PCI DSS Jobs in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 227 212
Rank change year-on-year +69 -15 +38
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 19 18 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.62% 0.27% 0.85%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.02% 1.90% 3.80%
Number of salaries quoted 10 14 9
10th Percentile £61,625 £46,000 £67,417
25th Percentile £65,000 £59,063 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £76,250 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.92% -19.74% +46.15%
75th Percentile £109,938 £121,875 £107,500
90th Percentile £161,875 £122,500 £110,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £71,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.77% +18.75% -

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 473 945 1,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.31% 14.07% 22.32%
Number of salaries quoted 205 560 522
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £35,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,500 £48,841
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -2.75% -11.20%
75th Percentile £83,750 £63,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,444 £85,000
South East median annual salary £62,000 £46,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +34.78% -9.80% -2.86%

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for PCI DSS in the Thames Valley

PCI DSS
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PCI DSS in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for PCI DSS in the Thames Valley

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing PCI DSS in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

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 4 May 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
Buckinghamshire +41 8 - - 1
Oxfordshire +48 7 £97,500 +105.26% 1
Berkshire +39 4 £65,000 -43.48% 3
PCI DSS
South East

PCI DSS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (42.11%) IBM Domino
Cloud Services
1 8 (42.11%) Azure
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) DMZ
1 1 (5.26%) DWDM
1 1 (5.26%) Firewall
1 1 (5.26%) Internet
1 1 (5.26%) LAN
1 1 (5.26%) MPLS
1 1 (5.26%) Network Security
1 1 (5.26%) SD-WAN
1 1 (5.26%) VPN
1 1 (5.26%) WAN
1 1 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
General
1 13 (68.42%) Social Skills
2 8 (42.11%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.26%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Analyst
1 8 (42.11%) IT Analyst
1 8 (42.11%) IT Security Analyst
1 8 (42.11%) Security Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Head of Cybersecurity
2 4 (21.05%) Head of Security
3 3 (15.79%) Lead
4 2 (10.53%) Test Leader
5 1 (5.26%) Chief Information Security Officer
5 1 (5.26%) Compliance Specialist
5 1 (5.26%) Head of Information
5 1 (5.26%) Head of Information Security
5 1 (5.26%) Head of Operations
5 1 (5.26%) Head of Testing
5 1 (5.26%) Lead Network Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (10.53%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (10.53%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.26%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (5.26%) e-Learning
3 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Cybersecurity
1 9 (47.37%) Information Security
2 8 (42.11%) ITIL
2 8 (42.11%) Security Operations
3 6 (31.58%) Incident Response
4 4 (21.05%) Cyber Resilience
4 4 (21.05%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (21.05%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (21.05%) Roadmaps
4 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (21.05%) Test Strategy
5 3 (15.79%) Resilience Testing
5 3 (15.79%) Strategic Thinking
5 3 (15.79%) Threat Detection
6 2 (10.53%) Computer Science
6 2 (10.53%) Digital Strategy
6 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (10.53%) SIEM
6 2 (10.53%) Strategic Roadmap
6 2 (10.53%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) CompTIA CySA+
2 5 (26.32%) Degree
3 3 (15.79%) CISM
3 3 (15.79%) CISSP
4 2 (10.53%) CISA
4 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (10.53%) CRISC
5 1 (5.26%) CCIE
5 1 (5.26%) CCNP
5 1 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (42.11%) GRC
1 8 (42.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (36.84%) NIST
3 3 (15.79%) GDPR
4 2 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (5.26%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (5.26%) ISO 14001
5 1 (5.26%) ISO 22301
5 1 (5.26%) ISO 9001
5 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (5.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (5.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.26%) VMware