The first part of the table below looks at the demand for PCI DSS skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PCI DSS over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank464400488
Rank change year-on-year
Down-64Up+88
Matching permanent IT job ads488600280
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.405 %0.489 %0.293 %
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category4.504 %6.065 %3.981 %
Number of salaries quoted405508252
Average salary£52,500£50,000£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00 %+11.11 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£37,500£33,500£32,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£70,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£52,500£47,500£45,000
% change year-on-year
+10.52 %+5.55 %
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryAll Quality Assurance & Compliance
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
1083698937034
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK8.986 %8.068 %7.367 %
Number of salaries quoted890781565641
Average salary£45,000£45,000£45,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£29,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£70,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£41,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43 %+2.50 %

PCI DSS
Demand Trend

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

PCI DSS Demand Trend

PCI DSS
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PCI DSS within the UK.

PCI DSS Salary Trend

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PCI DSS over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

PCI DSS Salary Histogram

PCI DSS
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-57466£52,500+5.00 %
South EastDown-24161£55,000+7.31 %
LondonDown-69158£55,000+4.76 %
BerkshireUp+2182£55,000-15.38 %
South WestDown-1141£41,250-13.15 %
East of EnglandDown-738£48,000+12.94 %
HampshireDown-2131£54,000-6.08 %
City of LondonDown-1828£50,000-9.09 %
SurreyDown-1928£60,000+33.33 %
YorkshireDown-1925£45,000+11.11 %
ReadingUp+521£57,500-4.16 %
HertfordshireUp+2019£48,500+14.11 %
WiltshireDown-819£37,500-25.00 %
North WestDown-2219£52,500+16.66 %
SloughDown-217£72,500+11.53 %
North EastUp+415£45,000+11.11 %
ManchesterDown-1215£45,000-2.70 %
North YorkshireUp+714£45,000+11.11 %
Tyne and WearUp+1113£45,000+11.11 %
BuckinghamshireUp+513£55,000+37.50 %
GatesheadNew entry-13£45,000-
West YorkshireDown-812£45,000+28.57 %
HarrogateUp+1311£45,000+11.11 %
LeedsDown-1111£45,000+16.12 %
GloucestershireDown-1610£45,000+2.85 %
Welwyn Garden CityUp+349£48,500+14.11 %
BristolUp+89£26,500-21.48 %
West SussexUp+49£60,000+79.10 %
CrawleyDown-79£60,000+79.10 %
GloucesterDown-169£45,000-25.00 %

PCI DSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1530 (49.03 %)Information Security
2496 (45.88 %)ISO/IEC 27001
3359 (33.21 %)CISSP
4281 (25.99 %)Firewall
4281 (25.99 %)Finance
5240 (22.20 %)Linux
6232 (21.46 %)Windows
7223 (20.63 %)Cisco
8202 (18.69 %)ITIL
9196 (18.13 %)UNIX
10185 (17.11 %)CISA
11179 (16.56 %)Risk Management
12178 (16.47 %)CISM
13177 (16.37 %)Management Information System
14170 (15.73 %)Network Security
15168 (15.54 %)Data Protection
16165 (15.26 %)Microsoft
17163 (15.08 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
18155 (14.34 %)Degree
19144 (13.32 %)SQL
20138 (12.77 %)Project Management
21130 (12.03 %)Active Directory
21130 (12.03 %)Security Management
22110 (10.18 %)SIEM
23105 (9.713 %)Cisco Certification
24104 (9.621 %)Disaster Recovery
2598 (9.066 %)TCP/IP
2598 (9.066 %)E-Commerce
2696 (8.881 %)Oracle
2696 (8.881 %)Business Continuity

PCI DSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
182 (7.586 %)CSS
257 (5.273 %)Web Services
350 (4.625 %).NET
433 (3.053 %)HTML
532 (2.960 %)XML
627 (2.498 %)SOAP
627 (2.498 %)Regular Expression
723 (2.128 %)LAMP
822 (2.035 %)XHTML
920 (1.850 %)Ajax
1016 (1.480 %)ODBC
1016 (1.480 %)jQuery
1115 (1.388 %)XSLT
1214 (1.295 %)ASP
1313 (1.203 %)Middleware
1412 (1.110 %)SailPoint
1510 (0.925 %)REST
1510 (0.925 %)ASP.NET
1510 (0.925 %)J2EE
169 (0.833 %)VXML
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
156 (5.180 %)IIS
235 (3.238 %)MS Exchange
327 (2.498 %)Exchange Server 2007
423 (2.128 %)Exchange Server 2003
521 (1.943 %)Apache
521 (1.943 %)Exchange Server 2010
620 (1.850 %)Tomcat
717 (1.573 %)WebLogic
815 (1.388 %)SharePoint
914 (1.295 %)BizTalk Server
1011 (1.018 %)Commerce Server
1110 (0.925 %)CMS
129 (0.833 %)SAS
134 (0.370 %)Amazon EC2
143 (0.278 %)Drupal
143 (0.278 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
152 (0.185 %)ESB
161 (0.093 %)Zope
161 (0.093 %)Plone
161 (0.093 %)Oracle Workflow
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
183 (7.678 %)MS Excel
256 (5.180 %)MS Visio
35 (0.463 %)Photoshop
35 (0.463 %)MS Project
44 (0.370 %)Fireworks
52 (0.185 %)MS Office
61 (0.093 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.093 %)Google Apps
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (0.648 %)SAP GRC
23 (0.278 %)BusinessWorks
32 (0.185 %)Oracle Applications
32 (0.185 %)Google Analytics
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1281 (25.99 %)Firewall
2170 (15.73 %)Network Security
398 (9.066 %)TCP/IP
479 (7.308 %)VPN
571 (6.568 %)DNS
667 (6.198 %)Internet
765 (6.013 %)VLAN
864 (5.920 %)Intrusion Detection
864 (5.920 %)OSPF
963 (5.828 %)SAN
1060 (5.550 %)BGP
1153 (4.903 %)WAN
1251 (4.718 %)LAN
1251 (4.718 %)NAS
1347 (4.348 %)SNMP
1440 (3.700 %)TACACS
1535 (3.238 %)SSL
1629 (2.683 %)Cisco ASA
1722 (2.035 %)IPsec
1820 (1.850 %)MPLS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
189 (8.233 %)SQL Server
251 (4.718 %)MySQL
330 (2.775 %)SQL Server 2005
416 (1.480 %)SQL Server 2000
512 (1.110 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
611 (1.018 %)PostgreSQL
611 (1.018 %)SQL Server Integration Services
79 (0.833 %)Sybase ASE
87 (0.648 %)SQL Server 2008
96 (0.555 %)VLDB
105 (0.463 %)Crystal Reports
114 (0.370 %)Oracle 10g
123 (0.278 %)SQLPlus
123 (0.278 %)Data Warehouse
123 (0.278 %)RDBMS
123 (0.278 %)Oracle Reports
123 (0.278 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
132 (0.185 %)Oracle 11g
132 (0.185 %)MS Access
132 (0.185 %)DB2
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (0.648 %)Visual Studio
24 (0.370 %)Eclipse
24 (0.370 %)Subversion
24 (0.370 %)Selenium
24 (0.370 %)Git (software)
33 (0.278 %)Team Foundation Server
33 (0.278 %)Hudson
33 (0.278 %)AppScan
33 (0.278 %)Maven
33 (0.278 %)Oracle APEX
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1281 (25.99 %)Finance
