The first table below looks at the demand for PCI DSS skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PCI DSS over the 3 months to 17 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Rank 170 179 154
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -25
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 37 10 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.745% 0.222% 0.385%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.241% 3.289% 4.432%
Number of salaries quoted 25 8 12
Average salary £40,000 £50,000 £55,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% -10.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £34,000 £43,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £58,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +10.52%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
511 304 361
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 10.29% 6.751% 8.697%
Number of salaries quoted 405 254 296
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,450 £26,448 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands PCI DSS Salary Trend

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PCI DSS across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Staffordshire +10 19 £50,000 -9.09%
Shropshire - 13 £50,000 -
Warwickshire +12 6 £27,000 -20.58%
West Bromwich - 6 £40,250 -
Coventry - 4 £27,000 -
Sutton Coldfield - 4 £27,000 -
Birmingham - 2 £45,000 -
Brierley Hill - 1 £65,000 -
PCI DSS
England

PCI DSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 26 (41.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (38.71%) Information Security
3 23 (37.10%) Load Balancing
3 23 (37.10%) Microsoft
4 20 (32.26%) Windows
5 19 (30.65%) Risk Management
5 19 (30.65%) Retail
6 18 (29.03%) Active Directory
7 17 (27.42%) NCR
7 17 (27.42%) SQL Server
7 17 (27.42%) IIS
7 17 (27.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (25.81%) SQL Server 2005
8 16 (25.81%) Integration Testing
8 16 (25.81%) Windows Server 2008
8 16 (25.81%) SQL Server 2008
8 16 (25.81%) Chip and PIN
8 16 (25.81%) Windows Server 2003
8 16 (25.81%) Information Governance
9 15 (24.19%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 15 (24.19%) Wincor Nixdorf
9 15 (24.19%) Clustering
10 12 (19.35%) EPoS
11 7 (11.29%) CISSP
11 7 (11.29%) Cisco
12 5 (8.065%) Penetration Testing
12 5 (8.065%) Business Continuity
12 5 (8.065%) Security Testing
12 5 (8.065%) COBIT
13 4 (6.452%) Degree

PCI DSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 (6.452%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 17 (27.42%) IIS
2 1 (1.613%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.613%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (1.613%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 4 (6.452%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.452%) Network Security
2 3 (4.839%) ADSL
2 3 (4.839%) DMZ
3 2 (3.226%) TCP/IP
3 2 (3.226%) VPN
3 2 (3.226%) Firewall
4 1 (1.613%) Intranet
4 1 (1.613%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (27.42%) SQL Server
1 17 (27.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 16 (25.81%) SQL Server 2005
2 16 (25.81%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (1.613%) Metasploit
General
1 19 (30.65%) Retail
2 2 (3.226%) Back Office
2 2 (3.226%) Law
Job Titles
1 18 (29.03%) Analyst
2 17 (27.42%) Consultant
3 16 (25.81%) Technical Consultant
4 9 (14.52%) Applications Support
5 8 (12.90%) Security Analyst
5 8 (12.90%) Junior
6 7 (11.29%) Graduate
7 6 (9.677%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (9.677%) Security Manager
8 3 (4.839%) Compliance Manager
8 3 (4.839%) Security Specialist
8 3 (4.839%) Risk Manager
8 3 (4.839%) Support Analyst
8 3 (4.839%) Applications Support Analyst
8 3 (4.839%) IT Security Analyst
9 2 (3.226%) Security Officer
9 2 (3.226%) Wintel Consultant
9 2 (3.226%) Web Tester
9 2 (3.226%) Network Analyst
9 2 (3.226%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 16 (25.81%) Chip and PIN
2 15 (24.19%) Clustering
3 12 (19.35%) EPoS
4 4 (6.452%) Computer Science
5 3 (4.839%) N-Tier
6 2 (3.226%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.613%) EMV
7 1 (1.613%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 20 (32.26%) Windows
2 16 (25.81%) Windows Server 2003
2 16 (25.81%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.613%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (38.71%) Information Security
2 23 (37.10%) Load Balancing
3 19 (30.65%) Risk Management
4 16 (25.81%) Integration Testing
4 16 (25.81%) Information Governance
5 5 (8.065%) Security Testing
5 5 (8.065%) Business Continuity
5 5 (8.065%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (6.452%) Security Management
6 4 (6.452%) E-Commerce
7 3 (4.839%) Project Management
7 3 (4.839%) Change Management
7 3 (4.839%) Automated Testing
7 3 (4.839%) Web Testing
7 3 (4.839%) Web Application Development
8 2 (3.226%) IT Governance
8 2 (3.226%) Time Management
8 2 (3.226%) Data Protection
8 2 (3.226%) Security Architecture
8 2 (3.226%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.452%) SQL
2 3 (4.839%) VB
2 3 (4.839%) VB.NET
3 2 (3.226%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.226%) C
4 1 (1.613%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (11.29%) CISSP
2 4 (6.452%) CISA
2 4 (6.452%) CISM
2 4 (6.452%) Degree
3 3 (4.839%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (4.839%) CCIE
4 2 (3.226%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (41.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (8.065%) COBIT
3 4 (6.452%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.613%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 18 (29.03%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.226%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (24.19%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (3.226%) CA SiteMinder
2 2 (3.226%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 23 (37.10%) Microsoft
2 17 (27.42%) NCR
3 15 (24.19%) Wincor Nixdorf
4 7 (11.29%) Cisco
5 4 (6.452%) VMware
6 2 (3.226%) Citrix
6 2 (3.226%) CA
6 2 (3.226%) CheckPoint
6 2 (3.226%) McAfee
6 2 (3.226%) Sophos
6 2 (3.226%) ArcSight
7 1 (1.613%) Twitter
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