PCI DSS Jobs in the South East

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring PCI DSS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PCI DSS over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 331 300
Rank change year-on-year +22 -31 +86
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 14 49 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.14% 0.29% 0.53%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.62% 2.24% 3.57%
Number of salaries quoted 13 33 32
10th Percentile £51,750 £44,750 £41,875
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,750 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £111,450 £92,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +7.76% -7.20%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,242 2,187 1,793
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 21.75% 13.09% 14.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,241 1,467 1,059
10th Percentile £35,000 £24,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,606 £34,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £45,680 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.29% -8.64% -4.76%
75th Percentile £73,000 £61,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £81,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £54,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.09% +4.55%

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing PCI DSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for PCI DSS in the South East

PCI DSS
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PCI DSS in the South East.

Salary trend for PCI DSS in the South East

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing PCI DSS in the South East over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

Salary histogram for PCI DSS in the South East

PCI DSS
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PCI DSS within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 July 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
Thames Valley +20 8 £77,500 +10.71% 13
Oxfordshire +46 4 £97,500 +105.26% 3
Berkshire +8 4 £65,000 -23.53% 6
Hampshire +62 2 £57,500 -11.54% 6
West Sussex - 2 £71,250 - 1
East Sussex +26 1 £52,500 -19.23% 1
Kent +19 1 £47,500 -28.84% 1
PCI DSS
England

PCI DSS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.14%) IaaS
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) Power Automate
2 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.14%) PowerApps
2 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
1 2 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (7.14%) DMZ
2 1 (7.14%) DWDM
2 1 (7.14%) Internet
2 1 (7.14%) LAN
2 1 (7.14%) MPLS
2 1 (7.14%) SD-WAN
2 1 (7.14%) VLAN
2 1 (7.14%) VPN
2 1 (7.14%) WAN
2 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Burp Suite
1 1 (7.14%) Metasploit
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Automotive
3 1 (7.14%) Aviation
3 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Head of Cybersecurity
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Head of Security
3 2 (14.29%) Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Information Security Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Lead
3 2 (14.29%) Security Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Security Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Cloud Security Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Head of Operations
4 1 (7.14%) Head of Testing
4 1 (7.14%) Information Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Information Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Lead Network Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Security Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (21.43%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (7.14%) Cyberattack
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
2 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Kali Linux
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (35.71%) Information Security
2 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (28.57%) Incident Response
3 4 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 3 (21.43%) Cyber Resilience
4 3 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
4 3 (21.43%) Security Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Test Strategy
5 2 (14.29%) Agile
5 2 (14.29%) Application Security
5 2 (14.29%) High Availability
5 2 (14.29%) Identity Management
5 2 (14.29%) Resilience Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Secure Coding
5 2 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (14.29%) Threat Detection
5 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Bash
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) CISM
1 5 (35.71%) CISSP
2 4 (28.57%) Degree
3 3 (21.43%) CISA
3 3 (21.43%) CRISC
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
5 1 (7.14%) CCIE
5 1 (7.14%) CCNP
5 1 (7.14%) CEH
5 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (7.14%) GIAC
5 1 (7.14%) OSCP
5 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (42.86%) GDPR
2 6 (42.86%) NIST
3 3 (21.43%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (14.29%) GRC
4 2 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (7.14%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (7.14%) ISO 14001
5 1 (7.14%) ISO 22301
5 1 (7.14%) ISO 9001
5 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (7.14%) NCSC
5 1 (7.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (7.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Nessus
1 1 (7.14%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Qualys
2 1 (7.14%) VMware