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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 327 352 412
Rank change year-on-year +25 +60 -40
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 130 69 96
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.56% 0.42% 0.40%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.36% 2.30% 2.95%
Number of salaries quoted 102 63 55
10th Percentile £45,000 - £43,750
25th Percentile £48,125 £47,500 £49,881
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.09% -4.17% -7.34%
75th Percentile £88,750 £72,375 £69,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,000 £80,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% -11.54% +23.81%

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 3,873 2,998 3,252
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.62% 18.16% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,476 1,709 2,124
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,335 £60,000 £59,250
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% +1.27% -1.25%
75th Percentile £76,201 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £92,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%

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 29 August 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 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 32 (24.62%) Azure
2 27 (20.77%) SaaS
3 26 (20.00%) AWS
4 7 (5.38%) GCP
5 6 (4.62%) AWS CloudFormation
5 6 (4.62%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.62%) IaaS
5 6 (4.62%) PaaS
6 5 (3.85%) Mimecast
7 4 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.77%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.77%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (0.77%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.77%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.77%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.77%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.77%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.77%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (18.46%) Firewall
2 16 (12.31%) Network Security
3 13 (10.00%) VPN
4 5 (3.85%) Cisco ISE
4 5 (3.85%) DMZ
5 4 (3.08%) SD-WAN
5 4 (3.08%) WAN
5 4 (3.08%) Wireless
6 3 (2.31%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (2.31%) HTTP
7 1 (0.77%) DHCP
7 1 (0.77%) DNS
7 1 (0.77%) NAS
7 1 (0.77%) SAN
7 1 (0.77%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (0.77%) DynamoDB
1 1 (0.77%) MySQL
1 1 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.08%) Burp Suite
1 4 (3.08%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.77%) Git
2 1 (0.77%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.77%) JIRA
2 1 (0.77%) TeamCity
General
1 60 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 30 (23.08%) Finance
3 20 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 17 (13.08%) Banking
4 17 (13.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (12.31%) Retail
6 14 (10.77%) Telecoms
7 12 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (9.23%) Legal
8 9 (6.92%) Back Office
9 7 (5.38%) Law
10 5 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.54%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.77%) French Language
13 1 (0.77%) German Language
13 1 (0.77%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 18 (13.85%) Consultant
2 15 (11.54%) Analyst
3 13 (10.00%) Security Consultant
3 13 (10.00%) Security Specialist
4 12 (9.23%) Head of Operations
4 12 (9.23%) Head of Technology
4 12 (9.23%) Lead
5 10 (7.69%) Security Analyst
6 8 (6.15%) Information Analyst
6 8 (6.15%) Information Security Analyst
6 8 (6.15%) Security Engineer
6 8 (6.15%) Senior
7 7 (5.38%) Architect
7 7 (5.38%) Information Officer
7 7 (5.38%) Information Security Officer
7 7 (5.38%) IT Security Specialist
7 7 (5.38%) Security Architect
7 7 (5.38%) Security Officer
8 6 (4.62%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 6 (4.62%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.15%) Terraform
2 6 (4.62%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.77%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.77%) Middleware
3 1 (0.77%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.69%) Security Posture
2 21 (16.15%) Management Information System
3 20 (15.38%) Cloud Native
4 19 (14.62%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (8.46%) Blog
6 9 (6.92%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (6.92%) PKI
7 8 (6.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 8 (6.15%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (5.38%) Cloud Security Posture
8 7 (5.38%) Freedom of Information
8 7 (5.38%) Freedom of Information Act
9 5 (3.85%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (3.08%) Data Centre
11 3 (2.31%) Online Gambling
11 3 (2.31%) Video\Live Streaming
12 2 (1.54%) Operational Technology
12 2 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
13 1 (0.77%) Onboarding
13 1 (0.77%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (10.00%) Windows
2 10 (7.69%) Linux
3 3 (2.31%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.77%) Unix
4 1 (0.77%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (62.31%) Cybersecurity
2 52 (40.00%) Information Security
3 41 (31.54%) Risk Management
4 37 (28.46%) Cloud Security
5 36 (27.69%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (25.38%) Vulnerability Management
7 32 (24.62%) Incident Response
7 32 (24.62%) SIEM
8 31 (23.85%) Regulatory Compliance
9 26 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (18.46%) Threat Modelling
11 21 (16.15%) Disaster Recovery
12 20 (15.38%) Data Loss Prevention
12 20 (15.38%) ITIL
12 20 (15.38%) Security Operations
13 18 (13.85%) Business Continuity
13 18 (13.85%) Penetration Testing
14 17 (13.08%) Identity Access Management
14 17 (13.08%) Project Delivery
15 16 (12.31%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.46%) Python
2 9 (6.92%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.62%) Bicep
4 1 (0.77%) Bash
4 1 (0.77%) Go
4 1 (0.77%) Java
4 1 (0.77%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 36 (27.69%) CISSP
2 28 (21.54%) CISM
3 27 (20.77%) Security Cleared
4 20 (15.38%) SC Cleared
5 15 (11.54%) CRISC
5 15 (11.54%) DV Cleared
6 11 (8.46%) CREST Certified
7 10 (7.69%) CISA
7 10 (7.69%) Degree
8 7 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (5.38%) ISACA
9 5 (3.85%) AWS Certification
9 5 (3.85%) CHECK Team Member
9 5 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (3.85%) OSCP
10 4 (3.08%) Azure Certification
10 4 (3.08%) CEH
11 3 (2.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 3 (2.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (2.31%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (73.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 66 (50.77%) GDPR
3 57 (43.85%) NIST
4 36 (27.69%) GRC
5 29 (22.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 20 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 16 (12.31%) SOC 2
8 14 (10.77%) NCSC
8 14 (10.77%) QA
9 12 (9.23%) COBIT
10 7 (5.38%) SOC 1
11 5 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 5 (3.85%) JSP 440
12 2 (1.54%) ISO 22301
12 2 (1.54%) ISO 9001
12 2 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.77%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.77%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (5.38%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.62%) Docker
3 2 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.77%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.77%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.77%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (6.92%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (5.38%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.08%) CASB
3 4 (3.08%) Nmap
4 1 (0.77%) Grafana
4 1 (0.77%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 18 (13.85%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.69%) Cisco
3 8 (6.15%) Palo Alto
4 5 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (3.08%) Netskope
5 4 (3.08%) Zscaler
6 3 (2.31%) CheckPoint
6 3 (2.31%) Forcepoint
6 3 (2.31%) Google
6 3 (2.31%) Qualys
6 3 (2.31%) Splunk
7 2 (1.54%) CA Agile Central
7 2 (1.54%) VMware
8 1 (0.77%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.77%) NetApp
8 1 (0.77%) Tenable