PCI DSS Contracts in Scotland

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 151 163
Rank change year-on-year +28 +12 -7
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 8 13 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.36% 0.46% 0.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.92% 2.29% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 12 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 £415 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £429 £200
Median % change year-on-year +51.52% +114.50% -52.94%
75th Percentile £675 £490 £313
90th Percentile - £633 £515
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +10.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 416 568 689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 18.85% 19.90% 19.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 481 507
10th Percentile £193 £213 £213
25th Percentile £340 £400 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +2.41%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £538
90th Percentile £625 £638 £600
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 3 13
10th Percentile £15.32 £26.25 £15.53
25th Percentile £16.18 £34.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £18.27 £47.73 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.72% +44.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £51.28 £50.74 £43.50
90th Percentile £60.75 £52.55 £52.60
UK median hourly rate £20.61 £37.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year -45.05% +31.58% +35.71%

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for PCI DSS in Scotland

PCI DSS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for PCI DSS in Scotland

PCI DSS
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 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
Glasgow -7 4 - - 1
Edinburgh - 3 £650 - 5
West Lothian - 1 £650 -
PCI DSS
UK

PCI DSS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) AWS
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Burp Suite
2 2 (25.00%) Capybara
2 2 (25.00%) Gradle
2 2 (25.00%) Maven
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Lead
2 3 (37.50%) Ethical Hacker
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Leader
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Lead Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Lead Security Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Security Technical Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) React
1 2 (25.00%) Spring Boot
1 2 (25.00%) WebKit
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
2 3 (37.50%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Cloud Security
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
2 3 (37.50%) Design Patterns
2 3 (37.50%) Ethical Hacking
2 3 (37.50%) Information Security
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (37.50%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Purple Team
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 3 (37.50%) Security Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (25.00%) User Experience
3 2 (25.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) Java
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (25.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) OSCP
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Terraform
2 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes