Cryptography Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

Cryptography (Cryptology)
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basingstoke requiring Cryptography skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 37 37
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +2
Contract jobs citing Cryptography 8 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 3.08% 1.22% 2.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.69% 1.50% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile - £585 -
25th Percentile £463 £600 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £650 £394
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +64.79% +12.70%
75th Percentile £488 £731 -
90th Percentile - £765 -
Hampshire median daily rate £513 £639 £600
% change year-on-year -19.73% +6.42% +71.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Basingstoke

Cryptography falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 217 200 203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 83.46% 81.63% 85.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 156 57
10th Percentile £463 £407 £243
25th Percentile £500 £476 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £649
90th Percentile £650 £725 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 12
10th Percentile £12.18 £18.50 -
25th Percentile - £21.88 £15.50
Median hourly rate £17.00 £28.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.29% +60.00% -15.54%
75th Percentile - £32.25 £36.56
90th Percentile £17.37 £34.50 £45.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £65.85 £51.42
% change year-on-year -68.55% +28.06% +14.27%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cryptography relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

Cryptography job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

Cryptography
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Cryptography.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Cryptography

Cryptography
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) SSL
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
1 5 (62.50%) Migration
1 5 (62.50%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) Key Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Thales