The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cryptography in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cryptography over the 3 months to 17 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cryptography (Cryptology)
Rank 649 722 803
Rank change year-on-year
+73 +81
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 182 141 56
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.180% 0.124% 0.048%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.532% 0.370% 0.137%
Number of salaries quoted 117 90 36
Average salary £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.22% -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £97,500 £67,000 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £37,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+33.33% -31.81%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
34218 38130 40996
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 33.93% 33.57% 35.07%
Number of salaries quoted 28363 32372 34472
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £48,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.21%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £29,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Cryptography
UK

Cryptography
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Cryptography Salary Trend

Cryptography
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cryptography across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

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 England region over the 3 months to 17 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
London +67 73 £55,000 +10.00%
South East +3 48 £52,500 +41.89%
North West +19 22 £55,000 -6.38%
East of England -3 13 - -
Yorkshire -17 7 £41,000 +26.15%
South West -8 6 £34,000 -17.57%
West Midlands -15 6 £35,000 -36.36%
East Midlands - 4 £26,500 -
Cryptography
UK

Cryptography
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Cryptography.

1 169 (41.52%) Windows
2 161 (39.56%) Degree
3 149 (36.61%) Java
4 122 (29.98%) Information Security
5 121 (29.73%) Finance
6 114 (28.01%) C#
7 112 (27.52%) SQL
8 111 (27.27%) Computer Science
9 109 (26.78%) C++
10 106 (26.04%) PKI
11 105 (25.80%) UNIX
12 95 (23.34%) CISSP
13 88 (21.62%) C
14 84 (20.64%) Internet
14 84 (20.64%) Mathematics
15 83 (20.39%) Security Cleared
16 81 (19.90%) Linux
17 77 (18.92%) SC Cleared
18 73 (17.94%) Banking
19 68 (16.71%) Electronics
20 67 (16.46%) Management Information System
20 67 (16.46%) Software Engineering
21 65 (15.97%) E-Commerce
22 63 (15.48%) Microsoft
22 63 (15.48%) Firewall
23 62 (15.23%) Computer Security
24 55 (13.51%) VPN
25 54 (13.27%) Smartcard
26 52 (12.78%) .NET
27 51 (12.53%) OO

Cryptography
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Cryptography. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 52 (12.78%) .NET
2 30 (7.371%) JSON
3 28 (6.880%) Web Services
4 24 (5.897%) XML
5 21 (5.160%) REST
6 13 (3.194%) Spring
6 13 (3.194%) JDBC
6 13 (3.194%) Middleware
7 10 (2.457%) Spring Security
8 9 (2.211%) Java ME
8 9 (2.211%) JCE
8 9 (2.211%) XHTML
8 9 (2.211%) WML
9 7 (1.720%) JNI
9 7 (1.720%) Google Maps API
10 6 (1.474%) Pthreads
10 6 (1.474%) RESTful
10 6 (1.474%) Core Animation
10 6 (1.474%) Cocoa
10 6 (1.474%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 27 (6.634%) MS Exchange
2 19 (4.668%) IIS
3 16 (3.931%) Exchange Server 2003
4 15 (3.686%) SharePoint
4 15 (3.686%) SharePoint 2010
5 14 (3.440%) Apache
