The first table below looks at the demand for PCI DSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PCI DSS over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Scotland 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Rank 121 105 101
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -4
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 2 1 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.079% 0.038% 0.322%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.342% 0.704% 6.207%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Average daily rate £450 - £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £415 £400 £440
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £28.64 -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
149 142 145
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 5.862% 5.383% 5.188%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 61 73
Average daily rate £325 £338 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -15.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £265 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £388
% change year-on-year
- -9.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 7
Average hourly rate £9.25 £9.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -54.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.20 £8.70 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.63 £19.78 £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £16.72 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.65% -44.26%
PCI DSS
UK

PCI DSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland PCI DSS Daily Rate Trend

PCI DSS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PCI DSS within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Edinburgh - 2 £450 -
West Lothian - - - -
PCI DSS
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PCI DSS
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 5 (83.33%) Banking
2 4 (66.67%) Retail
2 4 (66.67%) Retail Banking
2 4 (66.67%) EPoS
2 4 (66.67%) Smartcard
3 2 (33.33%) Back Office
3 2 (33.33%) EMV
3 2 (33.33%) Marketing
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 2 (33.33%) Customer Insight
4 1 (16.67%) Finance

PCI DSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 5 (83.33%) Banking
2 4 (66.67%) Retail
2 4 (66.67%) Retail Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Back Office
3 2 (33.33%) Marketing
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) EPoS
1 4 (66.67%) Smartcard
2 2 (33.33%) EMV
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (33.33%) E-Commerce
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Insight
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