Cryptography Contracts in the Thames Valley

Cryptography (Cryptology)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Cryptography skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cryptography over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 145 163
Rank change year-on-year +16 +18 -35
Contract jobs citing Cryptography 13 4 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.48% 0.14% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.15% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile £470 - £387
25th Percentile £500 - £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 - £405
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.74%
75th Percentile £640 - £413
90th Percentile £721 - £465
South East median daily rate £625 £550 £538
% change year-on-year +13.64% +2.33% +10.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
South East median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Cryptography is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,381 2,727 3,105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.57% 92.10% 88.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,335 1,893 2,096
10th Percentile £213 £320 £225
25th Percentile £363 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 62 86
10th Percentile £15.55 £18.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £20.00 £24.86 £12.10
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +192.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.05 £25.55
90th Percentile £85.57 £79.19 £66.88
South East median hourly rate £46.87 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -6.26% +122.22% -11.76%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Cryptography as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Cryptography in the Thames Valley

Cryptography
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cryptography in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Cryptography in the Thames Valley

Cryptography
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cryptography in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cryptography in the Thames Valley

Cryptography
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cryptography in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Cryptography in the Thames Valley

Cryptography
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Berkshire -3 10 £475 - 3
Buckinghamshire - 3 £640 -
Cryptography
South East

Cryptography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (76.92%) AWS
1 10 (76.92%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) IaaS
2 3 (23.08%) PaaS
2 3 (23.08%) SaaS
3 2 (15.38%) Azure API Management
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Event Grid
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) SSL
2 3 (23.08%) VPN
3 2 (15.38%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Lead
2 2 (15.38%) Security Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) IT Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) IT Security Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (76.92%) Web Services
2 2 (15.38%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) PKI
2 2 (15.38%) Public Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Linux
2 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Key Management
2 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (30.77%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 3 (23.08%) Cloud Security
3 3 (23.08%) Microservices
3 3 (23.08%) Migration
3 3 (23.08%) Security Architecture
4 2 (15.38%) Affinity Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) API Management
4 2 (15.38%) Continuous Deployment
4 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
4 2 (15.38%) DevOps
4 2 (15.38%) DevSecOps
4 2 (15.38%) High Availability
4 2 (15.38%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (15.38%) ITSM
4 2 (15.38%) Network Architecture
4 2 (15.38%) Security Monitoring
4 2 (15.38%) Target Operating Model
4 2 (15.38%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) C#
1 2 (15.38%) Java
1 2 (15.38%) PHP
1 2 (15.38%) Python
1 2 (15.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) Security Cleared
2 8 (61.54%) Degree
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Certification
3 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (76.92%) Active Directory
2 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (15.38%) Docker
3 2 (15.38%) Hyper-V
3 2 (15.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
1 2 (15.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) VMware
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft