PCI DSS Contracts in England

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 362 354 435
Rank change year-on-year -8 +81 +133
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 123 190 226
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.51% 0.51% 0.45%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.18% 3.59% 3.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 104 171
10th Percentile £434 £400 £458
25th Percentile £503 £475 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £673 £741 £675
90th Percentile £775 £843 £750
UK median daily rate £590 £563 £600
% change year-on-year +4.89% -6.25% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £35.43
25th Percentile - - £36.06
Median hourly rate - - £37.75
75th Percentile - - £40.06
90th Percentile - - £41.08
UK median hourly rate - - £37.75

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,865 5,295 6,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.87% 14.24% 13.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,481 3,378 4,585
10th Percentile £270 £300 £276
25th Percentile £400 £408 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -
75th Percentile £635 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 347 206
10th Percentile £17.78 £10.95 £13.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £13.09 £19.50
Median hourly rate £34.75 £22.34 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.55% -46.17% +50.91%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £79.11 £67.38 £79.88
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for PCI DSS in England

PCI DSS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PCI DSS in England.

Daily rate trend for PCI DSS in England

PCI DSS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PCI DSS in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PCI DSS in England

PCI DSS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PCI DSS in England.

Hourly rate trend for PCI DSS in England

PCI DSS
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England 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
London +12 66 £550 -8.33% 91
North of England +20 24 £550 -0.90% 40
North West +14 14 £544 -11.94% 24
South West +44 12 £627 +19.43% 10
Yorkshire +13 10 £600 +76.47% 10
South East +5 10 £525 - 46
Midlands +26 5 £600 -2.44% 11
West Midlands - 5 £600 - 7
East of England +29 2 - - 13
PCI DSS
UK

PCI DSS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.44%) Apache Spark
1 3 (2.44%) SAS
2 2 (1.63%) Confluence
2 2 (1.63%) IIS
2 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.44%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.63%) BASE24
2 2 (1.63%) Magento
2 2 (1.63%) Oracle Retail
2 2 (1.63%) SAP CX
2 2 (1.63%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 52 (42.28%) Azure
2 40 (32.52%) AWS
3 22 (17.89%) GCP
4 8 (6.50%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (4.88%) AWS CloudFormation
5 6 (4.88%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (4.07%) Amazon S3
6 5 (4.07%) Entra ID
6 5 (4.07%) GitHub
6 5 (4.07%) SaaS
7 4 (3.25%) OpenShift
7 4 (3.25%) Serverless
8 3 (2.44%) Akamai
8 3 (2.44%) Amazon EMR
8 3 (2.44%) Amazon Kinesis
8 3 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.44%) Azure AKS
8 3 (2.44%) Cloudflare
9 2 (1.63%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.63%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 25 (20.33%) Network Security
2 19 (15.45%) Firewall
3 6 (4.88%) DNS
4 5 (4.07%) DHCP
5 4 (3.25%) WAN
6 3 (2.44%) LAN
6 3 (2.44%) SD-WAN
6 3 (2.44%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.44%) VLAN
6 3 (2.44%) VPN
7 2 (1.63%) ATM
7 2 (1.63%) HTTP
7 2 (1.63%) IPsec
7 2 (1.63%) SSL
8 1 (0.81%) Internet
8 1 (0.81%) MPLS
8 1 (0.81%) OSPF
8 1 (0.81%) SAN
8 1 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.81%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.07%) NoSQL
2 4 (3.25%) GIS
3 3 (2.44%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.63%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.63%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.81%) DB2
5 1 (0.81%) MySQL
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.81%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.81%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.25%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.44%) Artifactory
2 3 (2.44%) Cucumber
2 3 (2.44%) git-flow
2 3 (2.44%) Gradle
2 3 (2.44%) JIRA
3 2 (1.63%) Burp Suite
3 2 (1.63%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.81%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.81%) GitLab
4 1 (0.81%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.81%) TestRail
General
1 53 (43.09%) Social Skills
2 34 (27.64%) Finance
3 25 (20.33%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (20.33%) Banking
4 9 (7.32%) Back Office
5 8 (6.50%) Retail
6 6 (4.88%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.25%) Legal
8 3 (2.44%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.63%) Law
9 2 (1.63%) Public Speaking
9 2 (1.63%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.81%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.81%) Marketing
10 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (34.96%) Architect
2 27 (21.95%) Security Architect
3 19 (15.45%) Consultant
4 17 (13.82%) Lead
5 14 (11.38%) Security Consultant
6 11 (8.94%) Analyst
6 11 (8.94%) Senior
7 8 (6.50%) Technical Leader
8 7 (5.69%) DevSecOps Architect
8 7 (5.69%) DevSecOps Consultant
9 6 (4.88%) Security Analyst
10 5 (4.07%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 5 (4.07%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 4 (3.25%) Cloud Architect
12 3 (2.44%) Applications Architect
12 3 (2.44%) Java Developer
12 3 (2.44%) Network Engineer
12 3 (2.44%) SAS Architect
12 3 (2.44%) Senior Developer
12 3 (2.44%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.13%) .NET
2 5 (4.07%) Kafka
2 5 (4.07%) OAuth
3 3 (2.44%) RabbitMQ
3 3 (2.44%) SailPoint
3 3 (2.44%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (2.44%) Spring
3 3 (2.44%) Spring Boot
4 2 (1.63%) EDI
4 2 (1.63%) LDAP
4 2 (1.63%) Middleware
4 2 (1.63%) OAuth2
4 2 (1.63%) React
4 2 (1.63%) REST
4 2 (1.63%) SAML
4 2 (1.63%) SAP PI
4 2 (1.63%) SOAP
4 2 (1.63%) Web Services
5 1 (0.81%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.76%) Security Posture
2 9 (7.32%) Data Centre
3 8 (6.50%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (5.69%) Cloud Native
4 7 (5.69%) Private Cloud
4 7 (5.69%) Product Ownership
5 5 (4.07%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (4.07%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.25%) EMV
7 3 (2.44%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.44%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.63%) Blog
8 2 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.63%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.63%) Digital Wallet
8 2 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.63%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.63%) Mainframe
8 2 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 14 (11.38%) Linux
2 6 (4.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (4.07%) Windows
4 3 (2.44%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.63%) CentOS
5 2 (1.63%) Rocky
5 2 (1.63%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.81%) AIX
6 1 (0.81%) Android
6 1 (0.81%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.81%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (26.02%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (21.95%) Risk Management
3 26 (21.14%) DevOps
3 26 (21.14%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (18.70%) Agile
4 23 (18.70%) Cloud Security
5 21 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (16.26%) Information Security
7 17 (13.82%) Incident Response
8 16 (13.01%) Migration
8 16 (13.01%) Project Management
8 16 (13.01%) SIEM
9 15 (12.20%) OWASP
9 15 (12.20%) Regulatory Compliance
10 14 (11.38%) Computer Science
10 14 (11.38%) Security Architecture
11 13 (10.57%) Roadmaps
12 11 (8.94%) CI/CD
12 11 (8.94%) Network Architecture
12 11 (8.94%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 22 (17.89%) Python
2 17 (13.82%) PowerShell
3 15 (12.20%) Java
3 15 (12.20%) SQL
4 10 (8.13%) Bash
5 8 (6.50%) C#
5 8 (6.50%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.25%) C
6 4 (3.25%) C++
7 3 (2.44%) PHP
8 2 (1.63%) COBOL
8 2 (1.63%) Ruby
8 2 (1.63%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.81%) Go
9 1 (0.81%) Perl
9 1 (0.81%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.81%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (26.02%) CISSP
2 23 (18.70%) CISM
3 17 (13.82%) CEH
4 15 (12.20%) Degree
5 11 (8.94%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (8.94%) Security Cleared
6 10 (8.13%) SC Cleared
7 9 (7.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 9 (7.32%) OSCP
8 8 (6.50%) CISA
9 7 (5.69%) CCSP
10 5 (4.07%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (4.07%) GIAC
10 5 (4.07%) PMP
11 4 (3.25%) DV Cleared
11 4 (3.25%) Master's Degree
11 4 (3.25%) PMI Certification
12 3 (2.44%) AWS Certification
12 3 (2.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (40.65%) GDPR
2 46 (37.40%) NIST
3 43 (34.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (19.51%) HIPAA
5 13 (10.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (6.50%) COBIT
7 6 (4.88%) GRC
8 4 (3.25%) ISO 8583
8 4 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (3.25%) NIST 800
9 3 (2.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (2.44%) PSD2
9 3 (2.44%) SOC 2
10 2 (1.63%) ISO 20022
10 2 (1.63%) QA
10 2 (1.63%) SEPA
10 2 (1.63%) SLA
11 1 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.81%) JSP 440
System Software
1 8 (6.50%) Docker
2 6 (4.88%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (2.44%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.63%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.63%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.81%) vSphere
6 1 (0.81%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (10.57%) Terraform
2 12 (9.76%) Ansible
3 11 (8.94%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.44%) Puppet
5 2 (1.63%) Nagios
5 2 (1.63%) Nessus
5 2 (1.63%) Packer
5 2 (1.63%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.63%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.81%) CASB
6 1 (0.81%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.81%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.81%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.81%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.81%) QRadar
6 1 (0.81%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.88%) Dell
2 6 (4.88%) HP
3 5 (4.07%) Cisco
3 5 (4.07%) Google
3 5 (4.07%) Oracle
3 5 (4.07%) Palo Alto
3 5 (4.07%) VMware
4 4 (3.25%) CyberArk
4 4 (3.25%) ESRI
5 3 (2.44%) F5
5 3 (2.44%) IBM
5 3 (2.44%) Okta
5 3 (2.44%) SAP
5 3 (2.44%) Splunk
5 3 (2.44%) Tenable
6 2 (1.63%) Pure Storage
6 2 (1.63%) Thycotic
6 2 (1.63%) VeriFone
6 2 (1.63%) Zscaler