Chip and PIN
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Chip and PIN in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Chip and PIN over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 899 974 1225
Rank change year-on-year +75 +251 -317
Permanent jobs citing Chip and PIN 11 5 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.005% 0.008%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.031% 0.011% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,000 - £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £60,000
75th Percentile £75,000 - £62,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 - £60,000

All Generic Skills
UK

Chip and PIN is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,003 44,179 74,705
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.43% 42.72% 47.46%
Number of salaries quoted 23,080 23,931 34,283
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,017 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £84,153
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Chip and PIN
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Chip and PIN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Chip and PIN in the UK

Chip and PIN
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Chip and PIN.

Salary trend for Chip and PIN in the UK

Chip and PIN
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Chip and PIN within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +109 11 £70,000 - 5
UK excluding London -4 11 £70,000 - 4
Work from Home +81 7 £70,000 - 3
South East - 7 - - 2
South West - 2 - -
West Midlands +23 1 £70,000 - 1
Midlands +11 1 £70,000 - 1
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -

Chip and PIN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) JBoss
1 4 (36.36%) WebSphere
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) Oracle Database
2 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (54.55%) Aerospace
1 6 (54.55%) Electronics
1 6 (54.55%) Marketing
1 6 (54.55%) Military
1 6 (54.55%) Retail
2 5 (45.45%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Integration Engineer
1 6 (54.55%) Systems Engineer
1 6 (54.55%) Systems Integration Engineer
1 6 (54.55%) Systems Test Engineer
1 6 (54.55%) Test and Integration Engineer
1 6 (54.55%) Test Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Software Support Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Algorithms
2 4 (36.36%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) VMS
2 1 (9.09%) Unix
2 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Business Development
1 6 (54.55%) Customer Requirements
1 6 (54.55%) System Integration Testing
1 6 (54.55%) Systems Engineering
2 4 (36.36%) OO
2 4 (36.36%) Project Management
3 1 (9.09%) E-Commerce
3 1 (9.09%) Fintech
3 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) SQL
2 4 (36.36%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) DBS Check
1 6 (54.55%) Degree
1 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Thales
2 5 (45.45%) Oracle
3 1 (9.09%) VeriFone