PCI DSS Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 313 466 444
Rank change year-on-year +153 -22 +79
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 84 126 244
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.56% 0.37% 0.57%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.08% 2.93% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 58 100 209
10th Percentile £50,000 £40,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £49,688 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,246 £57,500 £64,750
Median % change year-on-year +25.64% -11.20% +7.92%
75th Percentile £91,188 £73,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £130,250 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £59,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% +5.04% -0.83%

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 2,731 4,300 6,301
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.26% 12.71% 14.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,721 3,268 4,262
10th Percentile £37,170 £34,675 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,778 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

PCI DSS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing PCI DSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PCI DSS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

PCI DSS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing PCI DSS.

PCI DSS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing PCI DSS over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

PCI DSS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

PCI DSS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 7 (8.33%) SAS
2 1 (1.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (10.71%) Acrobat
1 9 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (32.14%) Azure
2 14 (16.67%) AWS
3 12 (14.29%) GCP
4 11 (13.10%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (10.71%) Google Workspace
6 5 (5.95%) Azure AKS
7 4 (4.76%) GitHub
7 4 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (4.76%) SaaS
8 3 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (3.57%) WhatsApp
9 2 (2.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (2.38%) Power Platform
10 1 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (1.19%) Amazon ElastiCache
10 1 (1.19%) Amazon S3
10 1 (1.19%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (16.67%) Firewall
2 11 (13.10%) Network Security
3 9 (10.71%) Intranet
4 5 (5.95%) VPN
5 4 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (4.76%) Wireless
6 3 (3.57%) BGP
6 3 (3.57%) EIGRP
6 3 (3.57%) LAN
6 3 (3.57%) OSPF
6 3 (3.57%) SD-WAN
6 3 (3.57%) WAN
6 3 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (2.38%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (2.38%) MPLS
8 1 (1.19%) SSL
8 1 (1.19%) VLAN
8 1 (1.19%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.33%) NoSQL
2 6 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (4.76%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (2.38%) Power BI
4 2 (2.38%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (1.19%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.19%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (2.38%) ERwin
1 2 (2.38%) JIRA
2 1 (1.19%) Git
General
1 45 (53.57%) Social Skills
2 33 (39.29%) Finance
3 17 (20.24%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (16.67%) Retail
5 12 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (13.10%) Legal
7 9 (10.71%) Law
8 8 (9.52%) Banking
9 3 (3.57%) Marketing
9 3 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.38%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.19%) Aviation
11 1 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.19%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 15 (17.86%) Architect
2 12 (14.29%) Analyst
3 11 (13.10%) Lead
3 11 (13.10%) Security Manager
4 10 (11.90%) Security Analyst
5 9 (10.71%) Compliance Advisor
5 9 (10.71%) Lead Architect
5 9 (10.71%) Security Advisor
5 9 (10.71%) Security Engineer
5 9 (10.71%) Senior
6 8 (9.52%) Information Analyst
6 8 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (8.33%) Enterprise Management Architect
7 7 (8.33%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
7 7 (8.33%) Lead Solutions Architect
8 6 (7.14%) Information Manager
8 6 (7.14%) Information Security Analyst
8 6 (7.14%) Information Security Manager
8 6 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (7.14%) Senior Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.95%) Azure Blueprints
2 4 (4.76%) .NET
2 4 (4.76%) AngularJS
2 4 (4.76%) Node.js
3 1 (1.19%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.05%) Management Information System
2 11 (13.10%) Cyber Threat
2 11 (13.10%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (10.71%) e-Learning
4 8 (9.52%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (9.52%) Security Posture
5 7 (8.33%) Credit Risk
5 7 (8.33%) Market Risk
5 7 (8.33%) Product Ownership
6 5 (5.95%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (3.57%) Data Centre
7 3 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (3.57%) Mobile App
8 2 (2.38%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.19%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (1.19%) Cyberattack
9 1 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (1.19%) Private Cloud
9 1 (1.19%) Replication
9 1 (1.19%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.95%) VMS
2 1 (1.19%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (55.95%) Information Security
2 28 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 28 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 25 (29.76%) Cybersecurity
4 22 (26.19%) Cloud Security
5 20 (23.81%) Data Protection
6 18 (21.43%) DevOps
7 17 (20.24%) Agile
8 16 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (17.86%) CI/CD
9 15 (17.86%) Incident Response
9 15 (17.86%) Security Management
10 14 (16.67%) Data Security
10 14 (16.67%) Security Architecture
11 12 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
11 12 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
12 10 (11.90%) Analytics
12 10 (11.90%) Infrastructure as Code
12 10 (11.90%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 16 (19.05%) Python
2 14 (16.67%) SQL
3 7 (8.33%) R
4 6 (7.14%) PowerShell
5 5 (5.95%) Bash
5 5 (5.95%) TypeScript
6 4 (4.76%) C#
7 2 (2.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.19%) Bicep
8 1 (1.19%) Go
8 1 (1.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (39.29%) CISSP
2 28 (33.33%) CISM
3 12 (14.29%) CRISC
3 12 (14.29%) Degree
4 8 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 7 (8.33%) CCSP
6 6 (7.14%) CISA
7 5 (5.95%) AWS Certification
8 4 (4.76%) CISMP
8 4 (4.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 4 (4.76%) OSCP
9 3 (3.57%) CEH
9 3 (3.57%) CHECK Team Leader
9 3 (3.57%) CHECK Team Member
9 3 (3.57%) CREST Certified
9 3 (3.57%) ISSAP
9 3 (3.57%) Security Cleared
9 3 (3.57%) SSCP
10 2 (2.38%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 50 (59.52%) GDPR
3 36 (42.86%) NIST
4 30 (35.71%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (20.24%) GRC
6 13 (15.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (10.71%) PERC
8 7 (8.33%) Basel II
8 7 (8.33%) Basel III
8 7 (8.33%) Dodd-Frank
8 7 (8.33%) IFRS
8 7 (8.33%) IFRS 9
8 7 (8.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (8.33%) SOC 2
9 5 (5.95%) NCSC
10 4 (4.76%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (4.76%) COBIT
11 2 (2.38%) Accessibility
11 2 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (1.19%) HIPAA
System Software
1 5 (5.95%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (2.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (14.29%) Terraform
2 11 (13.10%) Kubernetes
3 5 (5.95%) CASB
3 5 (5.95%) Istio
3 5 (5.95%) linkerd
4 1 (1.19%) Ansible
4 1 (1.19%) Nessus
Vendors
1 23 (27.38%) Microsoft
2 14 (16.67%) Google
3 9 (10.71%) Adobe
3 9 (10.71%) OneTrust
4 4 (4.76%) Cisco
5 3 (3.57%) Palo Alto
5 3 (3.57%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (2.38%) Databricks
6 2 (2.38%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.38%) Juniper
7 1 (1.19%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.19%) Dell
7 1 (1.19%) Meraki
7 1 (1.19%) Oracle
7 1 (1.19%) Tenable