The first table below looks at the demand for PCI DSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PCI DSS over the 3 months to 23 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 Edinburgh 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Rank 54 - 70
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 2 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.244% - 0.303%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.250% - 6.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Average daily rate £450 - £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £445
% change year-on-year
- -4.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
32 57 66
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 3.898% 5.244% 5.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 28 34
Average daily rate £350 £320 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% -28.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £279 £225 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £416 £538
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £11.07 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -46.66%
PCI DSS
Scotland

PCI DSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh PCI DSS Daily Rate Trend

PCI DSS
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Banking

PCI DSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect