PCI DSS Contracts in the South East

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 20 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 167 250
Rank change year-on-year -11 +83 -48
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 22 48 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.38% 0.85% 0.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.95% 5.80% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 41 11
10th Percentile £473 £500 £173
25th Percentile £484 £613 £279
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £700 £488
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +43.59% +36.46%
75th Percentile £606 £838 £594
90th Percentile £720 - £813
England median daily rate £550 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% +6.38%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 747 827 1,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 12.98% 14.60% 15.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 388 518 781
10th Percentile £256 £200 £230
25th Percentile £363 £363 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +4.21% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 44 52
10th Percentile £10.82 £15.21 £12.31
25th Percentile £17.13 £18.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £46.25 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.54% +120.24% -17.65%
75th Percentile £60.00 £53.30 £32.81
90th Percentile £70.00 £67.50 £48.75
England median hourly rate £24.18 £42.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -43.11% +54.55% +33.92%

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing PCI DSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for PCI DSS in the South East

PCI DSS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PCI DSS in the South East.

Daily rate trend for PCI DSS in the South East

PCI DSS
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PCI DSS in the South East over the 6 months to 20 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PCI DSS in the South East

PCI DSS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PCI DSS in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for PCI DSS in the South East

PCI DSS
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 20 June 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
Surrey -4 11 £525 -25.00%
Thames Valley +5 6 £750 +36.36% 5
Berkshire -15 5 £875 +59.09% 5
Hampshire -5 4 £488 -18.75%
Buckinghamshire - 1 £480 -
East Sussex - 1 £675 -
PCI DSS
England

PCI DSS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Azure
2 2 (9.09%) AWS
3 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) SAN
2 2 (9.09%) Firewall
2 2 (9.09%) LAN
2 2 (9.09%) TCP/IP
2 2 (9.09%) WAN
3 1 (4.55%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (31.82%) Rational DOORS
General
1 8 (36.36%) Finance
1 8 (36.36%) Marketing
2 7 (31.82%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Back Office
5 1 (4.55%) Electronics
5 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (50.00%) Senior
2 7 (31.82%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 7 (31.82%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (22.73%) DOORS Engineer
3 5 (22.73%) Integration Engineer
3 5 (22.73%) Senior Integration Engineer
3 5 (22.73%) Software Integration Engineer
3 5 (22.73%) Systems Integration Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) Consultant
4 4 (18.18%) Head of Operations
4 4 (18.18%) Head of Security
5 3 (13.64%) Head of Information
5 3 (13.64%) Head of Information Security
6 2 (9.09%) Architect
6 2 (9.09%) IT Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (9.09%) Senior Architect
6 2 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (9.09%) Senior VMware Architect
6 2 (9.09%) VMware Architect
6 2 (9.09%) Windows Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Data Centre
1 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.55%) Replication
2 1 (4.55%) Smart Energy
2 1 (4.55%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 13 (59.09%) Windows
2 7 (31.82%) Unix
3 4 (18.18%) Linux
4 3 (13.64%) Windows Server
5 1 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Customer Requirements
2 9 (40.91%) Risk Management
3 8 (36.36%) Information Security
3 8 (36.36%) ITIL
3 8 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (31.82%) Budgeting
4 7 (31.82%) Collaborative Working
4 7 (31.82%) Customer Engagement
4 7 (31.82%) Process Improvement
4 7 (31.82%) Requirements Analysis
4 7 (31.82%) Requirements Management
4 7 (31.82%) Systems Engineering
4 7 (31.82%) Technical Leadership
4 7 (31.82%) Test Strategy
4 7 (31.82%) UML
4 7 (31.82%) Validation
4 7 (31.82%) Verification and Validation
5 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (18.18%) Security Monitoring
Qualifications
1 13 (59.09%) Degree
2 10 (45.45%) Master's Degree
3 8 (36.36%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (9.09%) CISM
4 2 (9.09%) CISSP
4 2 (9.09%) PhD
5 1 (4.55%) CISA
5 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (4.55%) MCSE
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.55%) PCI QSA
5 1 (4.55%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (4.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) GDPR
1 4 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (9.09%) GRC
3 1 (4.55%) COBIT
System Software
1 5 (22.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
3 2 (9.09%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 3 (13.64%) Nessus
3 2 (9.09%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (4.55%) Backup Exec
4 1 (4.55%) SCCM
4 1 (4.55%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) VMware
2 3 (13.64%) Cisco
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.09%) CheckPoint
3 2 (9.09%) Citrix
3 2 (9.09%) Splunk
4 1 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (4.55%) EMC
4 1 (4.55%) McAfee
4 1 (4.55%) Netskope
4 1 (4.55%) Veritas