The first table below looks at the demand for PCI DSS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PCI DSS over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Rank 109 126 117
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -9
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 14 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.778% 0.100% 0.121%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.589% 0.939% 1.307%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 2
Average salary £52,500 £62,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.00% +73.61%
UK excluding London average salary £46,250 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-11.90% +10.52%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
163 213 153
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 9.061% 10.61% 9.267%
Number of salaries quoted 121 176 144
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £27,750 £29,450
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £65,250 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
PCI DSS
North West

PCI DSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire PCI DSS Salary Trend

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PCI DSS across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cheshire PCI DSS Salary Histogram

PCI DSS
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 17 (100.00%) Information Security
1 17 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (82.35%) Risk Management
3 13 (76.47%) Integration Testing
3 13 (76.47%) Information Governance
4 4 (23.53%) CISSP
4 4 (23.53%) CISM
5 3 (17.65%) CEH
5 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (17.65%) Network Security
6 2 (11.76%) Security Architecture
6 2 (11.76%) IT Governance
6 2 (11.76%) Finance
6 2 (11.76%) Banking
7 1 (5.882%) COBIT
7 1 (5.882%) CISA
7 1 (5.882%) Java
7 1 (5.882%) Sarbanes-Oxley

PCI DSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Network Security
General
1 2 (11.76%) Finance
1 2 (11.76%) Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Analyst
2 7 (41.18%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (29.41%) Security Analyst
4 4 (23.53%) Security Manager
5 3 (17.65%) IT Security Analyst
5 3 (17.65%) Information Manager
5 3 (17.65%) Information Security Manager
5 3 (17.65%) Consultant
5 3 (17.65%) Security Consultant
5 3 (17.65%) Lead Security Consultant
6 2 (11.76%) Senior Security Analyst
6 2 (11.76%) Information Security Consultant
6 2 (11.76%) Risk Manager
7 1 (5.882%) Risk Analyst
7 1 (5.882%) Information Security Analyst
7 1 (5.882%) Compliance Manager
7 1 (5.882%) IT Security Specialist
7 1 (5.882%) Security Risk Analyst
7 1 (5.882%) IT Risk Manager
7 1 (5.882%) Information Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Information Security
2 14 (82.35%) Risk Management
3 13 (76.47%) Integration Testing
3 13 (76.47%) Information Governance
4 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.76%) Security Architecture
5 2 (11.76%) IT Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) CISSP
1 4 (23.53%) CISM
2 3 (17.65%) CEH
3 1 (5.882%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.882%) COBIT
2 1 (5.882%) Sarbanes-Oxley