PCI DSS Contracts with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for PCI DSS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PCI DSS over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 271 350 478
Rank change year-on-year +79 +128 -69
Contract jobs citing PCI DSS 78 109 149
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.53% 0.45% 0.34%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.79% 3.63% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 84 98
10th Percentile £413 £415 £419
25th Percentile £486 £500 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £678 £688 £638
90th Percentile £805 £750 £703
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +8.91%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,056 3,000 5,816
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.04% 12.38% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,432 2,176 4,152
10th Percentile £300 £325 £313
25th Percentile £413 £419 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £520 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.02% +1.96% +7.37%
75th Percentile £619 £632 £613
90th Percentile £750 £743 £700
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -2.86% +0.96% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 68 129
10th Percentile £12.75 £17.50 £11.97
25th Percentile £14.00 £20.97 £19.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £39.60 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.39% -11.01% +134.21%
75th Percentile £48.75 £59.46 £56.00
90th Percentile £66.00 £70.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £22.34 £37.50 £27.73
% change year-on-year -40.43% +35.23% +32.05%

PCI DSS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing PCI DSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PCI DSS trend for jobs with a WFH option

PCI DSS
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing PCI DSS.

PCI DSS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

PCI DSS
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing PCI DSS over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

PCI DSS daily rate 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 2 (2.56%) IIS
1 2 (2.56%) nginx
2 1 (1.28%) Confluence
2 1 (1.28%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (5.13%) Chatbot
2 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.56%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.85%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 31 (39.74%) Azure
2 23 (29.49%) AWS
3 11 (14.10%) GCP
4 7 (8.97%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (8.97%) GitHub
5 6 (7.69%) Azure Service Bus
6 5 (6.41%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (5.13%) Entra ID
7 4 (5.13%) Twilio
8 3 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (3.85%) Amazon S3
8 3 (3.85%) AWS KMS
8 3 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (2.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (2.56%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (2.56%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (2.56%) Miro
9 2 (2.56%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.26%) Firewall
2 6 (7.69%) CTI
2 6 (7.69%) Network Security
3 5 (6.41%) TCP/IP
4 4 (5.13%) VoIP
4 4 (5.13%) VPN
5 3 (3.85%) DNS
5 3 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (3.85%) LAN
6 2 (2.56%) Kerberos
6 2 (2.56%) SSL
6 2 (2.56%) WAN
7 1 (1.28%) BGP
7 1 (1.28%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (1.28%) MPLS
7 1 (1.28%) OSPF
7 1 (1.28%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (2.56%) NoSQL
1 2 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (2.56%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (7.69%) Jenkins
2 5 (6.41%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (3.85%) JIRA
4 2 (2.56%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (2.56%) Postman
5 1 (1.28%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.28%) Burp Suite
5 1 (1.28%) Git
5 1 (1.28%) GitLab
5 1 (1.28%) Selenium
5 1 (1.28%) TestCafe
General
1 26 (33.33%) Finance
2 20 (25.64%) Social Skills
3 9 (11.54%) Back Office
4 7 (8.97%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (8.97%) Retail
5 6 (7.69%) Marketing
5 6 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (6.41%) Banking
6 5 (6.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (5.13%) Telecoms
8 3 (3.85%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.85%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.56%) Multimedia
10 1 (1.28%) Advertising
10 1 (1.28%) Electronics
10 1 (1.28%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.28%) Law
10 1 (1.28%) Legal
10 1 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (32.05%) Senior
2 17 (21.79%) Architect
3 10 (12.82%) Consultant
4 8 (10.26%) Security Architect
5 7 (8.97%) Analyst
5 7 (8.97%) Security Consultant
6 6 (7.69%) Developer
6 6 (7.69%) Product Owner
7 5 (6.41%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 5 (6.41%) DOORS Engineer
7 5 (6.41%) Integration Engineer
7 5 (6.41%) Project Manager
7 5 (6.41%) Security Technical Consultant
7 5 (6.41%) Senior Developer
7 5 (6.41%) Senior Product Owner
7 5 (6.41%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 5 (6.41%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (6.41%) Systems Engineer
7 5 (6.41%) Systems Integration Engineer
7 5 (6.41%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.13%) Middleware
1 4 (5.13%) Web Services
2 3 (3.85%) REST
2 3 (3.85%) SAML
3 2 (2.56%) .NET
3 2 (2.56%) FIDO
3 2 (2.56%) Kafka
3 2 (2.56%) OAuth
3 2 (2.56%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (2.56%) RESTful
3 2 (2.56%) SAP PI
3 2 (2.56%) Spring
3 2 (2.56%) Spring Boot
3 2 (2.56%) Spring Security
3 2 (2.56%) Spring WebFlux
3 2 (2.56%) XML
4 1 (1.28%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.28%) JWT
4 1 (1.28%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.28%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.54%) Management Information System
2 8 (10.26%) Product Ownership
3 5 (6.41%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (5.13%) IVR
5 3 (3.85%) PKI
5 3 (3.85%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.56%) Contactless
6 2 (2.56%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.56%) Digital Wallet
6 2 (2.56%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (1.28%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.28%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.28%) Mobile Payment
7 1 (1.28%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.28%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.28%) Replication
7 1 (1.28%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 11 (14.10%) Windows
2 7 (8.97%) Unix
3 5 (6.41%) Linux
3 5 (6.41%) Windows Server
4 3 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (3.85%) Windows 10
4 3 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (2.56%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.28%) Kali Linux
6 1 (1.28%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (41.03%) Agile
2 23 (29.49%) DevOps
2 23 (29.49%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (21.79%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (19.23%) Risk Management
5 14 (17.95%) Information Security
6 9 (11.54%) Vulnerability Management
7 8 (10.26%) Analytics
7 8 (10.26%) Computer Science
7 8 (10.26%) CRM
7 8 (10.26%) Security Architecture
8 7 (8.97%) CI/CD
8 7 (8.97%) Data Protection
8 7 (8.97%) DevSecOps
8 7 (8.97%) Regulatory Compliance
8 7 (8.97%) Requirements Management
8 7 (8.97%) User Stories
8 7 (8.97%) Validation
9 6 (7.69%) Content Management
9 6 (7.69%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.82%) PowerShell
2 9 (11.54%) Java
2 9 (11.54%) SQL
3 6 (7.69%) C#
3 6 (7.69%) JavaScript
4 5 (6.41%) Python
5 2 (2.56%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.28%) Bash
6 1 (1.28%) Go
6 1 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 23 (29.49%) Degree
2 12 (15.38%) Master's Degree
3 8 (10.26%) AWS Certification
3 8 (10.26%) CISSP
4 7 (8.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (7.69%) CISM
5 6 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (6.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (5.13%) Azure Certification
8 3 (3.85%) CEH
9 2 (2.56%) CISA
9 2 (2.56%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (2.56%) CREST Certified
9 2 (2.56%) CSSLP
9 2 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (1.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (1.28%) GCIA
10 1 (1.28%) GCIH
10 1 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (25.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (23.08%) GDPR
3 17 (21.79%) NIST
4 6 (7.69%) HIPAA
4 6 (7.69%) PSD2
5 5 (6.41%) SOC 2
6 4 (5.13%) COBIT
7 3 (3.85%) GRC
8 2 (2.56%) COSO
8 2 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (2.56%) ISO 20022
8 2 (2.56%) ISO 22301
8 2 (2.56%) ISO 9001
8 2 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (1.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (1.28%) QA
System Software
1 10 (12.82%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.41%) Docker
3 3 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.56%) Squid
4 2 (2.56%) XenApp
5 1 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (14.10%) Terraform
2 4 (5.13%) Ansible
2 4 (5.13%) Grafana
2 4 (5.13%) Kibana
2 4 (5.13%) Nessus
2 4 (5.13%) Packer
3 2 (2.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (2.56%) HAProxy
3 2 (2.56%) logstash
3 2 (2.56%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (2.56%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.28%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.28%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 13 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.54%) Cisco
3 5 (6.41%) Google
4 4 (5.13%) Avaya
4 4 (5.13%) Genesys
5 3 (3.85%) Palo Alto
5 3 (3.85%) Splunk
5 3 (3.85%) VMware
6 2 (2.56%) CheckPoint
6 2 (2.56%) Citrix
6 2 (2.56%) Confluent
6 2 (2.56%) CyberArk
6 2 (2.56%) CyberSource
6 2 (2.56%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.56%) IBM
6 2 (2.56%) New Relic
6 2 (2.56%) PayPal
6 2 (2.56%) Qualys
6 2 (2.56%) Red Hat
6 2 (2.56%) SAP