PCI DSS Jobs in the Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for PCI DSS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PCI DSS over the 3 months to 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) England / Midlands
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	192	168	209
Rank change year-on-year	-24	+41
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS	94	145	83
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands	1.21%	1.52%	0.88%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	10.11%	9.84%	6.71%
Number of salaries quoted	91	110	64
Median salary	£50,000	£55,000	£41,250
Median salary % change year-on-year	-9.09%	+33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than	£31,250	£37,500	£26,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£72,500	£73,875	£60,125
UK excluding London median salary	£55,000	£52,500	£47,500
% change year-on-year	+4.76%	+10.52%

PCI DSS is in the quality assurance and compliance skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for quality assurance and compliance skills.

Quality Assurance & Compliance Skills Midlands
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance and compliance skills	930	1473	1237
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands	11.92%	15.40%	13.08%
Number of salaries quoted	990	1363	1213
Median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than	£24,000	£26,250	£25,100
10% offered a salary of more than	£67,500	£65,000	£72,250
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£42,500
% change year-on-year	-	+5.88%

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing PCI DSS as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for PCI DSS in the Midlands

PCI DSS
Salary Trend in the Midlands

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PCI DSS in the Midlands.

Salary trend for PCI DSS in the Midlands

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing PCI DSS in the Midlands over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Salary histogram for PCI DSS in the Midlands

PCI DSS
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PCI DSS within the Midlands region over the 3 months to 28 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
West Midlands	-16	76	£52,500	-13.93%	7
East Midlands	+6	18	£41,250	-25.00%	6
PCI DSS England

PCI DSS
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, IT jobs citing PCI DSS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Midlands region with a requirement for PCI DSS.

1	112 (56.00%)	Information Security
2	103 (51.50%)	ISO/IEC 27001
3	85 (42.50%)	CISSP
4	62 (31.00%)	Firewall
5	61 (30.50%)	CISM
6	57 (28.50%)	Data Protection
7	54 (27.00%)	Finance
8	50 (25.00%)	Risk Management
9	45 (22.50%)	CISA
10	43 (21.50%)	Cybersecurity
11	42 (21.00%)	ITIL
12	38 (19.00%)	Cisco Certification
12	38 (19.00%)	Cisco
13	36 (18.00%)	LAN
13	36 (18.00%)	WAN

14	33 (16.50%)	CCNP
15	29 (14.50%)	CCNA
15	29 (14.50%)	Cyber Essentials
16	27 (13.50%)	Management Information System
17	26 (13.00%)	GDPR
17	26 (13.00%)	SIEM
18	25 (12.50%)	CRISC
19	24 (12.00%)	ISMS
19	24 (12.00%)	Network Security
19	24 (12.00%)	Cisco IOS
20	23 (11.50%)	Business Continuity
20	23 (11.50%)	Windows
21	22 (11.00%)	Microsoft
21	22 (11.00%)	Information Assurance
22	21 (10.50%)	Active Directory

PCI DSS
Co-occurring IT Skills in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	13 (6.50%)	SharePoint
2	5 (2.50%)	CMS
3	4 (2.00%)	IIS
4	2 (1.00%)	IBM Notes
4	2 (1.00%)	MS Exchange
5	1 (0.50%)	Elasticsearch
5	1 (0.50%)	Skype for Business

Applications
1	2 (1.00%)	Microsoft Office

Business Applications
1	12 (6.00%)	Sentinel
2	3 (1.50%)	assyst
3	1 (0.50%)	Magento

Cloud Services
1	18 (9.00%)	Office 365
2	4 (2.00%)	Amazon AWS
2	4 (2.00%)	Microsoft Azure
3	2 (1.00%)	Cloud Computing
4	1 (0.50%)	OneDrive

Communications & Networking
1	62 (31.00%)	Firewall
2	36 (18.00%)	LAN
2	36 (18.00%)	WAN
3	24 (12.00%)	Cisco IOS
3	24 (12.00%)	Network Security
4	21 (10.50%)	VPN
5	18 (9.00%)	MPLS
5	18 (9.00%)	OSPF
6	16 (8.00%)	Cisco ASA
7	15 (7.50%)	VLAN
8	14 (7.00%)	DHCP
8	14 (7.00%)	DNS
9	11 (5.50%)	Wi-Fi
10	10 (5.00%)	BGP-4
10	10 (5.00%)	Cisco Nexus
10	10 (5.00%)	DMVPN
10	10 (5.00%)	DMZ
10	10 (5.00%)	HSRP
10	10 (5.00%)	IPv6
11	8 (4.00%)	BGP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	12 (6.00%)	SQL Server
2	4 (2.00%)	MySQL
2	4 (2.00%)	ZAP BI
3	2 (1.00%)	NoSQL
4	1 (0.50%)	MS Access
4	1 (0.50%)	RDBMS
4	1 (0.50%)	Relational Database

Development Applications
1	8 (4.00%)	Burp Suite
1	8 (4.00%)	Fiddler

General
1	54 (27.00%)	Finance
2	17 (8.50%)	Retail
3	6 (3.00%)	Marketing
4	5 (2.50%)	Legal
5	4 (2.00%)	Military
6	3 (1.50%)	Banking
7	2 (1.00%)	Manufacturing
8	1 (0.50%)	Advertising
8	1 (0.50%)	Back Office
8	1 (0.50%)	Games
8	1 (0.50%)	Law
8	1 (0.50%)	Retail Banking

Job Titles
1	28 (14.00%)	Analyst
1	28 (14.00%)	Security Analyst
2	22 (11.00%)	Network Engineer
3	21 (10.50%)	Consultant
3	21 (10.50%)	Security Manager
4	18 (9.00%)	Information Manager
4	18 (9.00%)	Information Officer
4	18 (9.00%)	Information Security Officer
4	18 (9.00%)	Security Officer
4	18 (9.00%)	Security Specialist
5	17 (8.50%)	Information Security Manager
6	15 (7.50%)	Information Analyst
6	15 (7.50%)	Information Security Analyst
7	13 (6.50%)	Information Security Specialist
7	13 (6.50%)	Information Specialist
7	13 (6.50%)	Security Consultant
8	11 (5.50%)	Compliance Officer
8	11 (5.50%)	Information Security Compliance Officer
8	11 (5.50%)	Information Security Consultant
8	11 (5.50%)	Security Compliance Officer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	12 (6.00%)	802.1X
2	7 (3.50%)	HTML
3	6 (3.00%)	CSS
4	4 (2.00%)	Web Services
5	3 (1.50%)	.NET
6	2 (1.00%)	ASP.NET
6	2 (1.00%)	HTML5
6	2 (1.00%)	SOAP
7	1 (0.50%)	.NET Framework
7	1 (0.50%)	Ajax
7	1 (0.50%)	ASP.NET Web API
7	1 (0.50%)	ASP.NET Web Forms
7	1 (0.50%)	CSS3
7	1 (0.50%)	LAMP
7	1 (0.50%)	Laravel
7	1 (0.50%)	REST
7	1 (0.50%)	WinForms
7	1 (0.50%)	XHTML
7	1 (0.50%)	XML
7	1 (0.50%)	XSL

Miscellaneous
1	27 (13.50%)	Management Information System
2	18 (9.00%)	Data Centre
3	17 (8.50%)	Data Protection Act
4	9 (4.50%)	Computer Science
5	7 (3.50%)	Analytical Skills
5	7 (3.50%)	CESG
5	7 (3.50%)	Distributed Denial-of-Service
6	5 (2.50%)	Cyberthreat
7	3 (1.50%)	Fintech
7	3 (1.50%)	Freedom of Information
7	3 (1.50%)	Video Conferencing
8	2 (1.00%)	Cybercrime
8	2 (1.00%)	Driving Licence
8	2 (1.00%)	Life Science
9	1 (0.50%)	Blog
9	1 (0.50%)	BYOD
9	1 (0.50%)	Cyber Attack
9	1 (0.50%)	Cyber Kill Chain
9	1 (0.50%)	FMCG
9	1 (0.50%)	Smart Energy

Operating Systems
1	23 (11.50%)	Windows
2	11 (5.50%)	Windows Server
3	4 (2.00%)	Linux
4	3 (1.50%)	Windows Server 2008
5	2 (1.00%)	Ubuntu
5	2 (1.00%)	Windows Server 2012
6	1 (0.50%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6	1 (0.50%)	Unix
6	1 (0.50%)	Windows 7
6	1 (0.50%)	Windows 8

Processes & Methodologies
1	112 (56.00%)	Information Security
2	57 (28.50%)	Data Protection
3	50 (25.00%)	Risk Management
4	43 (21.50%)	Cybersecurity
5	42 (21.00%)	ITIL
6	26 (13.00%)	SIEM
7	24 (12.00%)	ISMS
8	23 (11.50%)	Business Continuity
9	22 (11.00%)	Information Assurance
10	20 (10.00%)	Security Architecture
11	19 (9.50%)	Project Management
12	18 (9.00%)	Agile Software Development
12	18 (9.00%)	Data Security
12	18 (9.00%)	IT Audit
13	17 (8.50%)	Load Balancing
13	17 (8.50%)	Security Testing
14	16 (8.00%)	Continuous Improvement
14	16 (8.00%)	Incident Management
15	14 (7.00%)	Cryptography
15	14 (7.00%)	Security Management

Programming Languages
1	7 (3.50%)	JavaScript
2	4 (2.00%)	SQL
3	3 (1.50%)	C#
4	2 (1.00%)	PHP
5	1 (0.50%)	TypeScript
5	1 (0.50%)	VB
5	1 (0.50%)	VB.NET
5	1 (0.50%)	VBA

Qualifications
1	85 (42.50%)	CISSP
2	61 (30.50%)	CISM
3	45 (22.50%)	CISA
4	38 (19.00%)	Cisco Certification
5	33 (16.50%)	CCNP
6	29 (14.50%)	CCNA
7	25 (12.50%)	CRISC
8	17 (8.50%)	Degree
9	15 (7.50%)	ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10	14 (7.00%)	CEH
10	14 (7.00%)	Security Cleared
11	13 (6.50%)	CompTIA Security+
11	13 (6.50%)	Security+ Certification
12	12 (6.00%)	ITIL Certification
12	12 (6.00%)	PCI QSA
12	12 (6.00%)	SC Cleared
13	9 (4.50%)	Microsoft Certification
14	8 (4.00%)	CCDP
14	8 (4.00%)	MCSE
15	6 (3.00%)	CISMP

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	103 (51.50%)	ISO/IEC 27001
2	29 (14.50%)	Cyber Essentials
3	26 (13.00%)	GDPR
4	12 (6.00%)	ISO/IEC 20000
5	11 (5.50%)	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6	9 (4.50%)	COBIT
7	5 (2.50%)	Cyber Essentials PLUS
8	4 (2.00%)	NIST 800
8	4 (2.00%)	SLA
9	3 (1.50%)	QA
10	2 (1.00%)	ISO 14001
10	2 (1.00%)	ISO 22301
10	2 (1.00%)	ISO 9001
10	2 (1.00%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
11	1 (0.50%)	PA-DSS

System Software
1	21 (10.50%)	Active Directory
2	5 (2.50%)	vSphere
3	4 (2.00%)	Hyper-V
4	3 (1.50%)	VMware Infrastructure
5	2 (1.00%)	Snort
5	2 (1.00%)	VMware Workstation

Systems Management
1	8 (4.00%)	SCCM
2	4 (2.00%)	Forefront Identity Manager
3	2 (1.00%)	FortiGate
3	2 (1.00%)	Network Intrusion Detection System
3	2 (1.00%)	SCOM
3	2 (1.00%)	Symantec Endpoint Protection
4	1 (0.50%)	Kibana
4	1 (0.50%)	WSUS

Vendors
1	38 (19.00%)	Cisco
2	22 (11.00%)	Microsoft
3	16 (8.00%)	F5
4	14 (7.00%)	Palo Alto
4	14 (7.00%)	VMware
5	11 (5.50%)	CheckPoint
6	10 (5.00%)	Cyberoam
7	6 (3.00%)	Fortinet
7	6 (3.00%)	NetApp
8	3 (1.50%)	SolarWinds
9	2 (1.00%)	HP
9	2 (1.00%)	IBM
9	2 (1.00%)	Juniper
9	2 (1.00%)	Lotus
9	2 (1.00%)	Nimble Storage
9	2 (1.00%)	ProCurve
9	2 (1.00%)	Symantec
9	2 (1.00%)	Veeam
10	1 (0.50%)	Atlassian
10	1 (0.50%)	Zend