The first table below looks at the demand for PCI DSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PCI DSS over the 3 months to 17 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 Hertfordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Rank 61 58 63
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +5
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 2 10 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.311% 1.033% 0.346%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.143% 17.24% 3.846%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 2
Average daily rate £450 £400 £343
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +16.78%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £400 £419
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -4.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
28 58 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 4.355% 5.992% 8.986%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 19 17
Average daily rate £450 £413 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £308 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £430 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 7
Average hourly rate £15.00 £12.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -60.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -43.62%
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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire PCI DSS Daily Rate Trend

PCI DSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 6 (46.15%) Project Management
2 5 (38.46%) EPoS
2 5 (38.46%) Chip and PIN
2 5 (38.46%) PRINCE2
2 5 (38.46%) Retail
3 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
3 4 (30.77%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (23.08%) EFTPOS
4 3 (23.08%) ISEB
4 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (23.08%) Finance
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (15.38%) TOGAF
5 2 (15.38%) CISM
5 2 (15.38%) Oracle
5 2 (15.38%) CISSP
5 2 (15.38%) Linux
5 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
5 2 (15.38%) Cisco
5 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
5 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
5 2 (15.38%) PRINCE
5 2 (15.38%) Smartcard
5 2 (15.38%) EMV
5 2 (15.38%) NFC
5 2 (15.38%) Security Architecture
5 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
6 1 (7.692%) EFT
6 1 (7.692%) Service Delivery

PCI DSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (15.38%) NFC
General
1 5 (38.46%) Retail
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 1 (7.692%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Project Manager
2 4 (30.77%) Consultant
3 3 (23.08%) Business Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Security Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Security Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Security Project Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Payments Business Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Business Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) EPoS
1 5 (38.46%) Chip and PIN
2 3 (23.08%) EFTPOS
3 2 (15.38%) Smartcard
3 2 (15.38%) EMV
4 1 (7.692%) EFT
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Project Management
2 5 (38.46%) PRINCE2
3 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (15.38%) PRINCE
4 2 (15.38%) TOGAF
4 2 (15.38%) Security Architecture
4 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
5 1 (7.692%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.692%) Data Security
5 1 (7.692%) Information Security
5 1 (7.692%) Migration
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) ISEB
1 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (15.38%) CISM
2 2 (15.38%) CISSP
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle
1 2 (15.38%) Cisco
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft