Cryptography Contract Job Trends in the South West

Cryptography (Cryptology)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West 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 119 121 147
Rank change year-on-year +2 +26 +20
Contract jobs citing Cryptography 12 8 11
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.54% 0.33% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.39% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 8
10th Percentile £420 £495 -
25th Percentile £489 £600 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £627 £475
Median % change year-on-year -13.88% +32.00% -9.52%
75th Percentile £574 £706 £628
90th Percentile £684 £778 £658
England median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,937 2,036 2,697
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 86.86% 85.15% 87.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,140 1,215 1,809
10th Percentile £250 £313 £300
25th Percentile £400 £425 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £719
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 146 282
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.95 £20.03
25th Percentile £18.87 £33.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £64.13 £70.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £74.22 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.03% -17.78% +26.90%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Cryptography job vacancy trend in the South West

Cryptography
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Cryptography.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Cryptography

Cryptography
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cryptography in the South West over the 6 months to 20 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cryptography in the South West

Cryptography
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Cryptography.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Cryptography

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 20 November 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
Wiltshire -1 5 £596 -9.28% 2
Bristol - 3 £400 - 7
Dorset - 3 £540 -
Gloucestershire - 1 £650 - 2
Cryptography
England

Cryptography
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) 4G
1 3 (25.00%) 5G
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (8.33%) Skype
2 1 (8.33%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Git
1 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
1 3 (25.00%) Military
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Architect
2 6 (50.00%) Security Architect
3 3 (25.00%) Engineering Specialist
3 3 (25.00%) Test Specialist
4 2 (16.67%) Mobile Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Security Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Java Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Java Technical Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) JWT
1 1 (8.33%) Kafka
1 1 (8.33%) Node.js
1 1 (8.33%) OAuth
1 1 (8.33%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) PKI
2 3 (25.00%) Mobile App
3 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
4 1 (8.33%) Cloud Native
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
4 1 (8.33%) DataPower
4 1 (8.33%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
1 4 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 2 (16.67%) Android
2 2 (16.67%) Apple iOS
3 1 (8.33%) Linux
3 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (25.00%) Application Security
2 3 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (25.00%) Change Management
2 3 (25.00%) DevSecOps
2 3 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 3 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 3 (25.00%) Security Hardening
2 3 (25.00%) Service Management
2 3 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (16.67%) Agile
3 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 2 (16.67%) Containerisation
3 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (16.67%) Data Privacy
3 2 (16.67%) Microservices
3 2 (16.67%) Mobile Development
3 2 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Security Architecture
3 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) CISM
2 3 (25.00%) CISSP
2 3 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) NCSC
2 3 (25.00%) GDPR
2 3 (25.00%) PCI DSS
3 2 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (8.33%) JSP 440
4 1 (8.33%) NIST
4 1 (8.33%) NIST 800
4 1 (8.33%) RMADS
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Check_MK
2 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
3 1 (8.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (8.33%) Ansible
3 1 (8.33%) OPNET
3 1 (8.33%) Terraform
3 1 (8.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco
1 3 (25.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (25.00%) Juniper
1 3 (25.00%) Splunk
2 1 (8.33%) IBM
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) VMware