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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 351 367
Rank change year-on-year +100 +16 +84
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 124 90 122
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.82% 0.55% 0.56%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.63% 3.22% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 45 48 111
10th Percentile - £51,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £60,938 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £68,429 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% +14.05% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £79,313 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,000 £93,942 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £63,561
% change year-on-year - +2.26% +5.94%

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 2,680 2,798 3,156
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.69% 17.03% 14.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,621 1,496 2,482
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,250 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.40% +4.17% +2.56%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -2.50% +3.51% +0.81%

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 14 January 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 (1.61%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 38 (30.65%) AWS
2 29 (23.39%) Azure
3 17 (13.71%) SaaS
4 9 (7.26%) GCP
5 5 (4.03%) Amazon EKS
5 5 (4.03%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (3.23%) Amazon ECS
6 4 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (3.23%) GitHub
6 4 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.42%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (2.42%) Amazon S3
7 3 (2.42%) AWS Direct Connect
7 3 (2.42%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (2.42%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.42%) IaaS
7 3 (2.42%) Route 53
7 3 (2.42%) Serverless
7 3 (2.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (20.97%) Network Security
2 23 (18.55%) Firewall
3 7 (5.65%) VPN
4 6 (4.84%) DMZ
5 4 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (3.23%) VLAN
6 3 (2.42%) BGP
6 3 (2.42%) LAN
6 3 (2.42%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.42%) WAN
7 2 (1.61%) DMVPN
7 2 (1.61%) SCCP
7 2 (1.61%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.61%) WLAN
8 1 (0.81%) DNS
8 1 (0.81%) SAN
8 1 (0.81%) SSL
8 1 (0.81%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (2.42%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.81%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.81%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (3.23%) TeamCity
2 1 (0.81%) Jenkins
General
1 82 (66.13%) Finance
2 62 (50.00%) Banking
3 22 (17.74%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (16.13%) Public Sector
5 19 (15.32%) Retail
6 16 (12.90%) Back Office
6 16 (12.90%) Financial Institution
7 15 (12.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (10.48%) Marketing
9 12 (9.68%) Law
9 12 (9.68%) Social Skills
9 12 (9.68%) Telecoms
10 11 (8.87%) Electronics
10 11 (8.87%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.61%) Aviation
11 2 (1.61%) Legal
12 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.81%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 19 (15.32%) Consultant
2 17 (13.71%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 17 (13.71%) Security Consultant
3 11 (8.87%) Analyst
4 10 (8.06%) Cloud Engineer
5 9 (7.26%) Architect
5 9 (7.26%) Security Analyst
5 9 (7.26%) Security Manager
6 8 (6.45%) Information Manager
6 8 (6.45%) Information Security Manager
7 7 (5.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (5.65%) Lead
7 7 (5.65%) Security Architect
8 6 (4.84%) AWS Engineer
8 6 (4.84%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (4.03%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 5 (4.03%) Security Engineer
9 5 (4.03%) Senior
10 4 (3.23%) Automation Engineer
10 4 (3.23%) Cloud Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.23%) RESTful
2 3 (2.42%) AngularJS
2 3 (2.42%) Node.js
2 3 (2.42%) React
3 2 (1.61%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.61%) Hugging Face
3 2 (1.61%) Kafka
3 2 (1.61%) Nuxt
3 2 (1.61%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (1.61%) Vue
4 1 (0.81%) .NET
4 1 (0.81%) Apache Cordova
4 1 (0.81%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.81%) CSS
4 1 (0.81%) HTML
4 1 (0.81%) HTML5
4 1 (0.81%) Ionic Framework
4 1 (0.81%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 27 (21.77%) Cloud Native
2 16 (12.90%) Security Posture
3 12 (9.68%) Blog
4 11 (8.87%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (8.87%) PKI
5 9 (7.26%) Data Centre
6 8 (6.45%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (4.84%) Cloud Security Posture
7 6 (4.84%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (4.84%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (4.03%) Management Information System
9 3 (2.42%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (1.61%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.61%) Cyber Security Posture
11 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.81%) Replication
11 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.61%) VMS
2 1 (0.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (49.19%) Risk Management
2 60 (48.39%) Information Security
3 53 (42.74%) Roadmaps
4 49 (39.52%) Due Diligence
4 49 (39.52%) Risk Assessment
5 48 (38.71%) Business Continuity
6 47 (37.90%) Process Improvement
7 45 (36.29%) Business Continuity Management
7 45 (36.29%) Operations Management
7 45 (36.29%) Supply Chain Management
8 38 (30.65%) Cybersecurity
9 25 (20.16%) Cloud Security
10 19 (15.32%) Vulnerability Management
11 18 (14.52%) Infrastructure as Code
11 18 (14.52%) Security Architecture
12 17 (13.71%) Continuous Improvement
13 16 (12.90%) CI/CD
13 16 (12.90%) Containerisation
14 15 (12.10%) Cryptography
14 15 (12.10%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.87%) Python
2 7 (5.65%) Go
2 7 (5.65%) Java
3 4 (3.23%) Bash
4 3 (2.42%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.61%) Bicep
5 2 (1.61%) SQL
6 1 (0.81%) C#
6 1 (0.81%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.81%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 76 (61.29%) CISSP
2 54 (43.55%) CISA
3 51 (41.13%) CRISC
4 22 (17.74%) Security Cleared
5 16 (12.90%) CEH
5 16 (12.90%) CompTIA Security+
6 14 (11.29%) CISM
7 11 (8.87%) AWS Certification
8 6 (4.84%) Azure Certification
8 6 (4.84%) DV Cleared
8 6 (4.84%) SC Cleared
9 5 (4.03%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (2.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (2.42%) CCSP
10 3 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (2.42%) Degree
10 3 (2.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 3 (2.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 2 (1.61%) CESG Certified Professional
11 2 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (70.16%) NIST
2 63 (50.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (18.55%) GDPR
4 20 (16.13%) GRC
4 20 (16.13%) SOC 2
5 14 (11.29%) NCSC
6 12 (9.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (4.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 6 (4.84%) JSP 440
8 3 (2.42%) SLA
9 1 (0.81%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.81%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (3.23%) Docker
2 1 (0.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (16.94%) Terraform
2 13 (10.48%) Kubernetes
3 5 (4.03%) Ansible
4 4 (3.23%) Cilium
5 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (8.87%) SAP
2 5 (4.03%) Google
3 4 (3.23%) Microsoft
4 3 (2.42%) Meraki
4 3 (2.42%) Palo Alto
4 3 (2.42%) Tenable
5 2 (1.61%) Cisco
5 2 (1.61%) OpenAI
5 2 (1.61%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.61%) Splunk
6 1 (0.81%) Adobe
6 1 (0.81%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle
6 1 (0.81%) VMware