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 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 238 353 366
Rank change year-on-year +115 +13 +93
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 134 99 118
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.87% 0.56% 0.60%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.98% 3.40% 3.89%
Number of salaries quoted 63 50 106
10th Percentile - £51,125 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £60,313 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +9.24% -0.83%
75th Percentile £72,375 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,000 £89,722 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% +4.17%

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 2,690 2,914 3,033
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.52% 16.55% 15.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,653 1,627 2,385
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,450 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,750 £46,625 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +3.74% +4.78%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £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 17 December 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.75%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 31 (23.13%) AWS
2 22 (16.42%) Azure
3 15 (11.19%) SaaS
4 7 (5.22%) GCP
5 6 (4.48%) Amazon ECS
5 6 (4.48%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (3.73%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (2.99%) GitHub
7 4 (2.99%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.24%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (2.24%) Amazon S3
8 3 (2.24%) AWS Direct Connect
8 3 (2.24%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.24%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.24%) IaaS
8 3 (2.24%) Route 53
8 3 (2.24%) Serverless
8 3 (2.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.49%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 35 (26.12%) Network Security
2 18 (13.43%) Firewall
3 6 (4.48%) VPN
4 4 (2.99%) DMZ
4 4 (2.99%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (2.99%) VLAN
5 3 (2.24%) BGP
5 3 (2.24%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.49%) LAN
6 2 (1.49%) WAN
7 1 (0.75%) DMVPN
7 1 (0.75%) DNS
7 1 (0.75%) SAN
7 1 (0.75%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.75%) SSL
7 1 (0.75%) Wireless
7 1 (0.75%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.24%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (2.24%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.75%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.99%) TeamCity
2 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
General
1 96 (71.64%) Finance
2 59 (44.03%) Banking
3 35 (26.12%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (23.88%) Public Sector
5 29 (21.64%) Marketing
6 26 (19.40%) Telecoms
7 25 (18.66%) Electronics
7 25 (18.66%) Manufacturing
8 15 (11.19%) Retail
8 15 (11.19%) Social Skills
9 14 (10.45%) Back Office
9 14 (10.45%) Financial Institution
10 13 (9.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (7.46%) Law
12 1 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.75%) Legal
12 1 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.75%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 31 (23.13%) Consultant
2 30 (22.39%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 30 (22.39%) Security Consultant
3 11 (8.21%) Security Manager
4 10 (7.46%) Cloud Engineer
4 10 (7.46%) Information Manager
4 10 (7.46%) Information Security Manager
5 8 (5.97%) Analyst
6 6 (4.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (4.48%) Lead
6 6 (4.48%) Security Analyst
7 5 (3.73%) AWS Engineer
7 5 (3.73%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (3.73%) Security Engineer
7 5 (3.73%) Senior
8 4 (2.99%) Architect
8 4 (2.99%) Automation Engineer
8 4 (2.99%) Cloud Automation Engineer
8 4 (2.99%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 4 (2.99%) Compliance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.99%) RESTful
2 3 (2.24%) AngularJS
2 3 (2.24%) Node.js
2 3 (2.24%) React
3 2 (1.49%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.49%) Hugging Face
3 2 (1.49%) Kafka
3 2 (1.49%) Nuxt
3 2 (1.49%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (1.49%) Vue
4 1 (0.75%) .NET
4 1 (0.75%) Apache Cordova
4 1 (0.75%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.75%) CSS
4 1 (0.75%) HTML
4 1 (0.75%) HTML5
4 1 (0.75%) Ionic Framework
4 1 (0.75%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 25 (18.66%) Analytical Mindset
2 22 (16.42%) Cloud Native
3 13 (9.70%) Security Posture
4 9 (6.72%) Blog
5 8 (5.97%) Data Centre
6 7 (5.22%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (4.48%) PKI
8 5 (3.73%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (3.73%) Management Information System
9 4 (2.99%) Cloud Security Posture
9 4 (2.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (2.99%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.75%) Replication
10 1 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.49%) VMS
2 1 (0.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (47.01%) Information Security
2 61 (45.52%) Risk Management
3 52 (38.81%) Roadmaps
4 51 (38.06%) Due Diligence
5 50 (37.31%) Risk Assessment
6 49 (36.57%) Cybersecurity
7 48 (35.82%) Business Continuity
8 45 (33.58%) Business Continuity Management
8 45 (33.58%) Operations Management
8 45 (33.58%) Process Improvement
8 45 (33.58%) Supply Chain Management
9 32 (23.88%) Vulnerability Management
10 27 (20.15%) Mentoring
11 26 (19.40%) Business Intelligence
11 26 (19.40%) Digital Marketing
12 25 (18.66%) Programme Management
13 19 (14.18%) Infrastructure as Code
14 18 (13.43%) CI/CD
14 18 (13.43%) Cloud Security
15 14 (10.45%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.21%) Python
2 7 (5.22%) Go
3 6 (4.48%) Java
4 4 (2.99%) Bash
5 3 (2.24%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.49%) Bicep
6 2 (1.49%) SQL
7 1 (0.75%) C#
7 1 (0.75%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 91 (67.91%) CISSP
2 56 (41.79%) CISA
3 52 (38.81%) CRISC
4 31 (23.13%) CEH
4 31 (23.13%) Security Cleared
5 30 (22.39%) CompTIA Security+
6 16 (11.94%) CISM
7 8 (5.97%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.99%) DV Cleared
9 3 (2.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (2.24%) Azure Certification
9 3 (2.24%) CCSP
9 3 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (2.24%) Degree
9 3 (2.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 3 (2.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 3 (2.24%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.49%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.49%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (73.13%) NIST
2 74 (55.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (16.42%) GDPR
4 21 (15.67%) SOC 2
5 16 (11.94%) GRC
6 14 (10.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (6.72%) NCSC
8 7 (5.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (2.99%) JSP 440
10 3 (2.24%) SLA
11 2 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.75%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.75%) COBIT
12 1 (0.75%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (1.49%) Docker
2 1 (0.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (14.93%) Terraform
2 11 (8.21%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.99%) Cilium
4 3 (2.24%) Ansible
5 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 25 (18.66%) SAP
2 5 (3.73%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.24%) Google
3 3 (2.24%) Palo Alto
3 3 (2.24%) Tenable
4 2 (1.49%) Meraki
4 2 (1.49%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.75%) Adobe
5 1 (0.75%) Cisco
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle
5 1 (0.75%) Splunk
5 1 (0.75%) VMware