The first table below looks at the demand for PCI DSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PCI DSS over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Rank 30 30 41
Rank change year-on-year
0 +11
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 1 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.508% 1.908% 0.803%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.692% 17.86% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 2
Average daily rate - £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £418 £400 £440
% change year-on-year
+4.37% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £28.64 -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
13 28 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 6.599% 10.69% 4.418%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 18 5
Average daily rate £293 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.00% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £265 £148
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £588 £330
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £388
% change year-on-year
- -9.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 £23.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+80.85% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.25 £16.72 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.15% -44.26%
PCI DSS
East of England

PCI DSS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PCI DSS across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Bedfordshire PCI DSS Jobs Demand Trend

PCI DSS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PCI DSS across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire PCI DSS Daily Rate Trend

PCI DSS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PCI DSS across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire PCI DSS Hourly Rate Trend

PCI DSS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PCI DSS within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Luton -5 1 - -
Dunstable - - - -
PCI DSS
East of England

PCI DSS
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing PCI DSS also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PCI DSS.

1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis

PCI DSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing PCI DSS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PCI DSS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis