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 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 338 390 351
Rank change year-on-year +52 -39 +153
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 77 85 149
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.48% 0.42% 0.65%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.83% 2.79% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 59 45 124
10th Percentile - £46,550 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £58,322
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +2.88% -2.80%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,000 £80,800 £90,000
UK median annual salary £56,750 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.20% +13.64% -15.38%

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 2,718 3,050 3,398
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.82% 15.14% 14.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,621 1,648 2,712
10th Percentile £33,125 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,710
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year - +3.74% +4.78%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £79,225
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +5.26%

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 25 October 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 23 (29.87%) AWS
2 14 (18.18%) Azure
3 10 (12.99%) SaaS
4 6 (7.79%) GCP
5 5 (6.49%) Amazon ECS
5 5 (6.49%) Amazon EKS
6 3 (3.90%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (3.90%) Azure AKS
6 3 (3.90%) GitHub
6 3 (3.90%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (3.90%) Serverless
7 2 (2.60%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (2.60%) Amazon EventBridge
7 2 (2.60%) Amazon Kinesis
7 2 (2.60%) Amazon S3
7 2 (2.60%) Amazon SQS
7 2 (2.60%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (2.60%) IaaS
7 2 (2.60%) Route 53
7 2 (2.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 32 (41.56%) Network Security
2 11 (14.29%) Firewall
3 3 (3.90%) BGP
3 3 (3.90%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (3.90%) VPN
4 2 (2.60%) DMZ
4 2 (2.60%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.60%) VLAN
5 1 (1.30%) LAN
5 1 (1.30%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.30%) WAN
5 1 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.90%) DynamoDB
2 2 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.30%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (3.90%) TeamCity
2 1 (1.30%) Jenkins
General
1 47 (61.04%) Finance
2 35 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (38.96%) Public Sector
4 29 (37.66%) Marketing
5 25 (32.47%) Electronics
5 25 (32.47%) Manufacturing
5 25 (32.47%) Telecoms
6 14 (18.18%) Social Skills
7 8 (10.39%) Back Office
7 8 (10.39%) Banking
7 8 (10.39%) Financial Institution
7 8 (10.39%) Retail
8 7 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (6.49%) Law
10 1 (1.30%) Games
10 1 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.30%) Legal
10 1 (1.30%) Local Government
10 1 (1.30%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 29 (37.66%) Consultant
1 29 (37.66%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 29 (37.66%) Security Consultant
2 11 (14.29%) Security Manager
3 10 (12.99%) Information Manager
3 10 (12.99%) Information Security Manager
4 9 (11.69%) Cloud Engineer
5 7 (9.09%) Lead
6 6 (7.79%) Security Engineer
7 4 (5.19%) Architect
7 4 (5.19%) Senior
8 3 (3.90%) Cloud Automation Engineer
8 3 (3.90%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 3 (3.90%) Compliance Manager
8 3 (3.90%) DevSecOps Engineer
8 3 (3.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (3.90%) Operational Security Manager
8 3 (3.90%) Operations Manager
8 3 (3.90%) Security Architect
8 3 (3.90%) Security Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.90%) Node.js
1 3 (3.90%) React
1 3 (3.90%) RESTful
2 2 (2.60%) AngularJS
2 2 (2.60%) Hugging Face
2 2 (2.60%) Kafka
2 2 (2.60%) Nuxt
2 2 (2.60%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (2.60%) Vue
3 1 (1.30%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 26 (33.77%) Analytical Mindset
2 15 (19.48%) Cloud Native
3 10 (12.99%) Security Posture
4 5 (6.49%) Data Centre
5 4 (5.19%) Blog
5 4 (5.19%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (5.19%) Management Information System
5 4 (5.19%) PKI
6 3 (3.90%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (2.60%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (2.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.30%) Online Games
8 1 (1.30%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.30%) Replication
8 1 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.60%) VMS
1 2 (2.60%) Windows
2 1 (1.30%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (41.56%) Vulnerability Management
3 26 (33.77%) Business Intelligence
3 26 (33.77%) Digital Marketing
3 26 (33.77%) Mentoring
4 25 (32.47%) Programme Management
5 20 (25.97%) Information Security
6 14 (18.18%) CI/CD
6 14 (18.18%) Cloud Security
6 14 (18.18%) Incident Response
6 14 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
6 14 (18.18%) Risk Management
7 11 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (11.69%) Containerisation
8 9 (11.69%) DevOps
9 8 (10.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (10.39%) Security Architecture
9 8 (10.39%) Security Operations
9 8 (10.39%) Zero Trust
10 7 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.39%) Python
2 5 (6.49%) Go
3 3 (3.90%) Bash
4 2 (2.60%) Java
4 2 (2.60%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.30%) Bicep
5 1 (1.30%) SQL
5 1 (1.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 39 (50.65%) CISSP
2 29 (37.66%) Security Cleared
3 28 (36.36%) CEH
3 28 (36.36%) CompTIA Security+
4 12 (15.58%) CISM
5 8 (10.39%) AWS Certification
6 4 (5.19%) CRISC
7 3 (3.90%) CISA
7 3 (3.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 3 (3.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 3 (3.90%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.60%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (2.60%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.60%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (2.60%) Degree
8 2 (2.60%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.60%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (1.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.30%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (89.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 49 (63.64%) NIST
3 23 (29.87%) GDPR
4 15 (19.48%) SOC 2
5 9 (11.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (10.39%) GRC
7 7 (9.09%) NCSC
8 4 (5.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (3.90%) SLA
10 2 (2.60%) COBIT
10 2 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (2.60%) JSP 440
11 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (2.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (20.78%) Terraform
2 10 (12.99%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.90%) Ansible
3 3 (3.90%) Cilium
4 1 (1.30%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 25 (32.47%) SAP
2 3 (3.90%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.60%) OpenAI
3 2 (2.60%) Oracle
4 1 (1.30%) Aruba
4 1 (1.30%) Cisco
4 1 (1.30%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (1.30%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.30%) Meraki
4 1 (1.30%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.30%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.30%) Splunk
4 1 (1.30%) VMware