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 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 353 383
Rank change year-on-year +106 +30 +51
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 126 91 130
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.81% 0.56% 0.52%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.54% 3.23% 3.68%
Number of salaries quoted 39 49 116
10th Percentile £47,500 £51,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £60,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,429 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.30% +14.05% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £88,750 £74,063
90th Percentile £96,000 £98,474 £87,500
UK median annual salary £69,875 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.50% +4.00% +4.17%

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 2,777 2,814 3,533
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.79% 17.19% 14.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,658 1,512 2,780
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,775 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,125 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £60,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -2.08% +8.11% -3.48%

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 24 January 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 (1.59%) Confluence
2 1 (0.79%) CMS
2 1 (0.79%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 45 (35.71%) AWS
2 35 (27.78%) Azure
3 21 (16.67%) SaaS
4 11 (8.73%) GCP
5 7 (5.56%) Amazon EKS
6 6 (4.76%) Amazon ECS
6 6 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (3.97%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (3.97%) Amazon S3
7 5 (3.97%) AWS Direct Connect
7 5 (3.97%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (3.97%) GitHub
7 5 (3.97%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (3.97%) Route 53
7 5 (3.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.38%) IaaS
9 3 (2.38%) PaaS
9 3 (2.38%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 25 (19.84%) Firewall
2 17 (13.49%) Network Security
3 10 (7.94%) VPN
4 7 (5.56%) DMZ
5 6 (4.76%) VLAN
6 5 (3.97%) BGP
6 5 (3.97%) TCP/IP
7 4 (3.17%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (2.38%) LAN
8 3 (2.38%) SCCP
8 3 (2.38%) WAN
9 2 (1.59%) DMVPN
9 2 (1.59%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.59%) WLAN
10 1 (0.79%) DNS
10 1 (0.79%) HTTP
10 1 (0.79%) SSL
10 1 (0.79%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.79%) VoIP
10 1 (0.79%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.97%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.38%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.79%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.79%) MySQL
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.79%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (3.17%) TeamCity
2 1 (0.79%) Git
2 1 (0.79%) Jenkins
General
1 75 (59.52%) Finance
2 66 (52.38%) Banking
3 24 (19.05%) Retail
4 20 (15.87%) Back Office
4 20 (15.87%) Financial Institution
5 19 (15.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (14.29%) Social Skills
7 16 (12.70%) Law
8 13 (10.32%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (8.73%) Public Sector
10 3 (2.38%) Aviation
11 2 (1.59%) Legal
11 2 (1.59%) Marketing
12 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.79%) Social Science
12 1 (0.79%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (11.11%) Analyst
2 11 (8.73%) Architect
2 11 (8.73%) Cloud Engineer
2 11 (8.73%) Security Analyst
3 10 (7.94%) Consultant
3 10 (7.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (7.14%) AWS Engineer
4 9 (7.14%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (7.14%) Security Architect
5 8 (6.35%) Security Manager
6 7 (5.56%) Information Manager
6 7 (5.56%) Information Security Manager
6 7 (5.56%) Lead
6 7 (5.56%) Security Consultant
7 6 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 6 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 6 (4.76%) Senior
8 5 (3.97%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (3.97%) Security Engineer
9 4 (3.17%) Cloud Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.76%) RESTful
2 3 (2.38%) AngularJS
2 3 (2.38%) ARM Templates
2 3 (2.38%) Node.js
2 3 (2.38%) React
3 2 (1.59%) Hugging Face
3 2 (1.59%) Kafka
3 2 (1.59%) Nuxt
3 2 (1.59%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (1.59%) Vue
4 1 (0.79%) Apache Cordova
4 1 (0.79%) Django
4 1 (0.79%) FreeSWITCH
4 1 (0.79%) HTML5
4 1 (0.79%) jQuery
4 1 (0.79%) OAuth
4 1 (0.79%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.79%) REST
4 1 (0.79%) SQLAlchemy
4 1 (0.79%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 33 (26.19%) Cloud Native
2 18 (14.29%) Security Posture
3 16 (12.70%) Blog
4 14 (11.11%) PKI
5 11 (8.73%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (7.94%) Data Centre
7 8 (6.35%) Management Information System
8 7 (5.56%) Cloud Security Posture
8 7 (5.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 7 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (2.38%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (2.38%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (1.59%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.79%) NHS
11 1 (0.79%) Replication
11 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.59%) VMS
2 1 (0.79%) Linux
2 1 (0.79%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (52.38%) Risk Management
2 64 (50.79%) Information Security
3 53 (42.06%) Roadmaps
4 49 (38.89%) Due Diligence
4 49 (38.89%) Risk Assessment
5 48 (38.10%) Business Continuity
5 48 (38.10%) Process Improvement
6 45 (35.71%) Business Continuity Management
6 45 (35.71%) Operations Management
6 45 (35.71%) Supply Chain Management
7 34 (26.98%) Cybersecurity
8 29 (23.02%) Cloud Security
9 23 (18.25%) Infrastructure as Code
10 21 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
10 21 (16.67%) Security Architecture
11 20 (15.87%) CI/CD
11 20 (15.87%) Containerisation
12 18 (14.29%) Cryptography
12 18 (14.29%) RBAC
13 16 (12.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.90%) Python
2 10 (7.94%) Java
3 9 (7.14%) Go
4 4 (3.17%) Bash
4 4 (3.17%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.38%) Bicep
6 2 (1.59%) SQL
7 1 (0.79%) C
7 1 (0.79%) C#
7 1 (0.79%) C++
7 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 69 (54.76%) CISSP
2 55 (43.65%) CISA
3 52 (41.27%) CRISC
4 18 (14.29%) CISM
5 15 (11.90%) Security Cleared
6 13 (10.32%) AWS Certification
7 9 (7.14%) Azure Certification
7 9 (7.14%) SC Cleared
8 8 (6.35%) DV Cleared
9 7 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (3.97%) CEH
11 5 (3.97%) Degree
12 3 (2.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (2.38%) CCSP
12 3 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (1.59%) CESG Certified Professional
13 2 (1.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 2 (1.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (64.29%) NIST
2 62 (49.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (22.22%) GDPR
4 24 (19.05%) SOC 2
5 23 (18.25%) GRC
6 17 (13.49%) NCSC
7 15 (11.90%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 7 (5.56%) JSP 440
9 3 (2.38%) SLA
10 2 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.79%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.79%) COBIT
11 1 (0.79%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (5.56%) Docker
2 1 (0.79%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.79%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 26 (20.63%) Terraform
2 16 (12.70%) Kubernetes
3 6 (4.76%) Ansible
4 4 (3.17%) Cilium
5 1 (0.79%) Argo
5 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (4.76%) Google
1 6 (4.76%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.38%) Meraki
2 3 (2.38%) Palo Alto
2 3 (2.38%) Salesforce
2 3 (2.38%) Tenable
3 2 (1.59%) Cisco
3 2 (1.59%) OpenAI
3 2 (1.59%) Splunk
4 1 (0.79%) Adobe
4 1 (0.79%) BT
4 1 (0.79%) CyberArk
4 1 (0.79%) Fortinet
4 1 (0.79%) HubSpot
4 1 (0.79%) Mitel
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle
4 1 (0.79%) VMware
4 1 (0.79%) Xero