The first table below looks at the demand for PCI QSA in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PCI QSA over the 3 months to 17 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 Qualifications for the England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PCI Qualified Security Assessors (PCI QSA)
Rank 792 841 791
Rank change year-on-year
+49 -50
Permanent jobs citing PCI QSA 38 22 68
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.038% 0.019% 0.058%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.137% 0.070% 0.225%
Number of salaries quoted 35 22 65
Average salary £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £57,500 £50,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £60,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +11.62%
All Qualifications
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
27737 31258 30275
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 27.50% 27.52% 25.90%
Number of salaries quoted 22621 26761 25414
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
PCI QSA
UK

PCI QSA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing PCI QSA across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

England PCI QSA Jobs Demand Trend

PCI QSA
Salary Trend

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

England PCI QSA Salary Trend

PCI QSA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PCI QSA across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England PCI QSA Salary Histogram

PCI QSA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PCI QSA within the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +48 29 £51,750 -26.07%
South East +5 7 £45,000 -21.73%
West Midlands - 1 £65,000 -
North West - 1 £50,000 -
PCI QSA
UK

PCI QSA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing PCI QSA 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 QSA.

1 86 (69.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (54.47%) PCI DSS
3 58 (47.15%) Firewall
4 53 (43.09%) Information Security
5 46 (37.40%) ITIL
6 45 (36.59%) CISSP
7 43 (34.96%) Data Security
8 42 (34.15%) Nessus
8 42 (34.15%) Qualys
9 41 (33.33%) VPN
10 40 (32.52%) Vulnerability Management
11 39 (31.71%) Network Security
12 37 (30.08%) Network Design
12 37 (30.08%) SIEM
13 35 (28.46%) ArcSight
14 33 (26.83%) S-PLUS
15 26 (21.14%) CISA
16 25 (20.33%) CISM
17 20 (16.26%) Penetration Testing
18 19 (15.45%) Risk Management
19 17 (13.82%) Finance
20 16 (13.01%) Business Continuity
21 12 (9.756%) Windows
22 11 (8.943%) CESG
22 11 (8.943%) CESG CLAS
23 10 (8.130%) Stakeholder Management
23 10 (8.130%) Data Protection
23 10 (8.130%) Cisco
24 9 (7.317%) Security Cleared
25 8 (6.504%) Disaster Recovery

PCI QSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing PCI QSA 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 QSA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (0.813%) XML
1 1 (0.813%) Flash
1 1 (0.813%) XHTML
1 1 (0.813%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.439%) Apache
2 1 (0.813%) SAS
Applications
1 33 (26.83%) S-PLUS
2 5 (4.065%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 58 (47.15%) Firewall
2 41 (33.33%) VPN
3 39 (31.71%) Network Security
4 4 (3.252%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (2.439%) Wireless
5 3 (2.439%) VoIP
6 2 (1.626%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.813%) SNMP
7 1 (0.813%) DNS
7 1 (0.813%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.813%) MySQL
1 1 (0.813%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (13.82%) Finance
2 6 (4.878%) Retail
3 5 (4.065%) Local Government
4 4 (3.252%) Banking
5 2 (1.626%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (1.626%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.813%) Legal
6 1 (0.813%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 46 (37.40%) Consultant
2 40 (32.52%) Analyst
2 40 (32.52%) Security Analyst
3 38 (30.89%) Security Consultant
4 20 (16.26%) Information Security Consultant
5 16 (13.01%) Operations Analyst
5 16 (13.01%) Security Operations Analyst
6 12 (9.756%) Security Manager
7 9 (7.317%) Operations Manager
7 9 (7.317%) IT Operations Manager
7 9 (7.317%) CLAS Consultant
7 9 (7.317%) Security Operations Manager
8 7 (5.691%) Network Security Analyst
8 7 (5.691%) Network Analyst
9 6 (4.878%) Senior Consultant
10 5 (4.065%) Senior Security Consultant
11 4 (3.252%) Security Officer
11 4 (3.252%) CLAS Security Consultant
12 3 (2.439%) Security Specialist
12 3 (2.439%) Compliance Manager
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.943%) CESG
1 11 (8.943%) CESG CLAS
2 3 (2.439%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.626%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.813%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.813%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.756%) Windows
2 5 (4.065%) Linux
3 4 (3.252%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (3.252%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (3.252%) UNIX
4 3 (2.439%) Solaris
5 2 (1.626%) HPUX
5 2 (1.626%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.813%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.813%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (43.09%) Information Security
2 46 (37.40%) ITIL
3 43 (34.96%) Data Security
4 40 (32.52%) Vulnerability Management
5 37 (30.08%) SIEM
5 37 (30.08%) Network Design
6 20 (16.26%) Penetration Testing
7 19 (15.45%) Risk Management
8 16 (13.01%) Business Continuity
9 10 (8.130%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (8.130%) Data Protection
10 8 (6.504%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (5.691%) Information Security Management
11 7 (5.691%) Security Management
12 6 (4.878%) Risk Assessment
12 6 (4.878%) Performance Management
12 6 (4.878%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 5 (4.065%) ISMS
13 5 (4.065%) GAP Analysis
13 5 (4.065%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.813%) Java
1 1 (0.813%) JavaScript
1 1 (0.813%) Perl
1 1 (0.813%) PHP
1 1 (0.813%) SQL
1 1 (0.813%) Python
1 1 (0.813%) Ruby
1 1 (0.813%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 45 (36.59%) CISSP
2 26 (21.14%) CISA
3 25 (20.33%) CISM
4 9 (7.317%) Security Cleared
5 6 (4.878%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (4.878%) MCSE
5 6 (4.878%) MCSA
6 5 (4.065%) CISMP
7 4 (3.252%) Degree
8 3 (2.439%) CRISC
8 3 (2.439%) CCNA
8 3 (2.439%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.626%) CCDA
9 2 (1.626%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.626%) MCP
9 2 (1.626%) CEH
10 1 (0.813%) GIAC
10 1 (0.813%) ISACA
10 1 (0.813%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (69.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (54.47%) PCI DSS
3 5 (4.065%) COBIT
4 4 (3.252%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.813%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.813%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (0.813%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 42 (34.15%) Nessus
2 5 (4.065%) CORE IMPACT
Vendors
1 42 (34.15%) Qualys
2 35 (28.46%) ArcSight
3 10 (8.130%) Cisco
4 7 (5.691%) Microsoft
5 5 (4.065%) SAP
6 4 (3.252%) Juniper
7 3 (2.439%) Oracle
8 2 (1.626%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.626%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.813%) VMware
9 1 (0.813%) Google
9 1 (0.813%) HP
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