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

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 240 248 225
Rank change year-on-year +8 -23 +43
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 22 45 52
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.22% 0.41% 0.73%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.52% 2.74% 4.83%
Number of salaries quoted 14 34 41
10th Percentile £51,625 £40,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,813 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.10% +10.53% -10.38%
75th Percentile £76,935 £64,688 £62,500
90th Percentile £79,625 £75,250 £71,250
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 874 1,642 1,077
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.73% 15.09% 15.12%
Number of salaries quoted 481 693 789
10th Percentile £28,571 £26,500 £28,200
25th Percentile £33,125 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,256 £51,528
Median % change year-on-year +3.61% -6.35% +3.06%
75th Percentile £64,875 £63,750 £67,070
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £82,500
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 10 December 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 10 December 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 +29 12 £55,000 -12.00% 14
Yorkshire -13 10 £65,000 +23.81% 8
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 (9.09%) CMS
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Magento
1 2 (9.09%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.64%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) SaaS
3 1 (4.55%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (4.55%) AWS
3 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.55%) IaaS
3 1 (4.55%) Mimecast
3 1 (4.55%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Network Security
2 1 (4.55%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) GitLab
1 1 (4.55%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Retail
3 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Finance
3 4 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (13.64%) Marketing
5 2 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Advertising
6 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) IT Manager
2 3 (13.64%) Lead
2 3 (13.64%) Senior
3 2 (9.09%) Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Compliance Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Consultant
3 2 (9.09%) Development Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery Manager
3 2 (9.09%) E-Commerce Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Payments Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Security Consultant
3 2 (9.09%) Security Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Software Development Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Software Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Technical Leader
4 1 (4.55%) Information Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Security Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Security Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) .NET
2 1 (4.55%) AngularJS
2 1 (4.55%) Apache Cordova
2 1 (4.55%) ASP.NET
2 1 (4.55%) CSS
2 1 (4.55%) HTML
2 1 (4.55%) HTML5
2 1 (4.55%) Ionic Framework
2 1 (4.55%) jQuery
2 1 (4.55%) LDAP
2 1 (4.55%) RESTful
2 1 (4.55%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (13.64%) Security Posture
2 2 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (9.09%) EMV
2 2 (9.09%) SCADA
2 2 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.55%) Contactless
3 1 (4.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Linux
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
1 2 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (31.82%) DevOps
1 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (31.82%) Roadmaps
2 6 (27.27%) Agile
2 6 (27.27%) Information Security
3 5 (22.73%) E-Commerce
3 5 (22.73%) Mentoring
4 4 (18.18%) Business Continuity
4 4 (18.18%) Offensive Security
4 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (18.18%) User Experience
5 3 (13.64%) Cloud Security
5 3 (13.64%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (13.64%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (13.64%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (13.64%) Incident Response
5 3 (13.64%) OWASP
5 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
5 3 (13.64%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) C#
1 2 (9.09%) Java
1 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.55%) Bash
2 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.55%) Python
2 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) CISSP
2 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
2 1 (4.55%) CEH
2 1 (4.55%) CISA
2 1 (4.55%) CISM
2 1 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (4.55%) CRISC
2 1 (4.55%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) GCIA
2 1 (4.55%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (68.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (40.91%) GDPR
3 8 (36.36%) NIST
4 5 (22.73%) GRC
4 5 (22.73%) QA
5 3 (13.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (9.09%) SOC 2
7 1 (4.55%) Accessibility
7 1 (4.55%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) Squid
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.55%) Kibana
2 1 (4.55%) Nessus
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Sage
3 1 (4.55%) Adobe
3 1 (4.55%) New Relic
3 1 (4.55%) Proofpoint
3 1 (4.55%) Rapid7
3 1 (4.55%) Splunk
3 1 (4.55%) Tenable