The first table below looks at the demand for PCI DSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PCI DSS over the 3 months to 24 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 Surrey 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Rank 74 86 100
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +14
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 6 9 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.520% 0.559% 0.163%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.24% 7.627% 2.655%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
Average daily rate £500 £500 £625
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -20.00%
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
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
49 118 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 4.250% 7.325% 6.151%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 66 54
Average daily rate £390 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.42% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £294 £250 £248
10% offered a daily rate of more than £493 £522 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 7
Average hourly rate - £16.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -45.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £16.35 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+8.56% -46.39%
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 Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey PCI DSS Daily Rate Trend

PCI DSS
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 3 (37.50%) Network Security
1 3 (37.50%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security
3 1 (12.50%) Data Security
3 1 (12.50%) Security Management
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 1 (12.50%) CRM
3 1 (12.50%) ERP
3 1 (12.50%) CISSP
3 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
3 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) COBIT
3 1 (12.50%) Use Case

PCI DSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 3 (37.50%) Network Security
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Architect
2 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 3 (37.50%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
3 3 (37.50%) Technical Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Business Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Security Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Applications Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security
3 1 (12.50%) Data Security
3 1 (12.50%) Security Management
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 1 (12.50%) CRM
3 1 (12.50%) ERP
3 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
3 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CISSP
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (12.50%) COBIT