PCI DSS Contract Job Trends in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring PCI DSS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 125 151
Rank change year-on-year -1 +26 +19
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 2 9 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.094% 0.38% 0.096%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.47% 3.08% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 2
10th Percentile - £445 £524
25th Percentile £503 £500 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% +2.13% +226.39%
75th Percentile £508 - £641
90th Percentile - £620 £661
England median daily rate £508 £573 £600
% change year-on-year -11.35% -4.58% +12.94%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 428 292 383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 20.11% 12.19% 12.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 155 240
10th Percentile £263 £234 £359
25th Percentile £362 £427 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £643
90th Percentile £706 £690 £738
England median daily rate £500 £512 £540
% change year-on-year -2.34% -5.19% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 45 48
10th Percentile £15.59 £12.24 £24.87
25th Percentile £17.77 £13.26 £33.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £67.50 £70.91
Median % change year-on-year -50.37% -4.80% +31.31%
75th Percentile £64.63 £70.00 £83.40
90th Percentile £70.25 £72.40 -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £31.37 £39.96
% change year-on-year -4.37% -21.50% +53.69%

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

PCI DSS job vacancy trend in the South West

PCI DSS
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PCI DSS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PCI DSS

PCI DSS
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PCI DSS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PCI DSS

PCI DSS
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Wiltshire 0 2 £505 -8.18% 3
PCI DSS
England

PCI DSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 2 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley