The first table below looks at the demand for PCI DSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PCI DSS over the 3 months to 21 May 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 Cheshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Rank 62 65 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.136% 0.124% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.333% 1.667% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £475 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.76% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
30 60 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 4.082% 7.453% 5.653%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 37 29
Average daily rate £240 £300 £258
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +16.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £104 £165 £84
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £403 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.42% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 7
Average hourly rate £10.58 £14.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.42% +7.69%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -45.50%
PCI DSS
North West

PCI DSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire PCI DSS Daily Rate Trend

PCI DSS
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) CEH
2 1 (50.00%) Retail Banking
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CISM

PCI DSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Information Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CEH
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001