Hybrid/Remote PKI Job Trends

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited PKI over the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 401 385 403
Rank change year-on-year -16 +18 +11
Permanent jobs citing PKI 63 29 75
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.25% 0.18% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.65% 0.43% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 37 18 31
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 -
25th Percentile £46,446 £36,563 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £66,250 £53,050
Median % change year-on-year -16.98% +24.88% -27.82%
75th Percentile £69,000 £77,500 £56,525
90th Percentile £79,750 £83,875 £75,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £56,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% -23.08%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,637 6,795 7,298
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.56% 41.19% 34.28%
Number of salaries quoted 5,469 3,420 4,188
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £39,000 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -9.45% -2.31%
75th Percentile £80,750 £82,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -4.00%

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PKI and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

PKI job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PKI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PKI

PKI
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PKI over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

PKI salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

PKI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 4 (6.35%) IIS
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 35 (55.56%) Azure
2 27 (42.86%) AWS
3 14 (22.22%) Entra ID
4 9 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (9.52%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (7.94%) GCP
7 4 (6.35%) Cloudflare
7 4 (6.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (4.76%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (4.76%) GitHub
9 2 (3.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (3.17%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (3.17%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (3.17%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (3.17%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (3.17%) IaaS
9 2 (3.17%) Serverless
10 1 (1.59%) Azure API Management
10 1 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 23 (36.51%) Firewall
2 10 (15.87%) Network Security
3 9 (14.29%) VPN
4 7 (11.11%) TCP/IP
5 6 (9.52%) DMZ
5 6 (9.52%) DNS
5 6 (9.52%) SSL
6 5 (7.94%) DHCP
7 4 (6.35%) BGP
7 4 (6.35%) Broadband
7 4 (6.35%) Kerberos
7 4 (6.35%) OSPF
7 4 (6.35%) SSH
8 3 (4.76%) MPLS
8 3 (4.76%) WAN
9 2 (3.17%) EIGRP
9 2 (3.17%) LTE
9 2 (3.17%) NGN
9 2 (3.17%) Wireless
9 2 (3.17%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.17%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Git
1 1 (1.59%) GitLab
1 1 (1.59%) JIRA
General
1 18 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 16 (25.40%) Social Skills
3 6 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.94%) Police
5 4 (6.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (6.35%) Law
6 3 (4.76%) Banking
6 3 (4.76%) Retail
7 2 (3.17%) Aerospace
7 2 (3.17%) Finance
7 2 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.17%) Legal
8 1 (1.59%) Aviation
8 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 21 (33.33%) Consultant
2 12 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (17.46%) Security Consultant
4 10 (15.87%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 10 (15.87%) Junior
5 8 (12.70%) Junior Consultant
5 8 (12.70%) Junior Security Consultant
5 8 (12.70%) Junior Technical Consultant
5 8 (12.70%) Network Engineer
5 8 (12.70%) Security Technical Consultant
5 8 (12.70%) Technical Consultant
5 8 (12.70%) Technical Security Consultant
6 5 (7.94%) Architect
6 5 (7.94%) Cloud Engineer
6 5 (7.94%) Senior
7 4 (6.35%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (6.35%) Support Engineer
7 4 (6.35%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (6.35%) Technical Support
7 4 (6.35%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (15.87%) Terraform
2 8 (12.70%) SAML
3 7 (11.11%) LDAP
3 7 (11.11%) Middleware
3 7 (11.11%) OpenID
4 5 (7.94%) OAuth
4 5 (7.94%) OAuth2
5 4 (6.35%) COM
5 4 (6.35%) DCOM
5 4 (6.35%) RESTful
6 2 (3.17%) JWT
6 2 (3.17%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (3.17%) REST
7 1 (1.59%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (1.59%) JSON
7 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (1.59%) YAML
7 1 (1.59%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.29%) Blog
1 9 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 7 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 7 (11.11%) Cloud Security Posture
2 7 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (11.11%) Security Posture
3 6 (9.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 5 (7.94%) Mobile App
5 4 (6.35%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (6.35%) Cyberattack
5 4 (6.35%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (6.35%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (6.35%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (6.35%) Smartcard
6 3 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (4.76%) Management Information System
7 2 (3.17%) Clustering
7 2 (3.17%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (3.17%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (3.17%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (20.63%) Linux
2 11 (17.46%) Windows
3 4 (6.35%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.17%) Apple iOS
4 2 (3.17%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (3.17%) OpenWrt
5 1 (1.59%) Android
5 1 (1.59%) Debian
5 1 (1.59%) macOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (47.62%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (28.57%) Cloud Security
3 17 (26.98%) Zero Trust
4 16 (25.40%) Cryptography
5 15 (23.81%) RBAC
6 12 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (17.46%) Containerisation
7 11 (17.46%) Identity Access Management
8 10 (15.87%) AI
8 10 (15.87%) Key Management
8 10 (15.87%) Privileged Access Management
8 10 (15.87%) Security Architecture
8 10 (15.87%) Threat Modelling
9 9 (14.29%) CI/CD
9 9 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
9 9 (14.29%) SIEM
10 8 (12.70%) Identity Management
10 8 (12.70%) Mentoring
10 8 (12.70%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (26.98%) PowerShell
2 12 (19.05%) Bash
3 9 (14.29%) Python
4 4 (6.35%) Go
4 4 (6.35%) SQL
5 2 (3.17%) C
5 2 (3.17%) C++
5 2 (3.17%) Rust
6 1 (1.59%) Bicep
6 1 (1.59%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 26 (41.27%) Security Cleared
2 10 (15.87%) DV Cleared
3 8 (12.70%) SC Cleared
4 6 (9.52%) CISSP
4 6 (9.52%) Degree
5 5 (7.94%) Azure Certification
6 4 (6.35%) AWS Certification
6 4 (6.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (6.35%) CISM
6 4 (6.35%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (4.76%) DBS Check
8 2 (3.17%) CISMP
8 2 (3.17%) CREST Certified
8 2 (3.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (3.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.59%) CCNA
9 1 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.59%) MCSE
9 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (26.98%) NIST
3 11 (17.46%) GDPR
4 10 (15.87%) NCSC
4 10 (15.87%) PCI DSS
5 8 (12.70%) GRC
6 7 (11.11%) SLA
7 6 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 6 (9.52%) JSP 440
8 2 (3.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (1.59%) Accessibility
9 1 (1.59%) JTAG
9 1 (1.59%) QA
9 1 (1.59%) SOC 2
System Software
1 19 (30.16%) Active Directory
2 9 (14.29%) Hyper-V
3 8 (12.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (6.35%) Docker
5 4 (6.35%) KVM
6 2 (3.17%) Firmware
6 2 (3.17%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (1.59%) BitLocker
7 1 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.59%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 5 (7.94%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (6.35%) Graylog
3 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (6.35%) Proxmox
3 4 (6.35%) ZABBIX
4 3 (4.76%) Grafana
5 2 (3.17%) Ansible
5 2 (3.17%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 2 (3.17%) Prometheus
5 2 (3.17%) SCCM
5 2 (3.17%) SCOM
6 1 (1.59%) CASB
6 1 (1.59%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.59%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.59%) Kibana
6 1 (1.59%) logstash
6 1 (1.59%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.59%) WSUS
Vendors
1 26 (41.27%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.70%) VMware
3 5 (7.94%) CyberArk
4 4 (6.35%) Salesforce
4 4 (6.35%) Thales
4 4 (6.35%) Veeam
5 3 (4.76%) BeyondTrust
5 3 (4.76%) Cisco
5 3 (4.76%) Meraki
5 3 (4.76%) Okta
5 3 (4.76%) Palo Alto
6 2 (3.17%) Apple
6 2 (3.17%) Arista
6 2 (3.17%) Aruba
6 2 (3.17%) Juniper
7 1 (1.59%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.59%) FIS
7 1 (1.59%) ForgeRock
7 1 (1.59%) Splunk
7 1 (1.59%) Tenable