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 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 310 442
Rank change year-on-year +84 +132 +25
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 161 83 120
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.96% 0.65% 0.39%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.32% 3.64% 2.83%
Number of salaries quoted 73 53 107
10th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £40,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +26.09% -11.20%
75th Percentile £95,000 £88,750 £73,750
90th Percentile - £104,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £73,750 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.36% +12.00% -2.99%

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 3,026 2,283 4,240
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.96% 17.77% 13.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,780 1,547 3,274
10th Percentile £35,750 £35,900 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +6.09% -4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -8.70%

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 2 April 2026.

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.24%) Confluence
2 1 (0.62%) CMS
2 1 (0.62%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 50 (31.06%) AWS
2 39 (24.22%) Azure
3 36 (22.36%) SaaS
4 14 (8.70%) GCP
5 7 (4.35%) Amazon S3
5 7 (4.35%) AWS CloudFormation
5 7 (4.35%) GitHub
5 7 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (3.73%) Amazon EC2
6 6 (3.73%) Amazon ECS
6 6 (3.73%) Amazon EKS
6 6 (3.73%) AWS Direct Connect
6 6 (3.73%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (3.73%) Route 53
6 6 (3.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 5 (3.11%) IaaS
7 5 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (3.11%) PaaS
8 3 (1.86%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 22 (13.66%) Firewall
2 15 (9.32%) Network Security
3 12 (7.45%) VPN
4 7 (4.35%) VLAN
5 6 (3.73%) BGP
5 6 (3.73%) DMZ
5 6 (3.73%) TCP/IP
6 4 (2.48%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (1.86%) HTTP
7 3 (1.86%) LAN
7 3 (1.86%) RTP
7 3 (1.86%) SCCP
7 3 (1.86%) Unified Communications
7 3 (1.86%) VoIP
7 3 (1.86%) WAN
7 3 (1.86%) Wireshark
8 2 (1.24%) DMVPN
8 2 (1.24%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.24%) WLAN
9 1 (0.62%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.35%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.48%) MySQL
3 3 (1.86%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.62%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.48%) Git
1 4 (2.48%) TeamCity
2 1 (0.62%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.62%) JIRA
General
1 77 (47.83%) Finance
2 74 (45.96%) Banking
3 45 (27.95%) Social Skills
4 32 (19.88%) Retail
5 29 (18.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (16.15%) Back Office
6 26 (16.15%) Financial Institution
7 24 (14.91%) Law
8 17 (10.56%) Telecoms
9 15 (9.32%) Public Sector
10 9 (5.59%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (1.86%) Aviation
12 1 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.62%) Legal
12 1 (0.62%) Local Government
12 1 (0.62%) Marketing
12 1 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.62%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 21 (13.04%) Analyst
2 20 (12.42%) Lead
3 19 (11.80%) Security Analyst
4 13 (8.07%) Consultant
4 13 (8.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (7.45%) AWS Engineer
5 12 (7.45%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (6.21%) Architect
6 10 (6.21%) Security Consultant
7 9 (5.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 9 (5.59%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 9 (5.59%) Information Analyst
7 9 (5.59%) Information Security Analyst
7 9 (5.59%) Senior
8 8 (4.97%) Cloud Engineer
8 8 (4.97%) Security Architect
9 7 (4.35%) Security Manager
10 6 (3.73%) Azure Engineer
10 6 (3.73%) Head of Professional Services
10 6 (3.73%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.73%) RESTful
2 4 (2.48%) .NET
2 4 (2.48%) AngularJS
2 4 (2.48%) ARM Templates
2 4 (2.48%) CSS
2 4 (2.48%) HTML
2 4 (2.48%) HTML5
2 4 (2.48%) jQuery
3 3 (1.86%) Django
3 3 (1.86%) Flask
