PCI DSS Jobs in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring PCI DSS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PCI DSS over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 500 540 472
Rank change year-on-year +40 -68 +91
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 195 314 547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.40% 0.37% 0.61%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.41% 2.62% 3.15%
Number of salaries quoted 146 244 346
10th Percentile £41,250 £24,807 £32,500
25th Percentile £52,625 £44,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,750 £62,500 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year +13.20% +9.17% -4.58%
75th Percentile £96,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £89,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,750 £62,500 £55,667
% change year-on-year +13.20% +12.27% -7.22%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 8,077 11,973 17,350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.46% 13.93% 19.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4,316 8,399 8,042
10th Percentile £30,580 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,000 £70,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing PCI DSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for PCI DSS in England

PCI DSS
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PCI DSS in England.

Salary trend for PCI DSS in England

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PCI DSS in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for PCI DSS in England

PCI DSS
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +69 78 £87,500 +20.69% 112
South East +93 37 £65,000 -8.77% 61
North of England +22 36 £65,000 +31.31% 36
North West -15 17 £65,000 +44.44% 21
South West +102 14 £60,000 +33.33% 11
Yorkshire +67 14 £70,996 +32.70% 10
Midlands +39 14 £41,250 -22.90% 12
East of England +30 8 £73,250 +198.67% 17
West Midlands +40 7 £42,500 -43.33% 7
East Midlands +11 7 £40,000 +61.22% 4
North East +49 5 £57,500 +53.33% 5
PCI DSS
UK

PCI DSS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (3.59%) SAS
2 5 (2.56%) IBM Domino
3 4 (2.05%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.03%) IIS
4 2 (1.03%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.62%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.54%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.51%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.51%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 78 (40.00%) Azure
2 45 (23.08%) AWS
3 32 (16.41%) GCP
4 28 (14.36%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (5.13%) Google Workspace
6 8 (4.10%) AWS CloudFormation
6 8 (4.10%) AWS Lambda
6 8 (4.10%) GitHub
6 8 (4.10%) GitHub Actions
6 8 (4.10%) SaaS
6 8 (4.10%) Serverless
7 7 (3.59%) Amazon ECS
8 5 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.05%) Amazon EMR
9 4 (2.05%) Amazon SageMaker
9 4 (2.05%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.05%) Cloudflare
9 4 (2.05%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.05%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 46 (23.59%) Firewall
2 36 (18.46%) Network Security
3 15 (7.69%) VPN
4 9 (4.62%) Intranet
5 7 (3.59%) Intrusion Detection
5 7 (3.59%) LAN
5 7 (3.59%) SD-WAN
5 7 (3.59%) WAN
6 6 (3.08%) MPLS
6 6 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (2.56%) DNS
8 4 (2.05%) BGP
8 4 (2.05%) OSPF
8 4 (2.05%) Wireless
9 3 (1.54%) DHCP
9 3 (1.54%) DMZ
9 3 (1.54%) EIGRP
9 3 (1.54%) NAS
10 2 (1.03%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (1.03%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.62%) NoSQL
2 7 (3.59%) Tableau
3 6 (3.08%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (2.56%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.05%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.54%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.54%) MS Access
6 3 (1.54%) Power BI
6 3 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.03%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.03%) MySQL
7 2 (1.03%) OLAP
7 2 (1.03%) OLTP
8 1 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.51%) Endeca
8 1 (0.51%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (3.08%) GitLab
2 4 (2.05%) JIRA
3 3 (1.54%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.03%) ERwin
5 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.51%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.51%) Git
5 1 (0.51%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.51%) Selenium
General
1 94 (48.21%) Social Skills
2 51 (26.15%) Finance
3 45 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (21.03%) Retail
5 27 (13.85%) Legal
6 19 (9.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (5.13%) Banking
9 9 (4.62%) Law
10 8 (4.10%) Marketing
11 4 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.54%) Advertising
12 3 (1.54%) Brand Awareness
12 3 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.54%) Local Government
13 2 (1.03%) Aviation
13 2 (1.03%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.03%) Public Sector
13 2 (1.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (17.95%) Analyst
2 30 (15.38%) Security Analyst
3 27 (13.85%) Senior
4 26 (13.33%) Lead
5 24 (12.31%) Architect
6 18 (9.23%) Security Manager
7 15 (7.69%) Security Engineer
8 14 (7.18%) Head of Security
8 14 (7.18%) Information Analyst
9 13 (6.67%) Lead Architect
10 12 (6.15%) Information Manager
10 12 (6.15%) Information Security Analyst
10 12 (6.15%) Information Security Manager
11 11 (5.64%) Head of Information
11 11 (5.64%) Head of Information Security
12 9 (4.62%) Compliance Advisor
12 9 (4.62%) Security Advisor
13 8 (4.10%) Applications Engineer
13 8 (4.10%) Cloud Engineer
13 8 (4.10%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.72%) .NET
2 9 (4.62%) Azure Blueprints
3 6 (3.08%) EDI
3 6 (3.08%) LDAP
3 6 (3.08%) Node.js
4 4 (2.05%) AngularJS
4 4 (2.05%) Kafka
5 2 (1.03%) RESTful
5 2 (1.03%) SOAP
5 2 (1.03%) Spring
6 1 (0.51%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.51%) JSON
6 1 (0.51%) JWT
6 1 (0.51%) ModSecurity
6 1 (0.51%) OAuth
6 1 (0.51%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.51%) REST
6 1 (0.51%) Web Services
6 1 (0.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (20.51%) Management Information System
2 38 (19.49%) Security Posture
3 16 (8.21%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (6.15%) Data Centre
5 11 (5.64%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (5.13%) Cloud Native
6 10 (5.13%) e-Learning
7 8 (4.10%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (3.59%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (3.59%) Credit Risk
8 7 (3.59%) Market Risk
8 7 (3.59%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.54%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (1.54%) FMCG
9 3 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.54%) Replication
9 3 (1.54%) Social Media
9 3 (1.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (1.03%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.03%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.18%) Windows
2 8 (4.10%) Linux
3 7 (3.59%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.54%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.54%) VMS
5 2 (1.03%) Unix
5 2 (1.03%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.51%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (45.64%) Information Security
2 72 (36.92%) Cybersecurity
2 72 (36.92%) Risk Management
3 48 (24.62%) Continuous Improvement
4 47 (24.10%) Incident Response
5 38 (19.49%) Cloud Security
6 37 (18.97%) Data Protection
7 36 (18.46%) Agile
7 36 (18.46%) CI/CD
7 36 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (17.95%) DevOps
9 34 (17.44%) Data Security
10 33 (16.92%) Vulnerability Management
10 33 (16.92%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 31 (15.90%) Security Management
11 31 (15.90%) Security Operations
12 28 (14.36%) SIEM
13 26 (13.33%) Identity Access Management
13 26 (13.33%) Incident Management
14 25 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (18.97%) Python
2 23 (11.79%) SQL
3 19 (9.74%) PowerShell
4 16 (8.21%) Bash
5 13 (6.67%) Java
6 8 (4.10%) R
7 7 (3.59%) TypeScript
8 6 (3.08%) C#
9 5 (2.56%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.51%) Bicep
11 1 (0.51%) Go
11 1 (0.51%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.51%) VBA
Qualifications
1 49 (25.13%) CISSP
2 40 (20.51%) CISM
3 23 (11.79%) Degree
4 13 (6.67%) CRISC
5 11 (5.64%) CEH
6 10 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (4.10%) CISA
7 8 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (3.59%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (3.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (3.08%) AWS Certification
9 6 (3.08%) CISMP
9 6 (3.08%) Security Cleared
10 5 (2.56%) CCSP
10 5 (2.56%) CompTIA CySA+
11 4 (2.05%) GIAC
11 4 (2.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 4 (2.05%) SC Cleared
11 4 (2.05%) SSCP
12 3 (1.54%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (56.41%) GDPR
2 108 (55.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 88 (45.13%) NIST
4 43 (22.05%) Cyber Essentials
5 31 (15.90%) GRC
6 26 (13.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 21 (10.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 10 (5.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 10 (5.13%) NCSC
9 9 (4.62%) PERC
9 9 (4.62%) SOC 2
10 7 (3.59%) Basel II
10 7 (3.59%) Basel III
10 7 (3.59%) Dodd-Frank
10 7 (3.59%) IFRS
10 7 (3.59%) IFRS 9
11 5 (2.56%) COBIT
11 5 (2.56%) QA
12 4 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (2.05%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (5.64%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.05%) Docker
3 3 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.03%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.03%) vSphere
5 1 (0.51%) NFS
5 1 (0.51%) Squid
5 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.51%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (9.74%) Terraform
2 17 (8.72%) Kubernetes
3 9 (4.62%) CASB
4 6 (3.08%) Ansible
5 4 (2.05%) Grafana
5 4 (2.05%) Progress Chef
5 4 (2.05%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.54%) EMC VPLEX
6 3 (1.54%) Istio
6 3 (1.54%) linkerd
6 3 (1.54%) Nessus
7 1 (0.51%) cPanel
7 1 (0.51%) Kibana
7 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.51%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (22.05%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.31%) Google
3 12 (6.15%) Adobe
4 9 (4.62%) OneTrust
5 8 (4.10%) Cisco
6 5 (2.56%) SolarWinds
7 3 (1.54%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.54%) dotdigital
7 3 (1.54%) EMC
7 3 (1.54%) Facebook
7 3 (1.54%) Oracle
7 3 (1.54%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.54%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.03%) Avaya
8 2 (1.03%) Databricks
8 2 (1.03%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.03%) Informatica
8 2 (1.03%) Juniper
8 2 (1.03%) Qualys
8 2 (1.03%) Zscaler