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 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 270 378 362
Rank change year-on-year +108 -16 +130
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 109 88 135
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.71% 0.44% 0.62%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.11% 2.96% 4.08%
Number of salaries quoted 61 46 118
10th Percentile - £46,875 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £57,643
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.43% -3.93%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,625 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +6.84% -10.00%

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 2,652 2,969 3,312
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.18% 14.99% 15.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,663 1,596 2,642
10th Percentile £33,900 £35,750 £37,412
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,000 £47,481
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £79,169
90th Percentile £96,650 £100,000 £93,625
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.68%

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 16 November 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:

Cloud Services
1 27 (24.77%) AWS
2 17 (15.60%) Azure
3 12 (11.01%) SaaS
4 7 (6.42%) GCP
5 6 (5.50%) Amazon ECS
5 6 (5.50%) Amazon EKS
6 4 (3.67%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (3.67%) GitHub
6 4 (3.67%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (2.75%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (2.75%) Amazon S3
7 3 (2.75%) AWS Direct Connect
7 3 (2.75%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (2.75%) Azure AKS
7 3 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.75%) Route 53
7 3 (2.75%) Serverless
7 3 (2.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.83%) Amazon SQS
8 2 (1.83%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 33 (30.28%) Network Security
2 14 (12.84%) Firewall
3 4 (3.67%) BGP
3 4 (3.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (3.67%) VPN
4 3 (2.75%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.75%) VLAN
5 2 (1.83%) DMZ
6 1 (0.92%) LAN
6 1 (0.92%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.92%) WAN
6 1 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.75%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (2.75%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.92%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.92%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (3.67%) TeamCity
2 1 (0.92%) Jenkins
General
1 75 (68.81%) Finance
2 38 (34.86%) Banking
3 35 (32.11%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (27.52%) Public Sector
5 29 (26.61%) Marketing
6 26 (23.85%) Telecoms
7 25 (22.94%) Electronics
7 25 (22.94%) Manufacturing
8 15 (13.76%) Social Skills
9 10 (9.17%) Back Office
9 10 (9.17%) Financial Institution
9 10 (9.17%) Retail
10 9 (8.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (5.50%) Law
12 1 (0.92%) Games
12 1 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.92%) Legal
12 1 (0.92%) Local Government
12 1 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.92%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 29 (26.61%) Consultant
1 29 (26.61%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 29 (26.61%) Security Consultant
2 12 (11.01%) Security Manager
3 11 (10.09%) Information Manager
3 11 (10.09%) Information Security Manager
4 10 (9.17%) Cloud Engineer
5 7 (6.42%) Lead
5 7 (6.42%) Security Engineer
6 5 (4.59%) Analyst
7 4 (3.67%) Architect
7 4 (3.67%) Automation Engineer
7 4 (3.67%) Cloud Automation Engineer
7 4 (3.67%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 4 (3.67%) Compliance Manager
7 4 (3.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (3.67%) Senior
8 3 (2.75%) AWS Engineer
8 3 (2.75%) Operational Security Manager
8 3 (2.75%) Security Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.67%) RESTful
2 3 (2.75%) Node.js
2 3 (2.75%) React
3 2 (1.83%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.83%) Hugging Face
3 2 (1.83%) Kafka
3 2 (1.83%) Nuxt
3 2 (1.83%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (1.83%) Vue
4 1 (0.92%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 26 (23.85%) Analytical Mindset
2 17 (15.60%) Cloud Native
3 10 (9.17%) Security Posture
4 6 (5.50%) Data Centre
5 5 (4.59%) Blog
5 5 (4.59%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (3.67%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.67%) PKI
7 3 (2.75%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.75%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.83%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (1.83%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.92%) Online Games
9 1 (0.92%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.92%) Replication
9 1 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.83%) VMS
1 2 (1.83%) Windows
2 1 (0.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (42.20%) Information Security
2 45 (41.28%) Cybersecurity
3 42 (38.53%) Risk Management
4 34 (31.19%) Due Diligence
4 34 (31.19%) Roadmaps
5 33 (30.28%) Vulnerability Management
6 31 (28.44%) Risk Assessment
7 30 (27.52%) Business Continuity
8 28 (25.69%) Business Continuity Management
8 28 (25.69%) Operations Management
8 28 (25.69%) Process Improvement
8 28 (25.69%) Supply Chain Management
9 26 (23.85%) Business Intelligence
9 26 (23.85%) Digital Marketing
9 26 (23.85%) Mentoring
10 25 (22.94%) Programme Management
11 16 (14.68%) CI/CD
11 16 (14.68%) Cloud Security
11 16 (14.68%) Infrastructure as Code
12 15 (13.76%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.17%) Python
2 7 (6.42%) Go
3 4 (3.67%) Bash
4 3 (2.75%) Java
5 2 (1.83%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.92%) Bicep
6 1 (0.92%) SQL
6 1 (0.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 71 (65.14%) CISSP
2 35 (32.11%) CISA
3 33 (30.28%) CRISC
4 30 (27.52%) CEH
5 29 (26.61%) Security Cleared
6 28 (25.69%) CompTIA Security+
7 16 (14.68%) CISM
8 9 (8.26%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (2.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 3 (2.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 3 (2.75%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.83%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (1.83%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.83%) CCSP
10 2 (1.83%) CESG Certified Professional
10 2 (1.83%) Degree
10 2 (1.83%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.83%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (73.39%) NIST
2 72 (66.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (19.27%) GDPR
4 17 (15.60%) SOC 2
5 12 (11.01%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (11.01%) GRC
6 7 (6.42%) NCSC
7 6 (5.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (2.75%) SLA
9 2 (1.83%) COBIT
9 2 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (1.83%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.92%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (1.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (16.51%) Terraform
2 11 (10.09%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.67%) Cilium
4 3 (2.75%) Ansible
5 1 (0.92%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 25 (22.94%) SAP
2 3 (2.75%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.75%) Palo Alto
3 2 (1.83%) Google
3 2 (1.83%) OpenAI
3 2 (1.83%) Oracle
3 2 (1.83%) Tenable
4 1 (0.92%) Aruba
4 1 (0.92%) Cisco
4 1 (0.92%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (0.92%) Fortinet
4 1 (0.92%) Meraki
4 1 (0.92%) SolarWinds
4 1 (0.92%) Splunk
4 1 (0.92%) VMware