The first table below looks at the demand for PCI DSS skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Rank 278 285 280
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -5
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 169 157 158
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.768% 0.662% 0.680%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.578% 6.611% 8.620%
Number of salaries quoted 148 140 120
Average salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £42,500 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-12.38% +10.52%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
2230 2375 1833
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 10.13% 10.01% 7.885%
Number of salaries quoted 1812 2033 1561
Average salary £42,500 £43,500 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.29% +1.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £30,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
PCI DSS
England

PCI DSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East PCI DSS Salary Trend

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram

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

South East 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 South East 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
Berkshire -28 46 £55,000 -
Hampshire +18 42 £55,000 +1.85%
West Sussex +18 33 £43,500 -23.68%
Surrey +19 32 £55,000 -8.33%
Buckinghamshire -12 7 £38,750 -29.54%
Kent -15 6 £42,500 -17.07%
Oxfordshire -16 3 £45,000 -35.71%
Middlesex - 3 £57,500 -
PCI DSS
England

PCI DSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 151 (42.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 131 (36.90%) Linux
3 129 (36.34%) Cisco
4 128 (36.06%) Firewall
5 118 (33.24%) Finance
6 113 (31.83%) Information Security
7 100 (28.17%) ITIL
8 93 (26.20%) Windows
9 79 (22.25%) Network Security
10 73 (20.56%) CISSP
11 67 (18.87%) Microsoft
12 66 (18.59%) LAN
13 65 (18.31%) Juniper
14 57 (16.06%) WLAN
15 55 (15.49%) WAN
16 54 (15.21%) Wireless
17 52 (14.65%) TCP/IP
18 51 (14.37%) UNIX
19 49 (13.80%) Degree
20 48 (13.52%) SQL
20 48 (13.52%) Service Delivery
21 47 (13.24%) VPN
21 47 (13.24%) Active Directory
21 47 (13.24%) Junos
22 45 (12.68%) DNS
23 44 (12.39%) SSL
23 44 (12.39%) Windows Server 2008
24 41 (11.55%) Vulnerability Management
24 41 (11.55%) Penetration Testing
25 40 (11.27%) SIEM

PCI DSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 15 (4.225%) .NET
2 13 (3.662%) JMS
2 13 (3.662%) XML
3 12 (3.380%) EJB
4 11 (3.099%) SOAP
5 10 (2.817%) HTML
5 10 (2.817%) J2EE
5 10 (2.817%) HTML5
5 10 (2.817%) REST
6 9 (2.535%) WebSphere
6 9 (2.535%) XHTML
6 9 (2.535%) CSS
6 9 (2.535%) Web Services
7 8 (2.254%) Regular Expression
8 5 (1.408%) FreeSWITCH
8 5 (1.408%) JSP
8 5 (1.408%) Middleware
9 4 (1.127%) WSDL
9 4 (1.127%) ODBC
9 4 (1.127%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 15 (4.225%) WebLogic
1 15 (4.225%) IIS
2 8 (2.254%) GlassFish
3 6 (1.690%) MS Exchange
4 5 (1.408%) Apache
5 4 (1.127%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.845%) Lync
7 2 (0.563%) SAS
8 1 (0.282%) Exchange Server 2003
8 1 (0.282%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.282%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.282%) Drupal
8 1 (0.282%) CMS
8 1 (0.282%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.282%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 26 (7.324%) MS Excel
2 4 (1.127%) MS Office
3 1 (0.282%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.408%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.282%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 128 (36.06%) Firewall
2 79 (22.25%) Network Security
3 66 (18.59%) LAN
4 57 (16.06%) WLAN
5 55 (15.49%) WAN
6 54 (15.21%) Wireless
7 52 (14.65%) TCP/IP
8 47 (13.24%) VPN
8 47 (13.24%) Junos
9 45 (12.68%) DNS
10 44 (12.39%) SSL
11 40 (11.27%) Cisco ASA
12 38 (10.70%) OSPF
12 38 (10.70%) BGP
13 37 (10.42%) HTTP
14 36 (10.14%) IPsec
15 34 (9.577%) EIGRP
15 34 (9.577%) SMTP
15 34 (9.577%) DHCP
16 23 (6.479%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (11.27%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.662%) Oracle Reports
3 8 (2.254%) MySQL
3 8 (2.254%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (1.972%) Oracle 11g
4 7 (1.972%) Oracle 10g
5 6 (1.690%) Data Mining
6 4 (1.127%) SQL Server 2000
7 3 (0.845%) SQL Server 2005
8 1 (0.282%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.282%) DB2
8 1 (0.282%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.282%) SQLPlus
8 1 (0.282%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 10 (2.817%) Subversion
1 10 (2.817%) Git (software)
2 2 (0.563%) Visual Studio
General
1 118 (33.24%) Finance
2 34 (9.577%) Retail
3 30 (8.451%) Banking
4 28 (7.887%) Telecoms
5 5 (1.408%) Marketing
5 5 (1.408%) Legal
5 5 (1.408%) Advertising
6 2 (0.563%) Electronics
6 2 (0.563%) Law
6 2 (0.563%) Military
6 2 (0.563%) German Language
6 2 (0.563%) Italian Language
7 1 (0.282%) Spanish Language
7 1 (0.282%) French Language
7 1 (0.282%) Back Office
7 1 (0.282%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 92 (25.92%) Analyst
2 57 (16.06%) Network Analyst
3 52 (14.65%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 52 (14.65%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
4 39 (10.99%) Consultant
5 35 (9.859%) Security Consultant
5 35 (9.859%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 34 (9.577%) Security Analyst
7 28 (7.887%) Security Engineer
8 27 (7.606%) Security Specialist
9 25 (7.042%) Developer
10 21 (5.915%) Information Security Consultant
11 19 (5.352%) Security Manager
12 14 (3.944%) Network Engineer
12 14 (3.944%) Project Manager
12 14 (3.944%) Network Security Analyst
13 13 (3.662%) Network Manager
14 12 (3.380%) IT Security Consultant
14 12 (3.380%) Integration Manager
14 12 (3.380%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.451%) Management Information System
2 26 (7.324%) Clustering
3 18 (5.070%) IVR
4 15 (4.225%) SecurID
5 11 (3.099%) Computer Science
6 10 (2.817%) PKI
7 7 (1.972%) Mathematics
8 6 (1.690%) EMV
8 6 (1.690%) APACS
8 6 (1.690%) Cryptography
9 5 (1.408%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.408%) Chip and PIN
9 5 (1.408%) EPoS
10 4 (1.127%) Open Source
11 3 (0.845%) AS400
11 3 (0.845%) Smartcard
12 2 (0.563%) Statistics
13 1 (0.282%) Mobile App
13 1 (0.282%) Enterprise Software
13 1 (0.282%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 131 (36.90%) Linux
2 93 (26.20%) Windows
3 51 (14.37%) UNIX
4 44 (12.39%) Windows Server 2008
5 39 (10.99%) Windows Server 2003
6 20 (5.634%) Solaris
7 14 (3.944%) Windows XP
8 13 (3.662%) AIX
9 11 (3.099%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (1.690%) Debian
11 5 (1.408%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.563%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.563%) CentOS
12 2 (0.563%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (31.83%) Information Security
2 100 (28.17%) ITIL
3 48 (13.52%) Service Delivery
4 41 (11.55%) Vulnerability Management
4 41 (11.55%) Penetration Testing
5 40 (11.27%) SIEM
6 38 (10.70%) Risk Management
7 36 (10.14%) Project Management
8 32 (9.014%) Data Security
9 31 (8.732%) Business Continuity
9 31 (8.732%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 30 (8.451%) Incident Management
11 29 (8.169%) Disaster Recovery
12 28 (7.887%) Change Management
13 25 (7.042%) Security Architecture
14 23 (6.479%) Data Protection
15 20 (5.634%) Network Design
15 20 (5.634%) Performance Management
16 19 (5.352%) Ethical Hacking
16 19 (5.352%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (13.52%) SQL
2 21 (5.915%) Perl
3 20 (5.634%) PHP
4 17 (4.789%) Java
5 10 (2.817%) Python
5 10 (2.817%) Ruby
6 9 (2.535%) C
7 4 (1.127%) VB
7 4 (1.127%) Bash shell
8 3 (0.845%) PHP5
8 3 (0.845%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.563%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.282%) FoxPro (VFP)
10 1 (0.282%) C#
10 1 (0.282%) C++
10 1 (0.282%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.282%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 73 (20.56%) CISSP
2 49 (13.80%) Degree
3 34 (9.577%) CISM
3 34 (9.577%) Security Cleared
4 23 (6.479%) SC Cleared
5 21 (5.915%) CISA
6 19 (5.352%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (4.507%) PCI QSA
8 13 (3.662%) MCSE
8 13 (3.662%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (3.099%) CEH
10 10 (2.817%) CCIE
10 10 (2.817%) CHFI
11 9 (2.535%) CCNA
12 6 (1.690%) MCSA
12 6 (1.690%) MCITP
13 5 (1.408%) MBA
13 5 (1.408%) ISEB
13 5 (1.408%) CCSP
14 4 (1.127%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (42.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 39 (10.99%) COBIT
3 30 (8.451%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 16 (4.507%) COSO
5 14 (3.944%) QA
6 10 (2.817%) SLA
7 5 (1.408%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.845%) BS25999
9 2 (0.563%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.282%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.282%) WAI
10 1 (0.282%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.282%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 47 (13.24%) Active Directory
2 23 (6.479%) Hyper-V
3 21 (5.915%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (3.662%) vSphere
5 5 (1.408%) Kamailio
6 4 (1.127%) NFS
6 4 (1.127%) Postfix
7 3 (0.845%) FreeRADIUS
8 2 (0.563%) VMware ESX
9 1 (0.282%) Forefront TMG
9 1 (0.282%) XenApp
9 1 (0.282%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.282%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 14 (3.944%) Cisco IPCC
2 12 (3.380%) Nessus
3 8 (2.254%) Norton AntiVirus
3 8 (2.254%) WSUS
4 4 (1.127%) Nagios
5 3 (0.845%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.563%) WebInspect
6 2 (0.563%) SCOM
7 1 (0.282%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.282%) HP SIM
7 1 (0.282%) SCCM
7 1 (0.282%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.282%) MIMEsweeper
Vendors
1 129 (36.34%) Cisco
2 67 (18.87%) Microsoft
3 65 (18.31%) Juniper
4 38 (10.70%) CheckPoint
5 37 (10.42%) VMware
6 33 (9.296%) Oracle
7 24 (6.761%) Avaya
8 15 (4.225%) Nortel
9 14 (3.944%) Qualys
10 13 (3.662%) Tripwire
10 13 (3.662%) Websense
10 13 (3.662%) Symantec
11 12 (3.380%) CA
11 12 (3.380%) McAfee
12 11 (3.099%) Red Hat
12 11 (3.099%) Dell
13 9 (2.535%) LogLogic
13 9 (2.535%) Verint
13 9 (2.535%) HP
14 8 (2.254%) JBoss
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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
Berkshire
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Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
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Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum depending on experience + Benefits
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