The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cryptography in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cryptography over the 3 months to 21 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cryptography (Cryptology)
Rank 132 141 136
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -5
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 11 12 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.418% 0.418% 0.570%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.370% 1.170% 1.614%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 4
Average salary - - £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £37,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+33.33% -31.81%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
803 1026 1053
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 30.51% 35.74% 35.31%
Number of salaries quoted 688 794 925
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £56,000 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Cryptography
East of England

Cryptography
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Cryptography Jobs Demand Trend

Cryptography
Salary Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Cryptography Salary Trend

Cryptography
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge +2 11 - -
Cryptography
East of England

Cryptography
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Cryptography.

1 25 (100.00%) C#
1 25 (100.00%) C++
1 25 (100.00%) UNIX
1 25 (100.00%) Windows
1 25 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 25 (100.00%) Degree
1 25 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 25 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 24 (96.00%) Internet
2 24 (96.00%) E-Commerce
3 22 (88.00%) ISO 9000
3 22 (88.00%) Electronics
3 22 (88.00%) Military
3 22 (88.00%) SC Cleared
3 22 (88.00%) Security Cleared
4 21 (84.00%) PKI
5 18 (72.00%) Product Management
6 16 (64.00%) C
6 16 (64.00%) Java
7 14 (56.00%) Python
8 12 (48.00%) Embedded Systems
9 10 (40.00%) Information Security
9 10 (40.00%) SQL
9 10 (40.00%) Linux
10 8 (32.00%) OOP
10 8 (32.00%) OO
10 8 (32.00%) .NET
10 8 (32.00%) TDD
11 4 (16.00%) Computer Security
12 3 (12.00%) Software Testing

Cryptography
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Cryptography. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (32.00%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 24 (96.00%) Internet
General
1 22 (88.00%) Electronics
1 22 (88.00%) Military
2 2 (8.000%) Telecoms
2 2 (8.000%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 25 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 18 (72.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 11 (44.00%) Lead Software Engineer
4 8 (32.00%) Database Specialist
5 3 (12.00%) Cryptography Specialist
6 1 (4.000%) Test Engineer
6 1 (4.000%) Software Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 25 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 25 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 21 (84.00%) PKI
3 12 (48.00%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (8.000%) Chip and PIN
Operating Systems
1 25 (100.00%) UNIX
1 25 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 24 (96.00%) E-Commerce
3 18 (72.00%) Product Management
4 10 (40.00%) Information Security
5 8 (32.00%) OOP
5 8 (32.00%) OO
5 8 (32.00%) TDD
6 4 (16.00%) Computer Security
7 3 (12.00%) Software Testing
8 2 (8.000%) Communications Security
8 2 (8.000%) Information Management
8 2 (8.000%) Information Assurance
9 1 (4.000%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 25 (100.00%) C#
1 25 (100.00%) C++
2 16 (64.00%) C
2 16 (64.00%) Java
3 14 (56.00%) Python
4 10 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (100.00%) Degree
2 22 (88.00%) SC Cleared
2 22 (88.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (88.00%) ISO 9000
2 3 (12.00%) TickIT
2 3 (12.00%) ISO 9001