Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PCI DSS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PCI DSS over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 592 469 606
Rank change year-on-year -123 +137 -118
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 337 609 841
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.63% 0.50%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.47% 3.38% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 269 417 546
10th Percentile £24,807 £26,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +7.76%
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £91,550 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +20.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

PCI DSS is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,629 18,029 28,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.28% 18.52% 17.13%
Number of salaries quoted 9,164 8,543 13,451
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.75%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,825
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.55% +0.68%

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PCI DSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PCI DSS in the UK

PCI DSS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PCI DSS.

Salary trend for PCI DSS in the UK

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PCI DSS over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for PCI DSS in the UK

PCI DSS
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 28 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 -77 310 £60,000 +9.09% 81
UK excluding London -161 212 £52,500 +5.00% 42
Work from Home -17 127 £57,500 -8.00% 47
London +111 107 £72,500 - 39
North of England +31 66 £50,000 +11.11% 10
North West +12 46 £47,500 +5.56% 5
Midlands -14 45 £41,500 -24.55% 12
South East -79 39 £67,500 +5.30% 12
South West -79 30 £45,000 +63.64% 3
East Midlands +12 29 £24,811 -40.44% 4
Yorkshire +58 19 £53,500 +16.30% 4
East of England -22 19 £24,526 -64.96% 2
West Midlands -27 15 £75,000 +36.36% 8
Scotland -51 12 £24,526 -50.83% 2
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -
North East -8 1 £37,500 -61.34% 1
Wales -27 1 £52,500 +50.00% 2

PCI DSS
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 6 (1.78%) IIS
1 6 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.89%) Apache
2 3 (0.89%) Confluence
3 2 (0.59%) CMS
3 2 (0.59%) nginx
3 2 (0.59%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.59%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.89%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.30%) Magento
3 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 119 (35.31%) Azure
2 92 (27.30%) AWS
3 46 (13.65%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (7.72%) Cloud Computing
5 22 (6.53%) GCP
6 18 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (5.34%) Azure Sentinel
7 15 (4.45%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (3.26%) SaaS
9 9 (2.67%) IaaS
10 7 (2.08%) Entra ID
10 7 (2.08%) GitHub
10 7 (2.08%) PaaS
11 6 (1.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 6 (1.78%) WhatsApp
12 4 (1.19%) Cloudflare
12 4 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.19%) Google Workspace
12 4 (1.19%) OneDrive
13 3 (0.89%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 99 (29.38%) Firewall
2 55 (16.32%) Wi-Fi
3 45 (13.35%) Network Security
4 23 (6.82%) LAN
4 23 (6.82%) WAN
5 22 (6.53%) VPN
6 21 (6.23%) Wireshark
7 18 (5.34%) Intrusion Detection
8 17 (5.04%) TCP/IP
9 15 (4.45%) DNS
10 12 (3.56%) Internet
11 11 (3.26%) Wireless
12 5 (1.48%) SSL
13 4 (1.19%) Cisco Nexus
13 4 (1.19%) DHCP
13 4 (1.19%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 4 (1.19%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 4 (1.19%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.19%) Unified Communications
13 4 (1.19%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.86%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.48%) BigQuery
3 4 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.19%) Redis
3 4 (1.19%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.89%) MySQL
4 3 (0.89%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.59%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.59%) Power BI
6 1 (0.30%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.89%) Bitbucket
1 3 (0.89%) Git
1 3 (0.89%) GitLab
1 3 (0.89%) Jenkins
1 3 (0.89%) JIRA
2 2 (0.59%) git-flow
2 2 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 96 (28.49%) Social Skills
2 73 (21.66%) Finance
3 40 (11.87%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.98%) Retail
5 20 (5.93%) Legal
6 18 (5.34%) Law
6 18 (5.34%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.26%) Banking
9 9 (2.67%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.37%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.08%) Advertising
11 7 (2.08%) Marketing
12 5 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.19%) Games
14 3 (0.89%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.59%) Mandarin Language
15 2 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 62 (18.40%) Analyst
2 45 (13.35%) Security Analyst
3 43 (12.76%) Senior
4 34 (10.09%) Architect
5 33 (9.79%) Mobile Engineer
6 30 (8.90%) Lead
7 28 (8.31%) Security Engineer
8 27 (8.01%) Security Architect
9 23 (6.82%) Information Analyst
9 23 (6.82%) Information Security Analyst
9 23 (6.82%) Security Manager
10 21 (6.23%) Support Engineer
11 20 (5.93%) Consultant
12 19 (5.64%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 19 (5.64%) Desktop Engineer
12 19 (5.64%) Desktop Support
12 19 (5.64%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 19 (5.64%) Junior
12 19 (5.64%) Junior Desktop Support
12 19 (5.64%) Junior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.78%) .NET
1 6 (1.78%) Kafka
1 6 (1.78%) SAML
2 5 (1.48%) Web Services
3 4 (1.19%) OAuth
4 2 (0.59%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.59%) LAMP
4 2 (0.59%) LEMP Stack
4 2 (0.59%) Next.js
4 2 (0.59%) Node.js
4 2 (0.59%) React
4 2 (0.59%) REST
4 2 (0.59%) RESTful
4 2 (0.59%) Spring
5 1 (0.30%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 59 (17.51%) Management Information System
2 39 (11.57%) Driving Licence
3 32 (9.50%) Security Posture
4 30 (8.90%) Security Operations Centre
5 26 (7.72%) Cyber Threat
6 23 (6.82%) Data Centre
7 15 (4.45%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (4.15%) Onboarding
9 12 (3.56%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (2.97%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 9 (2.67%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (2.37%) Public Cloud
13 7 (2.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 7 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (1.78%) Cloud Security Posture
14 6 (1.78%) Cyber Defence
14 6 (1.78%) Replication
14 6 (1.78%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 5 (1.48%) Blog
15 5 (1.48%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 75 (22.26%) Windows
2 22 (6.53%) Android
2 22 (6.53%) Apple iOS
3 14 (4.15%) Linux
4 12 (3.56%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.48%) Kali Linux
6 2 (0.59%) Unix
6 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.30%) CentOS
7 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (52.52%) Information Security
2 154 (45.70%) Cybersecurity
3 72 (21.36%) SIEM
4 71 (21.07%) Cloud Security
5 70 (20.77%) Problem-Solving
6 69 (20.47%) Security Operations
7 66 (19.58%) Incident Response
8 64 (18.99%) Risk Management
9 56 (16.62%) Vulnerability Management
10 50 (14.84%) Data Protection
11 49 (14.54%) Data Security
12 48 (14.24%) Asset Management
13 44 (13.06%) ITIL
14 43 (12.76%) Proactive Maintenance
15 42 (12.46%) DevOps
15 42 (12.46%) Disaster Recovery
15 42 (12.46%) Roadmaps
16 39 (11.57%) Identity Access Management
17 38 (11.28%) Computer Science
18 35 (10.39%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 42 (12.46%) Python
2 32 (9.50%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.67%) Go
4 8 (2.37%) Bash
4 8 (2.37%) Java
5 7 (2.08%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.08%) SQL
6 4 (1.19%) C#
6 4 (1.19%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.59%) VB
8 1 (0.30%) Groovy
8 1 (0.30%) Perl
8 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 125 (37.09%) CISSP
2 69 (20.47%) Degree
3 60 (17.80%) CISM
4 53 (15.73%) Security Cleared
5 41 (12.17%) PCI QSA
6 40 (11.87%) CISA
7 39 (11.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 34 (10.09%) Cisco Certification
9 28 (8.31%) AWS Certification
10 26 (7.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 26 (7.72%) CEH
11 23 (6.82%) SANS
12 21 (6.23%) Azure Certification
13 20 (5.93%) CCSP
14 18 (5.34%) Master's Degree
15 17 (5.04%) CRISC
16 15 (4.45%) SSCP
17 13 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
18 12 (3.56%) Microsoft Certification
19 10 (2.97%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (51.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 133 (39.47%) NIST
3 88 (26.11%) GDPR
4 55 (16.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 44 (13.06%) SLA
6 43 (12.76%) GRC
7 23 (6.82%) HIPAA
7 23 (6.82%) NCSC
8 21 (6.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 17 (5.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 15 (4.45%) COBIT
11 11 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 11 (3.26%) SOC 2
12 7 (2.08%) GLBA
12 7 (2.08%) ISO 9001
13 6 (1.78%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (1.78%) QA
14 4 (1.19%) FISMA
14 4 (1.19%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.89%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 39 (11.57%) KVM
2 14 (4.15%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.15%) Virtual Desktop
3 13 (3.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.08%) Docker
4 7 (2.08%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.30%) Snort
6 1 (0.30%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 16 (4.75%) CASB
2 15 (4.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (4.15%) Kubernetes
3 14 (4.15%) Nmap
4 11 (3.26%) Terraform
5 10 (2.97%) Ansible
6 6 (1.78%) CSIRT
7 5 (1.48%) Suricata
8 4 (1.19%) Autotask
9 3 (0.89%) Nessus
10 2 (0.59%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.59%) Packer
11 1 (0.30%) Computer Incident Response Team
11 1 (0.30%) Nagios
11 1 (0.30%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.30%) SCCM
11 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.30%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 124 (36.80%) Microsoft
2 40 (11.87%) Dell
3 26 (7.72%) Qualys
4 21 (6.23%) Splunk
5 18 (5.34%) Cisco
6 14 (4.15%) Rapid7
6 14 (4.15%) Thycotic
6 14 (4.15%) VMware
7 12 (3.56%) Google
8 11 (3.26%) Juniper
9 10 (2.97%) Palo Alto
10 9 (2.67%) CheckPoint
11 7 (2.08%) SolarWinds
12 6 (1.78%) Citrix
12 6 (1.78%) F5
13 5 (1.48%) Fortinet
14 4 (1.19%) Datto
14 4 (1.19%) Forcepoint
15 3 (0.89%) McAfee
15 3 (0.89%) Salesforce