PCI DSS Job Trends in the East of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring PCI DSS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 154 170
Rank change year-on-year -35 +16 -42
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 15 14 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.18% 0.42% 0.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.00% 3.62% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 9 14 2
10th Percentile - - £28,766
25th Percentile - £41,250 £35,555
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £65,000 £49,120
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +32.33% -28.55%
75th Percentile - £71,563 £64,935
90th Percentile £45,200 £92,125 £73,074
England median annual salary £70,000 £55,021 £60,000
% change year-on-year +27.22% -8.30% +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East of England

PCI DSS falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 750 387 625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 9.25% 11.51% 13.77%
Number of salaries quoted 419 238 234
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,375 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £49,250
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -13.71% -17.92%
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £79,500 £69,125 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £56,785 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.26% -1.24% -4.17%

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PCI DSS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

PCI DSS job vacancy trend in the East of England

PCI DSS
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing PCI DSS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing PCI DSS

PCI DSS
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PCI DSS within the East of England region over the 6 months to 21 September 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -33 8 £45,000 +5.88%
Cambridgeshire -26 6 £46,000 -31.85% 3
Bedfordshire - 1 - - 1
PCI DSS
England

PCI DSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) Azure
2 5 (33.33%) AWS
3 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (46.67%) Firewall
2 6 (40.00%) Network Security
3 4 (26.67%) DMZ
4 2 (13.33%) DHCP
4 2 (13.33%) DNS
5 1 (6.67%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
5 1 (6.67%) VLAN
5 1 (6.67%) VPN
General
1 6 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Security Specialist
2 5 (33.33%) Consultant
3 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 3 (20.00%) IT Security Specialist
4 2 (13.33%) Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) IT Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) IT Security Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Security Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
5 1 (6.67%) Cyber Defence Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Support
5 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Lead
5 1 (6.67%) Lead Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Senior
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (40.00%) Security Posture
3 4 (26.67%) Blog
3 4 (26.67%) Cloud Native
3 4 (26.67%) Cloud Security Posture
3 4 (26.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 4 (26.67%) PKI
4 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
4 2 (13.33%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (6.67%) CMDB
5 1 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
1 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (60.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 8 (53.33%) Antivirus Management
3 8 (53.33%) Data Loss Prevention
3 8 (53.33%) SIEM
4 6 (40.00%) Incident Management
5 5 (33.33%) ISMS
5 5 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 5 (33.33%) Security Architecture
5 5 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (26.67%) AI
6 4 (26.67%) Cloud Security
6 4 (26.67%) Containerisation
6 4 (26.67%) Cryptography
6 4 (26.67%) Key Management
6 4 (26.67%) RBAC
6 4 (26.67%) SDLC
6 4 (26.67%) Threat Modelling
6 4 (26.67%) Use Case
6 4 (26.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.67%) CISM
3 1 (6.67%) CISSP
3 1 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (93.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (40.00%) GDPR
3 5 (33.33%) GRC
3 5 (33.33%) JSP 440
3 5 (33.33%) NIST
4 4 (26.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 4 (26.67%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
2 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Cisco
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.67%) Tenable
1 1 (6.67%) VMware