Cryptography Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cryptography (Cryptology)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 663 568 727
Rank change year-on-year -95 +159 -113
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 94 193 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.32% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.34% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 77 90 51
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,875 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,750 £41,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £58,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.59% -2.92% -4.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £62,833 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,001 £76,316 £68,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £66,123
% change year-on-year +15.38% -1.70% +2.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,550 57,521 66,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.98% 95.64% 94.06%
Number of salaries quoted 41,216 29,548 40,995
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cryptography as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cryptography in the UK excluding London

Cryptography
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cryptography in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cryptography in the UK excluding London

Cryptography
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cryptography in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cryptography in the UK excluding London

Cryptography
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
East of England +38 28 £56,500 -15.67% 10
North of England -23 27 £70,000 +48.15% 7
Yorkshire +24 25 £70,000 +64.71% 2
South East -4 15 £65,000 -45.83% 8
South West -25 10 £60,000 +0.80% 14
Midlands -39 8 £67,500 +62.83% 3
East Midlands -11 6 £70,502 +69.24% 2
Scotland -67 6 £75,000 +26.00% 2
North West +5 2 £75,000 +26.00% 5
West Midlands -22 2 £67,500 +63.64% 1
Cryptography
UK

Cryptography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (3.19%) IIS
1 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.06%) Ethereum
2 1 (1.06%) Hyperledger
Business Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 30 (31.91%) Azure
2 13 (13.83%) Cloud Computing
3 12 (12.77%) AWS
4 6 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (6.38%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (6.38%) IaaS
4 6 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (6.38%) Microsoft Purview
4 6 (6.38%) PaaS
4 6 (6.38%) SaaS
5 1 (1.06%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 46 (48.94%) Firewall
2 33 (35.11%) Network Security
3 22 (23.40%) Intrusion Detection
4 13 (13.83%) DNS
5 10 (10.64%) Wireshark
6 9 (9.57%) TCP/IP
7 7 (7.45%) Internet
8 6 (6.38%) LAN
8 6 (6.38%) WAN
9 5 (5.32%) VPN
10 3 (3.19%) 4G
11 2 (2.13%) Wireless
11 2 (2.13%) Wireless Security
12 1 (1.06%) 5G
12 1 (1.06%) Multicast
12 1 (1.06%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.19%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.13%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (4.26%) IDA Disassembler
2 3 (3.19%) Burp Suite
3 2 (2.13%) Apache Continuum
3 2 (2.13%) JIRA
3 2 (2.13%) Metasploit
3 2 (2.13%) Rational DOORS
General
1 25 (26.60%) Aerospace
2 19 (20.21%) Law
3 9 (9.57%) Finance
3 9 (9.57%) Games
3 9 (9.57%) Social Skills
4 3 (3.19%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.19%) Banking
4 3 (3.19%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.13%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.13%) Military
5 2 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.13%) Retail
6 1 (1.06%) Marketing
6 1 (1.06%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (27.66%) Lead
2 23 (24.47%) Team Leader
3 17 (18.09%) Network Specialist
4 12 (12.77%) Architect
4 12 (12.77%) Network Security Specialist
4 12 (12.77%) Security Specialist
5 11 (11.70%) Security Engineer
6 9 (9.57%) Security Architect
7 7 (7.45%) Machine Learning Researcher
8 6 (6.38%) Engineering Manager
8 6 (6.38%) Information Security Engineer
9 5 (5.32%) Network Operations Specialist
10 4 (4.26%) Security Researcher
11 3 (3.19%) Penetration Tester
11 3 (3.19%) Systems Engineer
12 2 (2.13%) IT Architect
12 2 (2.13%) IT Security Architect
12 2 (2.13%) Network Architect
12 2 (2.13%) Network Security Engineer
12 2 (2.13%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (12.77%) Web Services
2 7 (7.45%) PyTorch
2 7 (7.45%) TensorFlow
3 6 (6.38%) Middleware
4 2 (2.13%) OAuth
4 2 (2.13%) OpenID
4 2 (2.13%) SAML
5 1 (1.06%) ERC20
5 1 (1.06%) Smart Contracts
5 1 (1.06%) Truffle
5 1 (1.06%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 19 (20.21%) Management Information System
2 11 (11.70%) Security Operations Centre
2 11 (11.70%) Security Posture
3 9 (9.57%) Blockchain
4 8 (8.51%) Algorithms
5 7 (7.45%) Data Centre
5 7 (7.45%) Distributed Computing
6 6 (6.38%) Operational Technology
7 5 (5.32%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (5.32%) Industry 4.0
7 5 (5.32%) SCADA
8 4 (4.26%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (3.19%) PKI
10 2 (2.13%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (2.13%) Mobile App
10 2 (2.13%) PMI
11 1 (1.06%) Cyberattack
11 1 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (14.89%) Windows
2 11 (11.70%) Kali Linux
3 6 (6.38%) Android
3 6 (6.38%) Apple iOS
4 5 (5.32%) Linux
5 3 (3.19%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (2.13%) Unix
7 1 (1.06%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (54.26%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (36.17%) Incident Response
3 32 (34.04%) Information Security
4 29 (30.85%) SIEM
5 23 (24.47%) Software Engineering
6 21 (22.34%) ISMS
7 19 (20.21%) Migration
7 19 (20.21%) Vulnerability Management
8 18 (19.15%) Security Operations
9 17 (18.09%) Kalman Filter
9 17 (18.09%) Risk Analysis
9 17 (18.09%) Social Engineering
10 15 (15.96%) Information Management
10 15 (15.96%) Project Management
11 14 (14.89%) Artificial Intelligence
11 14 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (14.89%) Security Management
12 13 (13.83%) Computer Science
12 13 (13.83%) Security Architecture
13 12 (12.77%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (21.28%) Python
2 11 (11.70%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.26%) C
3 4 (4.26%) C++
3 4 (4.26%) SQL
4 2 (2.13%) Bash
4 2 (2.13%) C#
5 1 (1.06%) Rust
5 1 (1.06%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 26 (27.66%) Security Cleared
2 21 (22.34%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (21.28%) DV Cleared
4 19 (20.21%) Degree
5 18 (19.15%) CISSP
6 10 (10.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 9 (9.57%) CCDA
7 9 (9.57%) CCDP
7 9 (9.57%) Master's Degree
8 8 (8.51%) CCSP
8 8 (8.51%) CEH
8 8 (8.51%) SSCP
9 6 (6.38%) SANS
9 6 (6.38%) SC Cleared
10 5 (5.32%) AWS Certification
10 5 (5.32%) Azure Certification
10 5 (5.32%) CISA
11 4 (4.26%) OSCP
12 3 (3.19%) CISM
13 2 (2.13%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (27.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (23.40%) NIST
3 17 (18.09%) PCI DSS
4 7 (7.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 7 (7.45%) NCSC
5 6 (6.38%) COBIT
6 2 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (2.13%) GDPR
7 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 6 (6.38%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (3.19%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (3.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.06%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (8.51%) Nmap
2 6 (6.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (5.32%) Suricata
4 2 (2.13%) CSIRT
4 2 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.06%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 33 (35.11%) Cisco
2 19 (20.21%) Juniper
2 19 (20.21%) Palo Alto
3 14 (14.89%) Blue Coat
3 14 (14.89%) CheckPoint
3 14 (14.89%) Infoblox
4 13 (13.83%) Riverbed
5 12 (12.77%) Splunk
6 11 (11.70%) Microsoft
7 6 (6.38%) Qualys
7 6 (6.38%) Rapid7
7 6 (6.38%) Thycotic
8 5 (5.32%) BT
9 3 (3.19%) Citrix
9 3 (3.19%) VMware
10 2 (2.13%) ForgeRock
10 2 (2.13%) Thales
11 1 (1.06%) Fortinet
11 1 (1.06%) LogRhythm