The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cryptography in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cryptography (Cryptology)
Rank 677 744 811
Rank change year-on-year
+67 +67
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 182 152 60
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.169% 0.126% 0.049%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.505% 0.380% 0.140%
Number of salaries quoted 117 90 39
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
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
36074 39962 42780
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 33.47% 33.04% 34.65%
Number of salaries quoted 29600 33687 35794
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,500 £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
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cryptography Jobs Demand Trend

Cryptography
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Cryptography within the UK.

Cryptography Salary Trend

Cryptography
Salary Histogram

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

Cryptography Salary Histogram

Cryptography
Top 30 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 UK 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
England +73 182 £55,000 +22.22%
London +67 73 £55,000 +10.00%
South East +3 48 £52,500 +41.89%
North West +19 22 £55,000 -6.38%
City of London +28 21 £71,250 +18.75%
Hampshire -19 18 £45,000 +21.62%
Surrey +23 16 £55,000 +48.64%
Cambridgeshire 0 13 - -
Cambridge -1 13 - -
East of England -3 13 - -
Cheshire +8 10 £55,000 -6.38%
Manchester - 8 £49,500 -
Crawley - 8 - -
West Sussex - 8 - -
West Yorkshire 0 7 £41,000 +26.15%
Guildford -3 7 £62,500 +66.66%
Yorkshire -17 7 £41,000 +26.15%
Leeds - 7 £41,000 -
South West -8 6 £34,000 -17.57%
West Midlands -15 6 £35,000 -36.36%
Southampton - 6 £45,000 -
Coventry - 4 £35,000 -
Surbiton - 4 £57,500 -
East Midlands - 4 £26,500 -
Swindon +8 3 £34,000 -15.00%
Wiltshire +6 3 £34,000 -12.25%
Knutsford - 3 £55,000 -
Leicester - 3 £26,500 -
Leicestershire - 3 £26,500 -
Gloucestershire +4 2 - -

Cryptography
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1 176 (41.81%) Windows
2 167 (39.67%) Degree
3 149 (35.39%) Java
4 130 (30.88%) Finance
5 129 (30.64%) Information Security
6 114 (27.08%) C#
7 113 (26.84%) SQL
8 112 (26.60%) Computer Science
9 110 (26.13%) C++
10 109 (25.89%) UNIX
11 107 (25.42%) PKI
12 103 (24.47%) CISSP
13 89 (21.14%) C
14 85 (20.19%) Mathematics
15 84 (19.95%) Security Cleared
15 84 (19.95%) Linux
15 84 (19.95%) Internet
16 77 (18.29%) SC Cleared
17 76 (18.05%) Management Information System
18 74 (17.58%) Banking
19 73 (17.34%) Firewall
20 68 (16.15%) Electronics
20 68 (16.15%) Computer Security
21 67 (15.91%) Software Engineering
22 65 (15.44%) Microsoft
22 65 (15.44%) E-Commerce
23 56 (13.30%) VPN
23 56 (13.30%) Security Architecture
24 54 (12.83%) Smartcard
25 52 (12.35%) .NET

