PCI DSS Contracts in the South East

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 180 245
Rank change year-on-year +47 +65 -62
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 72 37 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.29% 0.63% 0.23%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.38% 4.19% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 32 14
10th Percentile £462 £500 £237
25th Percentile £486 £525 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £700 £488
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +43.59% +36.46%
75th Percentile £650 - £586
90th Percentile £716 £838 £749
England median daily rate £575 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +10.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 859 883 1,246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 15.44% 15.13% 16.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 554 802
10th Percentile £232 £200 £225
25th Percentile £363 £345 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £639 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £523
% change year-on-year - +0.38% +10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 45 48
10th Percentile £10.82 £18.25 £12.31
25th Percentile £15.38 £18.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £31.00 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +47.27% -17.45%
75th Percentile £48.75 £52.37 £36.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £49.36
England median hourly rate £21.00 £42.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -50.59% +54.55% +31.26%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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
Thames Valley +39 44 £750 +33.33% 15
Berkshire +19 43 £875 +55.56% 10
Hampshire +15 12 £475 -20.83% 3
Surrey +3 12 £525 -25.00% 4
West Sussex +4 2 - - 1
Buckinghamshire - 1 £480 - 5
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 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.39%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 48 (66.67%) SaaS
2 47 (65.28%) IaaS
2 47 (65.28%) PaaS
3 3 (4.17%) Azure
4 2 (2.78%) AWS
4 2 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.39%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 47 (65.28%) 5G
1 47 (65.28%) Broadband
2 2 (2.78%) CTI
2 2 (2.78%) Firewall
2 2 (2.78%) LAN
2 2 (2.78%) SAN
2 2 (2.78%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.78%) WAN
3 1 (1.39%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 8 (11.11%) Rational DOORS
General
1 47 (65.28%) Law
1 47 (65.28%) Organisational Skills
2 9 (12.50%) Finance
2 9 (12.50%) Marketing
3 8 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (8.33%) Social Skills
5 2 (2.78%) Back Office
5 2 (2.78%) Retail
6 1 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.39%) Electronics
6 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 47 (65.28%) Penetration Tester
1 47 (65.28%) Security Penetration Tester
1 47 (65.28%) Security Specialist
1 47 (65.28%) Security Tester
1 47 (65.28%) Tester
1 47 (65.28%) Testing Specialist
2 11 (15.28%) Senior
3 8 (11.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 8 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
4 6 (8.33%) DOORS Engineer
4 6 (8.33%) Integration Engineer
4 6 (8.33%) Senior Integration Engineer
4 6 (8.33%) Software Integration Engineer
4 6 (8.33%) Systems Integration Engineer
5 4 (5.56%) Head of Operations
5 4 (5.56%) Head of Security
5 4 (5.56%) Project Manager
6 3 (4.17%) Architect
6 3 (4.17%) Consultant
6 3 (4.17%) Head of Information Security
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (65.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 47 (65.28%) Mobile App
2 4 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.78%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.39%) PKI
4 1 (1.39%) Smart Energy
4 1 (1.39%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 14 (19.44%) Windows
2 8 (11.11%) Unix
3 4 (5.56%) Linux
4 3 (4.17%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.39%) Android
5 1 (1.39%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.39%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (80.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 52 (72.22%) Cybersecurity
3 47 (65.28%) Application Security
3 47 (65.28%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 47 (65.28%) OWASP
3 47 (65.28%) Penetration Testing
3 47 (65.28%) Security Testing
4 12 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 11 (15.28%) Customer Requirements
6 9 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
7 8 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
7 8 (11.11%) ITIL
7 8 (11.11%) Process Improvement
7 8 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
7 8 (11.11%) Requirements Management
7 8 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
7 8 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
7 8 (11.11%) Test Strategy
7 8 (11.11%) UML
7 8 (11.11%) Validation
Qualifications
1 47 (65.28%) CREST Certified
1 47 (65.28%) GIAC
1 47 (65.28%) GPEN
1 47 (65.28%) OSCP
1 47 (65.28%) SANS
1 47 (65.28%) Security Cleared
2 12 (16.67%) Degree
3 11 (15.28%) Master's Degree
4 8 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.78%) CISM
5 2 (2.78%) CISSP
5 2 (2.78%) PhD
6 1 (1.39%) CISA
6 1 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.39%) PCI QSA
6 1 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (72.22%) GDPR
2 47 (65.28%) NCSC
3 5 (6.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.78%) GRC
5 1 (1.39%) COBIT
5 1 (1.39%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.17%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.78%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (5.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 3 (4.17%) Nessus
3 2 (2.78%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (1.39%) CA Service Virtualization
4 1 (1.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (65.28%) Virgin Media
2 5 (6.94%) VMware
3 4 (5.56%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.78%) CheckPoint
4 2 (2.78%) Cisco
4 2 (2.78%) Citrix
4 2 (2.78%) Splunk
5 1 (1.39%) CA
5 1 (1.39%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.39%) IBM
5 1 (1.39%) Micro Focus
5 1 (1.39%) Netskope
5 1 (1.39%) SAP