PCI DSS Contracts in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for PCI DSS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PCI DSS over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 347 456 569
Rank change year-on-year +109 +113 -93
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 206 219 211
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.55% 0.43% 0.30%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.89% 3.24% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 165 149
10th Percentile £412 £458 £400
25th Percentile £487 £525 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £741 £669 £650
90th Percentile £853 £733 £740
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £37.75 -
UK median hourly rate - £37.75 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,302 6,761 9,341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.24% 13.33% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,378 4,579 6,385
10th Percentile £300 £275 £288
25th Percentile £410 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year - +0.38% +10.11%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 214 258
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.84 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.00 £19.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £21.00 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.59% +54.55% +31.26%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £66.90 £79.08 £68.40
UK median hourly rate £20.49 £37.75 £28.25
% change year-on-year -45.74% +33.63% +34.36%

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for PCI DSS in England

PCI DSS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PCI DSS in England.

Daily rate trend for PCI DSS in England

PCI DSS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PCI DSS in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PCI DSS in England

PCI DSS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PCI DSS in England.

Hourly rate trend for PCI DSS in England

PCI DSS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PCI DSS within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +63 89 £625 +3.73% 36
South East +47 72 £525 -25.00% 23
North of England +16 22 £610 +16.19% 23
North West +18 17 £618 +23.50% 14
South West +28 14 £525 -4.55% 8
Yorkshire +7 4 - - 6
East of England +13 3 £575 +21.05% 9
Midlands +19 1 £615 +2.50% 8
East Midlands +18 1 £615 -1.60% 5
PCI DSS
UK

PCI DSS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (0.97%) CMS
1 2 (0.97%) Confluence
1 2 (0.97%) IIS
1 2 (0.97%) nginx
2 1 (0.49%) CICS
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.97%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.49%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 49 (23.79%) IaaS
1 49 (23.79%) PaaS
1 49 (23.79%) SaaS
2 48 (23.30%) Azure
3 41 (19.90%) AWS
4 13 (6.31%) GCP
5 9 (4.37%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.88%) GitHub
7 6 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.91%) Azure Service Bus
7 6 (2.91%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.91%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.43%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.46%) AWS CloudTrail
9 3 (1.46%) AWS KMS
9 3 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (0.97%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (0.97%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (0.97%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 47 (22.82%) 5G
1 47 (22.82%) Broadband
2 19 (9.22%) Firewall
3 10 (4.85%) Network Security
4 7 (3.40%) TCP/IP
5 6 (2.91%) DNS
5 6 (2.91%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (1.94%) VPN
7 3 (1.46%) LAN
8 2 (0.97%) CTI
8 2 (0.97%) SAN
8 2 (0.97%) WAN
8 2 (0.97%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.49%) DMZ
9 1 (0.49%) SNA
9 1 (0.49%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (0.97%) Big Data
2 2 (0.97%) Hadoop
2 2 (0.97%) Snowflake Schema
2 2 (0.97%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.49%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (0.49%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (0.49%) DB2
3 1 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (3.88%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (3.40%) Burp Suite
2 7 (3.40%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.91%) JIRA
4 4 (1.94%) GitLab
5 3 (1.46%) Selenium
6 2 (0.97%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.97%) Postman
7 1 (0.49%) Git
7 1 (0.49%) TestCafe
General
1 47 (22.82%) Law
1 47 (22.82%) Organisational Skills
2 41 (19.90%) Finance
3 40 (19.42%) Social Skills
4 18 (8.74%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.28%) Back Office
5 15 (7.28%) Manufacturing
6 13 (6.31%) Marketing
7 11 (5.34%) Banking
8 9 (4.37%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.88%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (3.40%) Retail
11 6 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (2.43%) Electronics
12 5 (2.43%) Legal
13 4 (1.94%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.97%) Advertising
14 2 (0.97%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.97%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 49 (23.79%) Penetration Tester
1 49 (23.79%) Tester
2 47 (22.82%) Security Penetration Tester
2 47 (22.82%) Security Specialist
2 47 (22.82%) Security Tester
2 47 (22.82%) Testing Specialist
3 37 (17.96%) Senior
4 33 (16.02%) Architect
5 21 (10.19%) Consultant
5 21 (10.19%) Lead
6 19 (9.22%) Security Consultant
7 16 (7.77%) Analyst
8 13 (6.31%) Security Architect
9 12 (5.83%) Developer
10 9 (4.37%) Senior Developer
11 8 (3.88%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 8 (3.88%) Lead Architect
11 8 (3.88%) Security Engineer
11 8 (3.88%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 8 (3.88%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (22.82%) Web Services
2 8 (3.88%) .NET
3 5 (2.43%) REST
4 4 (1.94%) SAML
5 2 (0.97%) JSON
5 2 (0.97%) OAuth
5 2 (0.97%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.97%) XML
6 1 (0.49%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.49%) JWT
6 1 (0.49%) Lambda Expressions
6 1 (0.49%) LDAP
6 1 (0.49%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.49%) OpenID
6 1 (0.49%) Spring
6 1 (0.49%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.49%) Spring Security
6 1 (0.49%) Spring WebFlux
6 1 (0.49%) WebSphere MQ
6 1 (0.49%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (23.79%) Mobile App
2 23 (11.17%) Management Information System
3 16 (7.77%) Cyber Threat
4 14 (6.80%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (4.37%) Product Ownership
6 8 (3.88%) CESG
7 5 (2.43%) Cyber Defence
7 5 (2.43%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.94%) PKI
8 4 (1.94%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.46%) IoT
10 2 (0.97%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 1 (0.49%) Mainframe
11 1 (0.49%) Mobile Payment
11 1 (0.49%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.49%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.49%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.49%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.19%) Windows
2 13 (6.31%) Linux
3 9 (4.37%) Unix
4 6 (2.91%) Kali Linux
4 6 (2.91%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.46%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.49%) Android
7 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.49%) MVS
7 1 (0.49%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (48.06%) Cybersecurity
2 71 (34.47%) Stakeholder Management
3 62 (30.10%) Penetration Testing
4 56 (27.18%) OWASP
4 56 (27.18%) Security Testing
5 50 (24.27%) Application Security
5 50 (24.27%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 49 (23.79%) Agile
7 46 (22.33%) Information Security
8 31 (15.05%) Risk Management
9 29 (14.08%) DevOps
10 23 (11.17%) Cloud Security
11 20 (9.71%) Problem-Solving
12 19 (9.22%) Security Architecture
12 19 (9.22%) SIEM
13 18 (8.74%) Security Operations
13 18 (8.74%) Software Engineering
14 17 (8.25%) Design Patterns
14 17 (8.25%) Infrastructure as Code
15 15 (7.28%) Database Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 23 (11.17%) Java
2 22 (10.68%) PowerShell
3 17 (8.25%) Python
3 17 (8.25%) SQL
4 16 (7.77%) C#
4 16 (7.77%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.46%) C
6 2 (0.97%) C++
6 2 (0.97%) Go
6 2 (0.97%) Perl
6 2 (0.97%) Ruby
6 2 (0.97%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.49%) Bash
7 1 (0.49%) Bicep
7 1 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 62 (30.10%) Security Cleared
2 55 (26.70%) OSCP
3 51 (24.76%) CREST Certified
4 47 (22.82%) GIAC
4 47 (22.82%) GPEN
4 47 (22.82%) SANS
5 34 (16.50%) Degree
6 24 (11.65%) CISM
7 23 (11.17%) CISSP
8 15 (7.28%) CISA
9 13 (6.31%) Master's Degree
9 13 (6.31%) SC Cleared
10 10 (4.85%) CEH
11 9 (4.37%) CompTIA Security+
11 9 (4.37%) SSCP
12 8 (3.88%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (3.88%) CISMP
12 8 (3.88%) ISACA
12 8 (3.88%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (3.40%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (37.38%) GDPR
2 56 (27.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 49 (23.79%) NCSC
4 46 (22.33%) NIST
5 14 (6.80%) HIPAA
6 11 (5.34%) GRC
7 7 (3.40%) ISO 31000
7 7 (3.40%) NIST 800
8 5 (2.43%) PSD2
9 4 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (1.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (1.46%) COBIT
11 2 (0.97%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.97%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (4.85%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.46%) Docker
4 2 (0.97%) Squid
4 2 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.97%) XenApp
5 1 (0.49%) RACF
Systems Management
1 19 (9.22%) Terraform
2 7 (3.40%) CA Service Virtualization
2 7 (3.40%) Nessus
3 6 (2.91%) Ansible
4 4 (1.94%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (1.46%) Kibana
5 3 (1.46%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.97%) HAProxy
6 2 (0.97%) logstash
6 2 (0.97%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.97%) Nmap
6 2 (0.97%) Packer
7 1 (0.49%) Grafana
7 1 (0.49%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (22.82%) Virgin Media
2 23 (11.17%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.40%) CA
3 7 (3.40%) Micro Focus
4 6 (2.91%) SAP
4 6 (2.91%) VMware
5 5 (2.43%) Cisco
5 5 (2.43%) Splunk
6 4 (1.94%) Google
6 4 (1.94%) IBM
7 3 (1.46%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.46%) Qualys
7 3 (1.46%) Teradata
8 2 (0.97%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.97%) CheckPoint
8 2 (0.97%) Citrix
8 2 (0.97%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (0.97%) Databricks
8 2 (0.97%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.97%) Rapid7