Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PKI over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 510 651 834
Rank change year-on-year +141 +183 -203
Permanent jobs citing PKI 427 338 417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.44% 0.32% 0.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.23% 0.75% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 299 208 264
10th Percentile £42,200 £41,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £49,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -1.03%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £109,125 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,100
% change year-on-year - +1.66% +6.08%

All Generic Skills
UK

PKI is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,768 44,861 72,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 42.86% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22,918 24,128 34,106
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,107 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PKI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PKI in the UK

PKI
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PKI.

Salary trend for PKI in the UK

PKI
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PKI over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for PKI in the UK

PKI
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PKI within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +157 385 £60,000 -7.69% 69
UK excluding London +90 253 £55,000 - 66
Work from Home +161 199 £58,500 -16.43% 34
London +143 159 £75,000 +1.69% 13
South East +75 99 £59,000 +2.61% 20
North of England +48 45 £62,783 -10.31% 6
Midlands +23 43 £47,112 -0.82% 16
South West +32 39 £56,250 -19.64% 11
North West +26 28 £62,783 -27.84% 5
West Midlands +44 27 £55,000 - 12
East Midlands -17 16 £44,225 -6.90% 4
Yorkshire +84 15 £62,500 -16.67% 1
Scotland -52 15 £80,000 - 9
Wales +14 9 - - 2
North East -4 8 £62,500 +66.67%
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 1
East of England -1 5 £62,500 - 2

PKI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 31 (7.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.64%) IIS
2 7 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.41%) OpenStack
4 3 (0.70%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.23%) Apache
6 1 (0.23%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.23%) nginx
Applications
1 17 (3.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 222 (51.99%) Azure
2 159 (37.24%) AWS
3 139 (32.55%) Microsoft 365
4 109 (25.53%) GCP
5 84 (19.67%) SaaS
6 65 (15.22%) Entra ID
7 24 (5.62%) Azure Monitor
8 18 (4.22%) Azure Storage
9 16 (3.75%) Cloud Computing
10 13 (3.04%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (2.81%) AWS KMS
12 10 (2.34%) Power Platform
13 9 (2.11%) IaaS
14 6 (1.41%) PaaS
15 5 (1.17%) AWS CloudFormation
15 5 (1.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 4 (0.94%) Nutanix
17 3 (0.70%) Cloudflare
17 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
17 3 (0.70%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 104 (24.36%) DNS
2 87 (20.37%) Firewall
3 65 (15.22%) DHCP
4 60 (14.05%) WAN
5 50 (11.71%) LAN
6 49 (11.48%) VPN
7 33 (7.73%) IPsec
8 28 (6.56%) Network Security
8 28 (6.56%) Wireless
9 26 (6.09%) TCP/IP
10 25 (5.85%) Wi-Fi
11 24 (5.62%) SAN
12 21 (4.92%) IPv4
12 21 (4.92%) IPv6
13 16 (3.75%) BGP
14 13 (3.04%) SD-WAN
15 12 (2.81%) Internet
15 12 (2.81%) VSAN
16 11 (2.58%) OSPF
16 11 (2.58%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.81%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (2.34%) Power BI
3 7 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (1.41%) InfluxDB
4 6 (1.41%) MariaDB
4 6 (1.41%) MySQL
5 3 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.70%) Redis
6 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (4.45%) Jenkins
2 7 (1.64%) Sonatype Nexus
3 6 (1.41%) Git
3 6 (1.41%) Robot Framework
4 4 (0.94%) MSI
5 3 (0.70%) GitLab
6 2 (0.47%) JIRA
7 1 (0.23%) Gatling
7 1 (0.23%) JUnit
7 1 (0.23%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.23%) SonarQube
General
1 81 (18.97%) Presentation Skills
2 70 (16.39%) Social Skills
3 40 (9.37%) Finance
4 29 (6.79%) Public Sector
5 19 (4.45%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (2.11%) Aerospace
7 8 (1.87%) Law
8 6 (1.41%) Police
9 5 (1.17%) Banking
9 5 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.17%) Military
10 4 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.70%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.47%) Electronics
12 2 (0.47%) Games
12 2 (0.47%) Legal
12 2 (0.47%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.23%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 133 (31.15%) Architect
2 81 (18.97%) Cloud Architect
3 78 (18.27%) Senior
4 56 (13.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 54 (12.65%) Security Engineer
6 34 (7.96%) Network Engineer
7 31 (7.26%) Senior Security Engineer
8 29 (6.79%) Security Architect
9 27 (6.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 27 (6.32%) Technical Architect
10 22 (5.15%) Linux Engineer
11 20 (4.68%) Active Directory Specialist
11 20 (4.68%) Azure Specialist
12 19 (4.45%) Administrator
12 19 (4.45%) Software Engineer
13 17 (3.98%) Security Technical Architect
14 15 (3.51%) Support Specialist
14 15 (3.51%) Systems Administrator
15 14 (3.28%) Active Directory Support
15 14 (3.28%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.68%) .NET
2 19 (4.45%) ARM Templates
3 12 (2.81%) EJB
4 10 (2.34%) GTK
5 7 (1.64%) HTML
5 7 (1.64%) web3js
6 5 (1.17%) OAuth
7 4 (0.94%) ASP.NET Web API
7 4 (0.94%) JWT
7 4 (0.94%) Web Services
8 3 (0.70%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.47%) 802.1X
9 2 (0.47%) LAMP
9 2 (0.47%) LDAP
9 2 (0.47%) Middleware
9 2 (0.47%) V-Ray
10 1 (0.23%) Azure Blueprints
10 1 (0.23%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 100 (23.42%) Public Cloud
2 29 (6.79%) Data Centre
3 19 (4.45%) Greenfield Project
4 18 (4.22%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (3.98%) Clustering
6 14 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
6 14 (3.28%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.11%) NHS
9 8 (1.87%) Hedge funds
10 7 (1.64%) Blockchain
10 7 (1.64%) Cyberattack
10 7 (1.64%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.64%) Web3
11 6 (1.41%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.41%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.17%) Client/Server
12 5 (1.17%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (0.94%) Enterprise Storage
13 4 (0.94%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 154 (36.07%) Windows
2 119 (27.87%) Linux
3 94 (22.01%) Windows Server
4 35 (8.20%) Windows Server 2019
5 32 (7.49%) Windows Server 2016
6 26 (6.09%) Windows Server 2012
7 23 (5.39%) Ubuntu
8 20 (4.68%) Android
8 20 (4.68%) Apple iOS
9 16 (3.75%) Debian
10 12 (2.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 10 (2.34%) CentOS
12 7 (1.64%) Windows 10
13 3 (0.70%) VMS
14 2 (0.47%) Unix
15 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (23.42%) Cybersecurity
2 96 (22.48%) Actionable Insight
3 94 (22.01%) Project Management
4 91 (21.31%) TOGAF
5 87 (20.37%) Migration
6 84 (19.67%) Presales
7 81 (18.97%) Application Virtualisation
7 81 (18.97%) Configuration Management
8 71 (16.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 69 (16.16%) DevOps
10 61 (14.29%) Cryptography
11 58 (13.58%) ITIL
12 56 (13.11%) Agile
12 56 (13.11%) Identity Management
13 48 (11.24%) Problem-Solving
14 41 (9.60%) Key Management
15 37 (8.67%) Information Security
16 35 (8.20%) CI/CD
17 32 (7.49%) Mentoring
18 30 (7.03%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 83 (19.44%) PowerShell
2 64 (14.99%) Python
3 37 (8.67%) C#
4 35 (8.20%) C
5 32 (7.49%) Bash
6 30 (7.03%) VB
7 20 (4.68%) VBScript
8 16 (3.75%) SQL
9 15 (3.51%) Bicep
10 11 (2.58%) Java
11 10 (2.34%) ActionScript
11 10 (2.34%) C++
12 8 (1.87%) JavaScript
13 5 (1.17%) Go
13 5 (1.17%) Perl
14 4 (0.94%) Lua
14 4 (0.94%) Ruby
14 4 (0.94%) Rust
15 2 (0.47%) Objective-C
15 2 (0.47%) PHP
Qualifications
1 133 (31.15%) Security Cleared
2 81 (18.97%) Degree
3 77 (18.03%) DV Cleared
4 46 (10.77%) SC Cleared
5 35 (8.20%) CISSP
6 28 (6.56%) CISM
7 27 (6.32%) Cisco Certification
8 17 (3.98%) CCNA
9 16 (3.75%) Master's Degree
10 15 (3.51%) GIAC
11 14 (3.28%) CRISC
11 14 (3.28%) ISSMP
11 14 (3.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 9 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (2.11%) DBS Check
12 9 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (1.87%) CEH
14 7 (1.64%) AWS Certification
15 6 (1.41%) CCIE
16 5 (1.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.28%) COBIT
2 12 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (2.58%) SLA
4 10 (2.34%) GDPR
4 10 (2.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 9 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.47%) PMO
7 1 (0.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 138 (32.32%) Active Directory
2 81 (18.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (8.90%) vSphere
4 31 (7.26%) VMware ESXi
5 27 (6.32%) Hyper-V
6 22 (5.15%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (4.92%) Docker
8 16 (3.75%) Virtual Desktop
8 16 (3.75%) VMware NSX
9 13 (3.04%) XenApp
10 10 (2.34%) OpenSSH
11 8 (1.87%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 7 (1.64%) Virtual Servers
12 7 (1.64%) VMware Server
13 3 (0.70%) Firmware
13 3 (0.70%) KVM
13 3 (0.70%) XenDesktop
14 2 (0.47%) pfSense
14 2 (0.47%) Terminal Services
15 1 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 42 (9.84%) Ansible
2 34 (7.96%) Kubernetes
2 34 (7.96%) Single Sign-On
3 33 (7.73%) Terraform
4 29 (6.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 28 (6.56%) SCCM
6 23 (5.39%) WSUS
7 21 (4.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 21 (4.92%) SCOM
8 18 (4.22%) vCenter Server
9 14 (3.28%) PowerCLI
10 12 (2.81%) CA Single Sign-On
11 11 (2.58%) Nessus
12 10 (2.34%) IBM BigFix
13 7 (1.64%) Cisco CUCM
13 7 (1.64%) Puppet
13 7 (1.64%) Stealthwatch
14 5 (1.17%) Red Hat Spacewalk
14 5 (1.17%) SCOrch
15 4 (0.94%) vRealize
Vendors
1 241 (56.44%) Microsoft
2 96 (22.48%) Google
3 88 (20.61%) VMware
4 31 (7.26%) Cisco
5 21 (4.92%) Citrix
5 21 (4.92%) Juniper
6 19 (4.45%) Fortinet
7 16 (3.75%) ServiceNow
8 14 (3.28%) Alibaba
8 14 (3.28%) CA
8 14 (3.28%) SolarWinds
9 13 (3.04%) Splunk
10 12 (2.81%) CyberArk
10 12 (2.81%) IBM
11 11 (2.58%) HP
12 8 (1.87%) Dell
13 6 (1.41%) Red Hat
13 6 (1.41%) Veeam
14 4 (0.94%) 3PAR
14 4 (0.94%) Nimble Storage