Cryptography Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Cryptography (Cryptology)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Cryptography skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 - 55
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cryptography 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.16% - 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% - 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £543
25th Percentile £573 - £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 - £603
75th Percentile £618 - £629
90th Percentile - - £636
South East median daily rate £585 £575 £625
% change year-on-year +1.74% -8.00% +38.89%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 511 262 462
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 79.22% 93.91% 84.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 191 327
10th Percentile £271 £215 £270
25th Percentile £393 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £639 £650 £660
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -0.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 13 37
10th Percentile £15.74 - £15.94
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £19.00
Median hourly rate £18.32 £19.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.58% -24.00% +92.31%
75th Percentile £29.61 £53.75 £30.00
90th Percentile £33.44 £65.50 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £30.00 £37.80 £36.50
% change year-on-year -20.62% +3.55% -18.89%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Cryptography job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Cryptography
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Cryptography

Cryptography
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 15 March 2026. 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
Milton Keynes - 1 £595 - 3
Cryptography
South East

Cryptography
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Culture Change
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 1 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Discovery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001