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 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 368 462
Rank change year-on-year +80 +94 -44
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 134 57 129
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.69% 0.38% 0.38%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.29% 2.02% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 95 46 101
10th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £40,250
25th Percentile £52,460 £55,688 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £73,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +28.26% -10.75%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £142,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +16.67% +9.09%

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 3,120 2,815 4,264
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.07% 18.80% 12.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,999 1,513 3,249
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,750 £34,905
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £79,625 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,956 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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 7 June 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.49%) Confluence
2 1 (0.75%) CMS
2 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 41 (30.60%) AWS
2 36 (26.87%) Azure
3 34 (25.37%) SaaS
4 7 (5.22%) AWS CloudFormation
4 7 (5.22%) GCP
5 5 (3.73%) IaaS
5 5 (3.73%) PaaS
6 4 (2.99%) Amazon S3
7 3 (2.24%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (2.24%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (2.24%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (2.24%) AWS Direct Connect
7 3 (2.24%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (2.24%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.24%) GitHub
7 3 (2.24%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.24%) Route 53
7 3 (2.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (12.69%) Firewall
2 15 (11.19%) Network Security
3 11 (8.21%) VPN
4 6 (4.48%) DMZ
5 4 (2.99%) VLAN
6 3 (2.24%) BGP
6 3 (2.24%) HTTP
6 3 (2.24%) LAN
6 3 (2.24%) RTP
6 3 (2.24%) SCCP
6 3 (2.24%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.24%) Unified Communications
6 3 (2.24%) VoIP
6 3 (2.24%) WAN
6 3 (2.24%) Wireshark
7 2 (1.49%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (1.49%) DMVPN
7 2 (1.49%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.49%) WLAN
8 1 (0.75%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.99%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (2.99%) MySQL
2 3 (2.24%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.75%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.99%) Git
2 1 (0.75%) JIRA
General
1 60 (44.78%) Social Skills
2 31 (23.13%) Finance
3 26 (19.40%) Banking
3 26 (19.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 26 (19.40%) Retail
4 23 (17.16%) Telecoms
5 19 (14.18%) Law
5 19 (14.18%) Public Sector
6 18 (13.43%) Back Office
7 15 (11.19%) Financial Institution
8 12 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (5.22%) Legal
10 3 (2.24%) Aviation
11 1 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.75%) Local Government
11 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.75%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 19 (14.18%) Analyst
2 18 (13.43%) Lead
3 17 (12.69%) Consultant
4 15 (11.19%) Security Analyst
5 12 (8.96%) Security Consultant
6 11 (8.21%) Architect
7 10 (7.46%) Head of Operations
8 9 (6.72%) AWS Engineer
8 9 (6.72%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (6.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (6.72%) Security Architect
9 8 (5.97%) Information Analyst
9 8 (5.97%) Information Security Analyst
10 7 (5.22%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 7 (5.22%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 7 (5.22%) Head of Technology
11 6 (4.48%) Azure Engineer
11 6 (4.48%) Head of Professional Services
11 6 (4.48%) Security Manager
11 6 (4.48%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.99%) ARM Templates
2 3 (2.24%) .NET
2 3 (2.24%) AngularJS
2 3 (2.24%) CSS
2 3 (2.24%) Django
2 3 (2.24%) Flask
2 3 (2.24%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (2.24%) HTML
2 3 (2.24%) HTML5
2 3 (2.24%) Jinja
2 3 (2.24%) jQuery
2 3 (2.24%) OAuth
2 3 (2.24%) OAuth2
2 3 (2.24%) pytest
2 3 (2.24%) REST
2 3 (2.24%) RESTful
2 3 (2.24%) RFC 2833
2 3 (2.24%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (2.24%) WebRTC
3 1 (0.75%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 25 (18.66%) Cloud Native
2 21 (15.67%) Blog
3 15 (11.19%) Management Information System
3 15 (11.19%) Security Posture
4 14 (10.45%) PKI
5 9 (6.72%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (5.22%) Cloud Security Posture
7 6 (4.48%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (4.48%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (4.48%) Data Centre
7 6 (4.48%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (2.24%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (2.24%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (2.24%) Freedom of Information
9 3 (2.24%) Freedom of Information Act
9 3 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (2.24%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.72%) Linux
2 6 (4.48%) Windows
3 3 (2.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (36.57%) Information Security
3 38 (28.36%) Risk Management
4 30 (22.39%) Cloud Security
5 29 (21.64%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (20.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 28 (20.90%) Regulatory Compliance
7 19 (14.18%) Threat Modelling
8 18 (13.43%) Incident Response
9 17 (12.69%) Disaster Recovery
9 17 (12.69%) Root Cause Analysis
9 17 (12.69%) Security Operations
9 17 (12.69%) SIEM
10 16 (11.94%) Containerisation
10 16 (11.94%) RBAC
10 16 (11.94%) Security Architecture
11 15 (11.19%) Identity Access Management
11 15 (11.19%) Infrastructure as Code
11 15 (11.19%) Penetration Testing
11 15 (11.19%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (8.96%) Python
2 9 (6.72%) Java
3 5 (3.73%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.99%) Bicep
5 3 (2.24%) C
5 3 (2.24%) C++
5 3 (2.24%) Go
5 3 (2.24%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.75%) Bash
6 1 (0.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (23.13%) CISSP
2 25 (18.66%) Security Cleared
3 19 (14.18%) SC Cleared
4 17 (12.69%) CISM
4 17 (12.69%) DV Cleared
5 10 (7.46%) Azure Certification
5 10 (7.46%) CISA
6 9 (6.72%) CompTIA Security+
6 9 (6.72%) CRISC
7 8 (5.97%) AWS Certification
7 8 (5.97%) CREST Certified
7 8 (5.97%) Degree
7 8 (5.97%) TOGAF Certification
8 6 (4.48%) CEH
9 5 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (2.24%) GCIA
10 3 (2.24%) ISACA
10 3 (2.24%) SSCP
11 1 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (70.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 53 (39.55%) GDPR
3 51 (38.06%) NIST
4 41 (30.60%) GRC
5 28 (20.90%) Cyber Essentials
6 23 (17.16%) SOC 2
7 19 (14.18%) NCSC
8 16 (11.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (6.72%) QA
10 7 (5.22%) COBIT
11 6 (4.48%) Data Quality
11 6 (4.48%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 6 (4.48%) JSP 440
12 3 (2.24%) SOC 1
13 2 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.75%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (7.46%) Docker
2 7 (5.22%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.24%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 18 (13.43%) Terraform
2 10 (7.46%) Kubernetes
3 6 (4.48%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.24%) Ansible
4 3 (2.24%) Argo
4 3 (2.24%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.75%) CASB
5 1 (0.75%) Grafana
5 1 (0.75%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.75%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 18 (13.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.99%) Cisco
2 4 (2.99%) Google
3 3 (2.24%) BT
3 3 (2.24%) Fortinet
3 3 (2.24%) Meraki
3 3 (2.24%) Mitel
3 3 (2.24%) Palo Alto
3 3 (2.24%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.49%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (1.49%) Splunk
4 2 (1.49%) Tenable
5 1 (0.75%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.75%) Forcepoint
5 1 (0.75%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.75%) Qualys
5 1 (0.75%) Xero