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 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 308 346 403
Rank change year-on-year +38 +57 +9
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 148 73 116
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.67% 0.44% 0.44%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.00% 2.47% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 120 70 75
10th Percentile £45,000 - £41,150
25th Percentile £52,480 £47,500 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.83% - -11.20%
75th Percentile £95,000 £76,875 £75,250
90th Percentile £97,750 £126,750 £85,500
UK median annual salary £71,250 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -7.69% +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 3,702 2,951 3,532
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.81% 17.93% 13.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,330 1,677 2,524
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,523
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £58,465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.63% -2.56%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,900 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -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 30 July 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 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 35 (23.65%) SaaS
2 31 (20.95%) Azure
3 28 (18.92%) AWS
4 9 (6.08%) GCP
5 8 (5.41%) IaaS
5 8 (5.41%) PaaS
6 7 (4.73%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (2.70%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.03%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.68%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.68%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.68%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (0.68%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.68%) GitHub
10 1 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.68%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.51%) Firewall
2 14 (9.46%) Network Security
3 12 (8.11%) VPN
4 4 (2.70%) DMZ
5 3 (2.03%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (2.03%) SD-WAN
5 3 (2.03%) WAN
5 3 (2.03%) Wireless
6 2 (1.35%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (1.35%) HTTP
7 1 (0.68%) DHCP
7 1 (0.68%) DNS
7 1 (0.68%) RTP
7 1 (0.68%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.68%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.68%) VoIP
7 1 (0.68%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.35%) MySQL
2 1 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.68%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.68%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.03%) Burp Suite
1 3 (2.03%) Metasploit
2 2 (1.35%) Git
3 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.68%) JIRA
3 1 (0.68%) TeamCity
General
1 71 (47.97%) Social Skills
2 33 (22.30%) Finance
3 23 (15.54%) Telecoms
4 22 (14.86%) Banking
4 22 (14.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (14.19%) Retail
6 18 (12.16%) Public Sector
7 13 (8.78%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (8.11%) Back Office
8 12 (8.11%) Legal
9 11 (7.43%) Law
10 5 (3.38%) Financial Institution
11 4 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.68%) French Language
14 1 (0.68%) German Language
14 1 (0.68%) Local Government
14 1 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 20 (13.51%) Analyst
1 20 (13.51%) Lead
2 17 (11.49%) Consultant
3 15 (10.14%) Head of Operations
3 15 (10.14%) Security Analyst
4 13 (8.78%) Security Consultant
4 13 (8.78%) Security Specialist
5 12 (8.11%) Head of Technology
5 12 (8.11%) Senior
6 10 (6.76%) Information Analyst
6 10 (6.76%) Information Security Analyst
7 7 (4.73%) Information Officer
7 7 (4.73%) Information Security Officer
7 7 (4.73%) IT Security Specialist
7 7 (4.73%) Security Engineer
7 7 (4.73%) Security Manager
7 7 (4.73%) Security Officer
8 6 (4.05%) Cloud Engineer
8 6 (4.05%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 6 (4.05%) Head of Professional Services
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.73%) ARM Templates
2 3 (2.03%) .NET
2 3 (2.03%) AngularJS
2 3 (2.03%) CSS
2 3 (2.03%) HTML
2 3 (2.03%) HTML5
2 3 (2.03%) jQuery
3 1 (0.68%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.68%) Django
3 1 (0.68%) Flask
3 1 (0.68%) FreeSWITCH
3 1 (0.68%) Jinja
3 1 (0.68%) Middleware
3 1 (0.68%) Node.js
3 1 (0.68%) OAuth
3 1 (0.68%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.68%) pytest
3 1 (0.68%) REST
3 1 (0.68%) SQLAlchemy
3 1 (0.68%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 23 (15.54%) Management Information System
2 20 (13.51%) Cloud Native
3 19 (12.84%) Cyber Threat
3 19 (12.84%) Security Posture
4 11 (7.43%) Blog
5 10 (6.76%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (6.08%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (4.73%) Freedom of Information
7 7 (4.73%) Freedom of Information Act
7 7 (4.73%) PKI
8 5 (3.38%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (3.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (2.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 3 (2.03%) Data Centre
10 3 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (2.03%) Onboarding
11 2 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (1.35%) Operational Technology
11 2 (1.35%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.11%) Windows
2 10 (6.76%) Linux
3 3 (2.03%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.68%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (56.76%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (41.89%) Information Security
3 47 (31.76%) Risk Management
4 45 (30.41%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (25.68%) Regulatory Compliance
6 34 (22.97%) Cloud Security
7 33 (22.30%) Incident Response
7 33 (22.30%) SIEM
8 30 (20.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (18.24%) Vulnerability Management
10 23 (15.54%) Disaster Recovery
10 23 (15.54%) Penetration Testing
11 22 (14.86%) Identity Access Management
12 21 (14.19%) Data Loss Prevention
12 21 (14.19%) Project Delivery
12 21 (14.19%) Security Operations
12 21 (14.19%) Threat Modelling
13 19 (12.84%) Business Continuity
13 19 (12.84%) ITIL
14 17 (11.49%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.46%) Python
2 11 (7.43%) PowerShell
3 7 (4.73%) Bicep
4 3 (2.03%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.35%) Bash
5 2 (1.35%) Java
6 1 (0.68%) C
6 1 (0.68%) C++
6 1 (0.68%) Go
6 1 (0.68%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 41 (27.70%) CISSP
2 27 (18.24%) CISM
3 24 (16.22%) Security Cleared
4 18 (12.16%) SC Cleared
5 17 (11.49%) CRISC
6 14 (9.46%) DV Cleared
7 13 (8.78%) Degree
8 12 (8.11%) CISA
9 11 (7.43%) CREST Certified
10 8 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (4.73%) CEH
11 7 (4.73%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (4.73%) ISACA
12 5 (3.38%) OSCP
13 4 (2.70%) AWS Certification
13 4 (2.70%) CHECK Team Member
13 4 (2.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 4 (2.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 3 (2.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (2.03%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (73.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 70 (47.30%) GDPR
3 59 (39.86%) NIST
4 44 (29.73%) GRC
5 33 (22.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 21 (14.19%) SOC 2
7 20 (13.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 15 (10.14%) NCSC
9 14 (9.46%) QA
10 12 (8.11%) COBIT
11 7 (4.73%) SOC 1
12 6 (4.05%) Data Quality
13 4 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 4 (2.70%) JSP 440
14 2 (1.35%) HIPAA
14 2 (1.35%) ISO 22301
14 2 (1.35%) ISO 9001
14 2 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 8 (5.41%) Docker
2 7 (4.73%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.68%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.68%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (7.43%) Terraform
2 9 (6.08%) Kubernetes
3 7 (4.73%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (2.70%) CASB
5 3 (2.03%) CSIRT
5 3 (2.03%) Nmap
6 1 (0.68%) Argo
6 1 (0.68%) Grafana
6 1 (0.68%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.68%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 22 (14.86%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.05%) Cisco
3 5 (3.38%) Palo Alto
4 3 (2.03%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (2.03%) Forcepoint
4 3 (2.03%) Google
4 3 (2.03%) Netskope
4 3 (2.03%) Qualys
4 3 (2.03%) Splunk
4 3 (2.03%) Zscaler
5 2 (1.35%) CA Agile Central
5 2 (1.35%) CheckPoint
5 2 (1.35%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.68%) BT
6 1 (0.68%) Mitel
6 1 (0.68%) Tenable
6 1 (0.68%) VMware