PCI DSS Job Trends in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring PCI DSS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 172 216
Rank change year-on-year +10 +44 -16
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 9 13 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.16% 0.38% 0.31%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.74% 2.70% 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 5 10 15
10th Percentile £51,750 £61,625 £46,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £65,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +10.34% -23.68%
75th Percentile £85,000 £109,938 £121,250
90th Percentile - £161,875 £122,500
South East median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year - -5.45% +7.25%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 516 481 914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.10% 14.18% 14.03%
Number of salaries quoted 310 206 546
10th Percentile £33,238 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +36.84% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £83,750 £63,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,375 £76,875
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +22.22% -10.75%

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

PCI DSS job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

PCI DSS
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PCI DSS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PCI DSS

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing PCI DSS in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Salary histogram for PCI DSS in the Thames Valley

PCI DSS
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PCI DSS within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 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
Berkshire +16 7 £55,000 -15.38%
Buckinghamshire -9 2 - -
PCI DSS
South East

PCI DSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (22.22%) AWS
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (11.11%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Legal
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Compliance Manager
1 5 (55.56%) Information Manager
1 5 (55.56%) Information Security Compliance Manager
1 5 (55.56%) Information Security Manager
1 5 (55.56%) Security Compliance Manager
1 5 (55.56%) Security Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Security Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Head of Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Head of Software Engineering
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Laravel
1 1 (11.11%) Next.js
1 1 (11.11%) React
1 1 (11.11%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Information Security
2 3 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 3 (33.33%) SDLC
3 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (22.22%) Incident Response
3 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) Security Operations
3 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Application Security
4 1 (11.11%) Identity Management
4 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
4 1 (11.11%) Scrum
4 1 (11.11%) Security Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (11.11%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
1 1 (11.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) CISM
2 2 (22.22%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (11.11%) CCSP
3 1 (11.11%) CEH
3 1 (11.11%) CISA
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (11.11%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) GDPR
2 5 (55.56%) SOC 2
3 3 (33.33%) GRC
3 3 (33.33%) NIST
4 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Google
1 1 (11.11%) Palo Alto
1 1 (11.11%) Tenable