271 (6.568 %)Telecoms
364 (5.920 %)Banking
452 (4.810 %)Retail
551 (4.718 %)Legal
634 (3.145 %)Marketing
720 (1.850 %)Publishing
814 (1.295 %)Games
814 (1.295 %)Law
814 (1.295 %)Back Office
911 (1.018 %)Investment Banking
911 (1.018 %)French Language
911 (1.018 %)International Banking
1010 (0.925 %)Advertising
117 (0.648 %)Local Government
117 (0.648 %)Online Betting
126 (0.555 %)Financial Institution
135 (0.463 %)Billing
141 (0.093 %)Retail Banking
141 (0.093 %)Front Office
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1201 (18.59 %)Consultant
2140 (12.95 %)Security Consultant
3122 (11.29 %)Analyst
3122 (11.29 %)Security Manager
4105 (9.713 %)Architect
589 (8.233 %)Security Analyst
672 (6.660 %)Security Architect
768 (6.290 %)Network Engineer
865 (6.013 %)Security Specialist
956 (5.180 %)Security Engineer
1054 (4.995 %)Information Manager
1153 (4.903 %)Information Security Manager
1248 (4.440 %)Security Officer
1345 (4.163 %)Senior Consultant
1444 (4.070 %)Administrator
1541 (3.793 %)Developer
1541 (3.793 %)Information Security Consultant
1633 (3.053 %)Senior Security Consultant
1633 (3.053 %)Information Security Officer
1731 (2.868 %)Programme Manager
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1177 (16.37 %)Management Information System
279 (7.308 %)Data Protection Act
360 (5.550 %)Computer Science
439 (3.608 %)Replication
532 (2.960 %)Clustering
624 (2.220 %)Cryptography
624 (2.220 %)PKI
723 (2.128 %)Mathematics
820 (1.850 %)Smartcard
918 (1.665 %)Client/Server
918 (1.665 %)EMV
1017 (1.573 %)IVR
1113 (1.203 %)CESG
1212 (1.110 %)AS400
1212 (1.110 %)EFT
1311 (1.018 %)Blog
1311 (1.018 %)Social Media
1410 (0.925 %)CESG CLAS
158 (0.740 %)Online Games
158 (0.740 %)SaaS
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1240 (22.20 %)Linux
2232 (21.46 %)Windows
3196 (18.13 %)UNIX
456 (5.180 %)Windows Server 2003
553 (4.903 %)Solaris
636 (3.330 %)Windows Server 2008
713 (1.203 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
811 (1.018 %)AIX
97 (0.648 %)Windows CE
97 (0.648 %)CentOS
97 (0.648 %)Windows 7
106 (0.555 %)Windows 2000 Server
106 (0.555 %)Debian
106 (0.555 %)Ubuntu
106 (0.555 %)Windows XP
115 (0.463 %)FreeBSD
124 (0.370 %)SUSE
132 (0.185 %)Windows 2000
141 (0.093 %)HPUX
141 (0.093 %)openSUSE
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1530 (49.03 %)Information Security
2202 (18.69 %)ITIL
3179 (16.56 %)Risk Management
4168 (15.54 %)Data Protection
5138 (12.77 %)Project Management
6130 (12.03 %)Security Management
7110 (10.18 %)SIEM
8104 (9.621 %)Disaster Recovery
998 (9.066 %)E-Commerce
1096 (8.881 %)Business Continuity
1096 (8.881 %)Penetration Testing
1188 (8.141 %)Security Architecture
1286 (7.956 %)Load Balancing
1376 (7.031 %)Incident Management
1462 (5.735 %)Vulnerability Assessment
1560 (5.550 %)Data Security
1657 (5.273 %)Change Management
1657 (5.273 %)Vulnerability Management
1755 (5.088 %)Configuration Management
1755 (5.088 %)PRINCE2
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1144 (13.32 %)SQL
261 (5.643 %)Java
340 (3.700 %)PHP
436 (3.330 %)Perl
534 (3.145 %)JavaScript
626 (2.405 %)C
724 (2.220 %)T-SQL
820 (1.850 %)C#
820 (1.850 %)Bash shell
917 (1.573 %)VB
1013 (1.203 %)Shell Script
119 (0.833 %)PowerShell
127 (0.648 %)Python
127 (0.648 %)Delphi
127 (0.648 %)PL/SQL
135 (0.463 %)C++
135 (0.463 %)Ruby
144 (0.370 %)ActionScript
144 (0.370 %)ActionScript 3.0
144 (0.370 %)PHP5
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1359 (33.21 %)CISSP
2185 (17.11 %)CISA
3178 (16.47 %)CISM
4155 (14.34 %)Degree
5105 (9.713 %)Cisco Certification
675 (6.938 %)Security Cleared
771 (6.568 %)CCSP
865 (6.013 %)SC Cleared
956 (5.180 %)CCNP
1055 (5.088 %)PCI QSA
1150 (4.625 %)Microsoft Certification
1242 (3.885 %)GIAC
1341 (3.793 %)MCSE
1432 (2.960 %)CEH
1530 (2.775 %)CCNA
1627 (2.498 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1725 (2.313 %)MCITP
1822 (2.035 %)CCSA
1918 (1.665 %)CCSE
2016 (1.480 %)IBM Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1496 (45.88 %)ISO/IEC 27001
2163 (15.08 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
383 (7.678 %)COBIT
432 (2.960 %)QA
528 (2.590 %)ISO 9001
621 (1.943 %)SLA
718 (1.665 %)BS25999
816 (1.480 %)ISO/IEC 17799
913 (1.203 %)HIPAA
913 (1.203 %)COSO
107 (0.648 %)BS7799
115 (0.463 %)JSP 440
124 (0.370 %)ISO 14001
132 (0.185 %)TickIT
132 (0.185 %)WAI
141 (0.093 %)ISO 9000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1130 (12.03 %)Active Directory
263 (5.828 %)VMware Infrastructure
323 (2.128 %)Xen
420 (1.850 %)Hyper-V
517 (1.573 %)Snort
613 (1.203 %)VMware ESXi
712 (1.110 %)Novell eDirectory
810 (0.925 %)VMware ESX
98 (0.740 %)Nmap
106 (0.555 %)UAG
114 (0.370 %)ISA Server
123 (0.278 %)vSphere
132 (0.185 %)VMware Workstation
141 (0.093 %)Terminal Server
141 (0.093 %)Oracle RAC
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
142 (3.885 %)Nessus
236 (3.330 %)Tivoli
328 (2.590 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
328 (2.590 %)Novell Identity Manager
414 (1.295 %)NetBackup
414 (1.295 %)Backup Exec
512 (1.110 %)CA SiteMinder
68 (0.740 %)Norton AntiVirus
68 (0.740 %)Puppet
76 (0.555 %)Splunk
85 (0.463 %)WMI
94 (0.370 %)Nagios
94 (0.370 %)OSSEC
103 (0.278 %)ZABBIX
103 (0.278 %)WSUS
103 (0.278 %)SCCM
103 (0.278 %)SCOM
112 (0.185 %)WebInspect
112 (0.185 %)ARCserve
112 (0.185 %)Tivoli Endpoint Manager
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1223 (20.63 %)Cisco
2165 (15.26 %)Microsoft
396 (8.881 %)Oracle
495 (8.788 %)Juniper
592 (8.511 %)VMware
657 (5.273 %)CheckPoint
741 (3.793 %)Sun
840 (3.700 %)LogLogic
937 (3.423 %)HP
1033 (3.053 %)Red Hat
1130 (2.775 %)Citrix
1229 (2.683 %)IBM
1229 (2.683 %)Novell
1327 (2.498 %)CA
1425 (2.313 %)Symantec
1523 (2.128 %)Avaya
1622 (2.035 %)McAfee
1622 (2.035 %)ArcSight
1719 (1.758 %)Remedy
1818 (1.665 %)Siebel