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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 346 389
Rank change year-on-year +102 +43 +54
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 128 94 129
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.82% 0.58% 0.50%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.61% 3.36% 3.56%
Number of salaries quoted 40 51 114
10th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £61,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £71,991 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.50% +19.99% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £88,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,500 £100,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £69,750 £65,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +7.31% +5.69% +2.50%

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 2,779 2,794 3,620
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.77% 17.21% 14.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,650 1,494 2,844
10th Percentile £34,701 £37,101 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,750 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +0.10%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,514 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.81% +9.09% -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 27 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 (1.56%) Confluence
2 1 (0.78%) CMS
2 1 (0.78%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 46 (35.94%) AWS
2 35 (27.34%) Azure
3 23 (17.97%) SaaS
4 11 (8.59%) GCP
5 7 (5.47%) Amazon EKS
6 6 (4.69%) Amazon ECS
6 6 (4.69%) AWS CloudFormation
6 6 (4.69%) GitHub
6 6 (4.69%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (3.91%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (3.91%) Amazon S3
7 5 (3.91%) AWS Direct Connect
7 5 (3.91%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (3.91%) Route 53
7 5 (3.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (2.34%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.34%) IaaS
9 3 (2.34%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (19.53%) Firewall
2 17 (13.28%) Network Security
3 10 (7.81%) VPN
4 7 (5.47%) DMZ
5 6 (4.69%) VLAN
6 5 (3.91%) BGP
6 5 (3.91%) TCP/IP
7 4 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (2.34%) LAN
8 3 (2.34%) SCCP
8 3 (2.34%) WAN
9 2 (1.56%) DMVPN
9 2 (1.56%) HTTP
9 2 (1.56%) RTP
9 2 (1.56%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.56%) Unified Communications
9 2 (1.56%) VoIP
9 2 (1.56%) Wireshark
9 2 (1.56%) WLAN
10 1 (0.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.91%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.34%) DynamoDB
3 2 (1.56%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.56%) MySQL
4 1 (0.78%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.78%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (3.13%) TeamCity
2 2 (1.56%) Git
3 1 (0.78%) Jenkins
General
1 77 (60.16%) Finance
2 68 (53.13%) Banking
3 26 (20.31%) Retail
4 22 (17.19%) Back Office
4 22 (17.19%) Financial Institution
5 21 (16.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (14.06%) Law
6 18 (14.06%) Social Skills
7 12 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (8.59%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.34%) Aviation
10 2 (1.56%) Legal
10 2 (1.56%) Marketing
11 1 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.78%) Social Science
11 1 (0.78%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (11.72%) Analyst
2 12 (9.38%) Security Analyst
3 11 (8.59%) Architect
3 11 (8.59%) Cloud Engineer
3 11 (8.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 10 (7.81%) AWS Engineer
4 10 (7.81%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
4 10 (7.81%) Consultant
5 9 (7.03%) Security Architect
6 8 (6.25%) Security Manager
7 7 (5.47%) Information Manager
7 7 (5.47%) Information Security Manager
7 7 (5.47%) Security Consultant
8 6 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 6 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 6 (4.69%) Lead
8 6 (4.69%) Senior
9 5 (3.91%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (3.91%) Information Security Analyst
9 5 (3.91%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.69%) RESTful
2 3 (2.34%) AngularJS
2 3 (2.34%) ARM Templates
2 3 (2.34%) Node.js
2 3 (2.34%) React
3 2 (1.56%) Flask
3 2 (1.56%) FreeSWITCH
3 2 (1.56%) Hugging Face
3 2 (1.56%) Jinja
3 2 (1.56%) Kafka
3 2 (1.56%) Nuxt
3 2 (1.56%) OAuth
3 2 (1.56%) OAuth2
3 2 (1.56%) pytest
3 2 (1.56%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (1.56%) REST
3 2 (1.56%) RFC 2833
3 2 (1.56%) SQLAlchemy
3 2 (1.56%) Vue
3 2 (1.56%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 34 (26.56%) Cloud Native
2 18 (14.06%) Security Posture
3 17 (13.28%) Blog
4 14 (10.94%) PKI
5 12 (9.38%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (8.59%) Data Centre
7 9 (7.03%) Management Information System
8 8 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (5.47%) Cloud Security Posture
9 7 (5.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 3 (2.34%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (2.34%) Cyber Security Posture
11 2 (1.56%) Security Operations Centre
12 1 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.78%) NHS
12 1 (0.78%) Replication
12 1 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.56%) Linux
1 2 (1.56%) Ubuntu
1 2 (1.56%) VMS
2 1 (0.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (52.34%) Risk Management
2 65 (50.78%) Information Security
3 52 (40.63%) Roadmaps
4 50 (39.06%) Risk Assessment
5 49 (38.28%) Due Diligence
6 48 (37.50%) Process Improvement
7 47 (36.72%) Business Continuity
8 45 (35.16%) Business Continuity Management
8 45 (35.16%) Operations Management
8 45 (35.16%) Supply Chain Management
9 33 (25.78%) Cybersecurity
10 29 (22.66%) Cloud Security
11 24 (18.75%) Infrastructure as Code
12 22 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (16.41%) CI/CD
13 21 (16.41%) Containerisation
13 21 (16.41%) Security Architecture
14 19 (14.84%) RBAC
15 18 (14.06%) Cryptography
16 17 (13.28%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 16 (12.50%) Python
2 11 (8.59%) Java
3 9 (7.03%) Go
4 4 (3.13%) Bash
4 4 (3.13%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.34%) Bicep
6 2 (1.56%) C
6 2 (1.56%) C++
6 2 (1.56%) SQL
7 1 (0.78%) C#
7 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 70 (54.69%) CISSP
2 56 (43.75%) CISA
3 53 (41.41%) CRISC
4 18 (14.06%) CISM
5 15 (11.72%) Security Cleared
6 13 (10.16%) AWS Certification
7 9 (7.03%) Azure Certification
7 9 (7.03%) SC Cleared
8 8 (6.25%) DV Cleared
9 7 (5.47%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (5.47%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (3.91%) CEH
10 5 (3.91%) Degree
11 3 (2.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (2.34%) CCSP
11 3 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.56%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (1.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 2 (1.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (63.28%) NIST
2 63 (49.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (21.88%) GDPR
4 26 (20.31%) SOC 2
5 24 (18.75%) GRC
6 17 (13.28%) NCSC
7 15 (11.72%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (5.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (5.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 7 (5.47%) JSP 440
9 3 (2.34%) SLA
10 2 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.78%) COBIT
11 1 (0.78%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (6.25%) Docker
2 2 (1.56%) Kamailio
3 1 (0.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 27 (21.09%) Terraform
2 17 (13.28%) Kubernetes
3 6 (4.69%) Ansible
4 4 (3.13%) Cilium
5 2 (1.56%) Argo
6 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (5.47%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.69%) Google
3 3 (2.34%) Meraki
3 3 (2.34%) Palo Alto
3 3 (2.34%) Salesforce
3 3 (2.34%) Tenable
4 2 (1.56%) BT
4 2 (1.56%) Cisco
4 2 (1.56%) Fortinet
4 2 (1.56%) Mitel
4 2 (1.56%) OpenAI
4 2 (1.56%) Splunk
5 1 (0.78%) Adobe
5 1 (0.78%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.78%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle
5 1 (0.78%) VMware
5 1 (0.78%) Xero