The first 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 19 June 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.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Rank 386 454 420
Rank change year-on-year
+68 -34
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 638 532 596
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.586% 0.441% 0.464%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.911% 4.790% 5.697%
Number of salaries quoted 517 467 519
Average salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £37,500 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £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
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
10793 11106 10461
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 9.908% 9.215% 8.149%
Number of salaries quoted 8747 9114 8659
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,844 £28,000 £28,800
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,153 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-2.80% +0.37%

PCI DSS
Jobs Demand Trend

This 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 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 within the UK.

PCI DSS Salary Trend

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PCI DSS over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 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 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +56 579 £50,000 -4.76% 61
London +75 223 £55,000 - 21
South East +26 181 £47,500 -12.03% 16
Hampshire +34 62 £45,000 +5.88% 4
City of London +12 50 £50,000 - 9
Berkshire -14 42 £55,000 +2.32% 5
Surrey +17 37 £55,000 +4.76% 1
East of England +5 37 £39,750 -11.66% 2
Yorkshire +15 34 £43,750 -32.69% 6
West Midlands +14 34 £42,500 -15.00% 1
West Sussex +19 32 £45,000 -25.00% 1
Crawley +20 30 £45,000 -25.00% 1
East Midlands +31 27 £36,750 -30.00%
North West +11 27 £55,000 +33.33% 11
South West -22 23 £45,000 +5.88% 4
Guildford - 22 £55,000 -
Wales +23 21 £45,000 +26.76% 2
South Wales +21 21 £45,000 +26.76% 2
Reading -8 21 £60,000 +4.34% 4
Caerphilly - 21 £45,000 - 2
Cambridgeshire +31 20 £38,625 -22.75%
Southampton +21 19 £29,000 -31.76% 1
West Yorkshire +3 19 £42,500 -34.61% 3
Cambridge +20 17 £39,750 -20.50%
Aldershot - 17 £55,000 -
Farnborough +22 15 £55,000 -21.42%
Woking +13 15 £55,000 -
Staffordshire +10 15 £50,000 -9.09% 1
Derbyshire - 15 £29,500 -
Cheshire +25 13 £50,000 -13.04% 4

PCI DSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 573 (44.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 519 (40.05%) Information Security
3 379 (29.24%) Firewall
4 357 (27.55%) Finance
5 344 (26.54%) CISSP
6 296 (22.84%) Linux
7 285 (21.99%) Cisco
8 281 (21.68%) ITIL
9 260 (20.06%) Windows
10 234 (18.06%) CISM
11 201 (15.51%) Network Security
12 175 (13.50%) CISA
13 168 (12.96%) Microsoft
14 167 (12.89%) Risk Management
15 166 (12.81%) Penetration Testing
16 151 (11.65%) Active Directory
17 149 (11.50%) VMware
18 147 (11.34%) Degree
19 139 (10.73%) Juniper
20 137 (10.57%) DNS
20 137 (10.57%) COBIT
21 126 (9.722%) SIEM
22 124 (9.568%) SQL
22 124 (9.568%) SQL Server
23 122 (9.414%) VMware Infrastructure
24 117 (9.028%) UNIX
25 115 (8.873%) Management Information System
25 115 (8.873%) Data Protection
26 114 (8.796%) LAN
27 110 (8.488%) WAN

PCI DSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 54 (4.167%) .NET
2 48 (3.704%) Web Services
3 31 (2.392%) HTML
4 30 (2.315%) XML
5 28 (2.160%) CSS
6 23 (1.775%) XHTML
7 22 (1.698%) ASP.NET
8 20 (1.543%) LAMP
9 19 (1.466%) REST
10 17 (1.312%) SOAP
11 14 (1.080%) EJB
11 14 (1.080%) JMS
12 12 (0.926%) .NET Framework
12 12 (0.926%) WebSphere
12 12 (0.926%) jQuery
13 11 (0.849%) Middleware
14 10 (0.772%) J2EE
14 10 (0.772%) WSDL
15 9 (0.694%) JSON
15 9 (0.694%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 68 (5.247%) MS Exchange
2 57 (4.398%) Exchange Server 2010
3 56 (4.321%) Apache
4 54 (4.167%) IIS
5 34 (2.623%) Exchange Server 2007
6 21 (1.620%) SharePoint
7 20 (1.543%) Lync
8 19 (1.466%) Confluence
9 16 (1.235%) WebLogic
10 14 (1.080%) Office Communications Server
11 12 (0.926%) Tomcat
11 12 (0.926%) Exchange Server 2003
12 10 (0.772%) CMS
13 9 (0.694%) BizTalk Server
14 8 (0.617%) Amazon EC2
14 8 (0.617%) GlassFish
15 7 (0.540%) SAS
16 6 (0.463%) WordPress
17 4 (0.309%) Moodle
17 4 (0.309%) Magento
Applications
1 71 (5.478%) MS Excel
2 17 (1.312%) MS Visio
3 11 (0.849%) MS Office
3 11 (0.849%) S-PLUS
4 2 (0.154%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (0.154%) Office 365
5 1 (0.077%) MS Project
5 1 (0.077%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (0.540%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.309%) Google Analytics
3 3 (0.231%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (0.231%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.077%) BASE24
4 1 (0.077%) Academy Housing
4 1 (0.077%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 379 (29.24%) Firewall
2 201 (15.51%) Network Security
3 137 (10.57%) DNS
4 114 (8.796%) LAN
5 110 (8.488%) WAN
6 107 (8.256%) VPN
7 100 (7.716%) Wireless
8 99 (7.639%) TCP/IP
9 85 (6.559%) OSPF
9 85 (6.559%) Cisco ASA
10 84 (6.481%) DHCP
11 75 (5.787%) VoIP
12 72 (5.556%) BGP
13 64 (4.938%) Junos
13 64 (4.938%) SAN
14 63 (4.861%) Intrusion Detection
15 61 (4.707%) Internet
16 58 (4.475%) WLAN
17 57 (4.398%) SSL
18 49 (3.781%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (9.568%) SQL Server
2 76 (5.864%) MySQL
3 49 (3.781%) SQL Server 2008
4 33 (2.546%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 33 (2.546%) SQL Server 2005
5 21 (1.620%) Crystal Reports
6 20 (1.543%) Oracle Reports
7 12 (0.926%) Oracle 11g
8 11 (0.849%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (0.772%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (0.772%) Oracle 10g
10 9 (0.694%) NoSQL
11 8 (0.617%) QlikView
12 6 (0.463%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.463%) Data Mining
12 6 (0.463%) SQL Server 2000
13 4 (0.309%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.309%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 3 (0.231%) Data Mart
14 3 (0.231%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 28 (2.160%) Git (software)
2 26 (2.006%) JIRA
3 25 (1.929%) Subversion
4 6 (0.463%) Visual Studio
4 6 (0.463%) Mercurial
5 5 (0.386%) Talend Open Studio
6 3 (0.231%) GitHub
7 2 (0.154%) Bugzilla
7 2 (0.154%) WinRunner
7 2 (0.154%) TestDirector
7 2 (0.154%) QuickTest Pro
7 2 (0.154%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.154%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.077%) Selenium
8 1 (0.077%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.077%) Firebug
8 1 (0.077%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.077%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.077%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.077%) Artifactory
General
1 357 (27.55%) Finance
2 92 (7.099%) Retail
3 56 (4.321%) Telecoms
4 54 (4.167%) Banking
5 42 (3.241%) Legal
6 22 (1.698%) Marketing
7 20 (1.543%) Back Office
8 17 (1.312%) Law
8 17 (1.312%) Local Government
9 14 (1.080%) Games
10 12 (0.926%) Military
11 11 (0.849%) Advertising
12 10 (0.772%) Financial Institution
13 7 (0.540%) German Language
13 7 (0.540%) Billing
14 6 (0.463%) Electronics
14 6 (0.463%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.463%) French Language
14 6 (0.463%) Spanish Language
15 4 (0.309%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 232 (17.90%) Consultant
2 211 (16.28%) Analyst
3 192 (14.81%) Security Consultant
4 115 (8.873%) Security Analyst
5 105 (8.102%) Security Manager
6 87 (6.713%) Information Security Consultant
6 87 (6.713%) Architect
7 82 (6.327%) Network Engineer
8 81 (6.250%) Security Engineer
9 72 (5.556%) Security Specialist
10 70 (5.401%) Administrator
11 66 (5.093%) Systems Administrator
12 64 (4.938%) Network Analyst
13 56 (4.321%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 53 (4.090%) Security Architect
15 52 (4.012%) Infrastructure Analyst
16 51 (3.935%) Developer
17 43 (3.318%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
18 41 (3.164%) Information Manager
19 40 (3.086%) Information Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 115 (8.873%) Management Information System
2 74 (5.710%) Clustering
3 63 (4.861%) Data Protection Act
4 36 (2.778%) CESG
5 35 (2.701%) CESG CLAS
5 35 (2.701%) Computer Science
6 32 (2.469%) PKI
7 24 (1.852%) Cryptography
8 23 (1.775%) Video Conferencing
9 21 (1.620%) Open Source
10 19 (1.466%) Chip and PIN
10 19 (1.466%) Mainframe
11 18 (1.389%) IVR
11 18 (1.389%) Client/Server
11 18 (1.389%) SaaS
11 18 (1.389%) RMADS
12 16 (1.235%) Replication
12 16 (1.235%) EPoS
13 12 (0.926%) Mathematics
14 11 (0.849%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 296 (22.84%) Linux
2 260 (20.06%) Windows
3 117 (9.028%) UNIX
4 104 (8.025%) Windows Server 2008
5 72 (5.556%) Windows Server 2003
6 66 (5.093%) Solaris
6 66 (5.093%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 40 (3.086%) Windows 7
8 34 (2.623%) Debian
9 26 (2.006%) Windows XP
10 22 (1.698%) AIX
11 16 (1.235%) HPUX
12 8 (0.617%) CentOS
13 6 (0.463%) Ubuntu
14 4 (0.309%) Oracle Linux
15 3 (0.231%) Android
15 3 (0.231%) MVS
16 2 (0.154%) Windows Server 2012
17 1 (0.077%) Windows 8
17 1 (0.077%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 519 (40.05%) Information Security
2 281 (21.68%) ITIL
3 167 (12.89%) Risk Management
4 166 (12.81%) Penetration Testing
5 126 (9.722%) SIEM
6 115 (8.873%) Data Protection
7 108 (8.333%) E-Commerce
8 106 (8.179%) Data Security
9 105 (8.102%) Change Management
10 99 (7.639%) Security Architecture
11 95 (7.330%) Business Continuity
12 92 (7.099%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 90 (6.944%) Project Management
14 88 (6.790%) Disaster Recovery
15 84 (6.481%) Vulnerability Management
16 83 (6.404%) Security Management
17 74 (5.710%) Service Delivery
18 61 (4.707%) Stakeholder Management
19 51 (3.935%) Incident Management
19 51 (3.935%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 124 (9.568%) SQL
2 61 (4.707%) Java
3 60 (4.630%) PHP
4 50 (3.858%) Perl
5 45 (3.472%) Bash shell
6 20 (1.543%) Python
7 19 (1.466%) C#
8 17 (1.312%) JavaScript
9 16 (1.235%) Ruby
9 16 (1.235%) VB.NET
10 15 (1.157%) C
11 10 (0.772%) VB
12 6 (0.463%) C++
12 6 (0.463%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.386%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.386%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.309%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.309%) C-shell
15 3 (0.231%) Korn
15 3 (0.231%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 344 (26.54%) CISSP
2 234 (18.06%) CISM
3 175 (13.50%) CISA
4 147 (11.34%) Degree
5 104 (8.025%) Cisco Certification
6 102 (7.870%) PCI QSA
7 89 (6.867%) Security Cleared
8 55 (4.244%) CCIE
9 54 (4.167%) Microsoft Certification
10 42 (3.241%) SC Cleared
11 41 (3.164%) CEH
12 37 (2.855%) MCSE
13 36 (2.778%) GIAC
14 35 (2.701%) CCNA
15 31 (2.392%) MCSA
16 21 (1.620%) MCITP
17 20 (1.543%) JNCIE
17 20 (1.543%) CCSP
18 19 (1.466%) MCP
19 18 (1.389%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 573 (44.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 137 (10.57%) COBIT
3 75 (5.787%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 28 (2.160%) SLA
5 26 (2.006%) COSO
6 24 (1.852%) QA
7 18 (1.389%) ISO 9001
8 10 (0.772%) BS25999
9 9 (0.694%) ISO/IEC 17799
10 7 (0.540%) BS7799
11 4 (0.309%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.154%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.154%) Val IT
13 1 (0.077%) WAI
13 1 (0.077%) GCP
13 1 (0.077%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 151 (11.65%) Active Directory
2 122 (9.414%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (3.781%) Hyper-V
4 39 (3.009%) vSphere
5 29 (2.238%) NFS
6 25 (1.929%) XenServer
7 23 (1.775%) XenApp
8 22 (1.698%) XenDesktop
9 15 (1.157%) Postfix
9 15 (1.157%) Sendmail
10 14 (1.080%) Microsoft App-V
11 10 (0.772%) Xen
12 5 (0.386%) Gluster
12 5 (0.386%) Kamailio
13 4 (0.309%) ProxySG
13 4 (0.309%) Nmap
13 4 (0.309%) Oracle RMAN
13 4 (0.309%) Oracle RAC
14 3 (0.231%) FreeRADIUS
15 2 (0.154%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 48 (3.704%) Nessus
2 32 (2.469%) WSUS
3 30 (2.315%) Puppet
4 29 (2.238%) Nagios
5 26 (2.006%) FortiGate
6 22 (1.698%) CORE IMPACT
6 22 (1.698%) McAfee ePO
7 17 (1.312%) Tivoli
8 16 (1.235%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 15 (1.157%) Cisco CUCM
10 11 (0.849%) Cacti
10 11 (0.849%) WhatsUp Gold
11 10 (0.772%) NetBackup
12 8 (0.617%) Norton AntiVirus
13 7 (0.540%) Cisco IPCC
13 7 (0.540%) Backup Exec
14 6 (0.463%) SolarWinds Orion
14 6 (0.463%) SCOM
15 5 (0.386%) Cisco UCCE
16 4 (0.309%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 285 (21.99%) Cisco
2 168 (12.96%) Microsoft
3 149 (11.50%) VMware
4 139 (10.73%) Juniper
5 85 (6.559%) Red Hat
6 75 (5.787%) Oracle
7 64 (4.938%) CheckPoint
8 62 (4.784%) HP
9 54 (4.167%) Qualys
10 47 (3.627%) F5
11 46 (3.549%) Citrix
12 37 (2.855%) Fortinet
13 32 (2.469%) McAfee
14 31 (2.392%) Avaya
15 28 (2.160%) Sourcefire
15 28 (2.160%) LogLogic
16 26 (2.006%) Symantec
17 25 (1.929%) LANDesk
18 24 (1.852%) Atlassian
19 23 (1.775%) Polycom
South Yorkshire
The successful candidate will have had some exposure to the Information Security Industry in a previous position. This could either be as an auditor or as an Information...
Experis IT
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits bonus/car allowance
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
PCI DSS Security Consultant / London / Up to 45K My client is a leading Security Consultancy who require a PCI DSS Consultant to provide on & off site consultancy support...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Up to 45K +
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
My client is a leading Security Consultancy who require a Managing Consultant to lead their team of consultants, liaise with the Project Management Office and conduct performance reviews...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Up to 70K + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Information Security Consultant to join a global security advisory organisation based in the UK . The role will be split between...
Experis IT
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
A high level of knowledge of all key areas of information security technology are required with exposure to: ISO 27001, PCI DSS, experience with Microsoft and CISCO platforms,...
Spring Technology
Salary: £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Berkshire
Advanced Resource Managers
Salary: £38000.0000 - £42500.0000 per annum + + Car Allowance + Bonus
Posted: 14 June 2013
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £35K (incl. Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Gloucestershire
Alderbridge Network Recruitment
Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum to £60k+ + car allowance + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
MINT Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + pension, bonus, progression
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
clearedgeconsulting
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 29 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £45K (incl. Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Dixons Retail
Salary: Up to £85,000 per annum plus Car Allowance, Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
London
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: £74000 - £75000 per annum + Bens and Bonus
Posted: 18 June 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Fenwick Ryan
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + £5500 Car + Bens + Bonus
Posted: 12 June 2013
Basingstoke, South East
Fenwick Ryan Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + £5500 Car + Bens + Bonus
Posted: 12 June 2013
North Yorkshire
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
North Yorkshire
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
South West London
Spargonet Consulting Plc
Salary: £50000 to £60000 per annum - Pension, Life Assurance, Medical
Posted: 16 June 2013
Lowestoft, Suffolk
Reed Technology
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
UK
Vodafone
Posted: 10 June 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Austin Fraser
Salary: £28000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
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