Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PCI DSS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PCI DSS over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 581 482 586
Rank change year-on-year -99 +104 -102
Permanent jobs citing PCI DSS 341 635 841
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.61% 0.54%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.52% 3.22% 3.21%
Number of salaries quoted 272 419 568
10th Percentile £24,807 £32,500 £37,436
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% +2.57%
75th Percentile £82,500 £79,750 £79,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -8.70% +15.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

PCI DSS is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,528 19,692 26,225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.72% 18.97% 16.76%
Number of salaries quoted 9,247 9,122 13,236
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,438 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PCI DSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PCI DSS in the UK

PCI DSS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PCI DSS.

Salary trend for PCI DSS in the UK

PCI DSS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PCI DSS over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for PCI DSS in the UK

PCI DSS
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PCI DSS within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -73 311 £62,500 +4.60% 99
UK excluding London -127 214 £52,500 - 65
Work from Home -15 124 £57,500 -11.20% 52
London +72 108 £72,500 - 39
North of England +25 64 £49,500 +7.61% 16
Midlands +4 45 £53,500 -23.57% 10
North West +7 44 £45,000 - 8
South East -81 42 £71,250 +18.75% 21
East Midlands +24 31 £24,811 -40.44% 8
South West -54 31 £45,000 -15.09% 7
Yorkshire +57 19 £53,500 +16.30% 6
East of England -8 18 £24,526 -64.96% 9
West Midlands -23 13 £75,000 +7.14% 2
Scotland -57 13 £24,811 -61.76% 4
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -
North East -8 1 £37,500 -51.30% 2
Wales -17 1 £52,500 +50.00% 2

PCI DSS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (1.76%) IIS
1 6 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.88%) Apache
2 3 (0.88%) CMS
3 2 (0.59%) nginx
3 2 (0.59%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.29%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.88%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.29%) Magento
3 1 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 115 (33.72%) Azure
2 88 (25.81%) AWS
3 46 (13.49%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (6.74%) Cloud Computing
5 20 (5.87%) GCP
6 19 (5.57%) Azure Sentinel
7 17 (4.99%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (4.99%) SaaS
8 15 (4.40%) IaaS
8 15 (4.40%) Microsoft Purview
9 13 (3.81%) PaaS
10 7 (2.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 6 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.47%) Cloudflare
12 5 (1.47%) Entra ID
12 5 (1.47%) WhatsApp
13 4 (1.17%) GitHub
13 4 (1.17%) Google Workspace
13 4 (1.17%) OneDrive
13 4 (1.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 97 (28.45%) Firewall
2 54 (15.84%) Wi-Fi
3 53 (15.54%) Network Security
4 23 (6.74%) LAN
4 23 (6.74%) WAN
5 21 (6.16%) VPN
5 21 (6.16%) Wireshark
6 19 (5.57%) Intrusion Detection
7 17 (4.99%) TCP/IP
8 13 (3.81%) DNS
9 12 (3.52%) Wireless
10 11 (3.23%) Internet
11 6 (1.76%) SSL
12 5 (1.47%) Cisco Firepower
12 5 (1.47%) Cisco Nexus
12 5 (1.47%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 5 (1.47%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 5 (1.47%) Unified Communications
12 5 (1.47%) VoIP
13 4 (1.17%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.11%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.47%) BigQuery
2 5 (1.47%) Redis
2 5 (1.47%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.17%) Power BI
4 3 (0.88%) MySQL
4 3 (0.88%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.59%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.17%) Git
2 3 (0.88%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.59%) git-flow
3 2 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 93 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 73 (21.41%) Finance
3 40 (11.73%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.85%) Retail
5 20 (5.87%) Legal
6 19 (5.57%) Law
7 18 (5.28%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (3.23%) Banking
10 9 (2.64%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.35%) Manufacturing
12 7 (2.05%) Marketing
13 5 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.17%) Games
15 3 (0.88%) Advertising
16 2 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.59%) Mandarin Language
16 2 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.59%) Publishing
17 1 (0.29%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 58 (17.01%) Analyst
2 45 (13.20%) Security Analyst
3 42 (12.32%) Senior
4 34 (9.97%) Architect
5 32 (9.38%) Mobile Engineer
6 31 (9.09%) Security Engineer
7 27 (7.92%) Lead
8 26 (7.62%) Security Architect
8 26 (7.62%) Security Manager
9 24 (7.04%) Information Analyst
9 24 (7.04%) Information Security Analyst
10 22 (6.45%) Consultant
11 19 (5.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 19 (5.57%) Support Engineer
12 18 (5.28%) Desktop Engineer
12 18 (5.28%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 18 (5.28%) Junior Desktop Engineer
12 18 (5.28%) Junior Desktop Support
12 18 (5.28%) Junior Desktop Support Engineer
12 18 (5.28%) Junior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.93%) Web Services
2 8 (2.35%) .NET
3 6 (1.76%) Kafka
3 6 (1.76%) Middleware
4 4 (1.17%) .NET Framework
4 4 (1.17%) OAuth
4 4 (1.17%) SAML
5 3 (0.88%) CSS
5 3 (0.88%) HTML
5 3 (0.88%) Next.js
5 3 (0.88%) Node.js
5 3 (0.88%) React
5 3 (0.88%) REST
5 3 (0.88%) RESTful
6 2 (0.59%) LAMP
6 2 (0.59%) LEMP Stack
6 2 (0.59%) Spring
7 1 (0.29%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.29%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.29%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 61 (17.89%) Management Information System
2 38 (11.14%) Driving Licence
3 31 (9.09%) Security Posture
4 30 (8.80%) Security Operations Centre
5 27 (7.92%) Cyber Threat
6 23 (6.74%) Data Centre
7 16 (4.69%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (3.52%) Onboarding
9 11 (3.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 10 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (2.64%) Public Cloud
12 8 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (2.05%) Cloud Security Posture
13 7 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (1.76%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 6 (1.76%) Operational Technology
14 6 (1.76%) Replication
14 6 (1.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 5 (1.47%) Blog
15 5 (1.47%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 75 (21.99%) Windows
2 22 (6.45%) Android
2 22 (6.45%) Apple iOS
3 15 (4.40%) Linux
4 12 (3.52%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.17%) Kali Linux
6 2 (0.59%) Unix
6 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.29%) CentOS
7 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (54.25%) Information Security
2 158 (46.33%) Cybersecurity
3 73 (21.41%) Cloud Security
4 69 (20.23%) SIEM
5 66 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
6 64 (18.77%) Incident Response
7 63 (18.48%) Security Operations
8 61 (17.89%) Vulnerability Management
9 58 (17.01%) Risk Management
10 52 (15.25%) Data Protection
11 46 (13.49%) Asset Management
12 45 (13.20%) Data Security
12 45 (13.20%) ITIL
13 43 (12.61%) Disaster Recovery
14 41 (12.02%) Proactive Maintenance
14 41 (12.02%) Roadmaps
15 40 (11.73%) DevOps
16 37 (10.85%) Computer Science
16 37 (10.85%) Information Security Management
16 37 (10.85%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (11.44%) Python
2 31 (9.09%) PowerShell
3 11 (3.23%) JavaScript
4 9 (2.64%) Bash
4 9 (2.64%) SQL
5 8 (2.35%) C#
5 8 (2.35%) Java
6 6 (1.76%) Go
7 5 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.59%) VB
9 1 (0.29%) Groovy
9 1 (0.29%) Perl
9 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 122 (35.78%) CISSP
2 68 (19.94%) Degree
3 57 (16.72%) CISM
4 52 (15.25%) Security Cleared
5 40 (11.73%) PCI QSA
6 38 (11.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 38 (11.14%) CISA
7 35 (10.26%) Cisco Certification
8 28 (8.21%) AWS Certification
9 27 (7.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 24 (7.04%) CEH
11 23 (6.74%) SANS
12 21 (6.16%) Azure Certification
13 20 (5.87%) CCSP
14 18 (5.28%) Master's Degree
15 15 (4.40%) CRISC
15 15 (4.40%) Microsoft Certification
15 15 (4.40%) SSCP
16 13 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
17 10 (2.93%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (53.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 137 (40.18%) NIST
3 90 (26.39%) GDPR
4 49 (14.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 43 (12.61%) GRC
5 43 (12.61%) SLA
6 24 (7.04%) NCSC
7 21 (6.16%) HIPAA
8 20 (5.87%) COBIT
8 20 (5.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 14 (4.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 12 (3.52%) SOC 2
11 11 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 8 (2.35%) ISO 9001
13 6 (1.76%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (1.76%) GLBA
13 6 (1.76%) QA
14 4 (1.17%) ISO 22301
14 4 (1.17%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.88%) FISMA
System Software
1 38 (11.14%) KVM
2 14 (4.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 13 (3.81%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.05%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.47%) Docker
6 2 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.29%) Snort
7 1 (0.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 15 (4.40%) CASB
1 15 (4.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (4.11%) Nmap
3 13 (3.81%) Kubernetes
4 8 (2.35%) Ansible
4 8 (2.35%) Terraform
5 6 (1.76%) CSIRT
6 4 (1.17%) Autotask
6 4 (1.17%) Suricata
7 3 (0.88%) Nessus
7 3 (0.88%) SCCM
8 2 (0.59%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 2 (0.59%) Packer
9 1 (0.29%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.29%) Nagios
9 1 (0.29%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 125 (36.66%) Microsoft
2 39 (11.44%) Dell
3 28 (8.21%) Qualys
4 21 (6.16%) Splunk
5 18 (5.28%) Cisco
6 14 (4.11%) Rapid7
6 14 (4.11%) Thycotic
6 14 (4.11%) VMware
7 13 (3.81%) Google
8 10 (2.93%) CheckPoint
8 10 (2.93%) Juniper
9 9 (2.64%) Palo Alto
10 8 (2.35%) SolarWinds
11 7 (2.05%) F5
12 6 (1.76%) Citrix
13 5 (1.47%) Forcepoint
13 5 (1.47%) Fortinet
14 4 (1.17%) Datto
15 3 (0.88%) Facebook
15 3 (0.88%) Salesforce