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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 521 650 816
Rank change year-on-year +129 +166 -183
Permanent jobs citing PKI 421 345 455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.35% 0.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.20% 0.82% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 290 214 281
10th Percentile £43,238 £41,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,470
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £107,625 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,100
% change year-on-year - +1.66% +0.65%

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 35,145 42,330 76,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.18% 42.69% 47.89%
Number of salaries quoted 23,044 23,098 33,984
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,427 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,719
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 £109,865 £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 18 May 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 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +133 380 £60,000 -7.69% 74
UK excluding London +34 250 £55,000 - 68
Work from Home +134 195 £59,000 -18.62% 36
London +125 158 £75,000 - 14
South East +28 91 £59,000 -1.67% 24
North of England +53 46 £62,783 -10.31% 8
Midlands +6 44 £44,225 -6.90% 13
South West +9 43 £55,000 -21.43% 13
North West +20 29 £62,641 -28.00% 5
West Midlands +31 28 £55,000 - 9
East Midlands -12 16 £44,225 -6.90% 4
Scotland -50 16 £66,250 -17.19% 6
Yorkshire +77 15 £62,500 -16.67% 3
North East -8 8 £62,500 +66.67%
Wales +6 7 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 1
East of England -10 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 32 (7.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.90%) IIS
3 6 (1.43%) OpenStack
4 4 (0.95%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.71%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.24%) Apache
7 1 (0.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.24%) Confluence
7 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.24%) nginx
Applications
1 17 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 222 (52.73%) Azure
2 161 (38.24%) AWS
3 137 (32.54%) Microsoft 365
4 111 (26.37%) GCP
5 84 (19.95%) SaaS
6 66 (15.68%) Entra ID
7 22 (5.23%) Azure Monitor
8 18 (4.28%) Azure Storage
9 17 (4.04%) Cloud Computing
10 12 (2.85%) AWS KMS
10 12 (2.85%) Azure Key Vault
11 10 (2.38%) Power Platform
12 9 (2.14%) IaaS
13 6 (1.43%) PaaS
14 5 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
15 4 (0.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 4 (0.95%) Nutanix
16 3 (0.71%) Cloudflare
16 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
17 2 (0.48%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 105 (24.94%) DNS
2 90 (21.38%) Firewall
3 66 (15.68%) DHCP
4 58 (13.78%) WAN
5 49 (11.64%) LAN
6 45 (10.69%) VPN
7 32 (7.60%) IPsec
8 28 (6.65%) Wireless
9 25 (5.94%) Network Security
9 25 (5.94%) Wi-Fi
10 23 (5.46%) TCP/IP
11 22 (5.23%) SAN
12 21 (4.99%) IPv4
12 21 (4.99%) IPv6
13 15 (3.56%) BGP
13 15 (3.56%) VSAN
14 11 (2.61%) Internet
14 11 (2.61%) SD-WAN
14 11 (2.61%) SSL
15 10 (2.38%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.38%) Power BI
1 10 (2.38%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (1.43%) InfluxDB
4 6 (1.43%) MariaDB
4 6 (1.43%) MySQL
5 3 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.71%) Redis
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 21 (4.99%) Jenkins
2 6 (1.43%) Robot Framework
2 6 (1.43%) Sonatype Nexus
3 5 (1.19%) Git
4 4 (0.95%) MSI
5 3 (0.71%) GitLab
5 3 (0.71%) JIRA
General
1 81 (19.24%) Presentation Skills
2 71 (16.86%) Social Skills
3 44 (10.45%) Finance
4 27 (6.41%) Public Sector
5 16 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (2.85%) Aerospace
7 10 (2.38%) Law
8 6 (1.43%) Legal
8 6 (1.43%) Police
9 5 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.95%) Banking
10 4 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.71%) Military
11 3 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.71%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.48%) Electronics
12 2 (0.48%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.24%) Back Office
13 1 (0.24%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 129 (30.64%) Architect
2 81 (19.24%) Cloud Architect
3 70 (16.63%) Senior
4 52 (12.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 45 (10.69%) Security Engineer
6 33 (7.84%) Network Engineer
7 29 (6.89%) Administrator
7 29 (6.89%) Security Architect
7 29 (6.89%) Senior Security Engineer
8 24 (5.70%) Systems Administrator
8 24 (5.70%) Technical Architect
9 23 (5.46%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 21 (4.99%) Linux Engineer
11 20 (4.75%) Active Directory Specialist
11 20 (4.75%) Azure Specialist
11 20 (4.75%) Software Engineer
12 16 (3.80%) Security Technical Architect
13 15 (3.56%) Support Specialist
13 15 (3.56%) VMWare Administrator
14 14 (3.33%) Active Directory Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.51%) .NET
2 18 (4.28%) ARM Templates
3 12 (2.85%) EJB
4 10 (2.38%) GTK
5 7 (1.66%) web3js
6 6 (1.43%) OAuth
6 6 (1.43%) Web Services
7 5 (1.19%) HTML
8 4 (0.95%) ASP.NET Web API
8 4 (0.95%) JWT
9 3 (0.71%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.48%) 802.1X
10 2 (0.48%) LAMP
10 2 (0.48%) Middleware
10 2 (0.48%) V-Ray
11 1 (0.24%) Kafka
11 1 (0.24%) OpenID
11 1 (0.24%) RESTful
11 1 (0.24%) SAML
11 1 (0.24%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 100 (23.75%) Public Cloud
2 29 (6.89%) Data Centre
3 19 (4.51%) Greenfield Project
4 18 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (4.04%) Management Information System
6 16 (3.80%) Clustering
7 14 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (2.85%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (2.14%) NHS
10 7 (1.66%) Blockchain
10 7 (1.66%) Client/Server
10 7 (1.66%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.66%) Web3
11 6 (1.43%) Cyberattack
11 6 (1.43%) Hedge funds
11 6 (1.43%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.19%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.95%) Enterprise Storage
14 3 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
14 3 (0.71%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 152 (36.10%) Windows
2 114 (27.08%) Linux
3 93 (22.09%) Windows Server
4 36 (8.55%) Windows Server 2019
5 31 (7.36%) Windows Server 2016
6 26 (6.18%) Windows Server 2012
7 23 (5.46%) Ubuntu
8 20 (4.75%) Android
8 20 (4.75%) Apple iOS
9 16 (3.80%) Debian
10 11 (2.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 10 (2.38%) CentOS
11 10 (2.38%) Windows 10
12 3 (0.71%) Unix
13 2 (0.48%) VMS
14 1 (0.24%) Data ONTAP
14 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (22.57%) Cybersecurity
2 94 (22.33%) Actionable Insight
2 94 (22.33%) Project Management
3 90 (21.38%) TOGAF
4 86 (20.43%) Migration
5 84 (19.95%) Presales
6 82 (19.48%) Configuration Management
7 81 (19.24%) Application Virtualisation
8 66 (15.68%) DevOps
8 66 (15.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 59 (14.01%) Agile
9 59 (14.01%) Cryptography
10 58 (13.78%) ITIL
11 52 (12.35%) Identity Management
12 43 (10.21%) Problem-Solving
13 36 (8.55%) Key Management
14 33 (7.84%) Infrastructure as Code
15 32 (7.60%) CI/CD
15 32 (7.60%) Information Security
15 32 (7.60%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (17.34%) PowerShell
2 58 (13.78%) Python
3 35 (8.31%) C
3 35 (8.31%) C#
4 31 (7.36%) Bash
4 31 (7.36%) VB
5 20 (4.75%) VBScript
6 14 (3.33%) Bicep
7 13 (3.09%) SQL
8 11 (2.61%) ActionScript
8 11 (2.61%) Java
9 10 (2.38%) C++
10 7 (1.66%) JavaScript
11 5 (1.19%) Perl
12 4 (0.95%) Go
12 4 (0.95%) Lua
12 4 (0.95%) Ruby
12 4 (0.95%) Rust
13 2 (0.48%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.48%) Swift
Qualifications
1 129 (30.64%) Security Cleared
2 82 (19.48%) Degree
3 77 (18.29%) DV Cleared
4 37 (8.79%) CISSP
4 37 (8.79%) SC Cleared
5 30 (7.13%) CISM
6 26 (6.18%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (4.04%) CCNA
7 17 (4.04%) GIAC
8 16 (3.80%) CRISC
8 16 (3.80%) ISSMP
9 14 (3.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 13 (3.09%) Master's Degree
10 13 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (2.14%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.90%) CEH
12 8 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (1.90%) MCSE
13 7 (1.66%) AWS Certification
13 7 (1.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.80%) COBIT
2 12 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (2.61%) SLA
4 10 (2.38%) GDPR
5 9 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (2.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (0.48%) NCSC
6 2 (0.48%) PMO
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.24%) NIST
System Software
1 128 (30.40%) Active Directory
2 74 (17.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (9.50%) vSphere
4 36 (8.55%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (5.23%) Virtual Machines
6 21 (4.99%) Hyper-V
7 20 (4.75%) Docker
8 16 (3.80%) Virtual Desktop
8 16 (3.80%) VMware NSX
9 14 (3.33%) XenApp
10 11 (2.61%) OpenSSH
11 8 (1.90%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 7 (1.66%) Virtual Servers
12 7 (1.66%) VMware Server
13 4 (0.95%) Firmware
14 3 (0.71%) KVM
14 3 (0.71%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.48%) pfSense
15 2 (0.48%) Terminal Services
16 1 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 43 (10.21%) Ansible
2 35 (8.31%) Single Sign-On
3 33 (7.84%) Terraform
4 32 (7.60%) Kubernetes
5 29 (6.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 24 (5.70%) WSUS
7 23 (5.46%) SCCM
8 21 (4.99%) SCOM
9 20 (4.75%) vCenter Server
10 19 (4.51%) Microsoft Intune
11 15 (3.56%) PowerCLI
12 12 (2.85%) CA Single Sign-On
13 11 (2.61%) IBM BigFix
14 6 (1.43%) SCOrch
15 5 (1.19%) Cisco CUCM
15 5 (1.19%) Puppet
15 5 (1.19%) Red Hat Spacewalk
15 5 (1.19%) Stealthwatch
16 4 (0.95%) vRealize
16 4 (0.95%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 232 (55.11%) Microsoft
2 98 (23.28%) Google
3 82 (19.48%) VMware
4 27 (6.41%) Cisco
5 20 (4.75%) Citrix
6 19 (4.51%) Fortinet
6 19 (4.51%) Juniper
7 16 (3.80%) Alibaba
7 16 (3.80%) ServiceNow
8 14 (3.33%) CA
8 14 (3.33%) SolarWinds
9 12 (2.85%) CyberArk
10 11 (2.61%) HP
10 11 (2.61%) IBM
11 9 (2.14%) Splunk
12 8 (1.90%) Dell
13 6 (1.43%) Red Hat
13 6 (1.43%) Veeam
14 5 (1.19%) NetApp
15 4 (0.95%) Brocade