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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Rank 51 62 57
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -5
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 18 3 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 3.015% 0.519% 0.707%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 23.68% 10.34% 6.452%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 3
Average salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +10.52%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
76 29 62
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 12.73% 5.017% 10.95%
Number of salaries quoted 55 24 59
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £31,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
PCI DSS
West Midlands

PCI DSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire PCI DSS Salary Trend

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PCI DSS across the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Burton-upon-Trent - 2 £42,500 -
Stoke-on-Trent - 1 - -
PCI DSS
West Midlands

PCI DSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 19 (76.00%) Information Security
1 19 (76.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (68.00%) Risk Management
3 16 (64.00%) Integration Testing
3 16 (64.00%) Information Governance
4 4 (16.00%) .NET
4 4 (16.00%) E-Commerce
4 4 (16.00%) Cisco
4 4 (16.00%) COBIT
5 3 (12.00%) Web Testing
5 3 (12.00%) Security Testing
5 3 (12.00%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (12.00%) Automated Testing
5 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (12.00%) N-Tier
5 3 (12.00%) ADSL
5 3 (12.00%) VB
5 3 (12.00%) VB.NET
5 3 (12.00%) DMZ
5 3 (12.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (12.00%) Web Application Development
6 2 (8.000%) CA SiteMinder
6 2 (8.000%) Project Management
6 2 (8.000%) TCP/IP
6 2 (8.000%) Business Continuity
6 2 (8.000%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (8.000%) Identity Management
6 2 (8.000%) Security Management
6 2 (8.000%) Management Information System
6 2 (8.000%) C

PCI DSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 4 (16.00%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) ADSL
1 3 (12.00%) DMZ
2 2 (8.000%) TCP/IP
2 2 (8.000%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 12 (48.00%) Analyst
2 6 (24.00%) Senior Analyst
2 6 (24.00%) Security Manager
3 5 (20.00%) Security Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) IT Security Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) Compliance Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Security Specialist
4 3 (12.00%) Risk Manager
5 2 (8.000%) Tester
5 2 (8.000%) IT Security Manager
5 2 (8.000%) Web Tester
6 1 (4.000%) Junior Information Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) Junior Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) IT Security Specialist
6 1 (4.000%) Network Security Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Security Risk Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) IT Governance Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Head of Security
6 1 (4.000%) IT Risk Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) Security Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) N-Tier
2 2 (8.000%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.000%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (76.00%) Information Security
2 17 (68.00%) Risk Management
3 16 (64.00%) Integration Testing
3 16 (64.00%) Information Governance
4 4 (16.00%) E-Commerce
5 3 (12.00%) Web Testing
5 3 (12.00%) Security Testing
5 3 (12.00%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (12.00%) Automated Testing
5 3 (12.00%) Web Application Development
6 2 (8.000%) Project Management
6 2 (8.000%) Business Continuity
6 2 (8.000%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (8.000%) Identity Management
6 2 (8.000%) Security Management
6 2 (8.000%) Supplier Management
6 2 (8.000%) IT Governance
6 2 (8.000%) Security Architecture
6 2 (8.000%) Time Management
6 2 (8.000%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) VB
1 3 (12.00%) VB.NET
2 2 (8.000%) C
3 1 (4.000%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (8.000%) CCIE
1 2 (8.000%) CCSP
1 2 (8.000%) CISSP
1 2 (8.000%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.000%) Degree
2 1 (4.000%) CISA
2 1 (4.000%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (76.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (16.00%) COBIT
3 3 (12.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (4.000%) ISO/IEC 17799
Systems Management
1 2 (8.000%) CA SiteMinder
1 2 (8.000%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Cisco
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.000%) CA
3 2 (8.000%) CheckPoint
3 2 (8.000%) ArcSight