Cryptography
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 (12.35%) .NET
2 30 (7.126%) JSON
3 28 (6.651%) Web Services
4 25 (5.938%) XML
5 21 (4.988%) REST
6 13 (3.088%) JDBC
6 13 (3.088%) Middleware
6 13 (3.088%) Spring
7 10 (2.375%) Spring Security
8 9 (2.138%) Java ME
8 9 (2.138%) JCE
8 9 (2.138%) XHTML
8 9 (2.138%) WML
9 7 (1.663%) JNI
9 7 (1.663%) Google Maps API
10 6 (1.425%) Pthreads
10 6 (1.425%) RESTful
10 6 (1.425%) Core Animation
10 6 (1.425%) WebSphere
10 6 (1.425%) Cocoa
Application Platforms
1 27 (6.413%) MS Exchange
2 19 (4.513%) IIS
3 16 (3.800%) Exchange Server 2003
4 15 (3.563%) SharePoint
4 15 (3.563%) SharePoint 2010
5 14 (3.325%) Apache
5 14 (3.325%) Tomcat
6 10 (2.375%) Liferay
7 8 (1.900%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (1.425%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.713%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.475%) WebSphere MQ
10 2 (0.475%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 33 (7.838%) MS Office
2 26 (6.176%) MS Excel
3 11 (2.613%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 84 (19.95%) Internet
2 73 (17.34%) Firewall
3 56 (13.30%) VPN
4 51 (12.11%) NFC
5 42 (9.976%) TCP/IP
6 41 (9.739%) SSL
7 35 (8.314%) HTTP
8 33 (7.838%) Network Security
9 24 (5.701%) DNS
10 23 (5.463%) Wireless
11 20 (4.751%) SMTP
12 18 (4.276%) Intrusion Detection
12 18 (4.276%) tcpdump
13 17 (4.038%) SNMP
14 16 (3.800%) WAN
14 16 (3.800%) LAN
15 15 (3.563%) VLAN
16 13 (3.088%) SSH
16 13 (3.088%) LDAP
17 12 (2.850%) TELNET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.938%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.375%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (2.375%) MySQL
2 10 (2.375%) NoSQL
3 7 (1.663%) SQLite
4 6 (1.425%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (0.713%) DB2
Development Applications
1 26 (6.176%) Git (software)
2 19 (4.513%) Rational DOORS
3 18 (4.276%) Hudson
3 18 (4.276%) Jenkins
4 15 (3.563%) Subversion
5 10 (2.375%) JUnit
6 9 (2.138%) Eclipse
6 9 (2.138%) Maven
6 9 (2.138%) Mercurial
7 7 (1.663%) Ant
8 6 (1.425%) Xcode
8 6 (1.425%) Gerrit
9 2 (0.475%) MSBuild
9 2 (0.475%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.475%) Metasploit
10 1 (0.238%) ClearQuest
10 1 (0.238%) ClearCase
General
1 130 (30.88%) Finance
2 74 (17.58%) Banking
3 68 (16.15%) Electronics
4 41 (9.739%) Military
5 33 (7.838%) Telecoms
6 19 (4.513%) Marketing
7 16 (3.800%) Retail
8 14 (3.325%) Billing
9 13 (3.088%) Legal
10 7 (1.663%) French Language
11 6 (1.425%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.950%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.713%) Advertising
14 2 (0.475%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.475%) Law
14 2 (0.475%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.238%) Russian Language
Job Titles
1 73 (17.34%) Software Engineer
2 70 (16.63%) Consultant
3 45 (10.69%) Analyst
4 44 (10.45%) Security Analyst
5 41 (9.739%) Developer
6 40 (9.501%) Architect
7 34 (8.076%) Security Architect
8 28 (6.651%) Security Consultant
9 27 (6.413%) Administrator
9 27 (6.413%) Senior Software Engineer
10 25 (5.938%) Systems Administrator
11 23 (5.463%) Senior Consultant
12 21 (4.988%) Android Developer
13 18 (4.276%) Security Engineer
13 18 (4.276%) Project Manager
14 17 (4.038%) Senior Developer
14 17 (4.038%) Security Specialist
15 16 (3.800%) Graduate
15 16 (3.800%) IT Security Analyst
16 15 (3.563%) Pre Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 112 (26.60%) Computer Science
2 107 (25.42%) PKI
3 85 (20.19%) Mathematics
4 76 (18.05%) Management Information System
5 54 (12.83%) Smartcard
6 45 (10.69%) Mobile Payment
7 35 (8.314%) iPhone
8 28 (6.651%) Embedded Systems
9 27 (6.413%) Blackberry
9 27 (6.413%) EMV
10 26 (6.176%) Mobile App
11 17 (4.038%) Chip and PIN
12 14 (3.325%) DTV
12 14 (3.325%) Clustering
12 14 (3.325%) Open Source
13 13 (3.088%) SaaS
13 13 (3.088%) Biometrics
14 10 (2.375%) Firmware
14 10 (2.375%) VHDL
14 10 (2.375%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 176 (41.81%) Windows
2 109 (25.89%) UNIX
3 84 (19.95%) Linux
4 40 (9.501%) Android
5 19 (4.513%) Apple iOS
6 18 (4.276%) Windows Server 2008
6 18 (4.276%) Windows 7
7 17 (4.038%) Windows XP
8 15 (3.563%) Windows 8
9 11 (2.613%) Windows Phone
10 7 (1.663%) Solaris
11 6 (1.425%) Windows Phone 8
12 4 (0.950%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.475%) AIX
14 1 (0.238%) Windows Mobile
14 1 (0.238%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (30.64%) Information Security
2 68 (16.15%) Computer Security
3 67 (15.91%) Software Engineering
4 65 (15.44%) E-Commerce
5 56 (13.30%) Security Architecture
6 51 (12.11%) OO
7 45 (10.69%) Identity Management
8 44 (10.45%) Penetration Testing
9 41 (9.739%) Risk Analysis
10 40 (9.501%) Project Management
11 35 (8.314%) Scrum
12 32 (7.601%) OOP
13 30 (7.126%) Continuous Integration
14 29 (6.888%) Integration Testing
15 28 (6.651%) Risk Management
15 28 (6.651%) Software Testing
16 26 (6.176%) Technical Architecture
16 26 (6.176%) ITIL
17 25 (5.938%) Cyber Security
18 23 (5.463%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 149 (35.39%) Java
2 114 (27.08%) C#
3 113 (26.84%) SQL
4 110 (26.13%) C++
5 89 (21.14%) C
6 46 (10.93%) Objective-C
7 41 (9.739%) Python
8 34 (8.076%) Perl
9 20 (4.751%) Bash shell
10 15 (3.563%) XAML
10 15 (3.563%) JavaScript
11 14 (3.325%) AWK
11 14 (3.325%) sed
11 14 (3.325%) Shell Script
12 10 (2.375%) Ruby
13 8 (1.900%) MATLAB
14 6 (1.425%) VB
14 6 (1.425%) Delphi
15 4 (0.950%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.950%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 167 (39.67%) Degree
2 103 (24.47%) CISSP
3 84 (19.95%) Security Cleared
4 77 (18.29%) SC Cleared
5 34 (8.076%) CISM
6 30 (7.126%) CISA
7 28 (6.651%) Cisco Certification
8 23 (5.463%) GIAC
9 22 (5.226%) CCNA
10 21 (4.988%) MCITP
11 15 (3.563%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 13 (3.088%) SSCP
12 13 (3.088%) PhD
13 10 (2.375%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (2.138%) CCNP
15 7 (1.663%) DV Cleared
16 6 (1.425%) CEH
16 6 (1.425%) MCSE
17 5 (1.188%) PCI QSA
18 4 (0.950%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (11.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 41 (9.739%) ISO 9000
3 31 (7.363%) PCI DSS
4 22 (5.226%) ISO 9001
4 22 (5.226%) TickIT
5 18 (4.276%) COBIT
6 4 (0.950%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.238%) QA
7 1 (0.238%) HMG Infosec
7 1 (0.238%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.238%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (4.276%) Active Directory
1 18 (4.276%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (3.800%) Postfix
2 16 (3.800%) Nmap
2 16 (3.800%) NFS
3 11 (2.613%) ProxySG
4 10 (2.375%) Squid
5 8 (1.900%) Snort
6 3 (0.713%) UAG
7 1 (0.238%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (3.800%) Nagios
2 14 (3.325%) Puppet
3 11 (2.613%) WSUS
3 11 (2.613%) SCCM
4 4 (0.950%) Nessus
5 2 (0.475%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.238%) SCOM
Vendors
1 65 (15.44%) Microsoft
2 47 (11.16%) VMware
3 30 (7.126%) Oracle
4 28 (6.651%) Cisco
5 20 (4.751%) CheckPoint
5 20 (4.751%) EMC
6 16 (3.800%) NetApp
7 15 (3.563%) Symbian
8 14 (3.325%) JBoss
8 14 (3.325%) Red Hat
8 14 (3.325%) Hyperion
9 13 (3.088%) Citrix
10 12 (2.850%) Nokia
11 11 (2.613%) Apple
11 11 (2.613%) Sophos
11 11 (2.613%) Blue Coat
12 10 (2.375%) Xilinx
12 10 (2.375%) Altera
12 10 (2.375%) Actel
12 10 (2.375%) SAP
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Posted: 14 May 2013
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Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum + banking bonus and excellent benefits
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Proprius Recruitment
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum Bonus + Bens
Posted: 14 May 2013
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Acumin
Salary: From £55,000 to £70,000 per annum Competitive salary, car allowance, p
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Salary: £33000 - £35000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
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Salary: £35000 - £65000 per annum + Bens
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Salary: £35000 - £65000 per annum + Bens
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Salary: Up to 60k + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Salary: Up to £75,000 per annum + Banking Bonus and Comprehensive Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: £70000 - £90000 per annum + pension, bonus, healthcare
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