PCI DSS Job Trends in the South East

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring PCI DSS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 259 341
Rank change year-on-year -3 +82 -62
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 56 19 49
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.36% 0.22% 0.29%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.31% 1.54% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 47 16 34
10th Percentile £43,750 £48,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £53,750 £55,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,813 £78,438
90th Percentile £85,000 £139,375 £91,875
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% +7.76%

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 1,690 1,237 2,205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 10.84% 14.55% 12.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,171 674 1,485
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70,250 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £58,589 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year +1.89% +7.48% -6.96%

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PCI DSS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

PCI DSS job vacancy trend in the South East

PCI DSS
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing PCI DSS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing PCI DSS

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing PCI DSS in the South East over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

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 10 July 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
West Sussex 0 21 £67,500 -5.26% 1
Hampshire -24 14 £67,500 +17.39% 4
Thames Valley +12 10 £65,000 -18.75%
Berkshire +13 8 £65,000 -
Surrey - 8 £60,000 -
Kent -21 3 - -
Buckinghamshire - 2 - -
PCI DSS
England

PCI DSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (3.57%) IIS
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 13 (23.21%) Azure
2 9 (16.07%) AWS
3 8 (14.29%) AWS CloudFormation
3 8 (14.29%) IaaS
3 8 (14.29%) PaaS
4 5 (8.93%) Cloudflare
4 5 (8.93%) GCP
5 4 (7.14%) GitHub
5 4 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (5.36%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (3.57%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (3.57%) Entra ID
7 2 (3.57%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 2 (3.57%) Google Tag Manager
7 2 (3.57%) SaaS
8 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.07%) Firewall
2 8 (14.29%) VPN
3 3 (5.36%) HTTP
3 3 (5.36%) RTP
3 3 (5.36%) Unified Communications
3 3 (5.36%) VoIP
3 3 (5.36%) Wireshark
4 2 (3.57%) DNS
4 2 (3.57%) Network Security
4 2 (3.57%) SAN
4 2 (3.57%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.79%) IP Telephony
5 1 (1.79%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.14%) MySQL
2 3 (5.36%) MongoDB
3 2 (3.57%) MariaDB
3 2 (3.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Git
2 2 (3.57%) JIRA
2 2 (3.57%) PHPUnit
2 2 (3.57%) Yeoman
General
1 18 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 11 (19.64%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (17.86%) Finance
4 8 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (5.36%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.57%) Banking
6 2 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.57%) Law
6 2 (3.57%) Legal
6 2 (3.57%) Retail
7 1 (1.79%) Advertising
7 1 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 10 (17.86%) Security Manager
1 10 (17.86%) Senior
2 9 (16.07%) Analyst
2 9 (16.07%) Cloud Engineer
3 6 (10.71%) CloudOps Engineer
3 6 (10.71%) Operations Engineer
3 6 (10.71%) Security Analyst
4 5 (8.93%) Azure Engineer
4 5 (8.93%) Compliance Manager
4 5 (8.93%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 5 (8.93%) Developer
4 5 (8.93%) Information Manager
4 5 (8.93%) Information Security Compliance Manager
4 5 (8.93%) Information Security Manager
4 5 (8.93%) Security Assurance Manager
4 5 (8.93%) Security Compliance Manager
4 5 (8.93%) Security Specialist
5 4 (7.14%) Consultant
5 4 (7.14%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 4 (7.14%) Senior Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (14.29%) ARM Templates
2 3 (5.36%) Django
2 3 (5.36%) Flask
2 3 (5.36%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (5.36%) Jinja
2 3 (5.36%) OAuth
2 3 (5.36%) OAuth2
2 3 (5.36%) pytest
2 3 (5.36%) REST
2 3 (5.36%) RFC 2833
2 3 (5.36%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (5.36%) WebRTC
3 2 (3.57%) AWS CDK
3 2 (3.57%) CSS
3 2 (3.57%) HTML
3 2 (3.57%) LAMP
3 2 (3.57%) Sass
4 1 (1.79%) JSON
4 1 (1.79%) Laravel
4 1 (1.79%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.86%) Cloud Native
1 10 (17.86%) Security Posture
2 9 (16.07%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (10.71%) Management Information System
4 5 (8.93%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (7.14%) Driving Licence
6 3 (5.36%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (3.57%) Data Centre
7 2 (3.57%) NHS
7 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
7 2 (3.57%) Operational Technology
7 2 (3.57%) Product Ownership
7 2 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.79%) CCTV
8 1 (1.79%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.79%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.29%) Linux
2 5 (8.93%) Windows
2 5 (8.93%) Windows Server
3 3 (5.36%) Ubuntu
4 2 (3.57%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (41.07%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (39.29%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (37.50%) Information Security
4 18 (32.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (26.79%) CI/CD
5 15 (26.79%) DevOps
6 14 (25.00%) Cloud Security
6 14 (25.00%) Security Operations
7 12 (21.43%) Containerisation
7 12 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (21.43%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 11 (19.64%) Analytics
8 11 (19.64%) Infrastructure as Code
8 11 (19.64%) Vulnerability Management
9 9 (16.07%) Computer Science
9 9 (16.07%) Identity Access Management
10 8 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
10 8 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
10 8 (14.29%) Risk Management
10 8 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (21.43%) Python
2 9 (16.07%) PowerShell
3 8 (14.29%) Bicep
4 5 (8.93%) PHP
4 5 (8.93%) SQL
5 3 (5.36%) C
5 3 (5.36%) C++
5 3 (5.36%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.79%) Bash
Qualifications
1 16 (28.57%) Degree
2 9 (16.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (10.71%) CISM
3 6 (10.71%) CREST Certified
4 5 (8.93%) CISSP
5 3 (5.36%) HNC
5 3 (5.36%) OSCP
5 3 (5.36%) Security Cleared
6 2 (3.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (3.57%) CISA
6 2 (3.57%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (3.57%) CRISC
6 2 (3.57%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.79%) SANS
7 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (41.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (32.14%) GDPR
2 18 (32.14%) NIST
3 13 (23.21%) SOC 2
4 7 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (12.50%) GRC
5 5 (8.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (8.93%) NCSC
6 3 (5.36%) SOC 3
7 1 (1.79%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.79%) ISO 20022
7 1 (1.79%) ISO 8583
7 1 (1.79%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.79%) QA
System Software
1 16 (28.57%) Docker
2 3 (5.36%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.36%) Kamailio
3 2 (3.57%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (28.57%) Terraform
2 13 (23.21%) Kubernetes
3 5 (8.93%) Argo
4 3 (5.36%) Ansible
4 3 (5.36%) Nagios
5 2 (3.57%) Grafana
5 2 (3.57%) Istio
5 2 (3.57%) Kustomize
5 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (3.57%) Prometheus
5 2 (3.57%) Puppet
6 1 (1.79%) CASB
Vendors
1 17 (30.36%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.14%) Google
3 3 (5.36%) BT
3 3 (5.36%) Fortinet
3 3 (5.36%) Mitel
4 2 (3.57%) CA Agile Central
4 2 (3.57%) OneTrust
4 2 (3.57%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.57%) Veeam