Cryptography Jobs in England

Cryptography (Cryptology)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Cryptography skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cryptography over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 619 620 871
Rank change year-on-year +1 +251 -156
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 217 343 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.37% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.39% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 183 173 110
10th Percentile £45,850 £38,525 £52,500
25th Percentile £58,730 £44,652 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £73,999
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -12.16% +10.25%
75th Percentile £92,500 £81,928 £91,875
90th Percentile £122,000 £97,290 £105,000
UK median annual salary £73,750 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.46% - -7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,041 88,556 126,288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.85% 95.64% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 53,922 52,314 73,827
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cryptography as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cryptography in England

Cryptography
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cryptography in England.

Salary trend for Cryptography in England

Cryptography
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cryptography in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cryptography in England

Cryptography
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the England region over the 6 months to 29 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +104 120 £90,000 +20.00% 17
East of England +39 34 £60,000 -10.45% 18
North of England -57 25 £70,000 +64.71% 3
Yorkshire +14 24 £70,000 +64.71% 2
South East +1 13 £65,000 -45.83% 11
South West -18 10 £59,000 -0.88% 14
Midlands -16 8 £67,500 +63.64% 5
East Midlands -8 6 £70,502 +69.24% 1
West Midlands -5 2 £67,500 +66.15% 4
North West -5 1 £60,000 +0.80% 1
Cryptography
UK

Cryptography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (8.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (6.91%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.84%) Ethereum
3 4 (1.84%) Hyperledger
3 4 (1.84%) OpenZeppelin
4 3 (1.38%) IIS
Applications
1 25 (11.52%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 62 (28.57%) Azure
2 33 (15.21%) AWS
3 24 (11.06%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (8.76%) Cloud Computing
5 16 (7.37%) GCP
6 15 (6.91%) Azure Sentinel
7 14 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (6.45%) Microsoft Purview
8 9 (4.15%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.76%) IaaS
9 6 (2.76%) PaaS
9 6 (2.76%) SaaS
10 1 (0.46%) GitHub
10 1 (0.46%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.46%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.46%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 84 (38.71%) Firewall
2 46 (21.20%) Network Security
3 37 (17.05%) TCP/IP
4 36 (16.59%) DNS
5 20 (9.22%) Intrusion Detection
6 16 (7.37%) LAN
6 16 (7.37%) WAN
6 16 (7.37%) Wireshark
7 15 (6.91%) DHCP
7 15 (6.91%) VPN
8 7 (3.23%) Internet
9 4 (1.84%) IPFS
9 4 (1.84%) Wireless
9 4 (1.84%) Wireless Security
10 3 (1.38%) 4G
10 3 (1.38%) SSL
11 2 (0.92%) HTTP
11 2 (0.92%) IPv4
12 1 (0.46%) HTTPS
12 1 (0.46%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.15%) Power BI
2 3 (1.38%) Big Data
2 3 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.38%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.92%) Redis
4 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.46%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.46%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (4.61%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.76%) JIRA
3 5 (2.30%) Burp Suite
4 4 (1.84%) Git
4 4 (1.84%) Hardhat
4 4 (1.84%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.92%) Apache Continuum
5 2 (0.92%) IDA Disassembler
5 2 (0.92%) Rational DOORS
General
1 43 (19.82%) Finance
2 31 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 31 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 25 (11.52%) Law
4 16 (7.37%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.61%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.15%) Games
7 8 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.76%) Banking
9 4 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.38%) Legal
10 3 (1.38%) Retail
10 3 (1.38%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.92%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.92%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.92%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.92%) Police
12 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (19.35%) Architect
2 41 (18.89%) Security Engineer
3 36 (16.59%) Lead
4 26 (11.98%) Team Leader
4 26 (11.98%) Technical Architect
5 25 (11.52%) Security Architect
6 23 (10.60%) Network Specialist
7 18 (8.29%) Senior
8 17 (7.83%) Security Technical Architect
9 15 (6.91%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 13 (5.99%) Network Operations Specialist
11 12 (5.53%) Analyst
11 12 (5.53%) Cryptography Engineer
12 11 (5.07%) Information Security Engineer
12 11 (5.07%) Senior Security Engineer
13 10 (4.61%) Consultant
13 10 (4.61%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 10 (4.61%) Network Security Specialist
13 10 (4.61%) Security Consultant
13 10 (4.61%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.37%) .NET
2 12 (5.53%) web3js
3 11 (5.07%) Web Services
4 9 (4.15%) Smart Contracts
5 7 (3.23%) Middleware
5 7 (3.23%) PyTorch
5 7 (3.23%) TensorFlow
6 5 (2.30%) ERC20
6 5 (2.30%) OAuth
6 5 (2.30%) Truffle
7 4 (1.84%) ASP.NET Web API
7 4 (1.84%) Node.js
7 4 (1.84%) OpenID
7 4 (1.84%) RESTful
7 4 (1.84%) Spring
7 4 (1.84%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.92%) HTML
8 2 (0.92%) HTML5
8 2 (0.92%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.92%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 60 (27.65%) PKI
2 29 (13.36%) Management Information System
3 27 (12.44%) Blockchain
4 20 (9.22%) Security Operations Centre
5 17 (7.83%) Greenfield Project
6 15 (6.91%) Replication
7 12 (5.53%) Security Posture
8 11 (5.07%) Algorithms
8 11 (5.07%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (5.07%) Web3
9 9 (4.15%) Virtual Team
10 7 (3.23%) Cyberattack
10 7 (3.23%) Distributed Computing
11 6 (2.76%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (2.76%) Onboarding
11 6 (2.76%) Operational Technology
12 5 (2.30%) Industry 4.0
12 5 (2.30%) SCADA
13 4 (1.84%) Embedded Systems
13 4 (1.84%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 52 (23.96%) Windows
2 36 (16.59%) Linux
3 31 (14.29%) Android
3 31 (14.29%) Apple iOS
4 16 (7.37%) Windows Server
5 15 (6.91%) Windows 10
5 15 (6.91%) Windows Server 2008
6 9 (4.15%) Kali Linux
7 5 (2.30%) Unix
8 3 (1.38%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.92%) Debian
9 2 (0.92%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (60.37%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (26.73%) SIEM
3 56 (25.81%) Information Security
4 45 (20.74%) Vulnerability Management
5 44 (20.28%) Incident Response
6 39 (17.97%) Data Loss Prevention
7 38 (17.51%) Problem-Solving
8 36 (16.59%) Software Engineering
9 34 (15.67%) ITIL
9 34 (15.67%) Kalman Filter
10 31 (14.29%) DevOps
11 28 (12.90%) Cloud Security
12 27 (12.44%) Identity Management
13 26 (11.98%) Computer Science
13 26 (11.98%) Security Operations
14 24 (11.06%) Identity Access Management
15 23 (10.60%) Agile
16 22 (10.14%) Information Security Management
16 22 (10.14%) Security Management
17 21 (9.68%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (25.35%) Python
2 38 (17.51%) PowerShell
3 23 (10.60%) C
4 15 (6.91%) Rust
5 11 (5.07%) Bash
5 11 (5.07%) C++
5 11 (5.07%) Java
6 8 (3.69%) Go
6 8 (3.69%) Solidity
7 5 (2.30%) C#
7 5 (2.30%) Kotlin
7 5 (2.30%) Scala
8 4 (1.84%) SQL
8 4 (1.84%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.38%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.46%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.46%) Dart
10 1 (0.46%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.46%) PHP
10 1 (0.46%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 70 (32.26%) Degree
2 42 (19.35%) CISSP
3 37 (17.05%) Security Cleared
4 36 (16.59%) Cisco Certification
5 30 (13.82%) CEH
6 29 (13.36%) Master's Degree
7 22 (10.14%) CISM
7 22 (10.14%) CREST Certified
8 19 (8.76%) DV Cleared
9 17 (7.83%) CCDA
9 17 (7.83%) CCDP
9 17 (7.83%) CCSP
9 17 (7.83%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (7.37%) SSCP
11 15 (6.91%) MCSA
12 14 (6.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 14 (6.45%) SANS
13 12 (5.53%) SC Cleared
14 10 (4.61%) CRISC
14 10 (4.61%) ISSMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (17.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (12.90%) PCI DSS
3 26 (11.98%) NIST
4 16 (7.37%) COBIT
5 13 (5.99%) Accessibility
6 10 (4.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 6 (2.76%) NCSC
8 5 (2.30%) GDPR
9 4 (1.84%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 18 (8.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (7.83%) Active Directory
3 14 (6.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.92%) Docker
6 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (8.29%) Nmap
2 14 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (4.61%) Ansible
4 7 (3.23%) CASB
5 5 (2.30%) CSIRT
5 5 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.38%) Suricata
7 2 (0.92%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (0.92%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.46%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 53 (24.42%) Cisco
2 48 (22.12%) Microsoft
3 18 (8.29%) Splunk
3 18 (8.29%) VMware
4 16 (7.37%) CheckPoint
5 15 (6.91%) Bloomberg
5 15 (6.91%) FactSet
5 15 (6.91%) Juniper
5 15 (6.91%) MobileIron
5 15 (6.91%) Palo Alto
5 15 (6.91%) Refinitiv
6 14 (6.45%) Qualys
6 14 (6.45%) Rapid7
6 14 (6.45%) Thycotic
7 12 (5.53%) Blue Coat
7 12 (5.53%) Infoblox
8 11 (5.07%) Riverbed
9 10 (4.61%) Alibaba
9 10 (4.61%) Google
10 7 (3.23%) Citrix