PCI DSS Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for PCI DSS skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PCI DSS over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

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.

PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012		Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank440482472
Rank change year-on-year
Up+42Down-10
Matching contract IT job ads1399964
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.235 %0.161 %0.116 %
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category3.170 %2.278 %1.946 %
Number of daily rates quoted675031
Average daily rate£420£420£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.11 %+12.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£251£308£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£517£553£440
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£413£375
% change year-on-year
-9.09 %+10.00 %
Number of hourly rates quoted001
Average hourly rate--£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate--£32.50
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryAll Quality Assurance & Compliance
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category		438543453288
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK7.409 %7.081 %5.972 %
Number of daily rates quoted229823741484
Average daily rate£413£450£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33 %+12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£250£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£600£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£350
% change year-on-year
-6.66 %+7.14 %
Number of hourly rates quoted230226217
Average hourly rate£16.72£22.50£16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.68 %+40.62 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£11.00£10.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.60£40.00£36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.43£27.50£15.50
% change year-on-year
-40.27 %+77.41 %

PCI DSS
Demand Trend

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

PCI DSS Demand Trend

PCI DSS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PCI DSS within the UK.

PCI DSS Daily Rate Trend

PCI DSS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PCI DSS within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

PCI DSS Daily Rate Histogram

PCI DSS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PCI DSS within the UK.

PCI DSS Hourly Rate Trend

PCI DSS
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+55135£420+3.06 %
South EastUp+1244£350-26.31 %
LondonUp+3033£425-
North WestUp+1019£425+47.82 %
East of EnglandUp+113£425+24.08 %
ManchesterDown-913--
South WestDown-1513£451+12.62 %
BerkshireDown-311£450+5.88 %
West SussexNew entry-11£350-
SurreyUp+810£500+3.89 %
HertfordshireDown-110£400+16.78 %
West MidlandsNew entry-9£288-
StainesUp+218£500-
CrawleyNew entry-8£350-
City of LondonUp+367£422+6.83 %
ReadingNew entry-7--
HampshireDown-25£225-55.00 %
WarwickshireNew entry-5£400-
LancashireNew entry-5£374-
DorsetNew entry-5£475-
MiddlesexUp+64£488-
WiltshireDown-63£313+4.16 %
YorkshireDown-113£385-
Stratford-upon-AvonNew entry-3£375-
BournemouthNew entry-3£475-
GatwickNew entry-3--
BedfordshireUp+82£388-
SwindonDown-102£313+4.16 %
West YorkshireDown-182£385-
LeedsDown-202£385-

PCI DSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

181 (30.00 %)Information Security
274 (27.41 %)CISSP
366 (24.44 %)Finance
455 (20.37 %)ISO/IEC 27001
550 (18.52 %)Firewall
649 (18.15 %)Cisco
747 (17.41 %)ITIL
846 (17.04 %)Network Security
936 (13.33 %)CISM
1035 (12.96 %)CISA
1133 (12.22 %)Risk Management
1232 (11.85 %)Project Management
1232 (11.85 %)Cisco ASA
1330 (11.11 %)Security Management
1330 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
1429 (10.74 %)Cisco Certification
1527 (10.00 %)Linux
1527 (10.00 %)Penetration Testing
1626 (9.630 %)CheckPoint
1725 (9.259 %)Juniper
1725 (9.259 %)VPN
1725 (9.259 %)VoIP
1824 (8.889 %)Windows
1824 (8.889 %)CCSP
1824 (8.889 %)Retail
1923 (8.519 %)Load Balancing
1923 (8.519 %)OSPF
2022 (8.148 %)CCIE
2022 (8.148 %)SNMP
2121 (7.778 %)CRM

PCI DSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
121 (7.778 %)XML
217 (6.296 %)HTML
314 (5.185 %)Web Services
412 (4.444 %)CSS
511 (4.074 %)soapUI
511 (4.074 %)WCF
68 (2.963 %).NET
77 (2.593 %)SOAP
86 (2.222 %)JSP
86 (2.222 %)Servlets
86 (2.222 %)Spring
94 (1.481 %)ASP.NET
94 (1.481 %)jQuery
103 (1.111 %)WebSphere
103 (1.111 %)JAXB
103 (1.111 %)VML
103 (1.111 %)LAMP
112 (0.741 %)Hibernate
112 (0.741 %)J2EE
112 (0.741 %)XML Schema
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
113 (4.815 %)Apache
113 (4.815 %)Tomcat
28 (2.963 %)OpenCms
36 (2.222 %)CMS
44 (1.481 %)ESB
53 (1.111 %)Exchange Server 2007
53 (1.111 %)Exchange Server 2003
53 (1.111 %)MS Exchange
62 (0.741 %)SAS
62 (0.741 %)SharePoint
62 (0.741 %)IIS
62 (0.741 %)Exchange Server 2010
62 (0.741 %)Drupal
71 (0.370 %)GlassFish
71 (0.370 %)Oracle SOA Suite
71 (0.370 %)Oracle Service Bus
71 (0.370 %)WebLogic
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
16 (2.222 %)MS Excel
25 (1.852 %)MS Visio
33 (1.111 %)MS PowerPoint
33 (1.111 %)MS Project
33 (1.111 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
118 (6.667 %)SAP CRM
210 (3.704 %)SAP IS-U
33 (1.111 %)Dynamics NAV
33 (1.111 %)Dynamics CRM
42 (0.741 %)Oracle Financials
51 (0.370 %)Oracle BPM
51 (0.370 %)SAP GRC
51 (0.370 %)SAP HR
51 (0.370 %)Oracle Applications
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
150 (18.52 %)Firewall
246 (17.04 %)Network Security
332 (11.85 %)Cisco ASA
425 (9.259 %)VPN
425 (9.259 %)VoIP
523 (8.519 %)OSPF
622 (8.148 %)SNMP
720 (7.407 %)IPsec
819 (7.037 %)Cisco PIX
819 (7.037 %)FWSM
917 (6.296 %)BGP
1013 (4.815 %)TCP/IP
1112 (4.444 %)MPLS
1211 (4.074 %)SSH
1211 (4.074 %)HTTP
1211 (4.074 %)TELNET
1310 (3.704 %)LDAP
149 (3.333 %)DNS
158 (2.963 %)HTTPS
167 (2.593 %)NFC
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (4.074 %)MySQL
24 (1.481 %)SQL Server Integration Services
33 (1.111 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
33 (1.111 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
33 (1.111 %)RDBMS
33 (1.111 %)SQL Server
42 (0.741 %)GIS
42 (0.741 %)DTS
42 (0.741 %)Crystal Reports
42 (0.741 %)BusinessObjects
42 (0.741 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (0.741 %)SQL Server 2008
42 (0.741 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.370 %)Oracle 11g
51 (0.370 %)TOAD
51 (0.370 %)Data Warehouse
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (1.481 %)Team Foundation Server
14 (1.481 %)Rhino Mocks
14 (1.481 %)Fiddler
22 (0.741 %)Eclipse
22 (0.741 %)Subversion
31 (0.370 %)Git (software)
31 (0.370 %)TestDirector
31 (0.370 %)JDeveloper
31 (0.370 %)Ant
31 (0.370 %)JUnit
31 (0.370 %)NetBeans
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
166 (24.44 %)Finance
224 (8.889 %)Retail
319 (7.037 %)Telecoms
413 (4.815 %)Legal
59 (3.333 %)Banking
65 (1.852 %)Games
74 (1.481 %)Back Office
83 (1.111 %)Law
91 (0.370 %)Czech Language
91 (0.370 %)Retail Banking
91 (0.370 %)Marketing
91 (0.370 %)Military
91 (0.370 %)Aerospace
91 (0.370 %)Financial Institution
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
166 (24.44 %)Analyst
251 (18.89 %)Consultant
345 (16.67 %)Security Consultant
431 (11.48 %)Architect
529 (10.74 %)Security Analyst
627 (10.00 %)Business Analyst
724 (8.889 %)Security Engineer
820 (7.407 %)Design Engineer
919 (7.037 %)Project Manager
919 (7.037 %)IP Engineer
1016 (5.926 %)Security Architect
1113 (4.815 %)Solutions Architect
1211 (4.074 %)Developer
1310 (3.704 %)Information Manager
149 (3.333 %)Designer
149 (3.333 %)Senior Analyst
149 (3.333 %)Technical Architect
149 (3.333 %)Solutions Designer
157 (2.593 %)Information Security Consultant
157 (2.593 %)Senior Security Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
120 (7.407 %)Management Information System
213 (4.815 %)Data Protection Act
310 (3.704 %)Mainframe
49 (3.333 %)PKI
58 (2.963 %)EMV
64 (1.481 %)Cryptography
73 (1.111 %)CESG
73 (1.111 %)CESG CLAS
73 (1.111 %)Chip and PIN
82 (0.741 %)AS400
82 (0.741 %)Clustering
82 (0.741 %)CLARiiON
82 (0.741 %)N-Tier
82 (0.741 %)RMADS
82 (0.741 %)SecurID
82 (0.741 %)IBM Mainframe
91 (0.370 %)RIA
91 (0.370 %)Statistics
91 (0.370 %)Freedom of Information
91 (0.370 %)Social Media
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
127 (10.00 %)Linux
224 (8.889 %)Windows
314 (5.185 %)CentOS
49 (3.333 %)UNIX
58 (2.963 %)zOS
58 (2.963 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
64 (1.481 %)Solaris
64 (1.481 %)Windows Server 2003
73 (1.111 %)Windows Server 2008
73 (1.111 %)Fedora
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
181 (30.00 %)Information Security
247 (17.41 %)ITIL
333 (12.22 %)Risk Management
432 (11.85 %)Project Management
530 (11.11 %)Security Management
530 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
627 (10.00 %)Penetration Testing
723 (8.519 %)Load Balancing
821 (7.778 %)CRM
821 (7.778 %)Risk Assessment
919 (7.037 %)Migration
919 (7.037 %)Data Protection
1018 (6.667 %)Security Architecture
1018 (6.667 %)TOGAF
1117 (6.296 %)Business Analysis
1117 (6.296 %)OWASP
1214 (5.185 %)SIEM
1313 (4.815 %)Data Security
1412 (4.444 %)Business Continuity
1412 (4.444 %)SAP Security
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
121 (7.778 %)JavaScript
217 (6.296 %)Java
38 (2.963 %)SQL
38 (2.963 %)PHP
44 (1.481 %)C#
53 (1.111 %)C
62 (0.741 %)Shell Script
71 (0.370 %)PL/SQL
71 (0.370 %)Perl
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
174 (27.41 %)CISSP
236 (13.33 %)CISM
335 (12.96 %)CISA
429 (10.74 %)Cisco Certification
524 (8.889 %)CCSP
622 (8.148 %)CCIE
716 (5.926 %)PMP
716 (5.926 %)PMI Certification
814 (5.185 %)CCDP
814 (5.185 %)Check Point Certification
814 (5.185 %)Degree
912 (4.444 %)CCNP
109 (3.333 %)PCI QSA
117 (2.593 %)CISMP
117 (2.593 %)Security Cleared
126 (2.222 %)Microsoft Certification
126 (2.222 %)SC Cleared
126 (2.222 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
135 (1.852 %)GIAC
144 (1.481 %)MCSE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
155 (20.37 %)ISO/IEC 27001
214 (5.185 %)COBIT
312 (4.444 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
43 (1.111 %)COSO
51 (0.370 %)WCAG
51 (0.370 %)WAI
51 (0.370 %)BS25999
51 (0.370 %)JSP 440
51 (0.370 %)HIPAA
51 (0.370 %)SLA
51 (0.370 %)ISO 9001
51 (0.370 %)Basel II
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
110 (3.704 %)Active Directory
29 (3.333 %)RACF
38 (2.963 %)VMware ESX
38 (2.963 %)VMware Infrastructure
43 (1.111 %)VMware ESXi
43 (1.111 %)vSphere
52 (0.741 %)Terminal Services
52 (0.741 %)Snort
52 (0.741 %)Nmap
52 (0.741 %)Xen
52 (0.741 %)Squid
61 (0.370 %)Novell eDirectory
61 (0.370 %)Citrix Presentation Server
61 (0.370 %)UAG
61 (0.370 %)Terminal Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (0.741 %)Nessus
21 (0.370 %)McAfee ePO
21 (0.370 %)Oracle Identity Manager
21 (0.370 %)HP Quality Center
21 (0.370 %)Sun Identity Manager
21 (0.370 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
21 (0.370 %)Norton AntiVirus
21 (0.370 %)NetBackup
21 (0.370 %)Backup Exec
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
149 (18.15 %)Cisco
226 (9.630 %)CheckPoint
325 (9.259 %)Juniper
421 (7.778 %)SAP
516 (5.926 %)Microsoft
614 (5.185 %)Oracle
614 (5.185 %)Redback
713 (4.815 %)IBM
713 (4.815 %)Red Hat
713 (4.815 %)VMware
812 (4.444 %)Symantec
911 (4.074 %)Fortinet
109 (3.333 %)McAfee
109 (3.333 %)Nokia
118 (2.963 %)Radware
126 (2.222 %)Omniture
126 (2.222 %)Huawei
133 (1.111 %)NetApp
142 (0.741 %)Business Objects
142 (0.741 %)EMC
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