The first table below looks at the demand for PCI DSS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PCI DSS 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Slough region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Rank 69 53 49
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -4
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 3 17 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 0.439% 2.553% 1.677%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.348% 23.61% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 3 16 6
Average salary £45,000 £72,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-37.93% +11.53%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +10.52%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
69 72 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 10.09% 10.81% 12.16%
Number of salaries quoted 54 67 49
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £51,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -12.62%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £31,500 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £67,500 £75,000
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 Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough PCI DSS Salary Trend

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram

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

Slough PCI DSS Salary Histogram

PCI DSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 17 (100.00%) Finance
2 15 (88.24%) Information Security
3 14 (82.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (82.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 13 (76.47%) Firewall
4 13 (76.47%) Data Security
5 11 (64.71%) Management Information System
5 11 (64.71%) Banking
5 11 (64.71%) Nessus
5 11 (64.71%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 11 (64.71%) Penetration Testing
5 11 (64.71%) Incident Management
5 11 (64.71%) Ruby
5 11 (64.71%) Risk Analysis
5 11 (64.71%) Internet
5 11 (64.71%) McAfee
5 11 (64.71%) UNIX
5 11 (64.71%) Windows
5 11 (64.71%) Linux
5 11 (64.71%) Python
5 11 (64.71%) Perl
5 11 (64.71%) PHP
5 11 (64.71%) Microsoft
5 11 (64.71%) Active Directory
5 11 (64.71%) LogLogic
5 11 (64.71%) SIEM
5 11 (64.71%) Vulnerability Management
6 6 (35.29%) Network Security
7 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
7 3 (17.65%) Fujitsu

PCI DSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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.

Communications & Networking
1 13 (76.47%) Firewall
2 11 (64.71%) Internet
3 6 (35.29%) Network Security
4 2 (11.76%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (11.76%) Wireless
4 2 (11.76%) IPsec
4 2 (11.76%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (11.76%) OSPF
4 2 (11.76%) BGP
4 2 (11.76%) EIGRP
4 2 (11.76%) IGRP
4 2 (11.76%) LAN
4 2 (11.76%) VoIP
4 2 (11.76%) WAN
4 2 (11.76%) VPN
4 2 (11.76%) SSL
General
1 17 (100.00%) Finance
2 11 (64.71%) Banking
3 3 (17.65%) Retail
3 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.882%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Analyst
1 7 (41.18%) Security Analyst
1 7 (41.18%) Technical Analyst
1 7 (41.18%) Technical Security Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Chief Information Officer
2 3 (17.65%) Chief Information Security Officer
2 3 (17.65%) Information Security Officer
2 3 (17.65%) Chief Security Officer
2 3 (17.65%) Security Officer
3 2 (11.76%) Network Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Security Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) IT Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) Head of Security
4 1 (5.882%) IT Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 11 (64.71%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (64.71%) UNIX
1 11 (64.71%) Windows
1 11 (64.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (88.24%) Information Security
2 13 (76.47%) Data Security
3 11 (64.71%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 11 (64.71%) Penetration Testing
3 11 (64.71%) Incident Management
3 11 (64.71%) Risk Analysis
3 11 (64.71%) SIEM
3 11 (64.71%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (11.76%) Change Management
5 1 (5.882%) ITIL
5 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2
5 1 (5.882%) Security Architecture
5 1 (5.882%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (64.71%) Perl
1 11 (64.71%) PHP
1 11 (64.71%) Python
1 11 (64.71%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) JNCIA
2 2 (11.76%) CCSP
2 2 (11.76%) CCNA
2 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.882%) CISA
3 1 (5.882%) CISM
3 1 (5.882%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (82.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 14 (82.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.882%) COBIT
System Software
1 11 (64.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (64.71%) Nessus
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) Microsoft
1 11 (64.71%) McAfee
1 11 (64.71%) LogLogic
2 3 (17.65%) Fujitsu
3 2 (11.76%) Avaya
3 2 (11.76%) Juniper
3 2 (11.76%) Cisco
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Posted: 17 May 2013