The first table below looks at the demand for PCI DSS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PCI DSS over the 3 months to 22 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Rank 114 114 119
Rank change year-on-year
0 +5
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 21 21 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.971% 0.904% 0.267%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.50% 7.343% 3.311%
Number of salaries quoted 17 18 5
Average salary £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.69% -4.16%
UK excluding London average salary £46,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-11.42% +10.52%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
200 286 151
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 9.251% 12.31% 8.071%
Number of salaries quoted 156 257 129
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,250 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,500 £65,000 £73,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
PCI DSS
Berkshire

PCI DSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading PCI DSS Salary Trend

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PCI DSS across the Reading region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Reading PCI DSS Salary Histogram

PCI DSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 16 (47.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (38.24%) Information Security
3 10 (29.41%) Finance
4 9 (26.47%) Risk Management
4 9 (26.47%) Data Protection
5 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
6 7 (20.59%) Banking
7 6 (17.65%) Firewall
7 6 (17.65%) EMV
8 5 (14.71%) Chip and PIN
8 5 (14.71%) ISEB
8 5 (14.71%) EPoS
8 5 (14.71%) SSL
8 5 (14.71%) ITIL
8 5 (14.71%) MS Excel
8 5 (14.71%) Regression Testing
8 5 (14.71%) Legal
8 5 (14.71%) APACS
8 5 (14.71%) Integration Testing
8 5 (14.71%) Test Scripting
9 4 (11.76%) Network Security
9 4 (11.76%) Huawei
9 4 (11.76%) Open Source
9 4 (11.76%) OWASP
9 4 (11.76%) Business Continuity
9 4 (11.76%) Penetration Testing
9 4 (11.76%) IPsec
9 4 (11.76%) BGP
9 4 (11.76%) Apache
9 4 (11.76%) Cisco

PCI DSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 3 (8.824%) CGI
2 2 (5.882%) OAuth
2 2 (5.882%) JSON
2 2 (5.882%) REST
2 2 (5.882%) HTML5
2 2 (5.882%) .NET
2 2 (5.882%) J2EE
2 2 (5.882%) SOAP
2 2 (5.882%) Web Services
2 2 (5.882%) SAML
3 1 (2.941%) XML
3 1 (2.941%) XSLT
3 1 (2.941%) Flash
3 1 (2.941%) XHTML
3 1 (2.941%) JMS
3 1 (2.941%) COM
3 1 (2.941%) CSS
3 1 (2.941%) HTML
3 1 (2.941%) LAMP
3 1 (2.941%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 4 (11.76%) Apache
2 3 (8.824%) Lync
3 1 (2.941%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (2.941%) CMS
3 1 (2.941%) Drupal
Applications
1 5 (14.71%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.941%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.65%) Firewall
2 5 (14.71%) SSL
3 4 (11.76%) Network Security
3 4 (11.76%) IPsec
3 4 (11.76%) BGP
3 4 (11.76%) VoIP
3 4 (11.76%) OSPF
4 3 (8.824%) 3G
4 3 (8.824%) MPLS
4 3 (8.824%) DNS
4 3 (8.824%) DHCP
4 3 (8.824%) Ethernet
4 3 (8.824%) SNMP
4 3 (8.824%) IPv4
4 3 (8.824%) IPv6
4 3 (8.824%) DSL
4 3 (8.824%) L2TP
4 3 (8.824%) TACACS
4 3 (8.824%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (8.824%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.941%) MySQL
1 1 (2.941%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.941%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (2.941%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (29.41%) Finance
2 7 (20.59%) Banking
3 5 (14.71%) Legal
4 3 (8.824%) Marketing
5 2 (5.882%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (26.47%) Consultant
2 7 (20.59%) Security Consultant
2 7 (20.59%) Architect
2 7 (20.59%) Information Security Consultant
3 6 (17.65%) Analyst
4 4 (11.76%) Security Architect
4 4 (11.76%) Test Analyst
5 3 (8.824%) Security Manager
5 3 (8.824%) Information Security Manager
5 3 (8.824%) Information Manager
5 3 (8.824%) Security Specialist
5 3 (8.824%) Applications Architect
6 2 (5.882%) IT Security Specialist
6 2 (5.882%) Senior Security Specialist
6 2 (5.882%) IP Engineer
6 2 (5.882%) Security Analyst
6 2 (5.882%) Design Engineer
6 2 (5.882%) Principal Consultant
6 2 (5.882%) Information Analyst
6 2 (5.882%) Information Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) EMV
2 5 (14.71%) Chip and PIN
2 5 (14.71%) EPoS
2 5 (14.71%) APACS
3 4 (11.76%) Open Source
4 2 (5.882%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (5.882%) Cryptography
5 1 (2.941%) W3C
5 1 (2.941%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.941%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.941%) SecurID
5 1 (2.941%) E-Learning
5 1 (2.941%) Blog
5 1 (2.941%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.824%) Linux
1 3 (8.824%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (38.24%) Information Security
2 9 (26.47%) Risk Management
2 9 (26.47%) Data Protection
3 5 (14.71%) ITIL
3 5 (14.71%) Regression Testing
3 5 (14.71%) Integration Testing
3 5 (14.71%) Test Scripting
4 4 (11.76%) OWASP
4 4 (11.76%) Business Continuity
4 4 (11.76%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (8.824%) BCP
5 3 (8.824%) PRINCE2
5 3 (8.824%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (8.824%) Information Security Management
5 3 (8.824%) Security Management
5 3 (8.824%) Network Design
5 3 (8.824%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 3 (8.824%) Security Architecture
5 3 (8.824%) Network Architecture
5 3 (8.824%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.824%) Perl
1 3 (8.824%) SQL
2 2 (5.882%) Java
3 1 (2.941%) FoxPro (VFP)
3 1 (2.941%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.941%) C++
3 1 (2.941%) ActionScript
3 1 (2.941%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) ISEB
2 4 (11.76%) CCIE
2 4 (11.76%) CISSP
2 4 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (8.824%) CCIP
3 3 (8.824%) CISM
4 2 (5.882%) Degree
5 1 (2.941%) Check Point Certification
5 1 (2.941%) CCDP
5 1 (2.941%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (47.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (11.76%) ISO 9001
3 3 (8.824%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (8.824%) COBIT
4 1 (2.941%) ISO 8583
4 1 (2.941%) WAI
4 1 (2.941%) QA
4 1 (2.941%) BS25999
System Software
1 3 (8.824%) FreeRADIUS
Systems Management
1 3 (8.824%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.76%) Huawei
2 4 (11.76%) Cisco
3 3 (8.824%) BT
3 3 (8.824%) ZyXEL
3 3 (8.824%) Draytek
4 2 (5.882%) Remedy
5 1 (2.941%) Juniper
5 1 (2.941%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.941%) IBM
5 1 (2.941%) Redback
5 1 (2.941%) Qualys
Reading, Thames Valley
A blue chip client is looking for an experienced Information Security and Risk Consultant.
Hudson
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 27 April 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Acting as the security champion you will operate across multiple teams and work closely with the development team supporting them in the development and maintenance of secure applications...
Hudson
Salary: £80000 - £100000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013