The first table below looks at the demand for PCI DSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent 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 Kent 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 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 0.350% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.846% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
26 13 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 9.091% 4.924% 6.189%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 7 10
Average daily rate £295 £328 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.92% -27.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £305 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £328 £396 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -46.66%
PCI DSS
South East

PCI DSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent PCI DSS Daily Rate Trend

PCI DSS
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 (100.00%) Nortel
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) IVR

PCI DSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Voice Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IVR
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Nortel