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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 350 388
Rank change year-on-year +26 +38 -15
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 131 73 103
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.53% 0.44% 0.45%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.27% 2.43% 3.27%
Number of salaries quoted 93 64 50
10th Percentile £45,000 - £43,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £56,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.75% -5.42% +4.22%
75th Percentile £82,500 £74,063 £68,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £109,625 £78,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +21.74% -8.00% +19.05%

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 4,006 3,003 3,153
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.19% 18.13% 13.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,497 1,635 1,811
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,447 £47,500 £45,989
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,171 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.93% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £95,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - - -4.17%

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 28 September 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:

Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 31 (23.66%) SaaS
2 28 (21.37%) AWS
3 27 (20.61%) Azure
4 13 (9.92%) GCP
5 11 (8.40%) Entra ID
6 7 (5.34%) Mimecast
7 6 (4.58%) AWS CloudFormation
7 6 (4.58%) IaaS
7 6 (4.58%) PaaS
8 5 (3.82%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (2.29%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (2.29%) Google Compute Engine
9 3 (2.29%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 3 (2.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.53%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.76%) AWS CloudTrail
11 1 (0.76%) AWS KMS
11 1 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.76%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 29 (22.14%) Firewall
2 19 (14.50%) Network Security
3 18 (13.74%) VPN
4 8 (6.11%) Cisco ISE
5 6 (4.58%) DMZ
5 6 (4.58%) Wireless
6 4 (3.05%) SD-WAN
6 4 (3.05%) TCP/IP
6 4 (3.05%) WAN
7 3 (2.29%) BGP
7 3 (2.29%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (2.29%) HTTP
7 3 (2.29%) VLAN
8 2 (1.53%) DHCP
8 2 (1.53%) DNS
9 1 (0.76%) NAS
9 1 (0.76%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (4.58%) Burp Suite
1 6 (4.58%) Metasploit
1 6 (4.58%) TeamCity
2 3 (2.29%) Jenkins
General
1 53 (40.46%) Social Skills
2 35 (26.72%) Finance
3 23 (17.56%) Retail
4 22 (16.79%) Banking
5 21 (16.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (13.74%) Public Sector
7 14 (10.69%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (9.92%) Back Office
9 12 (9.16%) Law
9 12 (9.16%) Legal
10 7 (5.34%) Telecoms
11 6 (4.58%) Financial Institution
12 5 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.76%) French Language
14 1 (0.76%) German Language
Job Titles
1 18 (13.74%) Analyst
2 15 (11.45%) Consultant
3 13 (9.92%) Head of Operations
3 13 (9.92%) Head of Technology
3 13 (9.92%) Security Analyst
3 13 (9.92%) Security Specialist
4 12 (9.16%) Security Engineer
5 11 (8.40%) Information Analyst
5 11 (8.40%) Information Security Analyst
5 11 (8.40%) Senior
6 9 (6.87%) Security Consultant
7 8 (6.11%) Vulnerability Analyst
8 7 (5.34%) Architect
8 7 (5.34%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (5.34%) Information Officer
8 7 (5.34%) Information Security Officer
8 7 (5.34%) IT Security Specialist
8 7 (5.34%) Security Architect
8 7 (5.34%) Security Manager
8 7 (5.34%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.92%) Terraform
2 6 (4.58%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.53%) OpenTelemetry
3 2 (1.53%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 31 (23.66%) Security Posture
2 26 (19.85%) Cloud Native
3 21 (16.03%) Cyber Threat
3 21 (16.03%) Management Information System
4 10 (7.63%) Blog
4 10 (7.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 10 (7.63%) PKI
5 9 (6.87%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (6.87%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (6.11%) Cloud Security Posture
7 7 (5.34%) Freedom of Information
7 7 (5.34%) Freedom of Information Act
8 6 (4.58%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (3.05%) Data Centre
10 3 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (2.29%) Online Gambling
10 3 (2.29%) Video\Live Streaming
11 2 (1.53%) Operational Technology
11 2 (1.53%) Public Cloud
11 2 (1.53%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.16%) Windows
2 7 (5.34%) Linux
3 4 (3.05%) Kali Linux
4 2 (1.53%) Unix
4 2 (1.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (61.83%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (37.40%) Information Security
3 44 (33.59%) Risk Management
4 42 (32.06%) Vulnerability Management
5 40 (30.53%) Cloud Security
6 39 (29.77%) Incident Response
7 38 (29.01%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (25.95%) SIEM
9 28 (21.37%) Security Operations
10 27 (20.61%) Threat Modelling
11 26 (19.85%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (19.08%) Regulatory Compliance
13 22 (16.79%) Disaster Recovery
13 22 (16.79%) Zero Trust
14 20 (15.27%) Data Loss Prevention
14 20 (15.27%) Identity Access Management
14 20 (15.27%) Security Architecture
15 19 (14.50%) Stakeholder Management
16 18 (13.74%) ITIL
16 18 (13.74%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 16 (12.21%) Python
2 11 (8.40%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.58%) Bicep
3 6 (4.58%) Go
3 6 (4.58%) Java
4 5 (3.82%) Bash
5 3 (2.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (29.01%) CISSP
2 30 (22.90%) CISM
3 27 (20.61%) Security Cleared
4 19 (14.50%) SC Cleared
5 16 (12.21%) CRISC
6 11 (8.40%) DV Cleared
7 10 (7.63%) CISA
7 10 (7.63%) Degree
8 7 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (5.34%) CREST Certified
8 7 (5.34%) ISACA
9 6 (4.58%) AWS Certification
9 6 (4.58%) CHECK Team Member
9 6 (4.58%) OSCP
10 5 (3.82%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (3.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (3.05%) Azure Certification
11 4 (3.05%) CEH
11 4 (3.05%) CHECK Team Leader
12 3 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (70.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (52.67%) GDPR
3 62 (47.33%) NIST
4 33 (25.19%) GRC
5 31 (23.66%) Cyber Essentials
6 20 (15.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 20 (15.27%) SOC 2
7 18 (13.74%) NCSC
8 13 (9.92%) QA
9 12 (9.16%) COBIT
10 8 (6.11%) SOC 1
11 6 (4.58%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 6 (4.58%) JSP 440
12 3 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (1.53%) ISO 22301
13 2 (1.53%) ISO 9001
13 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 1 (0.76%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.76%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (4.58%) Docker
2 3 (2.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.76%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.76%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (9.92%) Kubernetes
1 13 (9.92%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (4.58%) Nmap
3 4 (3.05%) CASB
4 3 (2.29%) Grafana
5 2 (1.53%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.76%) Cilium
6 1 (0.76%) Nessus
Vendors
1 22 (16.79%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.92%) Cisco
3 10 (7.63%) Palo Alto
4 8 (6.11%) CrowdStrike
5 7 (5.34%) Google
6 4 (3.05%) Netskope
6 4 (3.05%) Zscaler
7 3 (2.29%) CheckPoint
7 3 (2.29%) Forcepoint
7 3 (2.29%) Qualys
7 3 (2.29%) Splunk
8 2 (1.53%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (1.53%) Tenable
8 2 (1.53%) VMware
9 1 (0.76%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.76%) NetApp