PCI DSS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring PCI DSS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PCI DSS over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 556 401 470
Rank change year-on-year -155 +69 -53
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 225 381 473
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.28% 0.69% 0.62%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.25% 3.57% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 178 269 343
10th Percentile £24,240 £26,250 £37,286
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +14.29%
75th Percentile £75,313 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +13.04%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

PCI DSS falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 10,011 10,686 13,361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.50% 19.34% 17.50%
Number of salaries quoted 6,413 4,412 6,986
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +3.09% +2.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £79,975 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PCI DSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PCI DSS in the UK excluding London

PCI DSS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PCI DSS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for PCI DSS in the UK excluding London

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PCI DSS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for PCI DSS in the UK excluding London

PCI DSS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PCI DSS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
North of England 0 66 £50,000 +11.11% 7
Midlands -43 49 £50,500 -8.18% 17
North West -11 46 £50,000 +11.11% 3
South East -64 43 £67,500 +3.85% 12
South West -93 34 £45,000 +63.64% 3
East Midlands -2 29 £24,811 -40.44% 7
East of England -31 19 £24,526 -64.96% 2
West Midlands -44 19 £60,000 +9.09% 10
Yorkshire +42 18 £50,000 +8.70% 3
Scotland -62 12 £24,526 -50.83%
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -
North East -16 2 £45,000 -52.63% 1
Wales -20 2 £51,250 +46.43% 1
PCI DSS
UK

PCI DSS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (1.78%) Confluence
2 3 (1.33%) IIS
3 2 (0.89%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.33%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.44%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 70 (31.11%) Azure
2 59 (26.22%) AWS
3 25 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (5.78%) Cloud Computing
5 9 (4.00%) SaaS
6 8 (3.56%) IaaS
7 7 (3.11%) GCP
8 6 (2.67%) PaaS
9 5 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.78%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.78%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.78%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.33%) Commercetools
11 3 (1.33%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.33%) GitHub
11 3 (1.33%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 3 (1.33%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.89%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (18.67%) Firewall
1 42 (18.67%) Wi-Fi
2 19 (8.44%) Network Security
3 12 (5.33%) Intrusion Detection
4 10 (4.44%) VPN
5 9 (4.00%) DNS
5 9 (4.00%) Internet
6 7 (3.11%) LAN
6 7 (3.11%) WAN
7 5 (2.22%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.22%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.89%) DHCP
8 2 (0.89%) IPsec
8 2 (0.89%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.44%) SAN
9 1 (0.44%) SSL
9 1 (0.44%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.11%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.78%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.89%) Power BI
4 1 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.78%) JIRA
2 3 (1.33%) Bitbucket
2 3 (1.33%) GitLab
3 2 (0.89%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.89%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.44%) Git
General
1 59 (26.22%) Social Skills
2 43 (19.11%) Finance
3 32 (14.22%) Retail
4 26 (11.56%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (6.67%) Legal
6 12 (5.33%) Law
7 8 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.11%) Banking
8 7 (3.11%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.67%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.78%) Advertising
11 4 (1.78%) Games
12 3 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.33%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.89%) Electronics
13 2 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.89%) Publishing
14 1 (0.44%) Back Office
14 1 (0.44%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 52 (23.11%) Analyst
2 37 (16.44%) Security Analyst
3 32 (14.22%) Mobile Engineer
4 24 (10.67%) Architect
5 21 (9.33%) Information Analyst
5 21 (9.33%) Information Security Analyst
5 21 (9.33%) Senior
6 20 (8.89%) Junior
6 20 (8.89%) Support Engineer
7 18 (8.00%) Desktop Engineer
7 18 (8.00%) Desktop Support
7 18 (8.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 18 (8.00%) Junior Desktop Engineer
7 18 (8.00%) Junior Desktop Support
7 18 (8.00%) Junior Desktop Support Engineer
7 18 (8.00%) Junior Support Engineer
8 16 (7.11%) Security Architect
9 15 (6.67%) Lead
9 15 (6.67%) Security Manager
10 14 (6.22%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.11%) Web Services
2 2 (0.89%) .NET
2 2 (0.89%) Kafka
2 2 (0.89%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (0.89%) REST
2 2 (0.89%) RESTful
2 2 (0.89%) SAML
3 1 (0.44%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.44%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 38 (16.89%) Driving Licence
2 29 (12.89%) Management Information System
3 21 (9.33%) Security Operations Centre
4 15 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
5 14 (6.22%) Security Posture
6 13 (5.78%) Data Centre
7 11 (4.89%) Cyber Threat
8 9 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (4.00%) Onboarding
9 7 (3.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 6 (2.67%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (2.67%) Public Cloud
10 6 (2.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 5 (2.22%) Cyber Defence
11 5 (2.22%) Mobile App
11 5 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.78%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.78%) Replication
13 3 (1.33%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 55 (24.44%) Windows
2 10 (4.44%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.22%) Kali Linux
4 4 (1.78%) Android
4 4 (1.78%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.33%) Linux
6 2 (0.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (47.56%) Information Security
2 91 (40.44%) Cybersecurity
3 50 (22.22%) Security Operations
4 43 (19.11%) Asset Management
5 42 (18.67%) Risk Management
5 42 (18.67%) SIEM
6 41 (18.22%) Cloud Security
6 41 (18.22%) Incident Response
6 41 (18.22%) Proactive Maintenance
7 34 (15.11%) Vulnerability Management
8 33 (14.67%) Data Protection
9 30 (13.33%) Data Security
10 26 (11.56%) ITIL
11 25 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
12 23 (10.22%) Computer Science
12 23 (10.22%) DevOps
13 21 (9.33%) ISMS
14 20 (8.89%) Agile
15 19 (8.44%) Data Loss Prevention
16 18 (8.00%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (10.67%) Python
2 18 (8.00%) PowerShell
3 8 (3.56%) Java
4 6 (2.67%) SQL
5 5 (2.22%) Go
5 5 (2.22%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.89%) Bash
6 2 (0.89%) C#
6 2 (0.89%) VB
7 1 (0.44%) Groovy
7 1 (0.44%) Perl
7 1 (0.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 73 (32.44%) CISSP
2 52 (23.11%) Degree
3 47 (20.89%) Security Cleared
4 38 (16.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 33 (14.67%) CISM
6 23 (10.22%) CISA
7 22 (9.78%) PCI QSA
8 18 (8.00%) AWS Certification
9 14 (6.22%) Master's Degree
10 13 (5.78%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (5.33%) CEH
12 10 (4.44%) CRISC
13 9 (4.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 9 (4.00%) Azure Certification
13 9 (4.00%) CCSP
13 9 (4.00%) CompTIA CySA+
14 8 (3.56%) DBS Check
15 7 (3.11%) SANS
15 7 (3.11%) SC Cleared
16 6 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (51.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 85 (37.78%) NIST
3 69 (30.67%) GDPR
4 45 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 42 (18.67%) SLA
6 25 (11.11%) GRC
7 12 (5.33%) NCSC
7 12 (5.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 11 (4.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 10 (4.44%) SOC 2
10 8 (3.56%) COBIT
11 6 (2.67%) HIPAA
11 6 (2.67%) NIST 800
12 3 (1.33%) ISO 14000
13 2 (0.89%) GLBA
13 2 (0.89%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.89%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 1 (0.44%) SEPA
System Software
1 38 (16.89%) KVM
2 9 (4.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.56%) Docker
4 5 (2.22%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.78%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.44%) Firmware
7 1 (0.44%) Snort
7 1 (0.44%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (4.00%) CASB
1 9 (4.00%) Terraform
2 6 (2.67%) Ansible
2 6 (2.67%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.22%) Suricata
4 4 (1.78%) Autotask
4 4 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.78%) Nmap
5 3 (1.33%) Nessus
6 1 (0.44%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.44%) Nagios
6 1 (0.44%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.44%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.44%) Puppet
6 1 (0.44%) SCCM
6 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 84 (37.33%) Microsoft
2 39 (17.33%) Dell
3 10 (4.44%) Splunk
4 9 (4.00%) VMware
5 8 (3.56%) Cisco
6 5 (2.22%) Juniper
6 5 (2.22%) Palo Alto
6 5 (2.22%) Qualys
7 4 (1.78%) Atlassian
7 4 (1.78%) Datto
7 4 (1.78%) Rapid7
7 4 (1.78%) Thycotic
8 3 (1.33%) Facebook
8 3 (1.33%) LogRhythm
8 3 (1.33%) McAfee
8 3 (1.33%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.89%) Extreme Networks
9 2 (0.89%) HP
9 2 (0.89%) Oracle
10 1 (0.44%) Citrix