PCI DSS Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring PCI DSS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PCI DSS over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 460 444
Rank change year-on-year +124 -16 +69
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 81 125 242
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.53% 0.37% 0.57%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.83% 2.92% 3.86%
Number of salaries quoted 56 99 207
10th Percentile £50,000 £40,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,188 £49,375 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,210 £57,500 £64,750
Median % change year-on-year +22.10% -11.20% +7.92%
75th Percentile £93,618 £73,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £133,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% +8.70% -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 2,863 4,282 6,271
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.87% 12.66% 14.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,750 3,254 4,244
10th Percentile £37,170 £34,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,778 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

PCI DSS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing PCI DSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PCI DSS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

PCI DSS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing PCI DSS.

PCI DSS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing PCI DSS over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

PCI DSS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

PCI DSS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (8.64%) SAS
2 1 (1.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (11.11%) Acrobat
1 9 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (30.86%) Azure
2 12 (14.81%) AWS
3 11 (13.58%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (12.35%) GCP
5 9 (11.11%) Google Workspace
6 4 (4.94%) GitHub
6 4 (4.94%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (4.94%) SaaS
7 3 (3.70%) Azure AKS
7 3 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (3.70%) WhatsApp
8 2 (2.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (2.47%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (2.47%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (1.23%) Amazon S3
9 1 (1.23%) Datadog
9 1 (1.23%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (17.28%) Firewall
2 9 (11.11%) Intranet
2 9 (11.11%) Network Security
3 5 (6.17%) VPN
4 4 (4.94%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (3.70%) BGP
5 3 (3.70%) EIGRP
5 3 (3.70%) LAN
5 3 (3.70%) OSPF
5 3 (3.70%) SD-WAN
5 3 (3.70%) WAN
5 3 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (3.70%) Wireless
6 2 (2.47%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (2.47%) MPLS
7 1 (1.23%) SSL
7 1 (1.23%) VLAN
7 1 (1.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.64%) NoSQL
2 6 (7.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (4.94%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.47%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (2.47%) Power BI
4 2 (2.47%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.23%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (1.23%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.23%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (2.47%) ERwin
1 2 (2.47%) JIRA
2 1 (1.23%) Git
General
1 45 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 31 (38.27%) Finance
3 17 (20.99%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (17.28%) Retail
5 12 (14.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (13.58%) Legal
7 9 (11.11%) Law
8 8 (9.88%) Banking
9 3 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.47%) Marketing
10 2 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.47%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.23%) Aviation
11 1 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.23%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 15 (18.52%) Architect
2 12 (14.81%) Analyst
3 11 (13.58%) Lead
3 11 (13.58%) Security Manager
4 10 (12.35%) Security Analyst
5 9 (11.11%) Compliance Advisor
5 9 (11.11%) Lead Architect
5 9 (11.11%) Security Advisor
6 8 (9.88%) Information Analyst
6 8 (9.88%) Senior
6 8 (9.88%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (8.64%) Enterprise Management Architect
7 7 (8.64%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
7 7 (8.64%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 7 (8.64%) Security Engineer
8 6 (7.41%) Information Manager
8 6 (7.41%) Information Security Analyst
8 6 (7.41%) Information Security Manager
8 6 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (7.41%) Senior Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.94%) .NET
1 4 (4.94%) AngularJS
1 4 (4.94%) Node.js
2 3 (3.70%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (1.23%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.28%) Management Information System
2 11 (13.58%) Cyber Threat
2 11 (13.58%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (11.11%) e-Learning
4 8 (9.88%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (8.64%) Credit Risk
5 7 (8.64%) Market Risk
5 7 (8.64%) Product Ownership
6 6 (7.41%) Security Posture
7 5 (6.17%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (3.70%) Data Centre
8 3 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (2.47%) Mobile App
9 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
10 1 (1.23%) Clustering
10 1 (1.23%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (1.23%) Cyberattack
10 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (1.23%) Private Cloud
10 1 (1.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.70%) VMS
2 1 (1.23%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (56.79%) Information Security
2 28 (34.57%) Risk Management
3 26 (32.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (29.63%) Cybersecurity
5 20 (24.69%) Data Protection
6 19 (23.46%) Cloud Security
7 17 (20.99%) Agile
8 16 (19.75%) DevOps
9 15 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (18.52%) Security Management
10 14 (17.28%) Data Security
11 13 (16.05%) CI/CD
11 13 (16.05%) Incident Response
12 12 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
13 11 (13.58%) Security Architecture
14 10 (12.35%) Analytics
14 10 (12.35%) Vulnerability Management
15 9 (11.11%) ETL
15 9 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
15 9 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (17.28%) Python
1 14 (17.28%) SQL
2 7 (8.64%) R
3 5 (6.17%) TypeScript
4 4 (4.94%) C#
4 4 (4.94%) PowerShell
5 3 (3.70%) Bash
6 2 (2.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.23%) Bicep
7 1 (1.23%) Go
7 1 (1.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (38.27%) CISSP
2 28 (34.57%) CISM
3 12 (14.81%) CRISC
3 12 (14.81%) Degree
4 6 (7.41%) CISA
4 6 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (6.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 5 (6.17%) CCSP
6 4 (4.94%) CISMP
6 4 (4.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 3 (3.70%) AWS Certification
7 3 (3.70%) CEH
7 3 (3.70%) ISSAP
7 3 (3.70%) OSCP
7 3 (3.70%) Security Cleared
7 3 (3.70%) SSCP
8 2 (2.47%) CHECK Team Leader
8 2 (2.47%) CHECK Team Member
8 2 (2.47%) CREST Certified
8 2 (2.47%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (67.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 48 (59.26%) GDPR
3 33 (40.74%) NIST
4 29 (35.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (19.75%) GRC
6 12 (14.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (11.11%) PERC
8 7 (8.64%) Basel II
8 7 (8.64%) Basel III
8 7 (8.64%) Dodd-Frank
8 7 (8.64%) IFRS
8 7 (8.64%) IFRS 9
8 7 (8.64%) SOC 2
9 5 (6.17%) NCSC
9 5 (6.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (4.94%) COBIT
11 3 (3.70%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (2.47%) Accessibility
12 2 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (1.23%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (2.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (12.35%) Terraform
2 9 (11.11%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.70%) CASB
3 3 (3.70%) Istio
3 3 (3.70%) linkerd
4 1 (1.23%) Ansible
4 1 (1.23%) Nessus
Vendors
1 21 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 12 (14.81%) Google
3 9 (11.11%) Adobe
3 9 (11.11%) OneTrust
4 4 (4.94%) Cisco
5 3 (3.70%) Palo Alto
5 3 (3.70%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.47%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (2.47%) Databricks
6 2 (2.47%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.47%) Juniper
7 1 (1.23%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.23%) Dell
7 1 (1.23%) Meraki
7 1 (1.23%) Oracle
7 1 (1.23%) Tenable