PCI DSS Jobs in England

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for PCI DSS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PCI DSS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 539 483 556
Rank change year-on-year -56 +73 -76
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 315 566 733
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.37% 0.61% 0.56%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.66% 3.09% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 250 363 494
10th Percentile £24,807 £33,750 £37,239
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,625 £78,438
90th Percentile £87,750 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £59,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.60% -0.42% +2.57%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

PCI DSS is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11,826 18,317 21,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.94% 19.65% 16.41%
Number of salaries quoted 8,354 8,390 11,772
10th Percentile £27,015 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,915 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing PCI DSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for PCI DSS in England

PCI DSS
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PCI DSS in England.

Salary trend for PCI DSS in England

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PCI DSS in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for PCI DSS in England

PCI DSS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PCI DSS within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +81 109 £72,500 - 30
North of England +23 64 £49,000 +6.52% 16
Midlands -1 46 £53,500 -23.57% 8
North West +10 45 £45,000 - 8
South East -60 43 £72,500 +20.83% 28
South West -29 33 £45,000 -14.29% 6
East Midlands +15 31 £24,811 -40.44% 5
Yorkshire +71 18 £55,000 +17.65% 6
East of England -12 18 £24,526 -66.17% 10
West Midlands -13 14 £77,500 +10.71% 3
North East -6 1 £37,500 -51.30% 2
PCI DSS
UK

PCI DSS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.90%) IIS
1 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.95%) Apache
2 3 (0.95%) CMS
3 2 (0.63%) nginx
3 2 (0.63%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.32%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.32%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.95%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.32%) Magento
3 1 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 105 (33.33%) Azure
2 81 (25.71%) AWS
3 43 (13.65%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (6.03%) Cloud Computing
4 19 (6.03%) GCP
5 18 (5.71%) Azure Sentinel
6 16 (5.08%) SaaS
7 15 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (4.76%) IaaS
7 15 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
8 13 (4.13%) PaaS
9 7 (2.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (1.59%) Cloudflare
10 5 (1.59%) WhatsApp
11 4 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.27%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.27%) GitHub
11 4 (1.27%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.95%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 3 (0.95%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 94 (29.84%) Firewall
2 46 (14.60%) Network Security
3 43 (13.65%) Wi-Fi
4 21 (6.67%) Wireshark
5 20 (6.35%) LAN
5 20 (6.35%) WAN
6 17 (5.40%) TCP/IP
7 16 (5.08%) VPN
8 15 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
9 14 (4.44%) Wireless
10 10 (3.17%) Internet
11 8 (2.54%) DNS
12 6 (1.90%) SSL
13 5 (1.59%) Cisco Firepower
13 5 (1.59%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (1.59%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 5 (1.59%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 5 (1.59%) Unified Communications
13 5 (1.59%) VoIP
14 4 (1.27%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.44%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.59%) BigQuery
2 5 (1.59%) Redis
3 4 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.95%) MySQL
4 3 (0.95%) RDBMS
4 3 (0.95%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.63%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.63%) Power BI
6 1 (0.32%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.27%) Git
2 3 (0.95%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.63%) git-flow
3 2 (0.63%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 83 (26.35%) Social Skills
2 69 (21.90%) Finance
3 37 (11.75%) Retail
4 34 (10.79%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.03%) Law
6 18 (5.71%) Legal
6 18 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (4.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.49%) Banking
9 9 (2.86%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.54%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.22%) Marketing
12 4 (1.27%) Games
13 3 (0.95%) Advertising
14 2 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.63%) Mandarin Language
14 2 (0.63%) Public Speaking
14 2 (0.63%) Publishing
15 1 (0.32%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 58 (18.41%) Analyst
2 45 (14.29%) Security Analyst
3 40 (12.70%) Senior
4 30 (9.52%) Security Engineer
5 29 (9.21%) Architect
6 27 (8.57%) Lead
7 25 (7.94%) Mobile Engineer
7 25 (7.94%) Security Architect
8 24 (7.62%) Information Analyst
8 24 (7.62%) Information Security Analyst
8 24 (7.62%) Security Manager
9 22 (6.98%) Consultant
10 19 (6.03%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 15 (4.76%) IT Analyst
11 15 (4.76%) IT Security Analyst
12 14 (4.44%) Information Manager
12 14 (4.44%) Information Security Manager
12 14 (4.44%) Penetration Tester
12 14 (4.44%) Support Engineer
12 14 (4.44%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.86%) Web Services
2 6 (1.90%) .NET
2 6 (1.90%) Kafka
2 6 (1.90%) Middleware
3 4 (1.27%) .NET Framework
3 4 (1.27%) OAuth
3 4 (1.27%) SAML
4 3 (0.95%) Next.js
4 3 (0.95%) Node.js
4 3 (0.95%) React
4 3 (0.95%) REST
4 3 (0.95%) RESTful
5 2 (0.63%) LAMP
5 2 (0.63%) LEMP Stack
6 1 (0.32%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.32%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.32%) CSS
6 1 (0.32%) HTML
6 1 (0.32%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.32%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 60 (19.05%) Management Information System
2 30 (9.52%) Driving Licence
3 29 (9.21%) Security Posture
4 28 (8.89%) Security Operations Centre
5 22 (6.98%) Cyber Threat
6 16 (5.08%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (4.13%) Data Centre
8 11 (3.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 11 (3.49%) Onboarding
9 10 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (2.22%) Cloud Security Posture
10 7 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 6 (1.90%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.90%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 5 (1.59%) Blog
12 5 (1.59%) Cyber Defence
12 5 (1.59%) Mobile App
13 4 (1.27%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 69 (21.90%) Windows
2 22 (6.98%) Android
2 22 (6.98%) Apple iOS
3 19 (6.03%) Linux
4 12 (3.81%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.95%) Kali Linux
5 3 (0.95%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.63%) Unix
6 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.32%) CentOS
7 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (58.10%) Information Security
2 156 (49.52%) Cybersecurity
3 73 (23.17%) Cloud Security
4 65 (20.63%) SIEM
5 61 (19.37%) Problem-Solving
6 60 (19.05%) Security Operations
7 59 (18.73%) Incident Response
7 59 (18.73%) Vulnerability Management
8 53 (16.83%) Risk Management
9 47 (14.92%) Data Protection
10 44 (13.97%) Data Security
11 39 (12.38%) ITIL
12 38 (12.06%) DevOps
12 38 (12.06%) Disaster Recovery
12 38 (12.06%) Roadmaps
13 37 (11.75%) Asset Management
13 37 (11.75%) Security Management
14 36 (11.43%) Information Security Management
15 34 (10.79%) Computer Science
15 34 (10.79%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (12.06%) Python
2 30 (9.52%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.86%) Bash
3 9 (2.86%) JavaScript
3 9 (2.86%) SQL
4 7 (2.22%) Java
5 6 (1.90%) C#
5 6 (1.90%) Go
6 4 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.63%) VB
8 1 (0.32%) Groovy
8 1 (0.32%) Perl
8 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 118 (37.46%) CISSP
2 66 (20.95%) Degree
3 55 (17.46%) CISM
4 41 (13.02%) Security Cleared
5 40 (12.70%) PCI QSA
6 36 (11.43%) CISA
7 34 (10.79%) Cisco Certification
8 30 (9.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 28 (8.89%) AWS Certification
10 27 (8.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 24 (7.62%) CEH
12 23 (7.30%) SANS
13 20 (6.35%) Azure Certification
13 20 (6.35%) CCSP
14 17 (5.40%) Master's Degree
15 15 (4.76%) SSCP
16 14 (4.44%) CRISC
16 14 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
17 11 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
18 9 (2.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (53.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 136 (43.17%) NIST
3 88 (27.94%) GDPR
4 45 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 44 (13.97%) GRC
6 35 (11.11%) SLA
7 25 (7.94%) NCSC
8 21 (6.67%) HIPAA
9 18 (5.71%) COBIT
10 15 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 13 (4.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 11 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 10 (3.17%) SOC 2
14 9 (2.86%) ISO 9001
15 6 (1.90%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (1.90%) GLBA
16 5 (1.59%) ISO 22301
17 4 (1.27%) NIST 800
18 3 (0.95%) FISMA
18 3 (0.95%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 30 (9.52%) KVM
2 14 (4.44%) Virtual Desktop
3 11 (3.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.54%) Active Directory
5 7 (2.22%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.59%) Docker
7 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.32%) Snort
8 1 (0.32%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 15 (4.76%) CASB
1 15 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (4.44%) Nmap
3 13 (4.13%) Kubernetes
4 9 (2.86%) Terraform
5 8 (2.54%) Ansible
6 6 (1.90%) CSIRT
7 4 (1.27%) Autotask
8 3 (0.95%) Nessus
8 3 (0.95%) SCCM
8 3 (0.95%) Suricata
9 2 (0.63%) Packer
10 1 (0.32%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.32%) Nagios
10 1 (0.32%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 112 (35.56%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.84%) Dell
3 28 (8.89%) Qualys
4 20 (6.35%) Splunk
5 14 (4.44%) Rapid7
5 14 (4.44%) Thycotic
6 13 (4.13%) Cisco
6 13 (4.13%) Google
7 12 (3.81%) VMware
8 10 (3.17%) CheckPoint
9 7 (2.22%) F5
10 6 (1.90%) Citrix
10 6 (1.90%) Juniper
11 5 (1.59%) Forcepoint
11 5 (1.59%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.59%) SolarWinds
12 4 (1.27%) Datto
12 4 (1.27%) Veeam
13 3 (0.95%) Facebook
13 3 (0.95%) Salesforce