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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 245 268 232
Rank change year-on-year +23 -36 +33
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 17 44 53
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.18% 0.36% 0.72%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.98% 2.53% 4.87%
Number of salaries quoted 11 34 42
10th Percentile £51,250 £40,500 £41,025
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% +10.53% -13.64%
75th Percentile £76,875 £64,688 £63,438
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,250 £72,375
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £63,701
% change year-on-year +4.00% -1.89% +1.92%

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 857 1,736 1,088
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 9.05% 14.25% 14.85%
Number of salaries quoted 489 731 799
10th Percentile £28,571 £25,000 £28,700
25th Percentile £33,125 £32,500 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £46,000 £50,803
Median % change year-on-year +5.98% -9.45% +1.61%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,081 £66,889
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £81,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

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 26 November 2025.

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 26 November 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
North West +33 11 £55,000 -12.00% 10
Yorkshire +2 6 £72,500 +38.10% 10
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) CMS
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Magento
1 2 (11.76%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) SaaS
3 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.88%) IaaS
3 1 (5.88%) Mimecast
3 1 (5.88%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Network Security
2 1 (5.88%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) GitLab
1 2 (11.76%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Marketing
2 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Retail
3 1 (5.88%) Advertising
3 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) IT Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Compliance Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Development Manager
2 2 (11.76%) DevOps Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery Manager
2 2 (11.76%) E-Commerce Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Lead
2 2 (11.76%) Payments Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Security Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Software Development Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Software Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Technical Leader
3 1 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Information Security Compliance Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Payments Business Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Security Compliance Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Security Manager
3 1 (5.88%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) .NET
1 2 (11.76%) LDAP
1 2 (11.76%) RESTful
1 2 (11.76%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (11.76%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.88%) Contactless
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (5.88%) EMV
3 1 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Roadmaps
2 5 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (29.41%) DevOps
2 5 (29.41%) E-Commerce
3 4 (23.53%) Agile
3 4 (23.53%) Business Continuity
3 4 (23.53%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (17.65%) B2C
4 3 (17.65%) Cloud Security
4 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
5 2 (11.76%) Data Protection
5 2 (11.76%) Digital Innovation
5 2 (11.76%) ERP
5 2 (11.76%) High Availability
5 2 (11.76%) OWASP
5 2 (11.76%) Project Management
5 2 (11.76%) Quality Management
5 2 (11.76%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 2 (11.76%) Bash
2 2 (11.76%) C#
2 2 (11.76%) Java
3 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) CISSP
2 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.88%) CEH
2 1 (5.88%) CISA
2 1 (5.88%) CISM
2 1 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (5.88%) CRISC
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) GCIA
2 1 (5.88%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (64.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (52.94%) GDPR
3 6 (35.29%) NIST
4 4 (23.53%) QA
5 3 (17.65%) GRC
6 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (5.88%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.76%) Squid
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Kibana
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.88%) Nessus
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) New Relic
2 2 (11.76%) Sage
3 1 (5.88%) Proofpoint
3 1 (5.88%) Rapid7
3 1 (5.88%) Splunk
3 1 (5.88%) Tenable