Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
West Midlands > Staffordshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring PCI DSS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 17 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing PCI DSS | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire | - | - | 2.26% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | - | 14.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £583 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £594 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £625 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £525 | £620 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.32% | -0.80% | +4.17% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Staffordshire
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 Staffordshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 4 | 14 | 21 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire | 6.06% | 15.56% | 15.79% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £356 | £402 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £361 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £425 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -15.10% | +33.33% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £488 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £519 | £638 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £515 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.32% | -5.00% | +4.17% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £47.50 | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £13.20 | £14.70 | £16.80 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.20% | -12.51% | -15.99% |
PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PCI DSS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.
PCI DSS
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing PCI DSS.
