PKI Jobs in the West Midlands

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited PKI over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 220 270
Rank change year-on-year +35 +50 +7
Permanent jobs citing PKI 11 27 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.25% 0.37% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.82% 1.09% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 5 17 8
10th Percentile £45,494 £28,800 £45,125
25th Percentile £51,860 £43,227 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.39% - +71.88%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - £63,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +8.33%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,338 2,470 3,131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 29.97% 34.12% 46.98%
Number of salaries quoted 698 1,708 979
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,925 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -4.55% +15.18%
75th Percentile £63,750 £64,108 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing PKI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for PKI in the West Midlands

PKI
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for PKI in the West Midlands

PKI
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PKI within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Warwickshire - 5 - - 2
Staffordshire - 4 £53,688 - 3
Shropshire +16 1 - -
PKI
England

PKI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) AWS
2 5 (45.45%) Azure
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (18.18%) Asana
4 2 (18.18%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
5 1 (9.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) Firewall
2 5 (45.45%) Internet
3 1 (9.09%) LAN
3 1 (9.09%) VPN
3 1 (9.09%) WAN
3 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Police
3 3 (27.27%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Automotive
5 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Security Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) SOC Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (36.36%) Management Information System
3 2 (18.18%) Algorithms
3 2 (18.18%) Security Posture
4 1 (9.09%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Security Operations
2 6 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (45.45%) Information Security
4 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (36.36%) Identity Management
4 4 (36.36%) Security Management
5 3 (27.27%) Cloud Security
5 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
5 3 (27.27%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (27.27%) Incident Management
5 3 (27.27%) SIEM
5 3 (27.27%) SOAR
6 2 (18.18%) Cloud Operations
6 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
6 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
6 2 (18.18%) Key Management
6 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (18.18%) Threat Intelligence
6 2 (18.18%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) C++
1 2 (18.18%) Java
1 2 (18.18%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Degree
2 4 (36.36%) CISSP
3 3 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (18.18%) A+ Certification
4 2 (18.18%) APMG
4 2 (18.18%) AWS Certification
4 2 (18.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 2 (18.18%) Cyber Scheme
4 2 (18.18%) GIAC
4 2 (18.18%) ISACA
4 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
4 2 (18.18%) PMP
4 2 (18.18%) SANS
5 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) NIST
2 2 (18.18%) GDPR
2 2 (18.18%) HIPAA
2 2 (18.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (27.27%) QRadar
2 2 (18.18%) Nessus
3 1 (9.09%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) Google
2 3 (27.27%) Splunk
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco