PCI DSS Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring PCI DSS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 51 72
Rank change year-on-year -22 +21 -
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 4 4 8
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.37% 0.77% 0.78%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.94% 3.92% 5.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 0
10th Percentile £524 £659 -
25th Percentile £541 £673 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £715 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.08% - -
75th Percentile £650 £750 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £563 £650 £525
% change year-on-year -13.46% +23.81% -4.55%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 206 102 156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 18.95% 19.73% 15.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 47 69
10th Percentile £325 £205 £397
25th Percentile £411 £353 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% +18.92%
75th Percentile £564 £638 £631
90th Percentile £628 £683 £750
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -0.95% -3.67% +6.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 24 30
10th Percentile £17.69 £61.25 £26.14
25th Percentile £61.25 £64.06 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year - +44.44% -35.71%
75th Percentile - £68.75 £70.44
90th Percentile £68.75 £77.59 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year - +44.44% -28.83%

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

PCI DSS job vacancy trend in Bristol

PCI DSS
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

PCI DSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 3 (75.00%) AWS
1 3 (75.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) NGFW
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) AWS Architect
1 3 (75.00%) AWS Infrastructure Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (75.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Architectural Design
1 3 (75.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (75.00%) DevOps
1 3 (75.00%) Digital Strategy
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) GRC
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto