The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cryptography in IT contracts advertised for the England 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 England 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 492 510 526
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +16
Contract jobs citing Cryptography 21 49 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.051% 0.092% 0.080%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.187% 0.363% 0.274%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 26 28
Average daily rate £440 £397 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.76% +22.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £411 £250 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £393 £500
% change year-on-year
-5.73% -21.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 3
Average hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +43.83%
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
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11208 13487 16440
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 26.96% 25.29% 29.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6896 8084 9903
Average daily rate £438 £437 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.11% -16.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £255 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £607 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 492 617 685
Average hourly rate £23.50 £22.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.44% -2.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.60 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
Cryptography
UK

Cryptography
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Cryptography Daily Rate Trend

Cryptography
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cryptography across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Cryptography Daily Rate Histogram

Cryptography
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Cryptography Hourly Rate Trend

Cryptography
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cryptography across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Cryptography Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England 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
London +31 7 £500 +25.00%
South West +27 4 £388 +34.95%
North West +4 4 £420 +49.15%
East of England +12 3 - -
South East +11 3 £425 -15.00%
Cryptography
UK

Cryptography
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 20 (37.04%) Security Cleared
2 17 (31.48%) Oracle
2 17 (31.48%) Firewall
3 16 (29.63%) SC Cleared
4 15 (27.78%) Java
4 15 (27.78%) Linux
5 14 (25.93%) Windows
5 14 (25.93%) Shell Script
6 13 (24.07%) VMware
6 13 (24.07%) VMware Infrastructure
7 12 (22.22%) NAS
7 12 (22.22%) SAN
7 12 (22.22%) UNIX
7 12 (22.22%) SNMP
8 11 (20.37%) SMTP
8 11 (20.37%) Citrix
8 11 (20.37%) CISSP
8 11 (20.37%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (20.37%) PKI
9 10 (18.52%) Apache
9 10 (18.52%) Tomcat
9 10 (18.52%) SQL
9 10 (18.52%) Internet
9 10 (18.52%) Clustering
9 10 (18.52%) Finance
10 9 (16.67%) Red Hat
10 9 (16.67%) CCSP
10 9 (16.67%) Memory Management
11 8 (14.81%) DV Cleared
11 8 (14.81%) iSCSI

Cryptography
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 7 (12.96%) JDBC
1 7 (12.96%) J2EE
2 5 (9.259%) HTML
3 4 (7.407%) Spring
4 3 (5.556%) Hibernate
4 3 (5.556%) JCE
4 3 (5.556%) JMS
4 3 (5.556%) JSP
4 3 (5.556%) SOAP
4 3 (5.556%) Java EE
4 3 (5.556%) jQuery
5 2 (3.704%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
5 2 (3.704%) WebSphere
5 2 (3.704%) CSS
6 1 (1.852%) SAML
6 1 (1.852%) .NET
6 1 (1.852%) Web Services
6 1 (1.852%) JSON
6 1 (1.852%) Spring Security
6 1 (1.852%) OAuth
Application Platforms
1 10 (18.52%) Apache
1 10 (18.52%) Tomcat
2 5 (9.259%) Liferay
3 4 (7.407%) MS Exchange
4 3 (5.556%) Lync
5 1 (1.852%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 1 (1.852%) EMB Igloo
Communications & Networking
1 17 (31.48%) Firewall
2 12 (22.22%) NAS
2 12 (22.22%) SAN
2 12 (22.22%) SNMP
3 11 (20.37%) SMTP
4 10 (18.52%) Internet
5 8 (14.81%) iSCSI
5 8 (14.81%) SSL
5 8 (14.81%) HTTP
6 7 (12.96%) TELNET
6 7 (12.96%) DHCP
6 7 (12.96%) TCP/IP
6 7 (12.96%) LDAP
6 7 (12.96%) tcpdump
7 6 (11.11%) NFC
8 5 (9.259%) DNS
9 4 (7.407%) VLAN
9 4 (7.407%) WAN
10 3 (5.556%) LAN
11 2 (3.704%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.81%) SQL Server
2 5 (9.259%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (9.259%) MySQL
3 3 (5.556%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (5.556%) Oracle 11g
4 2 (3.704%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.852%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.852%) CouchDB
5 1 (1.852%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (9.259%) Jenkins
1 5 (9.259%) Hudson
1 5 (9.259%) Git (software)
2 3 (5.556%) Eclipse
2 3 (5.556%) Ant
General
1 10 (18.52%) Finance
2 8 (14.81%) Banking
3 2 (3.704%) Electronics
4 1 (1.852%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.852%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.852%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.852%) Retail
4 1 (1.852%) Billing
Job Titles
1 15 (27.78%) Architect
2 9 (16.67%) Consultant
3 8 (14.81%) Technical Architect
4 7 (12.96%) Administrator
4 7 (12.96%) Linux Administrator
4 7 (12.96%) Security Architect
5 6 (11.11%) Security Analyst
5 6 (11.11%) Analyst
6 5 (9.259%) Security Consultant
7 4 (7.407%) Developer
8 3 (5.556%) Systems Administrator
8 3 (5.556%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 2 (3.704%) Cryptography Specialist
9 2 (3.704%) Test and Integration Engineer
9 2 (3.704%) Java/J2EE Developer
9 2 (3.704%) Integration Engineer
9 2 (3.704%) Integration Consultant
9 2 (3.704%) Software Integration Engineer
9 2 (3.704%) Java Developer
9 2 (3.704%) Test Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.37%) PKI
2 10 (18.52%) Clustering
3 7 (12.96%) CESG
4 5 (9.259%) Blackberry
4 5 (9.259%) EMV
4 5 (9.259%) Mobile App
5 4 (7.407%) Client/Server
6 3 (5.556%) Open Source
7 2 (3.704%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (3.704%) SaaS
7 2 (3.704%) Fat Client
7 2 (3.704%) Firmware
7 2 (3.704%) Thin Client
8 1 (1.852%) VHDL
8 1 (1.852%) Smartcard
8 1 (1.852%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 1 (1.852%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (1.852%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 15 (27.78%) Linux
2 14 (25.93%) Windows
3 12 (22.22%) UNIX
4 5 (9.259%) Apple iOS
4 5 (9.259%) Android
5 4 (7.407%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (5.556%) Windows NT
6 3 (5.556%) Ubuntu
6 3 (5.556%) Windows 7
7 2 (3.704%) Windows 8
7 2 (3.704%) SUSE
8 1 (1.852%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (16.67%) Memory Management
2 8 (14.81%) Information Security
3 7 (12.96%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (12.96%) Load Balancing
3 7 (12.96%) Information Assurance
4 6 (11.11%) System Testing
4 6 (11.11%) Network Design
4 6 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
5 5 (9.259%) Validation
5 5 (9.259%) Security Architecture
5 5 (9.259%) Embedded Software Development
6 3 (5.556%) E-Commerce
6 3 (5.556%) Ethical Hacking
6 3 (5.556%) TOGAF
6 3 (5.556%) Web Application Development
7 2 (3.704%) Investment Management
7 2 (3.704%) Security Testing
7 2 (3.704%) Technical Architecture
7 2 (3.704%) Web Development
7 2 (3.704%) OO
Programming Languages
1 15 (27.78%) Java
2 14 (25.93%) Shell Script
3 10 (18.52%) SQL
4 8 (14.81%) Perl
5 7 (12.96%) AWK
5 7 (12.96%) Bash shell
5 7 (12.96%) sed
6 5 (9.259%) C#
6 5 (9.259%) Python
7 4 (7.407%) C
7 4 (7.407%) C++
8 1 (1.852%) Objective-C
8 1 (1.852%) Tcl
8 1 (1.852%) Embedded C++
8 1 (1.852%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.852%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 20 (37.04%) Security Cleared
2 16 (29.63%) SC Cleared
3 11 (20.37%) CISSP
3 11 (20.37%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (16.67%) CCSP
5 8 (14.81%) DV Cleared
6 5 (9.259%) CCNA
7 4 (7.407%) MCTS
8 3 (5.556%) ISEB
8 3 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (5.556%) MCSE
8 3 (5.556%) MCP
9 1 (1.852%) GIAC
9 1 (1.852%) SSCP
9 1 (1.852%) CCNP
9 1 (1.852%) JNCIS
9 1 (1.852%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.556%) QA
2 1 (1.852%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.852%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (24.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (12.96%) Nmap
3 5 (9.259%) NFS
3 5 (9.259%) Squid
3 5 (9.259%) Postfix
4 3 (5.556%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (5.556%) Hyper-V
4 3 (5.556%) XenApp
5 2 (3.704%) Tivoli Directory Server
6 1 (1.852%) Xen
Systems Management
1 7 (12.96%) Puppet
2 6 (11.11%) OpenView
2 6 (11.11%) Nagios
2 6 (11.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (3.704%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (3.704%) Tivoli
3 2 (3.704%) Tivoli Identity Manager
4 1 (1.852%) SCCM
4 1 (1.852%) SCOM
4 1 (1.852%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 17 (31.48%) Oracle
2 13 (24.07%) VMware
3 11 (20.37%) Citrix
4 9 (16.67%) Red Hat
5 8 (14.81%) Microsoft
6 7 (12.96%) HP
6 7 (12.96%) JBoss
7 6 (11.11%) Sun
7 6 (11.11%) StorageTek
8 5 (9.259%) NetApp
8 5 (9.259%) EMC
8 5 (9.259%) SAP
9 4 (7.407%) Cisco
10 3 (5.556%) Juniper
11 2 (3.704%) IBM
12 1 (1.852%) CheckPoint
12 1 (1.852%) Hyperion
12 1 (1.852%) Xilinx
12 1 (1.852%) Tandberg
12 1 (1.852%) ProCurve
Ipswich, East Anglia
If you haven't got direct TLS experience, you should have done cryptography programming... You should be a team player, who can work with Embedded Firmware Engineers, Electronics...
Real Staffing
Rate: £45 - £50 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Ipswich, East Anglia
C++, Embedded, TLS, Transport Layer Security, Cryptography, Microcontrollers, Ipswich, Suffolk, £40 per hour, 6 months THE ROLE: A leading Electronics company in there market sector have an immediate...
Real Staffing
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Ipswich, East Anglia
Embedded, C++, TLS, Transport Layer Security, Microcontrollers, Ipswich, Suffolk, £40 per hour, 6 months THE ROLE: A leading Electronics company in there market sector have an immediate requirement...
Real Staffing
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
A good understanding of WAN technologies including Ethernet. * Previous experience in IP networking and routing including OSPF, ISIS and BGP. * Previous experience of VPNs using MPLS and IPSec. *...
Experis IT
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Skills and Experience: Essential *Experience of VHDL design experience for FPGA design. *Experience of VHDL simulation/test benches. *Experience of FPGA synthesis. *FPGA timing constraint experience in real...
People Source Consulting
Posted: 23 May 2013