Cryptography Contracts in the South West

Cryptography (Cryptology)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 147 148 161
Rank change year-on-year +1 +13 -30
Contract jobs citing Cryptography 3 27 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.093% 0.73% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.82% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 21 4
10th Percentile £557 £463 -
25th Percentile £598 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £690 £625 £480
Median % change year-on-year +10.40% +30.21% -6.34%
75th Percentile £808 £725 £494
90th Percentile £863 £825 £520
England median daily rate £625 £575 £615
% change year-on-year +8.70% -6.50% +33.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 6
10th Percentile - - £50.31
25th Percentile - £59.73 £53.91
Median hourly rate - £68.56 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year - +15.23% +7.21%
75th Percentile - £72.98 £69.12
90th Percentile - - £70.46
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 West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,664 3,305 3,339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.02% 89.61% 88.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,739 2,427 2,347
10th Percentile £225 £313 £300
25th Percentile £407 £425 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +6.89%
75th Percentile £625 £641 £588
90th Percentile £706 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +9.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 319 352 189
10th Percentile £13.85 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £25.00 £17.94 £16.80
Median hourly rate £47.50 £61.50 £48.27
Median % change year-on-year -22.76% +27.41% +9.70%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £63.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.31 £69.21
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Cryptography in the South West

Cryptography
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Cryptography in the South West

Cryptography
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cryptography in the South West over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cryptography in the South West

Cryptography
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Cryptography in the South West

Cryptography
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 19 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
Bristol +12 1 £530 -44.21% 9
Dorset +3 1 - -
Wiltshire -7 1 £850 +41.67%
Cryptography
England

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) 4G
1 1 (33.33%) 5G
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Military
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Integration Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Lead Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Lead Solutions Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Network Communications Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Integration Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Systems Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Security Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (33.33%) System Verification Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Integration Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Test and Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Security Hardening
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 1 (33.33%) JSP 440
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 1 (33.33%) Juniper
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk