The first table below looks at the demand for PCI DSS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PCI DSS over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Rank 107 126 -
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 16 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.923% 0.200% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.60% 2.597% -
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 0
Average salary £39,750 £50,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.50% -
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £51,875 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-11.32% +9.21%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
151 154 123
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 8.708% 7.696% 5.891%
Number of salaries quoted 123 119 97
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% +2.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £29,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £44,000 £58,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
-3.61% +2.46%
PCI DSS
Cambridgeshire

PCI DSS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing PCI DSS across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Cambridge PCI DSS Jobs Demand Trend

PCI DSS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PCI DSS across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge PCI DSS Salary Trend

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PCI DSS across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Cambridge PCI DSS Salary Histogram

PCI DSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited PCI DSS.

1 18 (41.86%) Information Security
2 17 (39.53%) ITIL
3 16 (37.21%) Cisco
4 15 (34.88%) Penetration Testing
5 14 (32.56%) Management Information System
6 13 (30.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (27.91%) COBIT
7 12 (27.91%) Firewall
7 12 (27.91%) LAN
7 12 (27.91%) WAN
7 12 (27.91%) VPN
8 10 (23.26%) SNMP
8 10 (23.26%) VoIP
8 10 (23.26%) OSPF
8 10 (23.26%) Information Security Management
8 10 (23.26%) Security Management
8 10 (23.26%) IPsec
8 10 (23.26%) VLAN
8 10 (23.26%) HSRP
9 9 (20.93%) Cisco CUCM
9 9 (20.93%) Finance
10 8 (18.60%) Nagios
10 8 (18.60%) CISSP
10 8 (18.60%) Cacti
10 8 (18.60%) WhatsUp Gold
11 7 (16.28%) F5
11 7 (16.28%) Sourcefire
11 7 (16.28%) Incident Management
11 7 (16.28%) SIEM
11 7 (16.28%) Microsoft

PCI DSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited PCI DSS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (6.977%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 12 (27.91%) Firewall
1 12 (27.91%) LAN
1 12 (27.91%) WAN
1 12 (27.91%) VPN
2 10 (23.26%) SNMP
2 10 (23.26%) VoIP
2 10 (23.26%) OSPF
2 10 (23.26%) IPsec
2 10 (23.26%) VLAN
2 10 (23.26%) HSRP
3 6 (13.95%) Network Security
4 3 (6.977%) TCP/IP
5 2 (4.651%) Internet
5 2 (4.651%) Wireless
5 2 (4.651%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (2.326%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.302%) SQL Server
1 4 (9.302%) Oracle Reports
General
1 9 (20.93%) Finance
2 5 (11.63%) Spanish Language
2 5 (11.63%) French Language
2 5 (11.63%) Marketing
2 5 (11.63%) Military
2 5 (11.63%) Electronics
3 3 (6.977%) German Language
4 2 (4.651%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 16 (37.21%) Network Engineer
2 12 (27.91%) Security Analyst
2 12 (27.91%) Analyst
3 6 (13.95%) Team Leader
3 6 (13.95%) Security Engineer
4 4 (9.302%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (9.302%) IT Security Consultant
4 4 (9.302%) IT Consultant
4 4 (9.302%) Consultant
4 4 (9.302%) Security Consultant
4 4 (9.302%) Disaster Recovery Manager
4 4 (9.302%) Senior Security Analyst
5 2 (4.651%) Administrator
5 2 (4.651%) Security Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 14 (32.56%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.651%) Kindle
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.326%) UNIX
1 1 (2.326%) Windows
1 1 (2.326%) Solaris
1 1 (2.326%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (41.86%) Information Security
2 17 (39.53%) ITIL
3 15 (34.88%) Penetration Testing
4 10 (23.26%) Information Security Management
4 10 (23.26%) Security Management
5 7 (16.28%) Incident Management
5 7 (16.28%) SIEM
6 5 (11.63%) Data Protection
6 5 (11.63%) Service Delivery
6 5 (11.63%) GAP Analysis
6 5 (11.63%) Risk Assessment
6 5 (11.63%) CRM
7 4 (9.302%) PRINCE2
7 4 (9.302%) Business Continuity
7 4 (9.302%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (9.302%) BCP
7 4 (9.302%) Project Management
7 4 (9.302%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (4.651%) E-Commerce
8 2 (4.651%) ITIL V3
Qualifications
1 8 (18.60%) CISSP
2 6 (13.95%) CISM
3 5 (11.63%) SC Cleared
3 5 (11.63%) Security Cleared
4 4 (9.302%) PMP
4 4 (9.302%) PMI Certification
4 4 (9.302%) SSCP
5 3 (6.977%) Degree
6 2 (4.651%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (4.651%) CCSP
6 2 (4.651%) CISA
6 2 (4.651%) GCIA
6 2 (4.651%) GCIH
6 2 (4.651%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (30.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (27.91%) COBIT
3 6 (13.95%) ISO 9001
4 5 (11.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (6.977%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (9.302%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (20.93%) Cisco CUCM
2 8 (18.60%) Nagios
2 8 (18.60%) Cacti
2 8 (18.60%) WhatsUp Gold
3 4 (9.302%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 16 (37.21%) Cisco
2 7 (16.28%) F5
2 7 (16.28%) Sourcefire
2 7 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 7 (16.28%) Symantec
2 7 (16.28%) Juniper
3 6 (13.95%) CheckPoint
4 5 (11.63%) Fortinet
5 4 (9.302%) Oracle
5 4 (9.302%) EMC
5 4 (9.302%) VMware
5 4 (9.302%) ArcSight
5 4 (9.302%) LogLogic
6 3 (6.977%) Salesforce.com
7 2 (4.651%) McAfee
8 1 (2.326%) Qualys