PA-DSS Contracts in the UK excluding London

Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS), formerly PABP
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for PA-DSS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PA-DSS over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - - 504
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PA-DSS 0 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London - - 0.007%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - - 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

PA-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 UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,011 3,440 4,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.81% 14.77% 14.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,775 2,301 3,060
10th Percentile £250 £220 £205
25th Percentile £363 £363 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £479 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +6.44% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £569
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £514
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.24% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 188 211
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.11 £11.50
25th Percentile £12.69 £18.07 £15.93
Median hourly rate £18.27 £34.19 £22.55
Median % change year-on-year -46.57% +51.66% +7.36%
75th Percentile £45.00 £62.00 £49.38
90th Percentile £68.75 £77.50 £69.05
UK median hourly rate £21.06 £35.00 £32.37
% change year-on-year -39.84% +8.12% +54.14%

PA-DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PA-DSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PA-DSS in the UK excluding London

PA-DSS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PA-DSS in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for PA-DSS in the UK excluding London