Cryptography Contracts in the South East

Cryptography (Cryptology)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Cryptography skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cryptography over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 147 207 247
Rank change year-on-year +60 +40 -50
Contract jobs citing Cryptography 58 10 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.04% 0.17% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 0.19% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 3 14
10th Percentile £478 £365 £392
25th Percentile £613 £425 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +2.33% +10.26%
75th Percentile £638 £606 £675
90th Percentile £738 £625 £684
England median daily rate £625 £575 £618
% change year-on-year +8.70% -6.88% +31.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
England median hourly rate £45.00 £70.00 £59.50
% change year-on-year -35.71% +17.65% +19.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Cryptography is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,729 5,219 6,940
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.98% 89.43% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,757 3,621 4,692
10th Percentile £238 £250 £226
25th Percentile £400 £406 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 432 221 286
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.15 £16.15
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -11.76%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.00 £62.95
England median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Cryptography as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cryptography in the South East

Cryptography
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cryptography in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Cryptography in the South East

Cryptography
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cryptography in the South East over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cryptography in the South East

Cryptography
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cryptography in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Cryptography in the South East

Cryptography
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire +44 44 £625 +78.57% 1
Thames Valley +15 13 £565 - 4
Berkshire -7 10 £475 - 3
Buckinghamshire - 3 £640 -
Surrey +12 1 £500 -14.89% 1
Cryptography
England

Cryptography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 46 (79.31%) AWS
2 44 (75.86%) Azure
3 3 (5.17%) IaaS
3 3 (5.17%) PaaS
3 3 (5.17%) SaaS
4 2 (3.45%) Azure API Management
4 2 (3.45%) Azure Event Grid
4 2 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (3.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 42 (72.41%) SSL
2 5 (8.62%) Firewall
3 3 (5.17%) VPN
4 2 (3.45%) Network Security
5 1 (1.72%) NFC
5 1 (1.72%) PPP
Development Applications
1 4 (6.90%) JIRA
2 3 (5.17%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.72%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.72%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.72%) Git
3 1 (1.72%) GoogleTest
3 1 (1.72%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.72%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.72%) TestRail
3 1 (1.72%) Valgrind
General
1 3 (5.17%) Social Skills
1 3 (5.17%) Telecoms
2 2 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 44 (75.86%) Architect
2 3 (5.17%) Security Architect
2 3 (5.17%) Senior
3 2 (3.45%) Consultant
3 2 (3.45%) Lead
3 2 (3.45%) Senior Tester
3 2 (3.45%) Test Engineer
3 2 (3.45%) Tester
4 1 (1.72%) Analyst
4 1 (1.72%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (1.72%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (1.72%) IT Consultant
4 1 (1.72%) IT Security Consultant
4 1 (1.72%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (1.72%) Security Consultant
4 1 (1.72%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (1.72%) Senior Linux Engineer
4 1 (1.72%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (1.72%) Software Engineer
4 1 (1.72%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (74.14%) Web Services
2 2 (3.45%) .NET
3 1 (1.72%) JSON
3 1 (1.72%) REST
3 1 (1.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (86.21%) PKI
2 3 (5.17%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.45%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.72%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.72%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 13 (22.41%) Linux
2 2 (3.45%) Windows
3 1 (1.72%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (1.72%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (74.14%) Key Management
2 8 (13.79%) Scrum
2 8 (13.79%) SIEM
3 7 (12.07%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (8.62%) Data Protection
4 5 (8.62%) Scenario Testing
4 5 (8.62%) Test Management
5 4 (6.90%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (6.90%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 3 (5.17%) Agile
6 3 (5.17%) Cloud Security
6 3 (5.17%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (5.17%) Microservices
6 3 (5.17%) Migration
6 3 (5.17%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 3 (5.17%) Security Architecture
6 3 (5.17%) Test Scripting
7 2 (3.45%) ITSM
7 2 (3.45%) Network Architecture
7 2 (3.45%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.17%) C#
1 3 (5.17%) Java
1 3 (5.17%) Python
2 2 (3.45%) PHP
2 2 (3.45%) Ruby
3 1 (1.72%) C++
3 1 (1.72%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 54 (93.10%) Security Cleared
2 41 (70.69%) Degree
3 28 (48.28%) DV Cleared
4 26 (44.83%) SC Cleared
5 4 (6.90%) Azure Certification
6 2 (3.45%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.72%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 47 (81.03%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.45%) Docker
3 2 (3.45%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (3.45%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (5.17%) VMware
2 2 (3.45%) CyberArk
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.72%) Google