5 14 (3.440%) Tomcat
6 10 (2.457%) Liferay
7 8 (1.966%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (1.474%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.737%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.491%) WebSphere MQ
10 2 (0.491%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 32 (7.862%) MS Office
2 25 (6.143%) MS Excel
3 11 (2.703%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 84 (20.64%) Internet
2 63 (15.48%) Firewall
3 55 (13.51%) VPN
4 51 (12.53%) NFC
5 41 (10.07%) TCP/IP
6 40 (9.828%) SSL
7 35 (8.600%) HTTP
8 32 (7.862%) Network Security
9 23 (5.651%) DNS
9 23 (5.651%) Wireless
10 20 (4.914%) SMTP
11 18 (4.423%) tcpdump
12 16 (3.931%) SNMP
13 15 (3.686%) VLAN
14 13 (3.194%) SSH
14 13 (3.194%) LDAP
15 12 (2.948%) LAN
15 12 (2.948%) WAN
15 12 (2.948%) TELNET
16 11 (2.703%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.143%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.457%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (2.457%) MySQL
2 10 (2.457%) NoSQL
3 7 (1.720%) SQLite
4 6 (1.474%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (0.737%) DB2
Development Applications
1 26 (6.388%) Git (software)
2 19 (4.668%) Rational DOORS
3 18 (4.423%) Hudson
3 18 (4.423%) Jenkins
4 15 (3.686%) Subversion
5 10 (2.457%) JUnit
6 9 (2.211%) Eclipse
6 9 (2.211%) Maven
6 9 (2.211%) Mercurial
7 7 (1.720%) Ant
8 6 (1.474%) Xcode
8 6 (1.474%) Gerrit
9 2 (0.491%) MSBuild
9 2 (0.491%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.491%) Metasploit
10 1 (0.246%) ClearQuest
10 1 (0.246%) ClearCase
General
1 121 (29.73%) Finance
2 73 (17.94%) Banking
3 68 (16.71%) Electronics
4 41 (10.07%) Military
5 33 (8.108%) Telecoms
6 19 (4.668%) Marketing
7 16 (3.931%) Retail
8 14 (3.440%) Billing
9 13 (3.194%) Legal
10 7 (1.720%) French Language
11 6 (1.474%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.983%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.737%) Advertising
14 2 (0.491%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.491%) Law
14 2 (0.491%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.246%) Russian Language
Job Titles
1 73 (17.94%) Software Engineer
2 69 (16.95%) Consultant
3 42 (10.32%) Analyst
4 41 (10.07%) Security Analyst
5 40 (9.828%) Developer
5 40 (9.828%) Architect
6 34 (8.354%) Security Architect
7 28 (6.880%) Security Consultant
8 27 (6.634%) Administrator
8 27 (6.634%) Senior Software Engineer
9 25 (6.143%) Systems Administrator
10 23 (5.651%) Senior Consultant
11 21 (5.160%) Android Developer
12 18 (4.423%) Security Engineer
12 18 (4.423%) Project Manager
13 17 (4.177%) Senior Developer
13 17 (4.177%) Security Specialist
14 16 (3.931%) Graduate
14 16 (3.931%) IT Security Analyst
15 14 (3.440%) Pre Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 111 (27.27%) Computer Science
2 106 (26.04%) PKI
3 84 (20.64%) Mathematics
4 67 (16.46%) Management Information System
5 54 (13.27%) Smartcard
6 45 (11.06%) Mobile Payment
7 35 (8.600%) iPhone
8 28 (6.880%) Embedded Systems
9 27 (6.634%) Blackberry
9 27 (6.634%) EMV
10 26 (6.388%) Mobile App
11 17 (4.177%) Chip and PIN
12 14 (3.440%) DTV
12 14 (3.440%) Clustering
12 14 (3.440%) Open Source
13 13 (3.194%) SaaS
13 13 (3.194%) Biometrics
14 10 (2.457%) Firmware
14 10 (2.457%) VHDL
14 10 (2.457%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 169 (41.52%) Windows
2 105 (25.80%) UNIX
3 81 (19.90%) Linux
4 40 (9.828%) Android
5 19 (4.668%) Apple iOS
6 17 (4.177%) Windows Server 2008
6 17 (4.177%) Windows 7
7 15 (3.686%) Windows XP
8 14 (3.440%) Windows 8
9 11 (2.703%) Windows Phone
10 7 (1.720%) Solaris
11 6 (1.474%) Windows Phone 8
12 3 (0.737%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.491%) AIX
14 1 (0.246%) Windows Mobile
14 1 (0.246%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (29.98%) Information Security
2 67 (16.46%) Software Engineering
3 65 (15.97%) E-Commerce
4 62 (15.23%) Computer Security
5 51 (12.53%) OO
6 49 (12.04%) Security Architecture
7 45 (11.06%) Identity Management
8 40 (9.828%) Risk Analysis
9 39 (9.582%) Penetration Testing
9 39 (9.582%) Project Management
10 35 (8.600%) Scrum
11 32 (7.862%) OOP
12 30 (7.371%) Continuous Integration
13 29 (7.125%) Integration Testing
14 28 (6.880%) Software Testing
15 26 (6.388%) Technical Architecture
16 25 (6.143%) Risk Management
16 25 (6.143%) Cyber Security
17 23 (5.651%) Data Protection
18 22 (5.405%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 149 (36.61%) Java
2 114 (28.01%) C#
3 112 (27.52%) SQL
4 109 (26.78%) C++
5 88 (21.62%) C
6 46 (11.30%) Objective-C
7 41 (10.07%) Python
8 34 (8.354%) Perl
9 20 (4.914%) Bash shell
10 15 (3.686%) XAML
10 15 (3.686%) JavaScript
11 14 (3.440%) Shell Script
11 14 (3.440%) AWK
11 14 (3.440%) sed
12 10 (2.457%) Ruby
13 8 (1.966%) MATLAB
14 6 (1.474%) VB
14 6 (1.474%) Delphi
15 4 (0.983%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.737%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 161 (39.56%) Degree
2 95 (23.34%) CISSP
3 83 (20.39%) Security Cleared
4 77 (18.92%) SC Cleared
5 30 (7.371%) CISA
6 29 (7.125%) CISM
7 24 (5.897%) Cisco Certification
8 22 (5.405%) CCNA
9 21 (5.160%) MCITP
10 20 (4.914%) GIAC
11 15 (3.686%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 13 (3.194%) PhD
13 10 (2.457%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (2.457%) SSCP
14 8 (1.966%) CCNP
15 7 (1.720%) DV Cleared
16 6 (1.474%) MCSE
17 4 (0.983%) MCP
18 3 (0.737%) GCIA
18 3 (0.737%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (11.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 41 (10.07%) ISO 9000
3 24 (5.897%) PCI DSS
4 22 (5.405%) ISO 9001
4 22 (5.405%) TickIT
5 18 (4.423%) COBIT
6 4 (0.983%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.246%) QA
7 1 (0.246%) HMG Infosec
7 1 (0.246%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 18 (4.423%) Active Directory
1 18 (4.423%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (3.931%) Postfix
2 16 (3.931%) Nmap
2 16 (3.931%) NFS
3 11 (2.703%) ProxySG
4 10 (2.457%) Squid
5 8 (1.966%) Snort
6 3 (0.737%) UAG
7 1 (0.246%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (3.931%) Nagios
2 14 (3.440%) Puppet
3 11 (2.703%) WSUS
3 11 (2.703%) SCCM
4 4 (0.983%) Nessus
5 2 (0.491%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.246%) SCOM
Vendors
1 63 (15.48%) Microsoft
2 47 (11.55%) VMware
3 30 (7.371%) Oracle
4 27 (6.634%) Cisco
5 20 (4.914%) CheckPoint
5 20 (4.914%) EMC
6 16 (3.931%) NetApp
7 15 (3.686%) Symbian
8 14 (3.440%) JBoss
8 14 (3.440%) Red Hat
8 14 (3.440%) Hyperion
9 13 (3.194%) Citrix
10 12 (2.948%) Nokia
11 11 (2.703%) Apple
11 11 (2.703%) Sophos
11 11 (2.703%) Blue Coat
12 10 (2.457%) Xilinx
12 10 (2.457%) Altera
12 10 (2.457%) Actel
12 10 (2.457%) SAP
London
Key Skills: IT implementation (network and infrastructure) SC Cleared (or eligible to achieve this) Knowledge of European Security Standards. Relevant degree level education. CISSP... PKI / SSL / SSH / AES...
Networking People
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
To be considered for this opportunity, you must have: - Experience of securing MS Windows environments - A proven track record of using enterprise security solutions for infrastructure and application...
Webrecruit
Salary: Up to £35,000 Plus 25 Days’ Holiday, Option to Sell Holiday
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cheshire
key management systems, PKI, HSMs, application cryptography, key material handling, standard and non-standard cryptographic algorithms) - Excellent understanding of secure JAVA and .NET application development... - A broad understanding...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum + banking bonus and excellent benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
London
As the Information Security Specialist, you will be responsible for developing cryptographic applications utilising your SME knowledge of cryptography... In addition, you will have strong application development knowledge,...
Proprius Recruitment
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum Bonus + Bens
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
Ideally you should have some experience of the following technical security skills: in-depth and broad IT networking, Network Intrusion Detection Systems, vulnerability scanners, SIEM, authentication, HSM / Cryptography...
Acumin
Salary: From £55,000 to £70,000 per annum Competitive salary, car allowance, p
Posted: 17 May 2013
Wiltshire
Experience of enterprise security solutions for infrastructure and application architectures including: MS UAG, RSA/SecureIDs, VPNs & Firewalls, VMWare, Checkpoint, Symantec, PKI, Cryptography, WinTel platforms and Penetration Testing at...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £33000 - £35000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 13 May 2013
Fareham, Hampshire
Technically you should have expertise with SIEM, IDS/IPS, SNORT, TCPDUMP or WIRESHARK, Unix, Linux and Windows to admin level. In addition you need to have strong TCP/...
Fenwick Ryan
Salary: £35000 - £65000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Fareham, Hampshire
Technically you should have expertise with SIEM, IDS/IPS, SNORT, TCPDUMP or WIRESHARK, Unix, Linux and Windows to admin level. In addition you need to have strong TCP/...
Fenwick Ryan
Salary: £35000 - £65000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
An example of the types of project one may work on includes: - Market Analysis of trends in mobile payments - Business Modelling and Strategy for Identity Management in the...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Up to 60k + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Northamptonshire
Be experienced in leading complex, high-risk, technical deployments - Have a deep understanding of IT security in general, beyond cryptography. This is an excellent opportunity for an excellent...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: Up to £75,000 per annum + Banking Bonus and Comprehensive Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Experience in service oriented architecture and Java Applications - Experience of UNIX and 3 tiered architecture - Experience of securing Web communications, SSL, Cryptography Supporting Skills - The idea candidate will...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £55,000 to £65,000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Health + 23-28 D
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
iOS Platform Head: Objective C, iOS SDK, multithreads, enterprise apps, mobile, MVC, OOP, Agile... GIT / SVN / Mercurial / CVS... JME, Blackberry, Android & Windows... Hudson / Jenkins... *Knowledge of Symmetric & Asymmetric...
Parallel Consulting
Salary: £70000 - £90000 per annum + pension, bonus, healthcare
Posted: 17 May 2013
Surbiton, Surrey
Linux systems (preferably RedHat and SLES... Strong bash Shell Scripting skills and basic Perl... Good Apache Web Server knowledge (SSL, vhosts, rewrite rules, mod_jk, mod_proxy, ) Commercial experience with...
Kelway Ltd
Salary: From £55,000 to £60,000 per annum £55,000 - £60,000 + Bonus + Excellen
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cheshire
Be experienced in leading complex, high-risk, technical deployments - Have a deep understanding of IT security in general, beyond cryptography. This is an excellent opportunity for an excellent...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: Up to £75,000 per annum + banking bonus and excellent benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Northamptonshire
Be experienced in leading complex, high-risk, technical deployments - Have a deep understanding of IT security in general, beyond cryptography. This is an excellent opportunity for an excellent...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: Up to £75,000 per annum + banking bonus and excellent benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013