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 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 152 194
Rank change year-on-year -11 +42 +25
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 7 6 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.13% 0.22% 0.28%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.72% 2.05% 2.44%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 15
10th Percentile £38,802 £68,500 -
25th Percentile £39,256 £70,250 £24,240
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,025 £75,000 £24,811
Median % change year-on-year -43.97% +202.29% -66.92%
75th Percentile £44,268 £77,500 £24,828
90th Percentile £44,407 £78,000 £43,986
England median annual salary £72,500 £71,500 £64,902
% change year-on-year +1.40% +10.17% +8.17%

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 406 293 616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.59% 10.72% 11.48%
Number of salaries quoted 253 161 426
10th Percentile £28,800 £27,945 £24,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,000 £27,974
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +27.91% -21.82%
75th Percentile £64,450 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £78,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

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 20 March 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
Cambridgeshire -11 4 - -
Norfolk - 3 £42,025 - 3
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 4 (57.14%) AWS
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) DMZ
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
1 4 (57.14%) Network Security
General
1 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Science
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Security Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Compliance Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Governance Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Blog
1 4 (57.14%) Cloud Native
1 4 (57.14%) Cloud Security Posture
1 4 (57.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 4 (57.14%) PKI
1 4 (57.14%) Security Posture
2 3 (42.86%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Risk Management
2 4 (57.14%) AI
2 4 (57.14%) Cloud Security
2 4 (57.14%) Containerisation
2 4 (57.14%) Cryptography
2 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) ISMS
2 4 (57.14%) Key Management
2 4 (57.14%) RBAC
2 4 (57.14%) SDLC
2 4 (57.14%) Security Architecture
2 4 (57.14%) Threat Modelling
2 4 (57.14%) Use Case
2 4 (57.14%) Workshop Facilitation
2 4 (57.14%) Zero Trust
3 2 (28.57%) Data Privacy
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 2 (28.57%) Information Assurance
3 2 (28.57%) Information Security
3 2 (28.57%) ITSM
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) DV Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) CISM
2 1 (14.29%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) CRISC
2 1 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) GRC
1 7 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (57.14%) GDPR
2 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 4 (57.14%) JSP 440
2 4 (57.14%) NCSC
2 4 (57.14%) NIST
3 3 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow