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The table below looks at the demand for Cryptography (Cryptology) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cryptography over the 3 months to 14 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCryptography (Cryptology)
Location
3 months to
14 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank261276
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching permanent IT job ads621
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.009 %
As % of the category below0.273 %0.808 %
Salaries quoted614
Average minimum salary£23,333£37,143
Average salary£29,417£42,321
% change on same period last year-30.49 %
Average maximum salary£35,500£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£44,529£40,761
% change on same period last year+9.24 %
East of England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
East of England
Matching permanent IT job ads21982600
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.297 %1.122 %
Salaries quoted17752074
Average minimum salary£35,692£36,139
Average salary£39,075£39,534
% change on same period last year-1.16 %
Average maximum salary£42,458£42,930
UK excluding London average salary£37,628£39,630
% change on same period last year-5.05 %
Cryptography EnglandCryptography
England

Cryptography
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Cryptography across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

East of England Cryptography Demand Trend

Cryptography
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Cryptography across the East of England region.

East of England Cryptography Salary Trend

Cryptography
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cryptography across the East of England region over the 3 months to 14 October 2008.

East of England Cryptography Salary Histogram

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 East of England region over the 3 months to 14 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EssexUp+135£25,800-28.82 %
CambridgeshireDown-111£47,500+9.61 %
Cryptography EnglandCryptography
England

Cryptography
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT jobs across the East of 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Cryptography.

115 (71.43 %)Windows
212 (57.14 %)C++
212 (57.14 %)UNIX
311 (52.38 %)C#
311 (52.38 %)Python
49 (42.86 %)Internet
58 (38.10 %)Software Testing
67 (33.33 %)Computer Security
67 (33.33 %)E-Commerce
75 (23.81 %)Linux
75 (23.81 %)C
75 (23.81 %)Perl
84 (19.05 %)WebServices
84 (19.05 %)SSL
84 (19.05 %)Degree
92 (9.524 %)PKI
92 (9.524 %)Groovy
92 (9.524 %)Computer Science
92 (9.524 %)QA
92 (9.524 %)Ruby
92 (9.524 %)Smartcard
92 (9.524 %)FTP
92 (9.524 %)VPN
92 (9.524 %)Windows Server 2003
92 (9.524 %)Firewall
92 (9.524 %)PHP
101 (4.762 %)SQL
101 (4.762 %).NET
101 (4.762 %)Windows 2000
101 (4.762 %)Solaris

Cryptography
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT jobs across the East of 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Cryptography. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (19.05 %)WebServices
21 (4.762 %).NET
East of England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (42.86 %)Internet
24 (19.05 %)SSL
32 (9.524 %)VPN
32 (9.524 %)FTP
32 (9.524 %)Firewall
41 (4.762 %)HTTP
41 (4.762 %)TCP/IP
East of England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (4.762 %)RDBMS
East of England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (4.762 %)Banking
11 (4.762 %)Auditing
East of England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (42.86 %)Software Engineer
28 (38.10 %)Test Engineer
36 (28.57 %)Software Test Engineer
36 (28.57 %)Analyst
45 (23.81 %)Security Analyst
45 (23.81 %)IT Security Analyst
53 (14.29 %)Senior Test Engineer
53 (14.29 %)Senior Software Engineer
62 (9.524 %)Security Engineer
71 (4.762 %)Senior QA Engineer
71 (4.762 %)C Software Engineer
71 (4.762 %)QA Engineer
71 (4.762 %)Test Analyst
71 (4.762 %)Quality Engineer
East of England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (9.524 %)Smartcard
12 (9.524 %)PKI
12 (9.524 %)Computer Science
21 (4.762 %)Client/Server
East of England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (71.43 %)Windows
212 (57.14 %)UNIX
35 (23.81 %)Linux
42 (9.524 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (4.762 %)Windows Vista
51 (4.762 %)Windows 2000
51 (4.762 %)Solaris
East of England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (38.10 %)Software Testing
27 (33.33 %)Computer Security
27 (33.33 %)E-Commerce
31 (4.762 %)OOD
East of England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (57.14 %)C++
211 (52.38 %)Python
211 (52.38 %)C#
35 (23.81 %)C
35 (23.81 %)Perl
42 (9.524 %)PHP
42 (9.524 %)Ruby
42 (9.524 %)Groovy
51 (4.762 %)OCaml
51 (4.762 %)SQL
East of England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (19.05 %)Degree
21 (4.762 %)PhD
21 (4.762 %)CISSP
21 (4.762 %)GIAC
East of England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (9.524 %)QA