Cryptography Jobs in the South West

Cryptography (Cryptology)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 282 260 296
Rank change year-on-year -22 +36 -14
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 10 14 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.11% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.21% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 4
10th Percentile £56,750 - £42,000
25th Percentile £58,000 £56,219 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £59,526 £57,525
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% +3.48% +4.59%
75th Percentile £60,375 £75,000 £66,106
90th Percentile £63,000 - £67,693
England median annual salary £72,500 £66,550 £73,999
% change year-on-year +8.94% -10.07% +15.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,758 6,534 7,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.13% 94.46% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5,561 3,649 4,987
10th Percentile £28,833 £30,500 £30,973
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,353
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.47%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Cryptography as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Cryptography in the South West

Cryptography
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cryptography in the South West.

Salary trend for Cryptography in the South West

Cryptography
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bristol +8 7 £58,000 -2.56% 10
Gloucestershire - 2 £60,000 - 3
Dorset - 1 £63,000 -
Cryptography
England

Cryptography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Firewall
2 4 (40.00%) Internet
2 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (40.00%) Wireless
2 4 (40.00%) Wireless Security
3 2 (20.00%) Wireshark
4 1 (10.00%) 4G
4 1 (10.00%) 5G
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Burp Suite
1 4 (40.00%) Metasploit
2 2 (20.00%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 4 (40.00%) Aerospace
1 4 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Penetration Tester
1 4 (40.00%) Tester
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
2 2 (20.00%) Security Researcher
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Network Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Network Communications Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Network Integration Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Network Systems Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) System Verification Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Integration Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Test and Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (20.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (10.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Kali Linux
2 5 (50.00%) Windows
3 4 (40.00%) Unix
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (40.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (40.00%) Information Security
1 4 (40.00%) Malware Analysis
1 4 (40.00%) Mobile Application Development
1 4 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
1 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (40.00%) Red Team
1 4 (40.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 3 (30.00%) Network Architecture
3 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (20.00%) Information Management
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (10.00%) Change Management
4 1 (10.00%) Integration Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Service Management
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) Bash
1 4 (40.00%) C#
1 4 (40.00%) Python
2 2 (20.00%) C
2 2 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) CHECK Team Member
2 4 (40.00%) CREST Certified
2 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) OSCP
3 3 (30.00%) CCDA
3 3 (30.00%) CCDP
3 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (20.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (10.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Nmap
2 1 (10.00%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Cisco
2 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (10.00%) Juniper
2 1 (10.00%) Splunk