04%) IIS
3 4 (3.70%) Apache
4 3 (2.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.93%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.93%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 54 (50.00%) AWS
2 34 (31.48%) Azure
3 26 (24.07%) AWS Lambda
3 26 (24.07%) Serverless
4 15 (13.89%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (8.33%) Entra ID
6 8 (7.41%) IaaS
7 7 (6.48%) GCP
8 6 (5.56%) OpenShift
9 3 (2.78%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (2.78%) PaaS
9 3 (2.78%) SaaS
10 1 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.93%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.93%) NuGet
10 1 (0.93%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 41 (37.96%) Firewall
2 33 (30.56%) SSL
3 31 (28.70%) DNS
4 27 (25.00%) SSH
5 26 (24.07%) Broadband
5 26 (24.07%) DHCP
6 13 (12.04%) LAN
7 11 (10.19%) SMTP
7 11 (10.19%) WAN
8 10 (9.26%) Internet
8 10 (9.26%) Kerberos
9 9 (8.33%) SAN
10 8 (7.41%) Cisco Firepower
10 8 (7.41%) Network Security
11 7 (6.48%) VPN
12 6 (5.56%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (5.56%) Cisco ISE
12 6 (5.56%) Junos
12 6 (5.56%) NX-OS
12 6 (5.56%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.56%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.93%) GitLab
2 1 (0.93%) JIRA
General
1 51 (47.22%) Social Skills
2 9 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 9 (8.33%) Law
3 4 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.78%) Agriculture
4 3 (2.78%) Legal
4 3 (2.78%) Police
5 2 (1.85%) Finance
5 2 (1.85%) Local Government
5 2 (1.85%) Retail
6 1 (0.93%) Advertising
6 1 (0.93%) Automotive
6 1 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (29.63%) Cloud Engineer
2 27 (25.00%) DevOps Engineer
3 16 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (12.04%) Infrastructure Support
5 12 (11.11%) Architect
6 10 (9.26%) 3rd Line Support
7 9 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 9 (8.33%) Analyst
7 9 (8.33%) Network Engineer
7 9 (8.33%) Senior
7 9 (8.33%) Support Analyst
8 8 (7.41%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 8 (7.41%) Support Engineer
9 5 (4.63%) 2nd Line Support
9 5 (4.63%) Software Engineer
10 4 (3.70%) Security Architect
10 4 (3.70%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 4 (3.70%) Test Specialist
11 3 (2.78%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 3 (2.78%) Technical Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (30.56%) Web Services
2 27 (25.00%) RESTful
3 15 (13.89%) SAML
4 14 (12.96%) LDAP
5 7 (6.48%) OAuth
5 7 (6.48%) OAuth2
5 7 (6.48%) OpenID
6 4 (3.70%) SOAP
7 3 (2.78%) YAML
8 2 (1.85%) 802.1X
8 2 (1.85%) JDBC
8 2 (1.85%) JSON
8 2 (1.85%) JWT
8 2 (1.85%) Keycloak
8 2 (1.85%) REST
9 1 (0.93%) .NET
9 1 (0.93%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 26 (24.07%) Cyber Threat
1 26 (24.07%) Cyberattack
1 26 (24.07%) Management Information System
1 26 (24.07%) Onboarding
2 10 (9.26%) Clustering
3 9 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.78%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.78%) Microsoft Licensing
4 3 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.85%) Taxonomies
6 1 (0.93%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.93%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.93%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.93%) SCADA
6 1 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.93%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 34 (31.48%) Windows
2 31 (28.70%) Windows Server
3 13 (12.04%) Linux
4 10 (9.26%) Windows 10
5 9 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (2.78%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.93%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (35.19%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (30.56%) DevOps
2 33 (30.56%) Key Management
3 30 (27.78%) Roadmaps
4 27 (25.00%) Use Case
5 26 (24.07%) Deployment Automation
5 26 (24.07%) Programme Delivery
5 26 (24.07%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 22 (20.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 15 (13.89%) Cryptography
8 11 (10.19%) Agile
8 11 (10.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (10.19%) Data Loss Prevention
8 11 (10.19%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (9.26%) SIEM
10 9 (8.33%) Change Management
11 7 (6.48%) Incident Management
12 6 (5.56%) High Availability
12 6 (5.56%) ITSM
12 6 (5.56%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (24.07%) PowerShell
1 26 (24.07%) Python
2 9 (8.33%) VB
3 4 (3.70%) Java
3 4 (3.70%) SQL
4 2 (1.85%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.93%) C#
5 1 (0.93%) Scala
Qualifications
1 48 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 39 (36.11%) DV Cleared
3 13 (12.04%) Degree
4 9 (8.33%) SC Cleared
5 8 (7.41%) CCNA
5 8 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (4.63%) Azure Certification
6 5 (4.63%) CCNP
6 5 (4.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (2.78%) CISSP
8 1 (0.93%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.93%) APMG
8 1 (0.93%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.93%) CEH
8 1 (0.93%) Cyber Scheme
8 1 (0.93%) GIAC
8 1 (0.93%) ISACA
8 1 (0.93%) MCSA
8 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (26.85%) NIST
2 27 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (12.96%) SLA
4 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 77 (71.30%) Active Directory
2 22 (20.37%) Hyper-V
3 18 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
4 16 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (8.33%) Docker
6 8 (7.41%) BitLocker
6 8 (7.41%) Microsoft App-V
6 8 (7.41%) Terminal Services
7 7 (6.48%) vSphere
8 6 (5.56%) Firmware
8 6 (5.56%) VMware NSX
9 2 (1.85%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (25.00%) Terraform
2 14 (12.96%) vCenter Server
3 11 (10.19%) Ansible
3 11 (10.19%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (10.19%) WSUS
4 9 (8.33%) Kubernetes
5 8 (7.41%) Puppet
5 8 (7.41%) vMotion
6 6 (5.56%) Nagios
7 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (1.85%) Argo
8 2 (1.85%) Graylog
8 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (1.85%) NetBackup
8 2 (1.85%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.93%) CASB
9 1 (0.93%) Nessus
9 1 (0.93%) QRadar
9 1 (0.93%) WMI
Vendors
1 39 (36.11%) Microsoft
2 33 (30.56%) Thales
3 24 (22.22%) VMware
4 13 (12.04%) Cisco
5 8 (7.41%) Citrix
5 8 (7.41%) Google
5 8 (7.41%) HP
6 7 (6.48%) SolarWinds
7 6 (5.56%) Broadcom
7 6 (5.56%) Juniper
7 6 (5.56%) Symantec
7 6 (5.56%) Veeam
8 3 (2.78%) Splunk
9 2 (1.85%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.85%) ForgeRock
9 2 (1.85%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.93%) Avaya
10 1 (0.93%) Dell
10 1 (0.93%) Extreme Networks
10 1 (0.93%) Zscaler