PCI DSS Job Trends in the Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring PCI DSS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 220 244
Rank change year-on-year +25 +24 +28
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 36 10 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.39% 0.18% 0.48%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.31% 0.94% 3.30%
Number of salaries quoted 18 9 37
10th Percentile £47,500 £31,850 £24,240
25th Percentile £57,188 £37,500 £24,807
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £40,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% -25.23% -2.73%
75th Percentile £82,750 £50,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £59,200 £83,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £68,429 £60,250
% change year-on-year +2.30% +13.58% +0.42%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,089 1,065 1,244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.81% 18.72% 14.71%
Number of salaries quoted 590 498 1,007
10th Percentile £28,113 £28,822 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,362 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,249 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,061 £82,500 £72,500
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 Midlands

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

PCI DSS job vacancy trend in the Midlands

PCI DSS
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing PCI DSS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing PCI DSS

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing PCI DSS in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 February 2026.

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 6 months to 27 February 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
East Midlands -5 23 £80,000 +68.42% 2
West Midlands +20 13 £75,000 +87.50% 4
PCI DSS
England

PCI DSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.56%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.22%) Azure
2 4 (11.11%) AWS
3 3 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (5.56%) GCP
5 1 (2.78%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.11%) Firewall
2 3 (8.33%) LAN
2 3 (8.33%) WAN
3 2 (5.56%) DMVPN
3 2 (5.56%) Network Security
3 2 (5.56%) SD-WAN
3 2 (5.56%) VPN
3 2 (5.56%) WLAN
4 1 (2.78%) DNS
4 1 (2.78%) SAN
4 1 (2.78%) SSL
4 1 (2.78%) VLAN
4 1 (2.78%) Wireless
General
1 23 (63.89%) Finance
2 19 (52.78%) Banking
3 3 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 3 (8.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (8.33%) Compliance Manager
2 2 (5.56%) Architect
2 2 (5.56%) Cisco Architect
2 2 (5.56%) Cisco Network Architect
2 2 (5.56%) Cloud Engineer
2 2 (5.56%) Consultant
2 2 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 2 (5.56%) Information Manager
2 2 (5.56%) Information Security Manager
2 2 (5.56%) Network Architect
2 2 (5.56%) Security Consultant
2 2 (5.56%) Security Manager
2 2 (5.56%) Support Engineer
3 1 (2.78%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (2.78%) Azure Platform Engineer
3 1 (2.78%) Head of Information
3 1 (2.78%) Head of Information Security
3 1 (2.78%) Information Security Compliance Manager
3 1 (2.78%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (2.78%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.56%) Cyber Security Posture
2 2 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (5.56%) Security Posture
2 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 23 (63.89%) Information Security
3 22 (61.11%) Risk Management
4 21 (58.33%) Business Continuity
5 20 (55.56%) Due Diligence
6 19 (52.78%) Risk Assessment
7 18 (50.00%) Business Continuity Management
7 18 (50.00%) Operations Management
7 18 (50.00%) Process Improvement
7 18 (50.00%) Supply Chain Management
8 7 (19.44%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (16.67%) Incident Response
10 4 (11.11%) Data Protection
10 4 (11.11%) Decision-Making
10 4 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
11 3 (8.33%) Data Analytics
11 3 (8.33%) Data Loss Prevention
11 3 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
11 3 (8.33%) Facilities Management
11 3 (8.33%) Security Monitoring
Qualifications
1 23 (63.89%) CISSP
2 20 (55.56%) CRISC
3 19 (52.78%) CISA
4 5 (13.89%) CISM
5 2 (5.56%) CESG Certified Professional
5 2 (5.56%) CISMP
5 2 (5.56%) Degree
5 2 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (2.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (2.78%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.78%) OSCP
6 1 (2.78%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (58.33%) NIST
2 9 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (11.11%) GDPR
4 2 (5.56%) GRC
4 2 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (5.56%) NCSC
4 2 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (2.78%) COBIT
5 1 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) Ansible
1 2 (5.56%) Terraform
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (8.33%) Meraki
2 2 (5.56%) Cisco
2 2 (5.56%) Google
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft