Cryptography Contracts in Bedfordshire

Cryptography (Cryptology)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Cryptography skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cryptography over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 34 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Contract jobs citing Cryptography 9 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 5.77% 0.41% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.12% 0.47% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate - - £400
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £62.45 - -
25th Percentile £65.00 - -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £80.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -
75th Percentile £88.00 - -
90th Percentile £90.70 - -
East of England median hourly rate £85.00 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year +36.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 147 213 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 94.23% 86.59% 91.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 123 120
10th Percentile £463 £303 £207
25th Percentile £500 £406 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.48% +10.53% -3.06%
75th Percentile £675 £575 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £626
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 35 6
10th Percentile £20.26 £15.33 £18.50
25th Percentile £28.21 £15.39 £29.31
Median hourly rate £60.75 £21.50 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year +182.56% -66.27% +15.91%
75th Percentile £81.25 £38.33 £87.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £65.75 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £24.62
% change year-on-year +6.25% +62.47% +58.84%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings citing Cryptography as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Cryptography in Bedfordshire

Cryptography
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cryptography in Bedfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Cryptography in Bedfordshire

Cryptography
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cryptography in Bedfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Cryptography in Bedfordshire

Cryptography
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cryptography in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Cryptography in Bedfordshire

Cryptography
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Luton +10 9 - - 9
Cryptography
East of England

Cryptography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 5 (55.56%) Confluence
1 5 (55.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Ethernet
General
1 9 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Electronics
3 3 (33.33%) Games
4 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
5 1 (11.11%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Security Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) FPGA Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Firmware Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 5 (55.56%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (33.33%) Algorithms
3 3 (33.33%) FPGA
3 3 (33.33%) PCIe
3 3 (33.33%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Data Management
1 5 (55.56%) PDM
1 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Security Management
3 3 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 3 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (33.33%) Document Management
3 3 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 3 (33.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 3 (33.33%) Physics
3 3 (33.33%) UVM
3 3 (33.33%) Validation
3 3 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
4 2 (22.22%) Architecture Roadmap
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
4 2 (22.22%) SysML
4 2 (22.22%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) MATLAB
2 3 (33.33%) SystemVerilog
2 3 (33.33%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) HNC
2 3 (33.33%) HND
3 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) DO-254
2 1 (11.11%) JSP 440
2 1 (11.11%) NCSC
2 1 (11.11%) NIST
2 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Actel
1 3 (33.33%) Altera
1 3 (33.33%) Intel
1 3 (33.33%) Microsemi
1 3 (33.33%) Xilinx