PCI DSS Contracts in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for PCI DSS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PCI DSS over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 376 428 580
Rank change year-on-year +52 +152 -94
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 173 235 213
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.47% 0.47% 0.30%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.29% 3.52% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 178 149
10th Percentile £400 £458 £400
25th Percentile £463 £525 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £650
90th Percentile £825 £761 £740
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £35.00 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

PCI DSS is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,251 6,670 9,342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.16% 13.35% 13.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,371 4,544 6,416
10th Percentile £300 £281 £288
25th Percentile £406 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 349 215 257
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.08 £12.01
25th Percentile £13.18 £19.22 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.34 £37.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.43% +36.36% +30.95%
75th Percentile £45.00 £63.23 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.60 £79.90 £67.80
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +25.00% +33.33%

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 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 2024. 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 +67 96 £575 -8.00% 40
North of England +10 24 £500 -4.76% 19
South East 0 24 £525 -25.00% 22
North West +26 18 £610 +22.00% 11
South West +29 15 £438 -30.00% 7
Yorkshire +3 5 £340 -36.74% 7
Midlands +27 4 £588 -2.08% 10
East Midlands +22 4 £588 -6.00% 8
East of England +11 3 £575 +21.05% 10
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 2 (1.16%) CMS
1 2 (1.16%) Confluence
1 2 (1.16%) IIS
1 2 (1.16%) nginx
2 1 (0.58%) CICS
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.16%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 51 (29.48%) Azure
2 41 (23.70%) AWS
3 14 (8.09%) GCP
4 9 (5.20%) GitHub
4 9 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (3.47%) Azure Service Bus
5 6 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (3.47%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.89%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.31%) AWS KMS
7 4 (2.31%) Miro
8 3 (1.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (1.73%) AWS CloudTrail
8 3 (1.73%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.16%) Datadog
9 2 (1.16%) IaaS
9 2 (1.16%) PaaS
9 2 (1.16%) SaaS
9 2 (1.16%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 23 (13.29%) Firewall
2 12 (6.94%) Network Security
3 10 (5.78%) TCP/IP
4 9 (5.20%) Intrusion Detection
5 8 (4.62%) VPN
6 6 (3.47%) DNS
7 4 (2.31%) CTI
7 4 (2.31%) LAN
8 3 (1.73%) BGP
8 3 (1.73%) MPLS
8 3 (1.73%) OSPF
8 3 (1.73%) WAN
9 2 (1.16%) SAN
9 2 (1.16%) SSL
9 2 (1.16%) VoIP
9 2 (1.16%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.58%) DMZ
10 1 (0.58%) IPsec
10 1 (0.58%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.58%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.31%) NoSQL
1 4 (2.31%) SAP HANA
2 3 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (1.16%) Big Data
3 2 (1.16%) Hadoop
3 2 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.16%) Snowflake Schema
3 2 (1.16%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.58%) DB2
Development Applications
1 8 (4.62%) Jenkins
1 8 (4.62%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (4.05%) Burp Suite
3 6 (3.47%) JIRA
4 4 (2.31%) GitLab
5 3 (1.73%) Selenium
6 2 (1.16%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.16%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (1.16%) Postman
7 1 (0.58%) Git
7 1 (0.58%) TestCafe
General
1 48 (27.75%) Finance
2 44 (25.43%) Social Skills
3 21 (12.14%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (10.40%) Back Office
5 15 (8.67%) Manufacturing
6 13 (7.51%) Marketing
6 13 (7.51%) Public Sector
7 11 (6.36%) Banking
8 8 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (4.62%) Retail
9 7 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (3.47%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.89%) Electronics
11 5 (2.89%) Legal
12 2 (1.16%) Advertising
12 2 (1.16%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.16%) International Banking
12 2 (1.16%) Multimedia
13 1 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 42 (24.28%) Senior
2 38 (21.97%) Architect
3 23 (13.29%) Analyst
4 21 (12.14%) Lead
5 20 (11.56%) Consultant
6 17 (9.83%) Security Consultant
7 13 (7.51%) Developer
7 13 (7.51%) Security Architect
8 10 (5.78%) Senior Developer
9 9 (5.20%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (4.62%) Business Analyst
10 8 (4.62%) Lead Architect
10 8 (4.62%) Security Engineer
10 8 (4.62%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 8 (4.62%) Systems Engineer
11 7 (4.05%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 6 (3.47%) DOORS Engineer
12 6 (3.47%) Ethical Hacker
12 6 (3.47%) Product Owner
12 6 (3.47%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.62%) .NET
2 6 (3.47%) REST
3 4 (2.31%) SAML
3 4 (2.31%) SAP PI
4 2 (1.16%) Middleware
4 2 (1.16%) OAuth
4 2 (1.16%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (1.16%) Spring
4 2 (1.16%) Spring Boot
4 2 (1.16%) Spring Security
4 2 (1.16%) Spring WebFlux
4 2 (1.16%) Web Services
4 2 (1.16%) XML
5 1 (0.58%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.58%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.58%) JSON
5 1 (0.58%) Kafka
5 1 (0.58%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.58%) OpenID
5 1 (0.58%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (13.29%) Management Information System
2 15 (8.67%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (8.09%) Cyber Threat
4 10 (5.78%) Product Ownership
5 8 (4.62%) CESG
6 5 (2.89%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (2.89%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.31%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 4 (2.31%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.73%) IoT
8 3 (1.73%) PKI
9 2 (1.16%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.16%) IVR
9 2 (1.16%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.58%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.58%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.58%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.58%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 20 (11.56%) Windows
2 13 (7.51%) Linux
3 10 (5.78%) Unix
4 6 (3.47%) Kali Linux
4 6 (3.47%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.73%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.58%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (34.68%) Agile
2 51 (29.48%) Cybersecurity
3 45 (26.01%) Information Security
4 36 (20.81%) DevOps
5 30 (17.34%) Risk Management
6 28 (16.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 21 (12.14%) Cloud Security
8 19 (10.98%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (10.98%) SIEM
8 19 (10.98%) Software Engineering
9 18 (10.40%) Design Patterns
9 18 (10.40%) Security Operations
10 17 (9.83%) Infrastructure as Code
10 17 (9.83%) Security Architecture
11 16 (9.25%) Content Management
11 16 (9.25%) Database Optimisation
12 15 (8.67%) Penetration Testing
13 13 (7.51%) Collaborative Working
13 13 (7.51%) Incident Response
13 13 (7.51%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 25 (14.45%) Java
2 23 (13.29%) PowerShell
3 22 (12.72%) SQL
4 17 (9.83%) C#
4 17 (9.83%) JavaScript
4 17 (9.83%) Python
5 3 (1.73%) C
5 3 (1.73%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.16%) C++
6 2 (1.16%) Go
6 2 (1.16%) Perl
6 2 (1.16%) Ruby
7 1 (0.58%) Bash
7 1 (0.58%) Bicep
7 1 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 38 (21.97%) Degree
2 24 (13.87%) CISSP
3 23 (13.29%) CISM
4 16 (9.25%) Master's Degree
5 15 (8.67%) Security Cleared
6 14 (8.09%) CISA
7 13 (7.51%) SC Cleared
8 10 (5.78%) CEH
8 10 (5.78%) CompTIA Security+
9 9 (5.20%) SSCP
10 8 (4.62%) CISMP
10 8 (4.62%) ISACA
10 8 (4.62%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (4.62%) OSCP
11 6 (3.47%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (2.89%) CRISC
13 4 (2.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (2.31%) CREST Certified
14 3 (1.73%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (32.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 50 (28.90%) NIST
3 37 (21.39%) GDPR
4 19 (10.98%) HIPAA
5 11 (6.36%) GRC
6 5 (2.89%) ISO 31000
6 5 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (2.89%) NIST 800
6 5 (2.89%) PSD2
6 5 (2.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (2.31%) COBIT
7 4 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (2.31%) ISO 20022
8 3 (1.73%) SOC 2
9 2 (1.16%) Accessibility
9 2 (1.16%) ISO 22301
9 2 (1.16%) NCSC
10 1 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.58%) COSO
10 1 (0.58%) QA
System Software
1 11 (6.36%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.89%) Docker
2 5 (2.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.16%) Squid
3 2 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.16%) XenApp
4 1 (0.58%) RACF
Systems Management
1 20 (11.56%) Terraform
2 7 (4.05%) Ansible
2 7 (4.05%) Nessus
3 5 (2.89%) CA Service Virtualization
4 4 (2.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 4 (2.31%) Kibana
5 3 (1.73%) Grafana
5 3 (1.73%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.73%) Packer
6 2 (1.16%) HAProxy
6 2 (1.16%) logstash
6 2 (1.16%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (1.16%) Nmap
7 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.58%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (14.45%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.20%) SAP
3 7 (4.05%) Cisco
4 6 (3.47%) Google
5 5 (2.89%) CA
5 5 (2.89%) Micro Focus
5 5 (2.89%) Splunk
5 5 (2.89%) VMware
6 4 (2.31%) CyberSource
7 3 (1.73%) IBM
7 3 (1.73%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.73%) Qualys
7 3 (1.73%) Teradata
8 2 (1.16%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.16%) Avaya
8 2 (1.16%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.16%) Citrix
8 2 (1.16%) Databricks
8 2 (1.16%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.16%) Genesys