Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
Berkshire > Reading
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring PCI DSS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 55 | 87 | 90 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +32 | +3 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing PCI DSS | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading | 1.03% | 0.45% | 0.26% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 4.84% | 4.00% | 1.99% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £545 | £528 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £613 | £606 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £700 | £750 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.67% | +36.36% | +37.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £773 | £881 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £774 | £953 | - |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £575 | £750 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -23.33% | +42.86% | -16.00% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Reading
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 Reading.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 124 | 125 | 151 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading | 21.38% | 11.24% | 13.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 76 | 38 | 104 |
| 10th Percentile | £395 | £367 | £329 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £471 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £544 | £523 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.07% | -0.48% | +16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £641 | £650 | £623 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £808 | £688 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £538 | £500 | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.50% | -3.85% | +15.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £18.50 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £19.00 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £19.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | £51.94 | £63.15 | £53.33 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.76% | +18.41% | +153.95% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Job postings citing PCI DSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.
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Daily Rate Trend in Reading
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing PCI DSS.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PCI DSS in Reading over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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: