PCI DSS Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring PCI DSS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 104 107
Rank change year-on-year +18 +3 +16
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 9 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.76% 0.29% 0.39%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.50% 2.40% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 2
10th Percentile £410 £528 £503
25th Percentile £500 £606 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £750 £525
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +42.86% -16.00%
75th Percentile £742 £881 £556
90th Percentile £774 £953 £568
South East median daily rate £500 £545 £740
% change year-on-year -8.26% -26.35% +64.44%

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 200 208 276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.98% 12.14% 15.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 73 160
10th Percentile £370 £325 £169
25th Percentile £450 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -3.85% +15.56%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £628
90th Percentile £675 £685 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 20
10th Percentile - £52.30 £16.03
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.85 £18.50
Median hourly rate £51.94 £63.15 £43.55
Median % change year-on-year -17.76% +45.01% +107.38%
75th Percentile £87.31 £67.50 £73.59
90th Percentile £87.43 £71.64 £76.80
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £52.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -64.06% +5.00% +198.51%

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing PCI DSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for PCI DSS in Berkshire

PCI DSS
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing PCI DSS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing PCI DSS

PCI DSS
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PCI DSS in Berkshire over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PCI DSS in Berkshire

PCI DSS
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing PCI DSS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing PCI DSS

PCI DSS
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 18 September 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 +30 6 £700 -6.67% 1
Windsor - 1 £500 -
PCI DSS
South East

PCI DSS
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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Azure
2 5 (55.56%) AWS
2 5 (55.56%) GCP
3 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Pipelines
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
1 3 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) MongoDB
1 1 (11.11%) NoSQL
1 1 (11.11%) Relational Database
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Architect
1 5 (55.56%) Security Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Audit Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) EPoS Manager
2 1 (11.11%) EPoS Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
2 1 (11.11%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
2 1 (11.11%) SOC Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Cloud Native
2 4 (44.44%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (44.44%) Security Posture
3 3 (33.33%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (33.33%) Public Cloud
4 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (11.11%) EPoS
4 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 6 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 5 (55.56%) Infrastructure as Code
2 5 (55.56%) Roadmaps
2 5 (55.56%) Security Architecture
2 5 (55.56%) SIEM
2 5 (55.56%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (44.44%) Architectural Patterns
3 4 (44.44%) Data Privacy
3 4 (44.44%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (44.44%) Information Security
3 4 (44.44%) Mentoring
3 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (44.44%) Regulatory Compliance
3 4 (44.44%) SDLC
3 4 (44.44%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (44.44%) Strategic Thinking
3 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
3 4 (44.44%) TOGAF
3 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Bash
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) CISSP
2 4 (44.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 4 (44.44%) AWS Certification
2 4 (44.44%) CCSP
2 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (33.33%) Azure Certification
4 1 (11.11%) CISA
4 1 (11.11%) CISM
4 1 (11.11%) GCIA
4 1 (11.11%) GCIH
4 1 (11.11%) GIAC
4 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
4 1 (11.11%) PMP
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) GDPR
1 7 (77.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (77.78%) NIST
2 5 (55.56%) PSD2
3 1 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (11.11%) HIPAA
3 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Kubernetes
2 1 (11.11%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Splunk