PCI DSS Contracts in England

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring PCI DSS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PCI DSS over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 372 420 575
Rank change year-on-year +48 +155 -74
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 179 225 212
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.48% 0.48% 0.30%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.53% 3.54% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 173 155
10th Percentile £413 £458 £300
25th Percentile £476 £525 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% +6.38%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £648
90th Percentile £825 £838 £733
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £545
% change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% +6.86%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

PCI DSS falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,067 6,357 9,159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.51% 13.52% 13.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,193 4,313 6,338
10th Percentile £300 £300 £290
25th Percentile £406 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 382 229 265
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.17 £12.56
25th Percentile £12.88 £20.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £24.18 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.11% +54.55% +33.92%
75th Percentile £51.31 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.00 £69.40
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £37.75 £27.73
% change year-on-year -36.95% +36.13% +32.05%

PCI DSS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for PCI DSS in England

PCI DSS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PCI DSS in England.

Daily rate trend for PCI DSS in England

PCI DSS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PCI DSS in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PCI DSS in England

PCI DSS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PCI DSS in England.

Hourly rate trend for PCI DSS in England

PCI DSS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PCI DSS within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +56 109 £550 -15.38% 34
South East -11 22 £525 -25.00% 12
North of England -1 20 £500 -1.96% 7
South West +8 16 £500 -23.08% 3
North West +12 14 £530 +28.48% 3
Yorkshire -2 5 £395 -28.99% 3
Midlands +15 4 £588 +2.17% 17
East Midlands +10 4 £588 -6.00% 7
East of England +3 2 £675 -15.63% 2
PCI DSS
UK

