Hybrid/Remote PCI DSS Job Trends

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring PCI DSS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 245 368 351
Rank change year-on-year +123 -17 +122
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 129 99 121
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.85% 0.51% 0.58%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.88% 3.24% 3.77%
Number of salaries quoted 61 48 108
10th Percentile - £50,875 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £56,750 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +9.24% -0.83%
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,625 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year - +7.44% -2.02%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,642 3,051 3,210
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.41% 15.67% 15.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,626 1,679 2,546
10th Percentile £34,864 £35,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,500 £78,938
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,900 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PCI DSS and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

PCI DSS job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

PCI DSS
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PCI DSS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PCI DSS

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PCI DSS over the 6 months to 30 November 2025.

PCI DSS salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

PCI DSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 28 (21.71%) AWS
2 19 (14.73%) Azure
3 13 (10.08%) SaaS
4 7 (5.43%) GCP
5 6 (4.65%) Amazon ECS
6 5 (3.88%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (3.10%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (3.10%) GitHub
7 4 (3.10%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (2.33%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (2.33%) Amazon S3
8 3 (2.33%) AWS Direct Connect
8 3 (2.33%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.33%) Route 53
8 3 (2.33%) Serverless
8 3 (2.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.55%) Amazon EventBridge
9 2 (1.55%) AWS Step Functions
9 2 (1.55%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (27.13%) Network Security
2 16 (12.40%) Firewall
3 4 (3.10%) BGP
3 4 (3.10%) DMZ
3 4 (3.10%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (3.10%) VPN
4 3 (2.33%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.33%) VLAN
5 1 (0.78%) LAN
5 1 (0.78%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.78%) WAN
5 1 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (2.33%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.78%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.78%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (3.10%) TeamCity
2 1 (0.78%) Jenkins
General
1 93 (72.09%) Finance
2 56 (43.41%) Banking
3 35 (27.13%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (24.81%) Public Sector
5 29 (22.48%) Marketing
6 26 (20.16%) Telecoms
7 25 (19.38%) Electronics
7 25 (19.38%) Manufacturing
8 14 (10.85%) Social Skills
9 12 (9.30%) Retail
10 11 (8.53%) Back Office
10 11 (8.53%) Financial Institution
11 10 (7.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (5.43%) Law
13 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.78%) Legal
13 1 (0.78%) Local Government
13 1 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.78%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 31 (24.03%) Consultant
2 30 (23.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 30 (23.26%) Security Consultant
3 12 (9.30%) Security Manager
4 11 (8.53%) Information Manager
4 11 (8.53%) Information Security Manager
5 9 (6.98%) Cloud Engineer
6 7 (5.43%) Analyst
6 7 (5.43%) Lead
7 6 (4.65%) Security Engineer
8 5 (3.88%) Security Analyst
8 5 (3.88%) Senior
9 4 (3.10%) Architect
9 4 (3.10%) Automation Engineer
9 4 (3.10%) Cloud Automation Engineer
9 4 (3.10%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 4 (3.10%) Compliance Manager
9 4 (3.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (2.33%) AWS Engineer
10 3 (2.33%) Operational Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.10%) RESTful
2 3 (2.33%) AngularJS
2 3 (2.33%) Node.js
2 3 (2.33%) React
3 2 (1.55%) Hugging Face
3 2 (1.55%) Kafka
3 2 (1.55%) Nuxt
3 2 (1.55%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (1.55%) Vue
4 1 (0.78%) .NET
4 1 (0.78%) Apache Cordova
4 1 (0.78%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.78%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.78%) CSS
4 1 (0.78%) HTML
4 1 (0.78%) HTML5
4 1 (0.78%) Ionic Framework
4 1 (0.78%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 25 (19.38%) Analytical Mindset
2 19 (14.73%) Cloud Native
3 13 (10.08%) Security Posture
4 7 (5.43%) Blog
5 6 (4.65%) Data Centre
5 6 (4.65%) PKI
6 5 (3.88%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (3.88%) Management Information System
7 4 (3.10%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (3.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (3.10%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.78%) Replication
9 1 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.55%) VMS
2 1 (0.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (49.61%) Information Security
2 62 (48.06%) Risk Management
3 51 (39.53%) Due Diligence
3 51 (39.53%) Roadmaps
4 49 (37.98%) Risk Assessment
5 48 (37.21%) Cybersecurity
6 47 (36.43%) Business Continuity
7 45 (34.88%) Business Continuity Management
7 45 (34.88%) Operations Management
7 45 (34.88%) Process Improvement
7 45 (34.88%) Supply Chain Management
8 33 (25.58%) Vulnerability Management
9 26 (20.16%) Business Intelligence
9 26 (20.16%) Digital Marketing
9 26 (20.16%) Mentoring
10 25 (19.38%) Programme Management
11 17 (13.18%) CI/CD
11 17 (13.18%) Cloud Security
12 16 (12.40%) Infrastructure as Code
13 15 (11.63%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.75%) Python
2 7 (5.43%) Go
3 4 (3.10%) Bash
3 4 (3.10%) Java
4 2 (1.55%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.55%) SQL
5 1 (0.78%) Bicep
5 1 (0.78%) C#
5 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 90 (69.77%) CISSP
2 54 (41.86%) CISA
3 51 (39.53%) CRISC
4 31 (24.03%) Security Cleared
5 30 (23.26%) CEH
6 29 (22.48%) CompTIA Security+
7 16 (12.40%) CISM
8 8 (6.20%) AWS Certification
9 4 (3.10%) DV Cleared
10 3 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (2.33%) Degree
10 3 (2.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 3 (2.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 3 (2.33%) SC Cleared
11 2 (1.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (1.55%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (1.55%) Azure Certification
11 2 (1.55%) CCSP
11 2 (1.55%) CESG Certified Professional
11 2 (1.55%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (76.74%) NIST
2 75 (58.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (17.83%) GDPR
4 18 (13.95%) SOC 2
5 15 (11.63%) GRC
6 12 (9.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (6.98%) NCSC
8 6 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (3.10%) JSP 440
10 3 (2.33%) SLA
11 2 (1.55%) COBIT
11 2 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.78%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (13.18%) Terraform
2 10 (7.75%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.10%) Cilium
4 3 (2.33%) Ansible
5 1 (0.78%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 25 (19.38%) SAP
2 4 (3.10%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.33%) Palo Alto
4 2 (1.55%) Google
4 2 (1.55%) OpenAI
4 2 (1.55%) Tenable
5 1 (0.78%) Adobe
5 1 (0.78%) Aruba
5 1 (0.78%) Cisco
5 1 (0.78%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.78%) Meraki
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle
5 1 (0.78%) SolarWinds
5 1 (0.78%) Splunk
5 1 (0.78%) VMware