PCI DSS Jobs in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 319 399 466
Rank change year-on-year +80 +67 +134
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 82 109 148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.64% 0.46% 0.43%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.83% 3.24% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 66 87 111
10th Percentile £54,125 £53,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £54,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.69% - +9.64%
75th Percentile £120,000 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile - £107,500 £105,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% +9.65% -5.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,140 3,363 5,672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 16.63% 14.25% 16.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,300 2,487 3,644
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £50,957
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £111,250 £102,500
England 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 London

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

Job vacancy trend for PCI DSS in London

PCI DSS
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for PCI DSS in London

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PCI DSS in London over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for PCI DSS in London

PCI DSS
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PCI DSS within the London region over the 6 months to 10 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
Central London +24 12 £68,750 -6.78% 2
South London +9 2 £65,000 -18.75% 1
PCI DSS
England

PCI DSS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.44%) Apache Spark
1 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (1.22%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.22%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.22%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.22%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 40 (48.78%) Azure
2 27 (32.93%) AWS
3 25 (30.49%) GCP
4 6 (7.32%) AWS CloudFormation
4 6 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (7.32%) SaaS
5 4 (4.88%) Azure AKS
5 4 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (4.88%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (4.88%) GitHub
5 4 (4.88%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (3.66%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (3.66%) Serverless
6 3 (3.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (2.44%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (2.44%) Amazon SageMaker
7 2 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (2.44%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.44%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.44%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 25 (30.49%) Network Security
2 24 (29.27%) Firewall
3 4 (4.88%) VPN
4 2 (2.44%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.44%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (1.22%) BGP
5 1 (1.22%) LAN
5 1 (1.22%) MPLS
5 1 (1.22%) OSPF
5 1 (1.22%) SAN
5 1 (1.22%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.22%) VoIP
5 1 (1.22%) WAN
5 1 (1.22%) Wireless
5 1 (1.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.32%) Tableau
2 3 (3.66%) DynamoDB
2 3 (3.66%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.44%) Data Lake
3 2 (2.44%) OLAP
3 2 (2.44%) OLTP
4 1 (1.22%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (1.22%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.22%) Power BI
4 1 (1.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (4.88%) GitLab
2 2 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 42 (51.22%) Social Skills
2 26 (31.71%) Finance
3 21 (25.61%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (21.95%) Retail
5 17 (20.73%) Legal
6 10 (12.20%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (8.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (6.10%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (3.66%) Banking
10 2 (2.44%) Marketing
11 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (19.51%) Senior
2 13 (15.85%) Analyst
3 11 (13.41%) Lead
3 11 (13.41%) Security Engineer
4 10 (12.20%) Head of Information
4 10 (12.20%) Head of Information Security
4 10 (12.20%) Head of Security
4 10 (12.20%) Security Analyst
5 9 (10.98%) Security Manager
6 7 (8.54%) Architect
6 7 (8.54%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (7.32%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (7.32%) Information Manager
7 6 (7.32%) Information Security Manager
7 6 (7.32%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 4 (4.88%) Information Security Analyst
8 4 (4.88%) Lead Architect
8 4 (4.88%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (4.88%) Senior Security Analyst
8 4 (4.88%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.98%) Azure Blueprints
2 6 (7.32%) EDI
3 4 (4.88%) .NET
4 2 (2.44%) Kafka
4 2 (2.44%) Node.js
4 2 (2.44%) Spring
5 1 (1.22%) REST
5 1 (1.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (37.80%) Security Posture
2 23 (28.05%) Management Information System
3 10 (12.20%) Cloud Native
4 6 (7.32%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (6.10%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.44%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (2.44%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.22%) Clustering
7 1 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.22%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.22%) Fedwire
7 1 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.22%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.22%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.22%) Replication
7 1 (1.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.88%) Windows
2 3 (3.66%) VMS
3 2 (2.44%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.44%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.44%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.44%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (52.44%) Risk Management
2 38 (46.34%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (46.34%) Information Security
3 31 (37.80%) Incident Response
4 27 (32.93%) Vulnerability Management
5 25 (30.49%) Cloud Security
5 25 (30.49%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 24 (29.27%) Data Security
6 24 (29.27%) Security Management
7 23 (28.05%) Identity Access Management
8 22 (26.83%) Security Operations
9 21 (25.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (24.39%) Incident Management
10 20 (24.39%) SIEM
11 19 (23.17%) CI/CD
12 18 (21.95%) DevOps
12 18 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
13 17 (20.73%) Data Privacy
13 17 (20.73%) Internal Audit
14 16 (19.51%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.85%) Python
2 10 (12.20%) PowerShell
3 9 (10.98%) Bash
4 4 (4.88%) Java
4 4 (4.88%) Kusto Query Language
4 4 (4.88%) SQL
5 2 (2.44%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.22%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.22%) R
6 1 (1.22%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (24.39%) CISSP
2 16 (19.51%) CISM
3 8 (9.76%) Degree
4 6 (7.32%) CRISC
5 5 (6.10%) AWS Certification
5 5 (6.10%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (4.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (4.88%) CCSP
6 4 (4.88%) CISA
6 4 (4.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 4 (4.88%) SSCP
7 3 (3.66%) CISMP
7 3 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.66%) SC Cleared
7 3 (3.66%) Security Cleared
8 2 (2.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (2.44%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.44%) PCI QSA
9 1 (1.22%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.22%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (68.29%) GDPR
2 51 (62.20%) NIST
3 47 (57.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (19.51%) GRC
5 14 (17.07%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (17.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (9.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (8.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (4.88%) NCSC
8 4 (4.88%) QA
9 3 (3.66%) Data Quality
10 2 (2.44%) ISO 22301
10 2 (2.44%) ISO 9001
10 2 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (2.44%) SLA
11 1 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (1.22%) SEPA
11 1 (1.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (4.88%) Docker
2 3 (3.66%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.44%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (15.85%) Kubernetes
1 13 (15.85%) Terraform
2 9 (10.98%) CASB
3 4 (4.88%) Ansible
3 4 (4.88%) Grafana
3 4 (4.88%) Progress Chef
3 4 (4.88%) Prometheus
4 3 (3.66%) Istio
4 3 (3.66%) linkerd
5 1 (1.22%) Nessus
Vendors
1 12 (14.63%) Google
1 12 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.66%) Informatica
3 2 (2.44%) Avaya
3 2 (2.44%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (2.44%) Oracle
3 2 (2.44%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.22%) Cisco
4 1 (1.22%) HP
4 1 (1.22%) SAP
4 1 (1.22%) Tenable
4 1 (1.22%) VMware
4 1 (1.22%) WatchGuard