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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 85 114
Rank change year-on-year -28 +29 -10
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 7 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.38% 0.35% 0.25%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.08% 2.04% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile - £374 £775
25th Percentile - £455 £813
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £875
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -42.86% +59.09%
75th Percentile - £538 £938
90th Percentile - £605 £975
South East median daily rate £475 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -25.00%

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 337 196 286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 18.13% 17.28% 14.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 108 130
10th Percentile £325 £325 £270
25th Percentile £425 £450 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £532 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% +12.05% -7.77%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £713 £675 £639
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 6 5
10th Percentile £26.15 £57.12 £35.46
25th Percentile £61.00 £60.75 £60.90
Median hourly rate £81.50 £73.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.27% +12.69% +195.45%
75th Percentile £84.00 £87.44 £70.18
90th Percentile £107.00 £90.00 £74.57
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £24.66 £27.50
% change year-on-year +112.90% -10.33% -42.11%

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PCI DSS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

PCI DSS job vacancy trend 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
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 20 June 2026. 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
Wokingham - 5 - -
Reading -24 2 £515 +3.00% 1
PCI DSS
South East

PCI DSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) AWS
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) Firewall
2 5 (71.43%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 7 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
2 5 (71.43%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Security Posture
2 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (71.43%) Business Development
2 5 (71.43%) Cloud Security
2 5 (71.43%) Commercial Awareness
2 5 (71.43%) Customer Service
2 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (71.43%) Information Security
2 5 (71.43%) Line Management
2 5 (71.43%) Regulatory Compliance
2 5 (71.43%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CHECK Team Member
1 7 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 7 (100.00%) Cyber Scheme
1 7 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 5 (71.43%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) GDPR
1 7 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (71.43%) PMO
2 5 (71.43%) QA
Systems Management
1 7 (100.00%) Nmap