PCI DSS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.12%) CMS
2 2 (1.12%) Confluence
2 2 (1.12%) IIS
2 2 (1.12%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (2.23%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 67 (37.43%) Azure
2 44 (24.58%) AWS
3 16 (8.94%) GCP
4 11 (6.15%) Azure Service Bus
4 11 (6.15%) Entra ID
4 11 (6.15%) GitHub
5 8 (4.47%) AWS KMS
6 7 (3.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 7 (3.91%) Amazon EC2
6 7 (3.91%) Amazon S3
6 7 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (3.35%) Miro
8 5 (2.79%) Amazon SQS
9 4 (2.23%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (2.23%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (2.23%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.23%) Twilio
10 3 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 22 (12.29%) Firewall
2 9 (5.03%) Network Security
3 8 (4.47%) Intrusion Detection
3 8 (4.47%) VPN
4 7 (3.91%) TCP/IP
5 6 (3.35%) Kerberos
5 6 (3.35%) SSL
6 5 (2.79%) WAN
7 4 (2.23%) CTI
7 4 (2.23%) DNS
7 4 (2.23%) LAN
7 4 (2.23%) VoIP
8 3 (1.68%) BGP
8 3 (1.68%) MPLS
8 3 (1.68%) OSPF
8 3 (1.68%) SAN
8 3 (1.68%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.12%) Internet
10 1 (0.56%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (0.56%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.35%) NoSQL
2 5 (2.79%) SAP HANA
3 3 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.12%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.56%) Big Data
5 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.56%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.56%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 13 (7.26%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.91%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (3.35%) JIRA
4 4 (2.23%) GitLab
5 3 (1.68%) Burp Suite
5 3 (1.68%) Git
5 3 (1.68%) Selenium
6 2 (1.12%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.12%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (1.12%) Postman
7 1 (0.56%) TestCafe
General
1 56 (31.28%) Finance
2 38 (21.23%) Social Skills
3 26 (14.53%) Back Office
4 17 (9.50%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.70%) Banking
5 12 (6.70%) Retail
6 10 (5.59%) Manufacturing
7 8 (4.47%) Marketing
7 8 (4.47%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.91%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.23%) Legal
10 4 (2.23%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.12%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.12%) International Banking
11 2 (1.12%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.56%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 45 (25.14%) Senior
2 42 (23.46%) Architect
3 20 (11.17%) Analyst
3 20 (11.17%) Consultant
4 19 (10.61%) Lead
5 17 (9.50%) Security Architect
6 16 (8.94%) Security Consultant
7 14 (7.82%) Developer
8 13 (7.26%) Product Owner
8 13 (7.26%) Security Engineer
9 12 (6.70%) Business Analyst
10 10 (5.59%) Senior Developer
11 9 (5.03%) Senior Product Owner
12 7 (3.91%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 7 (3.91%) Lead Architect
12 7 (3.91%) Senior Analyst
12 7 (3.91%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 7 (3.91%) Systems Engineer
13 6 (3.35%) Senior Software Developer
13 6 (3.35%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.47%) .NET
2 7 (3.91%) Kafka
3 6 (3.35%) REST
4 5 (2.79%) SAP PI
4 5 (2.79%) Web Services
5 4 (2.23%) Middleware
5 4 (2.23%) SAML
6 3 (1.68%) OAuth
7 2 (1.12%) JWT
7 2 (1.12%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (1.12%) Spring
7 2 (1.12%) Spring Boot
7 2 (1.12%) Spring Security
7 2 (1.12%) Spring WebFlux
7 2 (1.12%) XML
8 1 (0.56%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.56%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.56%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.56%) LDAP
8 1 (0.56%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 26 (14.53%) Management Information System
2 20 (11.17%) Product Ownership
3 16 (8.94%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (8.38%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (4.47%) Security Posture
6 7 (3.91%) CESG
6 7 (3.91%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 5 (2.79%) Data Centre
8 4 (2.23%) IVR
8 4 (2.23%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.68%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.68%) IoT
9 3 (1.68%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.68%) PKI
9 3 (1.68%) Replication
9 3 (1.68%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.56%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (11.17%) Windows
2 17 (9.50%) Linux
3 14 (7.82%) Unix
4 8 (4.47%) Windows Server
5 7 (3.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.68%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.12%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (37.43%) Agile
2 50 (27.93%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (24.58%) Information Security
4 42 (23.46%) DevOps
5 24 (13.41%) Risk Management
5 24 (13.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 21 (11.73%) Software Engineering
7 20 (11.17%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (11.17%) Security Architecture
8 19 (10.61%) Security Operations
8 19 (10.61%) SIEM
9 18 (10.06%) Cloud Security
9 18 (10.06%) Design Patterns
10 16 (8.94%) Content Management
10 16 (8.94%) Database Optimisation
10 16 (8.94%) User Stories
10 16 (8.94%) Vulnerability Management
11 14 (7.82%) CI/CD
11 14 (7.82%) Requirements Gathering
12 13 (7.26%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (13.97%) Java
1 25 (13.97%) PowerShell
1 25 (13.97%) SQL
2 17 (9.50%) C#
2 17 (9.50%) JavaScript
3 16 (8.94%) Python
4 8 (4.47%) Shell Script
5 3 (1.68%) C
6 2 (1.12%) C++
6 2 (1.12%) Go
6 2 (1.12%) Perl
6 2 (1.12%) Ruby
7 1 (0.56%) Bash
7 1 (0.56%) Bicep
7 1 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 40 (22.35%) Degree
2 25 (13.97%) CISM
3 24 (13.41%) CISSP
4 17 (9.50%) Master's Degree
5 13 (7.26%) CISA
5 13 (7.26%) CompTIA Security+
6 9 (5.03%) CEH
6 9 (5.03%) SC Cleared
6 9 (5.03%) Security Cleared
7 8 (4.47%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (4.47%) SSCP
8 7 (3.91%) AWS Certification
8 7 (3.91%) CISMP
8 7 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (3.91%) ISACA
9 6 (3.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (2.79%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.79%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (2.79%) CRISC
11 4 (2.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (29.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 47 (26.26%) NIST
3 38 (21.23%) GDPR
4 22 (12.29%) HIPAA
5 10 (5.59%) GRC
6 7 (3.91%) COBIT
6 7 (3.91%) ISO 20022
6 7 (3.91%) NIST 800
7 6 (3.35%) SOC 2
8 5 (2.79%) ISO 31000
8 5 (2.79%) PSD2
8 5 (2.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (1.68%) NCSC
11 2 (1.12%) Accessibility
11 2 (1.12%) COSO
11 2 (1.12%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.56%) QA
System Software
1 19 (10.61%) Active Directory
2 14 (7.82%) Docker
3 6 (3.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.12%) Snort
5 2 (1.12%) Squid
5 2 (1.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 21 (11.73%) Terraform
2 12 (6.70%) Ansible
3 9 (5.03%) Kubernetes
4 8 (4.47%) Grafana
4 8 (4.47%) Packer
5 6 (3.35%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.79%) Nessus
7 4 (2.23%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 4 (2.23%) Kibana
7 4 (2.23%) logstash
8 3 (1.68%) SCCM
9 2 (1.12%) Argo
9 2 (1.12%) CASB
9 2 (1.12%) HAProxy
9 2 (1.12%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (1.12%) SCOrch
9 2 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.56%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 29 (16.20%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.59%) Cisco
3 9 (5.03%) Google
4 8 (4.47%) SAP
4 8 (4.47%) Splunk
5 6 (3.35%) Confluent
5 6 (3.35%) CrowdStrike
5 6 (3.35%) CyberSource
5 6 (3.35%) VMware
6 5 (2.79%) Palo Alto
6 5 (2.79%) Qualys
6 5 (2.79%) Red Hat
7 4 (2.23%) Avaya
7 4 (2.23%) Genesys
8 3 (1.68%) Checkmarx
8 3 (1.68%) CyberArk
8 3 (1.68%) Netskope
8 3 (1.68%) Veracode
9 2 (1.12%) Citrix
9 2 (1.12%) Ping Identity