3 3 (1.86%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (1.86%) Jinja
3 3 (1.86%) OAuth
3 3 (1.86%) OAuth2
3 3 (1.86%) pytest
3 3 (1.86%) REST
3 3 (1.86%) RFC 2833
3 3 (1.86%) SQLAlchemy
3 3 (1.86%) WebRTC
4 1 (0.62%) Apache Cordova
Miscellaneous
1 32 (19.88%) Cloud Native
2 24 (14.91%) Blog
3 14 (8.70%) Security Posture
4 13 (8.07%) Management Information System
4 13 (8.07%) PKI
5 12 (7.45%) Data Centre
5 12 (7.45%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (5.59%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (3.73%) Cloud Security Posture
7 6 (3.73%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (1.86%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.86%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.86%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.24%) NHS
9 2 (1.24%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.62%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.62%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.97%) Linux
2 6 (3.73%) Windows
3 3 (1.86%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (50.93%) Information Security
2 75 (46.58%) Risk Management
3 52 (32.30%) Risk Assessment
4 51 (31.68%) Process Improvement
5 50 (31.06%) Cybersecurity
6 49 (30.43%) Business Continuity
7 48 (29.81%) Due Diligence
7 48 (29.81%) Operations Management
7 48 (29.81%) Roadmaps
8 45 (27.95%) Business Continuity Management
8 45 (27.95%) Supply Chain Management
9 28 (17.39%) Cloud Security
10 25 (15.53%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (15.53%) Infrastructure as Code
11 23 (14.29%) CI/CD
11 23 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
12 21 (13.04%) Security Architecture
13 20 (12.42%) Containerisation
13 20 (12.42%) RBAC
13 20 (12.42%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 19 (11.80%) Python
2 13 (8.07%) Java
3 10 (6.21%) Go
4 6 (3.73%) PowerShell
5 5 (3.11%) Bash
6 4 (2.48%) Bicep
6 4 (2.48%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.86%) C
7 3 (1.86%) C++
8 1 (0.62%) C#
8 1 (0.62%) SQL
8 1 (0.62%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 73 (45.34%) CISSP
2 58 (36.02%) CISA
3 54 (33.54%) CRISC
4 19 (11.80%) Security Cleared
5 16 (9.94%) CISM
6 13 (8.07%) SC Cleared
7 12 (7.45%) DV Cleared
8 11 (6.83%) AWS Certification
9 9 (5.59%) Azure Certification
9 9 (5.59%) Degree
10 7 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (4.35%) CREST Certified
10 7 (4.35%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (3.73%) CEH
12 5 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (1.86%) CCSP
13 3 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (1.86%) GCIA
13 3 (1.86%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (54.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 87 (54.04%) NIST
2 41 (25.47%) GRC
3 37 (22.98%) GDPR
4 31 (19.25%) SOC 2
5 22 (13.66%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (11.80%) NCSC
7 11 (6.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (3.73%) Data Quality
8 6 (3.73%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 6 (3.73%) JSP 440
9 3 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (1.86%) QA
9 3 (1.86%) SLA
10 1 (0.62%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.62%) COBIT
10 1 (0.62%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.62%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (6.21%) Docker
2 6 (3.73%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.86%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 29 (18.01%) Terraform
2 17 (10.56%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.48%) Ansible
3 4 (2.48%) Cilium
4 3 (1.86%) Argo
4 3 (1.86%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.62%) CASB
5 1 (0.62%) Grafana
5 1 (0.62%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.62%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 17 (10.56%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.73%) Google
3 3 (1.86%) BT
3 3 (1.86%) Fortinet
3 3 (1.86%) Meraki
3 3 (1.86%) Mitel
3 3 (1.86%) Palo Alto
3 3 (1.86%) Salesforce
3 3 (1.86%) Tenable
4 2 (1.24%) Cisco
4 2 (1.24%) Splunk
5 1 (0.62%) Adobe
5 1 (0.62%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.62%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.62%) VMware
5 1 (0.62%) Xero