The first table below looks at the demand for PCI DSS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PCI DSS over the 3 months to 23 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Rank 130 126 152
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +26
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 12 19 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.491% 0.750% 0.439%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.970% 7.950% 5.319%
Number of salaries quoted 12 10 8
Average salary £49,750 £48,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.57% +14.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £37,750
10% offered a salary of more than £68,250 £66,000 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-12.38% +10.52%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
201 239 282
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 8.221% 9.435% 8.255%
Number of salaries quoted 163 171 211
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £23,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
PCI DSS
East of England

PCI DSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire PCI DSS Salary Trend

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PCI DSS across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Hertfordshire PCI DSS Salary Histogram

PCI DSS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PCI DSS within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Welwyn Garden City -27 4 £48,500 -
Watford +15 2 £72,500 +20.83%
PCI DSS
East of England

PCI DSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 24 (48.98%) Finance
2 23 (46.94%) Information Security
3 22 (44.90%) CISSP
4 17 (34.69%) Active Directory
5 16 (32.65%) Microsoft
6 15 (30.61%) SAN
6 15 (30.61%) MS Exchange
7 14 (28.57%) ITIL
7 14 (28.57%) Citrix
7 14 (28.57%) VMware
7 14 (28.57%) Security Management
7 14 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2003
7 14 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (28.57%) Xen
7 14 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2007
7 14 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
7 14 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2010
8 13 (26.53%) GIAC
9 12 (24.49%) SQL
9 12 (24.49%) Windows
10 11 (22.45%) Vulnerability Management
11 10 (20.41%) Games
11 10 (20.41%) Management Information System
11 10 (20.41%) Risk Management
11 10 (20.41%) CISM
12 9 (18.37%) CISA
12 9 (18.37%) Nessus
12 9 (18.37%) BizTalk Server
12 9 (18.37%) COBIT
13 8 (16.33%) Retail

PCI DSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Application Development
1 6 (12.24%) J2EE
2 3 (6.122%) .NET
3 2 (4.082%) WCF
3 2 (4.082%) LINQ
3 2 (4.082%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (4.082%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 2 (4.082%) ASP.NET MVC 3
3 2 (4.082%) Razor View Engine
3 2 (4.082%) SOAP
3 2 (4.082%) NHibernate
3 2 (4.082%) .NET Framework
4 1 (2.041%) Swing
4 1 (2.041%) CSS
4 1 (2.041%) JDBC
4 1 (2.041%) JSP
4 1 (2.041%) XML
4 1 (2.041%) HTML
4 1 (2.041%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 15 (30.61%) MS Exchange
2 14 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2003
2 14 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2007
2 14 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (18.37%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (6.122%) SharePoint
5 2 (4.082%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (6.122%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.082%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (2.041%) Retail-J
Communications & Networking
1 15 (30.61%) SAN
2 7 (14.29%) Firewall
3 4 (8.163%) NAS
3 4 (8.163%) Fibre Channel
3 4 (8.163%) DNS
3 4 (8.163%) DHCP
4 3 (6.122%) LAN
4 3 (6.122%) WAN
5 2 (4.082%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (4.082%) VSAT
5 2 (4.082%) HSRP
5 2 (4.082%) FTP
5 2 (4.082%) HTTP
5 2 (4.082%) SNMP
5 2 (4.082%) TCP/IP
5 2 (4.082%) VPN
5 2 (4.082%) IPv6
5 2 (4.082%) UMTS
5 2 (4.082%) ADSL
5 2 (4.082%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 6 (12.24%) SQL Server
2 6 (12.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (8.163%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (6.122%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (2.041%) DTS
5 1 (2.041%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (2.041%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (48.98%) Finance
2 10 (20.41%) Games
3 8 (16.33%) Retail
4 6 (12.24%) Publishing
5 5 (10.20%) Legal
6 2 (4.082%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.082%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
2 12 (24.49%) Analyst
3 9 (18.37%) Security Analyst
4 6 (12.24%) Security Specialist
5 5 (10.20%) Security Architect
5 5 (10.20%) Information Analyst
5 5 (10.20%) Information Security Analyst
5 5 (10.20%) Architect
5 5 (10.20%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 5 (10.20%) Lead Architect
6 4 (8.163%) IT Security Specialist
7 3 (6.122%) Senior SQL DBA
7 3 (6.122%) Senior DBA
7 3 (6.122%) Senior SQL Server DBA
7 3 (6.122%) SQL DBA
7 3 (6.122%) SQL Server DBA
7 3 (6.122%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 3 (6.122%) DBA
8 2 (4.082%) Network Services Manager
8 2 (4.082%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.41%) Management Information System
2 7 (14.29%) Replication
3 5 (10.20%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (6.122%) Computer Science
5 2 (4.082%) Online Games
5 2 (4.082%) SaaS
5 2 (4.082%) Clustering
6 1 (2.041%) PKI
6 1 (2.041%) Web 2.0
6 1 (2.041%) Cryptography
6 1 (2.041%) Client/Server
6 1 (2.041%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 12 (24.49%) Windows
2 7 (14.29%) UNIX
3 4 (8.163%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (8.163%) Linux
4 2 (4.082%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (2.041%) Windows 2000
5 1 (2.041%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.041%) Android
5 1 (2.041%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (46.94%) Information Security
2 14 (28.57%) ITIL
2 14 (28.57%) Security Management
3 11 (22.45%) Vulnerability Management
4 10 (20.41%) Risk Management
5 6 (12.24%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (10.20%) Strategic Planning
6 5 (10.20%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 5 (10.20%) Information Security Management
6 5 (10.20%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (10.20%) Data Protection
7 4 (8.163%) Data Security
7 4 (8.163%) Migration
8 3 (6.122%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (6.122%) Business Continuity
8 3 (6.122%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (4.082%) Load Balancing
9 2 (4.082%) Network Architecture
9 2 (4.082%) SIEM
9 2 (4.082%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 12 (24.49%) SQL
2 4 (8.163%) Bash shell
2 4 (8.163%) VB
2 4 (8.163%) Perl
3 3 (6.122%) Java
3 3 (6.122%) C#
4 1 (2.041%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 22 (44.90%) CISSP
2 13 (26.53%) GIAC
3 10 (20.41%) CISM
4 9 (18.37%) CISA
5 7 (14.29%) CEH
6 3 (6.122%) Degree
7 2 (4.082%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (4.082%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (18.37%) COBIT
3 3 (6.122%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (34.69%) Active Directory
2 14 (28.57%) Xen
2 14 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (8.163%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 9 (18.37%) Nessus
2 4 (8.163%) NetBackup
2 4 (8.163%) Backup Exec
3 2 (4.082%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (2.041%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 16 (32.65%) Microsoft
2 14 (28.57%) Citrix
2 14 (28.57%) VMware
3 4 (8.163%) Postini
3 4 (8.163%) Qualys
3 4 (8.163%) CommVault
3 4 (8.163%) NetApp
3 4 (8.163%) Red Hat
4 2 (4.082%) Verint
4 2 (4.082%) Cisco
4 2 (4.082%) SAP
5 1 (2.041%) HP
5 1 (2.041%) Rackspace