PKI Contracts in England

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PKI in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PKI over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 193 305 425
Rank change year-on-year +112 +120 +22
Contract jobs citing PKI 465 396 392
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.26% 0.81% 0.56%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.13% 2.40% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 299 277
10th Percentile £363 £413 £413
25th Percentile £434 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £625 £688 £660
90th Percentile £682 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £550 £585 £550
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 4
10th Percentile - £30.00 £26.65
25th Percentile - £52.50 £39.99
Median hourly rate £23.80 £55.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -56.73% +4.77% +249.97%
75th Percentile £32.03 £66.00 £56.42
90th Percentile £36.96 £76.20 £57.82
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £59.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +3.48% -4.56%

All Generic Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,259 16,505 23,747
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.63% 33.70% 33.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,386 11,462 16,891
10th Percentile £267 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £573 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 819 582 629
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £33.00 £22.49 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +46.76% -16.66% +3.34%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.88 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £67.39
UK median hourly rate £31.25 £22.45 £27.50
% change year-on-year +39.21% -18.37% +4.47%

PKI
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for PKI in England

PKI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PKI in England.

Daily rate trend for PKI in England

PKI
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PKI in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PKI in England

PKI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PKI in England.

Hourly rate trend for PKI in England

PKI
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PKI in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PKI in England

PKI
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PKI within the England region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +94 158 £605 +0.83% 17
South West +81 110 £550 -4.35% 18
London +11 88 £565 -5.83% 10
Midlands +81 86 £363 -33.33% 11
West Midlands +76 86 £363 -42.80% 6
North of England -12 14 £575 - 5
North West -20 10 £600 +6.29% 3
East of England -2 5 £650 -7.14% 2
North East +14 4 £431 -42.53%
PKI
UK

PKI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 73 (15.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (4.95%) Confluence
3 20 (4.30%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.51%) nginx
5 4 (0.86%) IIS
6 3 (0.65%) Apache
7 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.43%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.43%) Traefik
8 1 (0.22%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.22%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 8 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.43%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 118 (25.38%) Azure
2 88 (18.92%) AWS
3 48 (10.32%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (7.96%) Entra ID
5 20 (4.30%) Azure Monitor
6 16 (3.44%) Azure Storage
7 15 (3.23%) GCP
8 8 (1.72%) Mimecast
8 8 (1.72%) OneDrive
9 7 (1.51%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (1.51%) PaaS
9 7 (1.51%) Power Platform
10 6 (1.29%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (1.29%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.29%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.29%) Serverless
11 5 (1.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 5 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.08%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 97 (20.86%) DNS
2 94 (20.22%) WAN
3 90 (19.35%) Firewall
4 78 (16.77%) IPsec
5 76 (16.34%) BGP
6 73 (15.70%) VPN
7 72 (15.48%) DHCP
8 64 (13.76%) MPLS
9 58 (12.47%) SSL
10 47 (10.11%) Junos
11 27 (5.81%) LAN
12 21 (4.52%) Network Security
13 18 (3.87%) SD-WAN
14 16 (3.44%) Wireless
15 15 (3.23%) OSPF
15 15 (3.23%) SAN
15 15 (3.23%) VSAN
16 11 (2.37%) WLAN
17 10 (2.15%) TCP/IP
18 9 (1.94%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.44%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.51%) MySQL
3 7 (1.51%) Power BI
4 6 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.43%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.43%) Tableau
6 1 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.22%) CouchDB
6 1 (0.22%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.22%) Redis
6 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (5.59%) JIRA
2 14 (3.01%) Robot Framework
2 14 (3.01%) Sonatype Nexus
3 11 (2.37%) Git
4 6 (1.29%) GitLab
5 5 (1.08%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.65%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.43%) JMeter
7 2 (0.43%) Selenium
7 2 (0.43%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.22%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.22%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.22%) Darcs
8 1 (0.22%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.22%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.22%) MSI
8 1 (0.22%) Travis CI
General
1 59 (12.69%) Social Skills
2 42 (9.03%) Public Sector
3 36 (7.74%) Finance
4 28 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (4.30%) Military
6 13 (2.80%) Banking
7 6 (1.29%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.65%) Aerospace
9 3 (0.65%) Automotive
9 3 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (0.65%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.43%) Advertising
10 2 (0.43%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.22%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.22%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.22%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.22%) Police
11 1 (0.22%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 101 (21.72%) Architect
2 47 (10.11%) Administrator
3 42 (9.03%) Systems Administrator
3 42 (9.03%) Wintel Administrator
3 42 (9.03%) Wintel Systems Administrator
4 40 (8.60%) Security Architect
5 34 (7.31%) Network Support
6 30 (6.45%) 3rd Line Support
6 30 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 29 (6.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 29 (6.24%) WAN Engineer
8 27 (5.81%) Security Engineer
9 22 (4.73%) Network Engineer
10 20 (4.30%) Senior
11 19 (4.09%) Support Engineer
12 18 (3.87%) Test Engineer
13 17 (3.66%) 1st Line Engineer
13 17 (3.66%) Integration Engineer
13 17 (3.66%) Test and Integration Engineer
14 16 (3.44%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (9.25%) Web Services
2 16 (3.44%) ARM Templates
3 9 (1.94%) SAML
4 8 (1.72%) LDAP
5 5 (1.08%) .NET
5 5 (1.08%) SailPoint
6 4 (0.86%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.86%) Apache NiFi
6 4 (0.86%) JSON
6 4 (0.86%) OAuth
6 4 (0.86%) OpenID
6 4 (0.86%) RESTful
6 4 (0.86%) XML
7 3 (0.65%) Kafka
7 3 (0.65%) Lambda Expressions
7 3 (0.65%) React
7 3 (0.65%) REST
8 2 (0.43%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.43%) Jinja
8 2 (0.43%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (9.46%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (5.59%) Data Centre
3 13 (2.80%) Public Cloud
4 11 (2.37%) Security Posture
5 8 (1.72%) Clustering
5 8 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (1.72%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.51%) Fat Client
6 7 (1.51%) Thin Client
7 6 (1.29%) Digital Signage
8 4 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.65%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (0.65%) Replication
9 3 (0.65%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.43%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.43%) IoT
10 2 (0.43%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.43%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 164 (35.27%) Windows
2 94 (20.22%) Windows Server
3 81 (17.42%) Linux
4 49 (10.54%) Windows Server 2019
5 31 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
6 23 (4.95%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (2.15%) Ubuntu
9 9 (1.94%) CentOS
10 7 (1.51%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.65%) Unix
11 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.43%) VMS
12 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.22%) Alpine Linux
13 1 (0.22%) Debian
13 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (17.63%) Agile
2 58 (12.47%) Cryptography
2 58 (12.47%) Load Balancing
3 54 (11.61%) Key Management
4 44 (9.46%) Infrastructure as Code
4 44 (9.46%) Service Management
5 43 (9.25%) ITIL
6 39 (8.39%) Cybersecurity
6 39 (8.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 36 (7.74%) DevOps
8 32 (6.88%) Change Management
9 31 (6.67%) Identity Access Management
10 28 (6.02%) CI/CD
11 26 (5.59%) Change Control
11 26 (5.59%) SIEM
12 25 (5.38%) Cloud Security
13 24 (5.16%) Multi-Factor Authentication
14 23 (4.95%) Problem-Solving
15 22 (4.73%) RBAC
15 22 (4.73%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 96 (20.65%) PowerShell
2 48 (10.32%) Python
3 31 (6.67%) SQL
4 20 (4.30%) C#
5 16 (3.44%) Bicep
5 16 (3.44%) VB
5 16 (3.44%) VBScript
6 11 (2.37%) Bash
7 5 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (0.86%) Go
9 3 (0.65%) Java
9 3 (0.65%) Ruby
10 2 (0.43%) C++
10 2 (0.43%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.22%) C
11 1 (0.22%) Perl
11 1 (0.22%) PHP
11 1 (0.22%) Rust
11 1 (0.22%) Solidity
11 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 332 (71.40%) Security Cleared
2 182 (39.14%) DV Cleared
3 126 (27.10%) SC Cleared
4 91 (19.57%) Degree
5 47 (10.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (4.52%) MCSE
7 17 (3.66%) MCSA
7 17 (3.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 16 (3.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 9 (1.94%) CISM
9 9 (1.94%) CISSP
10 8 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.51%) SANS
12 6 (1.29%) CCNP
12 6 (1.29%) CRISC
13 4 (0.86%) CCNA
13 4 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (0.65%) CCIE
14 3 (0.65%) CISA
14 3 (0.65%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.23%) JSP 440
2 13 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 7 (1.51%) RMADS
5 6 (1.29%) NCSC
6 5 (1.08%) SLA
7 3 (0.65%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.43%) NIST
9 1 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.22%) QA
System Software
1 171 (36.77%) Active Directory
2 61 (13.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (6.02%) VMware ESXi
4 26 (5.59%) vSphere
5 24 (5.16%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (5.16%) VMware NSX
6 19 (4.09%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (2.37%) Docker
8 9 (1.94%) Hyper-V
9 5 (1.08%) VMware Server
10 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.86%) Shibboleth
10 4 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.65%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.65%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.43%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
12 2 (0.43%) NFS
12 2 (0.43%) Squid
13 1 (0.22%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 58 (12.47%) Terraform
2 54 (11.61%) Ansible
3 30 (6.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 29 (6.24%) Kubernetes
4 29 (6.24%) SCOM
5 28 (6.02%) Microsoft Intune
6 27 (5.81%) SCCM
7 24 (5.16%) OPNET
7 24 (5.16%) WSUS
8 15 (3.23%) vCenter Server
9 12 (2.58%) Single Sign-On
10 10 (2.15%) FortiGate
11 8 (1.72%) Nessus
12 6 (1.29%) ZABBIX
13 4 (0.86%) HAProxy
13 4 (0.86%) Oracle Identity Management
13 4 (0.86%) Red Hat Satellite
13 4 (0.86%) VxRail
14 3 (0.65%) Grafana
14 3 (0.65%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 142 (30.54%) Microsoft
2 91 (19.57%) VMware
3 77 (16.56%) Juniper
4 27 (5.81%) Cisco
5 26 (5.59%) CA
6 20 (4.30%) Palo Alto
7 18 (3.87%) Oracle
8 15 (3.23%) Red Hat
8 15 (3.23%) SolarWinds
9 11 (2.37%) Fortinet
10 10 (2.15%) Google
11 9 (1.94%) Dell
12 8 (1.72%) CyberArk
13 6 (1.29%) Extreme Networks
13 6 (1.29%) Ping Identity
13 6 (1.29%) Splunk
13 6 (1.29%) Veeam
14 5 (1.08%) ForgeRock
14 5 (1.08%) HP
15 4 (0.86%) NetIQ