The first table below looks at the demand for PCI DSS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PCI DSS over the 3 months to 20 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Rank 150 - 134
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 4 0 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.128% - 0.677%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.681% - 7.566%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 23
Average salary - - £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +10.52%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
238 219 304
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 7.599% 6.320% 8.946%
Number of salaries quoted 127 146 229
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,700 £28,200 £36,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,950 £57,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
PCI DSS
UK

PCI DSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland PCI DSS Salary Trend

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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 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
West Lothian - 4 - -
PCI DSS
UK

PCI DSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 12 (85.71%) Information Security
2 9 (64.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (57.14%) CISM
3 8 (57.14%) ITIL
3 8 (57.14%) CISSP
4 5 (35.71%) Management Information System
4 5 (35.71%) UNIX
4 5 (35.71%) Windows
4 5 (35.71%) Linux
4 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
4 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
4 5 (35.71%) Bash shell
5 4 (28.57%) SAP Security
5 4 (28.57%) C-shell
5 4 (28.57%) DV Cleared
5 4 (28.57%) Information Governance
5 4 (28.57%) CISMP
5 4 (28.57%) Business Development
5 4 (28.57%) Degree
5 4 (28.57%) Network Security
5 4 (28.57%) MCSE
5 4 (28.57%) MCSA
5 4 (28.57%) Python
5 4 (28.57%) Broadband
5 4 (28.57%) Cisco
5 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 4 (28.57%) CCNA
5 4 (28.57%) CCDA
5 4 (28.57%) Solaris
5 4 (28.57%) MCP

PCI DSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 1 (7.143%) .NET
1 1 (7.143%) Regular Expression
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Academy Housing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Broadband
1 4 (28.57%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Analyst
1 4 (28.57%) Security Manager
2 1 (7.143%) Information Security Specialist
2 1 (7.143%) Information Specialist
2 1 (7.143%) Junior
2 1 (7.143%) Consultant
2 1 (7.143%) Senior Manager
2 1 (7.143%) Junior Consultant
2 1 (7.143%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.143%) Cryptography
2 1 (7.143%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) UNIX
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
1 5 (35.71%) Linux
2 4 (28.57%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Information Security
2 8 (57.14%) ITIL
3 4 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 4 (28.57%) Business Development
3 4 (28.57%) SAP Security
3 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 4 (28.57%) Information Governance
4 3 (21.43%) Data Security
5 1 (7.143%) Time Management
5 1 (7.143%) Security Architecture
5 1 (7.143%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) Bash shell
2 4 (28.57%) Perl
2 4 (28.57%) Python
2 4 (28.57%) C-shell
3 1 (7.143%) SQL
3 1 (7.143%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) CISSP
1 8 (57.14%) CISM
2 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
2 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
3 4 (28.57%) DV Cleared
3 4 (28.57%) Security+ Certification
3 4 (28.57%) CISMP
3 4 (28.57%) Degree
3 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (28.57%) CISA
3 4 (28.57%) MCP
3 4 (28.57%) MCSE
3 4 (28.57%) MCSA
3 4 (28.57%) CCNA
3 4 (28.57%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (64.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.143%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle
1 4 (28.57%) SAP
1 4 (28.57%) Cisco
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 4 (28.57%) Juniper
1 4 (28.57%) NetIQ
1 4 (28.57%) Symantec