PCI QSA Contracts in the UK excluding London

PCI Qualified Security Assessors (PCI QSA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for PCI QSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 366 425
Rank change year-on-year -1 +59 +93
Contract jobs citing PCI QSA 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.032% 0.005% 0.005%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.092% 0.015% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £464 - -
25th Percentile £551 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £863 £475 £625
Median % change year-on-year +81.58% -24.00% -
75th Percentile £1,226 - £638
90th Percentile £1,296 - -
UK median daily rate £863 £475 £625
% change year-on-year +81.58% -24.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

PCI QSA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,410 6,562 7,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.13% 36.02% 32.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,184 3,975 4,587
10th Percentile £220 £290 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £675 £713 £703
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 648 752 531
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.16 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.19 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% -8.46% +15.31%
75th Percentile £50.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.05 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £55.13
% change year-on-year -41.51% -22.00% +22.50%

PCI QSA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PCI QSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PCI QSA in the UK excluding London

PCI QSA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for PCI QSA in the UK excluding London

PCI QSA
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PCI QSA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PCI QSA in the UK excluding London

PCI QSA
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PCI QSA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 August 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
Midlands - 3 £1,234 -
West Midlands - 3 £1,234 -
Scotland - 1 £410 -
North of England - 1 £600 - 1
North West - 1 £600 - 1
PCI QSA
UK

PCI QSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Network Security
2 3 (60.00%) Firewall
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Attestation
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
3 3 (60.00%) Data Security
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Register
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CISA
1 4 (80.00%) CISM
1 4 (80.00%) CISSP
1 4 (80.00%) GIAC
2 3 (60.00%) CEH
2 3 (60.00%) CRISC
2 3 (60.00%) OSCP
3 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) PCI DSS
2 3 (60.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft