PKI Job Trends 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 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 455 440 405
Rank change year-on-year -15 -35 +190
Permanent jobs citing PKI 51 111 158
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.31% 0.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.38% 0.90% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 30 65 136
10th Percentile £36,750 £46,750 £42,200
25th Percentile £46,375 £47,500 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,125 £50,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.54% -1.70%
75th Percentile £62,000 £53,688 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,375 £56,325 £85,000
UK median annual salary £58,000 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +16.00% -23.08% +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 13,545 12,317 11,960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.28% 34.25% 34.48%
Number of salaries quoted 6,236 5,308 8,511
10th Percentile £26,313 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £37,756
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,793 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.31% +3.38% -3.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,341 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £82,548
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

PKI job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

PKI
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PKI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PKI

PKI
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PKI in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

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 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
South East +37 23 £55,000 +3.68% 29
South West -18 18 £48,500 -3.00% 21
East of England +21 6 £52,500 -27.59% 11
West Midlands +8 4 £67,500 +31.70% 3
Midlands +4 4 £67,500 +31.70% 8
PKI
UK

PKI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 (17.65%) IIS
2 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (5.88%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.96%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 10 (19.61%) AWS
2 8 (15.69%) Azure
3 3 (5.88%) Cohesity
4 2 (3.92%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.96%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 30 (58.82%) Firewall
2 13 (25.49%) Internet
3 11 (21.57%) DHCP
3 11 (21.57%) DNS
4 10 (19.61%) Cisco Firepower
4 10 (19.61%) Cisco ISE
4 10 (19.61%) WAN
5 9 (17.65%) Cisco IOS
5 9 (17.65%) Junos
5 9 (17.65%) Kerberos
5 9 (17.65%) LAN
5 9 (17.65%) NX-OS
6 8 (15.69%) Network Security
7 7 (13.73%) DMZ
8 4 (7.84%) VPN
9 3 (5.88%) Skype
9 3 (5.88%) VSAN
10 2 (3.92%) SSL
11 1 (1.96%) IPv4
11 1 (1.96%) S/MIME
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.96%) MySQL
2 1 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.96%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.96%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 3 (5.88%) GitLab
2 1 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 25 (49.02%) Social Skills
2 9 (17.65%) Law
3 6 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.84%) Military
5 3 (5.88%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.92%) Advertising
7 1 (1.96%) Electronics
7 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (23.53%) Analyst
2 10 (19.61%) Architect
2 10 (19.61%) Network Engineer
3 9 (17.65%) Cloud Engineer
3 9 (17.65%) Consultant
4 8 (15.69%) Support Analyst
5 7 (13.73%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 7 (13.73%) Security Consultant
6 5 (9.80%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (9.80%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 4 (7.84%) 3rd Line Support
8 3 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
8 3 (5.88%) Business Analyst
8 3 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 3 (5.88%) Security Architect
9 2 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Senior
9 2 (3.92%) Wintel Engineer
10 1 (1.96%) Test Engineer
10 1 (1.96%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (17.65%) LDAP
2 1 (1.96%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.96%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.73%) Cloud Security Posture
1 7 (13.73%) Security Posture
2 6 (11.76%) Cloud Native
2 6 (11.76%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 5 (9.80%) Blog
4 3 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (5.88%) Blackberry
4 3 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.88%) RSA SecurID
5 2 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.96%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.96%) CCTV
6 1 (1.96%) Derivative
6 1 (1.96%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.96%) FMCG
6 1 (1.96%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.96%) Smartcard
6 1 (1.96%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.96%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (31.37%) Windows
2 14 (27.45%) Windows Server
3 9 (17.65%) Windows 10
3 9 (17.65%) Windows Server 2016
3 9 (17.65%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (9.80%) Linux
5 3 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.96%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (31.37%) Cryptography
2 15 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (27.45%) Cloud Security
3 14 (27.45%) Security Architecture
4 12 (23.53%) Data Loss Prevention
5 11 (21.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (19.61%) Change Management
6 10 (19.61%) ITSM
7 9 (17.65%) AI
7 9 (17.65%) Service Management
7 9 (17.65%) Zero Trust
8 8 (15.69%) Threat Modelling
9 7 (13.73%) Containerisation
9 7 (13.73%) Key Management
10 6 (11.76%) ISMS
10 6 (11.76%) RBAC
10 6 (11.76%) Risk Management
10 6 (11.76%) SDLC
10 6 (11.76%) Use Case
10 6 (11.76%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 13 (25.49%) PowerShell
2 9 (17.65%) VB
3 2 (3.92%) Python
4 1 (1.96%) Java
4 1 (1.96%) SQL
4 1 (1.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (64.71%) Security Cleared
2 24 (47.06%) DV Cleared
3 14 (27.45%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (5.88%) CISM
4 3 (5.88%) CISSP
4 3 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (5.88%) Degree
5 2 (3.92%) AWS Certification
5 2 (3.92%) Azure Certification
5 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.92%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (1.96%) CCNP
6 1 (1.96%) CEH
6 1 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.96%) GIAC
6 1 (1.96%) MCSA
6 1 (1.96%) MCSE
6 1 (1.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (21.57%) SLA
2 9 (17.65%) GDPR
2 9 (17.65%) NIST
2 9 (17.65%) PCI DSS
3 8 (15.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (15.69%) NCSC
4 6 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 6 (11.76%) JSP 440
5 5 (9.80%) GRC
6 3 (5.88%) RMADS
7 1 (1.96%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.96%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (31.37%) Active Directory
2 9 (17.65%) Firmware
2 9 (17.65%) VMware NSX
3 3 (5.88%) vSphere
4 1 (1.96%) Docker
4 1 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (23.53%) WSUS
2 10 (19.61%) vCenter Server
3 4 (7.84%) Ansible
3 4 (7.84%) SCOM
4 2 (3.92%) CASB
4 2 (3.92%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.96%) Avamar
5 1 (1.96%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.96%) QRadar
5 1 (1.96%) SCCM
5 1 (1.96%) Terraform
5 1 (1.96%) WMI
Vendors
1 17 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (19.61%) Cisco
2 10 (19.61%) SolarWinds
3 9 (17.65%) Broadcom
3 9 (17.65%) Juniper
4 5 (9.80%) VMware
5 3 (5.88%) HP
5 3 (5.88%) Red Hat
6 2 (3.92%) Google
6 2 (3.92%) Netskope
6 2 (3.92%) Splunk
7 1 (1.96%) EMC
7 1 (1.96%) Meraki
7 1 (1.96%) NetApp
7 1 (1.96%) Thales