The first table below looks at the demand for PCI QSA in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PCI QSA over the 3 months to 21 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PCI Qualified Security Assessors (PCI QSA)
Rank 152 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing PCI QSA 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.095% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.334% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £29,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +9.09%
All Qualifications
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
898 1083 1026
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 28.35% 31.04% 30.15%
Number of salaries quoted 510 788 768
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland PCI QSA Salary Trend

PCI QSA
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) CISA
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001

PCI QSA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001