Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
South East > Berkshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring PCI DSS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PCI DSS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 89 | 97 | 104 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +8 | +7 | +20 |
| Contract jobs citing PCI DSS | 4 | 27 | 11 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire | 0.34% | 1.36% | 0.61% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 1.92% | 7.78% | 4.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £775 | £463 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £813 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £875 | £563 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -42.86% | +55.56% | +26.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £938 | £616 |
| 90th Percentile | £605 | £975 | £631 |
| South East median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £700 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -25.00% | +43.59% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Berkshire
PCI DSS falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Berkshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 208 | 347 | 250 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire | 17.73% | 17.49% | 13.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 97 | 168 | 128 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £245 | £339 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £323 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £488 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -2.56% | +2.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £575 | £602 |
| 90th Percentile | £684 | £600 | £713 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 5 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £43.00 | £20.80 | £18.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £58.94 | £24.25 | £19.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £61.50 | £65.00 | £20.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.39% | +217.07% | -2.61% |
| 75th Percentile | £71.09 | £70.18 | £34.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £89.00 | £74.57 | £70.73 |
| South East median hourly rate | £46.30 | £27.50 | £31.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +68.36% | -11.29% | +47.44% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire
Job postings citing PCI DSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PCI DSS in Berkshire.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PCI DSS in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PCI DSS within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | +25 | 2 | £500 | -50.00% | 1 |
| Windsor | -8 | 1 | £500 | -33.33% | 1 |
| Slough | - | 1 | £650 | - | |
| PCI DSS South East |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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: