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 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 260 316
Rank change year-on-year -16 +56 +25
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 47 36 64
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.25% 0.46% 0.38%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.06% 2.75% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 44 23 52
10th Percentile £27,363 £48,300 £24,840
25th Percentile £53,125 £53,375 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year - +31.31% +7.61%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,693 £64,688
90th Percentile £79,274 £95,779 £85,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% +12.00% +12.73%

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 1,538 1,310 2,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.16% 16.88% 13.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,022 609 1,638
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,700 £26,250
25th Percentile £39,181 £34,755 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +9.47% -5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,250 £82,548
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 28 £72,500 +11.54% 15
Yorkshire -48 19 £57,500 -19.01% 2
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 15 (31.91%) AWS
2 8 (17.02%) Azure
3 7 (14.89%) GCP
4 3 (6.38%) SaaS
5 2 (4.26%) BrowserStack
5 2 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.13%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (2.13%) dbt
6 1 (2.13%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) DB2
1 1 (2.13%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Git
1 2 (4.26%) GitLab
1 2 (4.26%) Jenkins
1 2 (4.26%) JIRA
1 2 (4.26%) JUnit
1 2 (4.26%) Postman
1 2 (4.26%) Selenium
General
1 15 (31.91%) Social Skills
2 9 (19.15%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (19.15%) Retail
3 6 (12.77%) Finance
4 4 (8.51%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (6.38%) Marketing
6 1 (2.13%) Banking
6 1 (2.13%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (25.53%) Architect
2 11 (23.40%) Security Architect
2 11 (23.40%) Senior
3 7 (14.89%) AWS Architect
3 7 (14.89%) AWS Security Architect
3 7 (14.89%) IT Architect
3 7 (14.89%) IT Security Architect
4 4 (8.51%) Analyst
4 4 (8.51%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 4 (8.51%) E-Commerce Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Security Manager
4 4 (8.51%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) Applications Support
5 3 (6.38%) E-Commerce Support
5 3 (6.38%) Senior Applications Support
5 3 (6.38%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (6.38%) Senior Security Analyst
5 3 (6.38%) Support Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.77%) CSS
1 6 (12.77%) HTML
2 4 (8.51%) .NET
2 4 (8.51%) AngularJS
2 4 (8.51%) HTML5
2 4 (8.51%) jQuery
3 1 (2.13%) Apache Cordova
3 1 (2.13%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.13%) Ionic Framework
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.64%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (8.51%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (8.51%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (8.51%) SCADA
3 3 (6.38%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.26%) EMV
4 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.26%) Taxonomies
5 1 (2.13%) Contactless
5 1 (2.13%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.13%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.51%) Linux
1 4 (8.51%) Windows
1 4 (8.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (38.30%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (19.15%) User Experience
3 8 (17.02%) E-Commerce
3 8 (17.02%) Incident Response
4 7 (14.89%) DevOps
4 7 (14.89%) Vulnerability Management
5 6 (12.77%) Analytics
5 6 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (12.77%) Digital Analytics
5 6 (12.77%) Fintech
5 6 (12.77%) Information Security
5 6 (12.77%) Offensive Security
5 6 (12.77%) Security Testing
6 5 (10.64%) Agile
6 5 (10.64%) CRM
6 5 (10.64%) Customer Experience
6 5 (10.64%) ERP
6 5 (10.64%) OWASP
6 5 (10.64%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.51%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.26%) Java
2 2 (4.26%) SQL
3 1 (2.13%) C#
3 1 (2.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (8.51%) Degree
2 2 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (4.26%) ISTQB
2 2 (4.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (4.26%) PCI QSA
3 1 (2.13%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (38.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (21.28%) GDPR
2 10 (21.28%) GRC
3 6 (12.77%) NIST
3 6 (12.77%) QA
3 6 (12.77%) SOC 2
4 4 (8.51%) Data Quality
5 3 (6.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (4.26%) ISO 22301
6 2 (4.26%) ISO 9001
6 2 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (2.13%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (8.51%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.26%) Qualys
3 1 (2.13%) Adobe
3 1 (2.13%) Databricks
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle