Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
South West > Somerset
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring PCI DSS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 18 | - | 59 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +16 |
| Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS | 55 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset | 9.02% | - | 0.19% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 63.95% | - | 1.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £92,500 | - | £48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £95,000 | - | £50,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +47.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £97,500 | - | £52,250 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South West median annual salary | £63,750 | £60,000 | £50,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.25% | +18.81% | -4.72% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Somerset
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 Somerset.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 86 | 30 | 91 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset | 14.10% | 7.43% | 17.30% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 12 | 20 | 66 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £29,750 | £26,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,760 | £39,250 | £32,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £49,096 | £55,000 | £50,224 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.73% | +9.51% | +0.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £88,650 | £61,875 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £115,500 | £73,750 | £70,750 |
| South West median annual salary | £52,500 | £53,148 | £52,396 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.22% | +1.44% | +4.79% |
PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PCI DSS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Somerset.
PCI DSS
Salary Trend in Somerset
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing PCI DSS.
PCI DSS
Job Locations in Somerset
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PCI DSS within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath | - | 39 | - | - | |
| Clevedon | - | 13 | - | - | |
| Weston-super-Mare | - | 13 | - | - | |
| Portishead | - | 8 | - | - | |
| PCI DSS South West |
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PCI DSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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: