The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cryptography in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cryptography over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Cambridgeshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cryptography (Cryptology)
Rank 48 53 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Contract jobs citing Cryptography 2 9 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.366% 1.312% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.515% 6.569% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £398 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £393 £500
% change year-on-year
-5.73% -21.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
Average hourly rate £48.25 £54.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.46% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +43.83%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
132 137 97
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 24.13% 19.97% 18.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 73 27
Average daily rate £269 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.41% +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £225 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £400 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 22 25
Average hourly rate £35.50 £42.50 £17.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.47% +139.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £15.00 £10.27
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £36.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Cryptography
East of England

Cryptography
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cryptography across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Cambridgeshire Cryptography Jobs Demand Trend

Cryptography
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Cryptography across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Cryptography Daily Rate Trend

Cryptography
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Cryptography across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Cryptography Hourly Rate Trend

Cryptography
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge +7 2 - -
Cryptography
East of England

Cryptography
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Cryptography also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Cryptography.

1 5 (100.00%) Python
1 5 (100.00%) SNMP
1 5 (100.00%) Internet
1 5 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) UNIX
2 4 (80.00%) Validation
2 4 (80.00%) VLAN
2 4 (80.00%) Embedded Software Development
3 3 (60.00%) System Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) WebSphere
4 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management

Cryptography
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Cryptography also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Cryptography. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) WebSphere
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) SNMP
1 5 (100.00%) Internet
2 4 (80.00%) VLAN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Test Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Test Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Integration Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Integration Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Software Integration Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Test and Integration Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) UNIX
2 3 (60.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Validation
1 4 (80.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 3 (60.00%) System Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
1 5 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 5 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared