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 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 400 445 443
Rank change year-on-year +45 -2 +120
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 69 117 173
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.33% 0.37% 0.50%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.01% 2.92% 3.53%
Number of salaries quoted 66 75 142
10th Percentile - £41,150 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £57,500 £64,875
Median % change year-on-year +10.87% -11.37% +8.13%
75th Percentile £81,875 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £87,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £61,500 £62,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.60% +15.74% -16.92%

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 3,429 4,009 4,906
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.25% 12.70% 14.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,940 2,880 3,567
10th Percentile £36,650 £34,750 £37,356
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £46,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,965 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.14% -3.39% +4.35%
75th Percentile £76,840 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £94,100 £97,500 £93,750
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 18 July 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 2 (2.90%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 18 (26.09%) Azure
2 8 (11.59%) AWS
3 4 (5.80%) GitHub
3 4 (5.80%) GitHub Actions
4 3 (4.35%) SaaS
5 2 (2.90%) Amazon ECS
5 2 (2.90%) GCP
5 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.45%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.45%) Amazon OpenSearch
6 1 (1.45%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.45%) Cloudflare
6 1 (1.45%) Datadog
6 1 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.45%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 23 (33.33%) Network Security
2 11 (15.94%) Firewall
3 3 (4.35%) VPN
4 2 (2.90%) BGP
4 2 (2.90%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.90%) LAN
4 2 (2.90%) SD-WAN
4 2 (2.90%) WAN
4 2 (2.90%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.45%) EIGRP
5 1 (1.45%) OSPF
5 1 (1.45%) SSL
5 1 (1.45%) VLAN
5 1 (1.45%) Wireless
5 1 (1.45%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.25%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (5.80%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.90%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.90%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.45%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (1.45%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.45%) DynamoDB
4 1 (1.45%) Power BI
4 1 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) ERwin
1 1 (1.45%) Git
1 1 (1.45%) JIRA
General
1 40 (57.97%) Finance
2 29 (42.03%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 21 (30.43%) Marketing
5 20 (28.99%) Public Sector
6 18 (26.09%) Electronics
6 18 (26.09%) Manufacturing
6 18 (26.09%) Telecoms
7 8 (11.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.90%) Banking
9 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.45%) Aviation
10 1 (1.45%) Games
10 1 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.45%) Local Government
10 1 (1.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (27.54%) Consultant
1 19 (27.54%) Security Consultant
2 18 (26.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 9 (13.04%) Architect
4 8 (11.59%) Information Manager
4 8 (11.59%) Information Security Manager
4 8 (11.59%) Security Manager
5 7 (10.14%) Lead
6 6 (8.70%) Support Officer
7 5 (7.25%) Analyst
7 5 (7.25%) Security Analyst
8 4 (5.80%) Head of Security
8 4 (5.80%) Lead Architect
8 4 (5.80%) Software Engineer
9 3 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 3 (4.35%) Head of Cybersecurity
9 3 (4.35%) IT Engineer
9 3 (4.35%) Security Architect
9 3 (4.35%) Security Engineer
9 3 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.80%) .NET
1 4 (5.80%) AngularJS
1 4 (5.80%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 20 (28.99%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (11.59%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (5.80%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.80%) Security Posture
4 3 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.90%) Credit Risk
5 2 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (2.90%) Market Risk
5 2 (2.90%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.45%) Clustering
6 1 (1.45%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.45%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.45%) Online Games
6 1 (1.45%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.45%) Replication
6 1 (1.45%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.45%) Linux
1 1 (1.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (53.62%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (39.13%) Information Security
3 23 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 20 (28.99%) Programme Management
5 19 (27.54%) Business Intelligence
5 19 (27.54%) Digital Marketing
5 19 (27.54%) Mentoring
5 19 (27.54%) Risk Management
6 11 (15.94%) Incident Response
7 10 (14.49%) Agile
7 10 (14.49%) Cloud Security
7 10 (14.49%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (11.59%) DevOps
8 8 (11.59%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (11.59%) SIEM
9 7 (10.14%) Data Protection
10 6 (8.70%) High Availability
10 6 (8.70%) Security Architecture
10 6 (8.70%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.59%) SQL
2 4 (5.80%) C#
2 4 (5.80%) Python
2 4 (5.80%) TypeScript
3 2 (2.90%) R
4 1 (1.45%) Bicep
4 1 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (56.52%) CISSP
2 21 (30.43%) CEH
2 21 (30.43%) CISM
3 19 (27.54%) CompTIA Security+
3 19 (27.54%) Security Cleared
4 10 (14.49%) Degree
5 8 (11.59%) CISA
5 8 (11.59%) CRISC
6 3 (4.35%) ISSAP
6 3 (4.35%) SSCP
7 2 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.90%) GIAC
7 2 (2.90%) SANS
8 1 (1.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.45%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.45%) CCIE
8 1 (1.45%) CCNP
8 1 (1.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (1.45%) MCSE
8 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (84.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (57.97%) NIST
3 27 (39.13%) GDPR
4 12 (17.39%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (14.49%) SOC 2
6 7 (10.14%) GRC
7 5 (7.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (5.80%) COBIT
8 4 (5.80%) NCSC
9 2 (2.90%) Basel II
9 2 (2.90%) Basel III
9 2 (2.90%) Dodd-Frank
9 2 (2.90%) IFRS
9 2 (2.90%) IFRS 9
9 2 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (1.45%) HIPAA
10 1 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (2.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (10.14%) Terraform
2 5 (7.25%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.45%) Ansible
3 1 (1.45%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 18 (26.09%) SAP
2 7 (10.14%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.90%) Cisco
3 2 (2.90%) Meraki
3 2 (2.90%) Oracle
3 2 (2.90%) Palo Alto
3 2 (2.90%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.45%) Aruba
4 1 (1.45%) Databricks
4 1 (1.45%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (1.45%) Fortinet