PCI QSA Contracts in the UK excluding London

PCI Qualified Security Assessors (PCI QSA)
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 QSA qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 402 456 520
Rank change year-on-year +54 +64 -
Contract jobs citing PCI QSA 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.004% 0.010%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.013% 0.013% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £613 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £625 £570
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +9.65% -
75th Percentile - £638 £580
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £475 £650 £638
% change year-on-year -26.92% +1.96% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

PCI QSA is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications 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 academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,658 7,941 8,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 37.05% 33.21% 26.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,417 5,333 5,275
10th Percentile £269 £285 £250
25th Percentile £425 £421 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £633 £600
90th Percentile £725 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 937 664 536
10th Percentile £13.61 £14.08 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.33 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.94 £49.72 £34.69
Median % change year-on-year -17.66% +43.34% -0.89%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £65.52
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.53%

PCI QSA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for PCI QSA in the UK excluding London

PCI QSA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for PCI QSA in the UK excluding London

PCI QSA
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 QSA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
South East - 1 £475 - 1
PCI QSA
UK

PCI QSA
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Change
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS