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 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 108 84
Rank change year-on-year +17 -24 +43
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 8 1 34
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.63% 0.062% 1.89%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.62% 0.53% 10.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile £392 - -
25th Percentile £500 £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% - -25.93%
75th Percentile £773 £525 -
90th Percentile £774 - -
South East median daily rate £544 £565 £740
% change year-on-year -3.76% -23.65% +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 221 187 335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 17.54% 11.56% 18.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 68 183
10th Percentile £400 £363 £155
25th Percentile £451 £444 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £591
90th Percentile £664 £689 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 24
10th Percentile £17.79 £60.75 £17.63
25th Percentile - £60.80 £23.51
Median hourly rate £18.87 £61.80 £53.33
Median % change year-on-year -69.46% +15.87% +148.05%
75th Percentile £20.47 £64.08 £72.40
90th Percentile £54.13 £64.73 £78.67
South East median hourly rate £17.22 £55.00 £50.53
% change year-on-year -68.70% +8.85% +140.61%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PCI DSS in Berkshire over the 6 months to 26 October 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 26 October 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 +35 6 £700 +40.00%
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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Azure
2 5 (62.50%) AWS
2 5 (62.50%) GCP
3 3 (37.50%) Entra ID
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Firewall
1 3 (37.50%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MongoDB
1 1 (12.50%) NoSQL
1 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Architect
1 5 (62.50%) Security Architect
2 1 (12.50%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) EPoS Manager
2 1 (12.50%) EPoS Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
2 1 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Cloud Native
2 4 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (50.00%) Security Posture
3 3 (37.50%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (37.50%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (37.50%) Public Cloud
4 1 (12.50%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 5 (62.50%) Cloud Security
2 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure as Code
2 5 (62.50%) Security Architecture
2 5 (62.50%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 4 (50.00%) Data Privacy
3 4 (50.00%) DevSecOps
3 4 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (50.00%) Information Security
3 4 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 4 (50.00%) SDLC
3 4 (50.00%) SIEM
3 4 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 4 (50.00%) TOGAF
3 4 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Bash
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 4 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 4 (50.00%) CCSP
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (50.00%) CISSP
2 3 (37.50%) Azure Certification
3 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
3 1 (12.50%) PMP
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) GDPR
1 6 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (75.00%) NIST
2 5 (62.50%) PSD2
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (12.50%) HIPAA
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Kubernetes