PCI DSS Contracts in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 326 328 445
Rank change year-on-year +2 +117 -67
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 70 119 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.51% 0.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.31% 3.42% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 92 48
10th Percentile £425 £415 £300
25th Percentile £480 £500 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £539
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +11.32% +19.78%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £633
90th Percentile £713 £838 £791
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,034 3,482 4,422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.81% 14.84% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,787 2,340 3,050
10th Percentile £250 £220 £203
25th Percentile £363 £363 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £479 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% +6.50% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £571
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 188 193
10th Percentile £10.95 £12.67 £11.39
25th Percentile £12.66 £17.72 £15.00
Median hourly rate £18.06 £31.89 £21.04
Median % change year-on-year -43.37% +51.54% -0.05%
75th Percentile £45.00 £59.46 £44.69
90th Percentile £68.00 £77.50 £64.19
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £27.75
% change year-on-year -40.00% +26.13% +31.99%

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PCI DSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PCI DSS in the UK excluding London

PCI DSS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PCI DSS in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for PCI DSS in the UK excluding London

PCI DSS
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PCI DSS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PCI DSS in the UK excluding London

PCI DSS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PCI DSS in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for PCI DSS in the UK excluding London

PCI DSS
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
North of England +13 24 £500 -4.76% 16
South East +1 23 £525 -25.00% 17
North West +16 18 £610 +16.19% 8
South West +21 15 £438 -30.00% 7
Scotland +36 8 £650 +51.52% 3
Yorkshire +1 5 £340 -36.74% 7
Midlands +31 4 £588 -2.08% 8
East Midlands +27 4 £588 -6.00% 6
East of England +9 2 £675 +42.11% 8
PCI DSS
UK

PCI DSS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.86%) Confluence
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 13 (18.57%) AWS
2 8 (11.43%) Azure
3 3 (4.29%) GCP
3 3 (4.29%) GitHub
4 2 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.86%) SaaS
5 1 (1.43%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.43%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.43%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.43%) IaaS
5 1 (1.43%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.86%) Firewall
2 5 (7.14%) Network Security
2 5 (7.14%) TCP/IP
2 5 (7.14%) VPN
3 4 (5.71%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (4.29%) BGP
4 3 (4.29%) LAN
4 3 (4.29%) MPLS
4 3 (4.29%) OSPF
4 3 (4.29%) WAN
5 2 (2.86%) CTI
5 2 (2.86%) DNS
5 2 (2.86%) SAN
6 1 (1.43%) IPsec
6 1 (1.43%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.86%) Amazon Redshift
1 2 (2.86%) Big Data
1 2 (2.86%) Hadoop
1 2 (2.86%) Snowflake Schema
2 1 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (10.00%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (4.29%) Burp Suite
3 2 (2.86%) Bitbucket
3 2 (2.86%) Capybara
3 2 (2.86%) GitLab
3 2 (2.86%) Gradle
3 2 (2.86%) JIRA
3 2 (2.86%) Maven
3 2 (2.86%) Postman
4 1 (1.43%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.43%) Selenium
4 1 (1.43%) TestCafe
General
1 16 (22.86%) Finance
2 15 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 9 (12.86%) Manufacturing
4 8 (11.43%) Marketing
5 7 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.86%) Back Office
8 2 (2.86%) Banking
8 2 (2.86%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.86%) Retail
8 2 (2.86%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.43%) Electronics
9 1 (1.43%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.43%) Legal
Job Titles
1 19 (27.14%) Architect
2 15 (21.43%) Lead
3 12 (17.14%) Senior
4 9 (12.86%) Consultant
4 9 (12.86%) Lead Architect
5 7 (10.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 7 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
6 6 (8.57%) Security Consultant
7 5 (7.14%) Analyst
7 5 (7.14%) DOORS Engineer
7 5 (7.14%) Integration Engineer
7 5 (7.14%) Project Manager
7 5 (7.14%) Security Architect
7 5 (7.14%) Senior Integration Engineer
7 5 (7.14%) Software Integration Engineer
7 5 (7.14%) Systems Integration Engineer
8 4 (5.71%) Compliance Analyst
8 4 (5.71%) Head of Operations
8 4 (5.71%) Head of Security
8 4 (5.71%) IT Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.86%) React
1 2 (2.86%) SAML
1 2 (2.86%) Spring Boot
1 2 (2.86%) WebKit
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 8 (11.43%) CESG
3 4 (5.71%) Security Posture
3 4 (5.71%) Virtual Team
4 3 (4.29%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (4.29%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.86%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.86%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.43%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.43%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.43%) Smart Energy
6 1 (1.43%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 14 (20.00%) Windows
2 9 (12.86%) Linux
3 7 (10.00%) Unix
4 3 (4.29%) Kali Linux
4 3 (4.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (38.57%) Information Security
2 22 (31.43%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (27.14%) Risk Management
4 17 (24.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (21.43%) Security Operations
6 13 (18.57%) Agile
7 10 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
8 9 (12.86%) Decision-Making
9 8 (11.43%) Collaborative Working
9 8 (11.43%) Information Assurance
9 8 (11.43%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (11.43%) ITIL
9 8 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (11.43%) Roadmaps
10 7 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (10.00%) Customer Engagement
10 7 (10.00%) Process Improvement
10 7 (10.00%) Security Architecture
10 7 (10.00%) SIEM
10 7 (10.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.00%) Python
2 5 (7.14%) Java
3 3 (4.29%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.29%) Ruby
4 2 (2.86%) Go
4 2 (2.86%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.43%) C
5 1 (1.43%) C++
5 1 (1.43%) Perl
5 1 (1.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (21.43%) Degree
2 13 (18.57%) CISSP
3 11 (15.71%) CISM
3 11 (15.71%) Security Cleared
4 10 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
4 10 (14.29%) Master's Degree
5 9 (12.86%) CISA
5 9 (12.86%) SC Cleared
5 9 (12.86%) SSCP
6 8 (11.43%) CEH
6 8 (11.43%) CISMP
6 8 (11.43%) ISACA
7 7 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (5.71%) OSCP
9 2 (2.86%) CCNP
9 2 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (2.86%) PhD
10 1 (1.43%) CCNA
10 1 (1.43%) CCSP
10 1 (1.43%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (31.43%) NIST
3 17 (24.29%) GDPR
4 13 (18.57%) HIPAA
5 6 (8.57%) GRC
6 5 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (5.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (2.86%) COBIT
8 2 (2.86%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (1.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (1.43%) COSO
9 1 (1.43%) NCSC
9 1 (1.43%) PSD2
9 1 (1.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (5.71%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.86%) Docker
3 2 (2.86%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (8.57%) Terraform
2 4 (5.71%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 4 (5.71%) Kubernetes
3 3 (4.29%) Nessus
4 2 (2.86%) Ansible
4 2 (2.86%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (1.43%) CA Service Virtualization
5 1 (1.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (8.57%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.14%) VMware
3 3 (4.29%) Cisco
4 2 (2.86%) Atlassian
4 2 (2.86%) CheckPoint
4 2 (2.86%) Citrix
4 2 (2.86%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (2.86%) Databricks
4 2 (2.86%) Rapid7
4 2 (2.86%) Splunk
4 2 (2.86%) Teradata
5 1 (1.43%) CA
5 1 (1.43%) Darktrace
5 1 (1.43%) Google
5 1 (1.43%) Micro Focus
5 1 (1.43%) Netskope
5 1 (1.43%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.43%) Sophos