PCI DSS Specialist Contracts

PCI DSS Specialist
UK

The median PCI DSS Specialist daily rate in the UK is £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 588 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a PCI DSS Specialist 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £480 - -
25th Percentile £488 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - -
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile £565 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,491 57,026 85,241
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,430 39,779 59,788
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,635 1,621 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +0.94%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.99 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

PCI DSS Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured PCI DSS Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PCI DSS Specialist in the UK

PCI DSS Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for PCI DSS Specialist in the UK

PCI DSS Specialist
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PCI DSS Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
England - 3 £513 -
Work from Home - 2 £550 -
London - 2 £550 -
South East - 1 £475 -
UK excluding London - 1 £475 -

PCI DSS Specialist Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, PCI DSS Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring PCI DSS Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (33.33%) PCI QSA
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile Payment
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) CISA
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) Data Security
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management

PCI DSS Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Payment Gateway
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile Payment
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Data Security
1 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
1 1 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) CISA
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) PCI DSS