PCI DSS Job Trends in the North of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring PCI DSS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 232 237
Rank change year-on-year +2 +5 +60
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 27 40 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.25% 0.44% 0.52%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.95% 2.63% 3.64%
Number of salaries quoted 21 28 35
10th Percentile £22,000 £39,150 -
25th Percentile £54,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -4.55% +14.58%
75th Percentile £78,750 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,250 £72,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £64,902
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.70% +8.17%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 914 1,519 1,210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.58% 16.66% 14.38%
Number of salaries quoted 502 604 895
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,378 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,625 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £63,965
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,070 £81,138
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £59,556
% change year-on-year -3.33% +0.75% +3.57%

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

PCI DSS job vacancy trend in the North of England

PCI DSS
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing PCI DSS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing PCI DSS

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PCI DSS in the North of England over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Salary histogram for PCI DSS in the North of England

PCI DSS
Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 10 January 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
North West +15 14 £75,000 +20.00% 10
Yorkshire -18 13 £59,000 +12.38% 6
PCI DSS
England

PCI DSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North 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 (14.81%) AWS
2 3 (11.11%) Azure
2 3 (11.11%) GCP
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.41%) SaaS
4 1 (3.70%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (3.70%) dbt
4 1 (3.70%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) DB2
1 1 (3.70%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (3.70%) Relational Database
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) GitLab
1 1 (3.70%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Finance
3 5 (18.52%) Retail
4 3 (11.11%) Marketing
5 1 (3.70%) Advertising
5 1 (3.70%) Banking
5 1 (3.70%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (18.52%) Architect
2 4 (14.81%) Compliance Manager
2 4 (14.81%) Lead
2 4 (14.81%) Security Architect
3 3 (11.11%) IT Architect
3 3 (11.11%) IT Security Architect
3 3 (11.11%) Senior
4 2 (7.41%) Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Development Manager
4 2 (7.41%) E-Commerce Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Payments Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) PCI DSS Specialist
4 2 (7.41%) Security Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Software Development Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Software Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Technical Leader
5 1 (3.70%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Data Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) .NET
2 1 (3.70%) AngularJS
2 1 (3.70%) Apache Cordova
2 1 (3.70%) ASP.NET
2 1 (3.70%) CSS
2 1 (3.70%) HTML
2 1 (3.70%) HTML5
2 1 (3.70%) Ionic Framework
2 1 (3.70%) jQuery
2 1 (3.70%) LDAP
2 1 (3.70%) RESTful
2 1 (3.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (7.41%) EMV
2 2 (7.41%) SCADA
2 2 (7.41%) Security Posture
2 2 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.70%) Contactless
3 1 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.70%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) Linux
1 2 (7.41%) Windows
1 2 (7.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (25.93%) DevOps
4 6 (22.22%) Agile
4 6 (22.22%) Information Security
4 6 (22.22%) Roadmaps
5 5 (18.52%) E-Commerce
5 5 (18.52%) Mentoring
5 5 (18.52%) Risk Management
6 4 (14.81%) Attestation
6 4 (14.81%) Data Protection
6 4 (14.81%) Fintech
6 4 (14.81%) Offensive Security
6 4 (14.81%) User Experience
7 3 (11.11%) B2C
7 3 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (11.11%) Software Engineering
7 3 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) Java
2 2 (7.41%) C#
2 2 (7.41%) SQL
3 1 (3.70%) Bash
3 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) CISSP
2 1 (3.70%) CISA
2 1 (3.70%) CISM
2 1 (3.70%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (33.33%) GRC
3 8 (29.63%) GDPR
4 5 (18.52%) QA
5 4 (14.81%) NIST
6 3 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (7.41%) SOC 2
8 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
8 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
8 1 (3.70%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Squid
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Kibana
1 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) Adobe
2 1 (3.70%) Databricks
2 1 (3.70%) New Relic
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle