Cryptography Contracts

Cryptography (Cryptology)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 448 553 704
Rank change year-on-year +105 +151 -162
Contract jobs citing Cryptography 131 147 156
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.25% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.27% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 82 96
10th Percentile £469 £427 £417
25th Percentile £600 £525 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £633 £613 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.27% +2.08% +26.32%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £779 £799 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £600 £550
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 6
10th Percentile - £59.73 £50.31
25th Percentile £42.50 £62.30 £53.91
Median hourly rate £45.00 £70.00 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +17.65% +19.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.24 £69.12
90th Percentile £73.50 £72.98 £70.46
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £70.00 £59.50
% change year-on-year -35.71% +17.65% +19.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,600 53,916 80,351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.32% 89.91% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,240 37,368 56,382
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,775 1,932
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -
75th Percentile £59.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.29% +75.00% -8.34%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cryptography in the UK

Cryptography
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Cryptography in the UK

Cryptography
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cryptography over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cryptography in the UK

Cryptography
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Cryptography in the UK

Cryptography
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cryptography over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cryptography in the UK

Cryptography
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +113 111 £625 +8.70% 69
UK excluding London +89 78 £625 +4.17% 46
Work from Home +155 75 £625 +4.17% 26
South East +73 58 £625 +13.64% 11
London +87 33 £700 +21.74% 18
North of England +37 12 £669 +27.43% 3
North West - 12 £669 - 1
East of England +14 3 - - 17
South West -2 3 £690 +12.65% 14
West Midlands +28 1 £750 +30.43% 3
Scotland +28 1 £550 -26.67%
Midlands +19 1 £750 +30.43% 4

Cryptography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (1.53%) nginx
Business Applications
1 11 (8.40%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 60 (45.80%) Azure
2 58 (44.27%) AWS
3 8 (6.11%) GCP
4 5 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.29%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.29%) GitHub
5 3 (2.29%) IaaS
5 3 (2.29%) PaaS
5 3 (2.29%) SaaS
5 3 (2.29%) Serverless
6 2 (1.53%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (1.53%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.53%) Azure API Management
6 2 (1.53%) Azure Event Grid
6 2 (1.53%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (1.53%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.53%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 43 (32.82%) SSL
2 24 (18.32%) Network Security
3 11 (8.40%) Firewall
4 8 (6.11%) Internet
5 5 (3.82%) VPN
6 4 (3.05%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (1.53%) Intranet
7 2 (1.53%) LAN
7 2 (1.53%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.76%) 4G
8 1 (0.76%) 5G
8 1 (0.76%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.76%) NFC
8 1 (0.76%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.53%) Big Data
1 2 (1.53%) Data Lake
1 2 (1.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.05%) Git
1 4 (3.05%) Jenkins
1 4 (3.05%) JIRA
2 3 (2.29%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.76%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.76%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.76%) GitLab
3 1 (0.76%) GoogleTest
3 1 (0.76%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.76%) TestRail
3 1 (0.76%) Valgrind
General
1 19 (14.50%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.21%) Finance
3 14 (10.69%) Public Sector
4 7 (5.34%) Electronics
5 5 (3.82%) Banking
6 4 (3.05%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.05%) Automotive
6 4 (3.05%) Financial Institution
6 4 (3.05%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.29%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.53%) Military
8 2 (1.53%) Multimedia
8 2 (1.53%) Retail
9 1 (0.76%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.76%) Marketing
9 1 (0.76%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 81 (61.83%) Architect
2 23 (17.56%) Security Architect
3 13 (9.92%) Solutions Architect
4 12 (9.16%) Security Engineer
5 8 (6.11%) Senior
6 6 (4.58%) Blockchain Engineer
7 5 (3.82%) Consultant
7 5 (3.82%) Cryptography Engineer
7 5 (3.82%) Lead
8 4 (3.05%) Blockchain Architect
8 4 (3.05%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 4 (3.05%) Developer
8 4 (3.05%) Network Engineer
8 4 (3.05%) Software Engineer
9 3 (2.29%) DevOps Engineer
9 3 (2.29%) Lead Architect
9 3 (2.29%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.29%) Systems Engineer
10 2 (1.53%) Network Consultant
10 2 (1.53%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (32.82%) Web Services
2 8 (6.11%) Smart Contracts
3 2 (1.53%) .NET
3 2 (1.53%) Kafka
3 2 (1.53%) REST
4 1 (0.76%) CSS
4 1 (0.76%) Django
4 1 (0.76%) HTML
4 1 (0.76%) JSON
4 1 (0.76%) JWT
4 1 (0.76%) LDAP
4 1 (0.76%) Node.js
4 1 (0.76%) OAuth
4 1 (0.76%) OpenID
4 1 (0.76%) React
4 1 (0.76%) SAML
4 1 (0.76%) Sphinx
4 1 (0.76%) web3js
4 1 (0.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (44.27%) PKI
2 16 (12.21%) Blockchain
3 7 (5.34%) Security Posture
4 6 (4.58%) IoT
5 5 (3.82%) Algorithms
5 5 (3.82%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (3.82%) Web3
6 4 (3.05%) Cloud Native
6 4 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (3.05%) Distributed Applications
6 4 (3.05%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.05%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.29%) CBDC
8 2 (1.53%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.53%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.53%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.76%) Smartcard
9 1 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (13.74%) Linux
2 6 (4.58%) Windows
3 2 (1.53%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.53%) zOS
4 1 (0.76%) Alpine Linux
4 1 (0.76%) CentOS
4 1 (0.76%) Debian
4 1 (0.76%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.76%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (35.88%) Key Management
2 23 (17.56%) Information Security
3 22 (16.79%) Cybersecurity
3 22 (16.79%) Security Architecture
4 21 (16.03%) Penetration Testing
5 19 (14.50%) Risk Management
6 17 (12.98%) Computer Science
7 15 (11.45%) Project Delivery
7 15 (11.45%) Service Delivery
8 13 (9.92%) Business Strategy
8 13 (9.92%) SIEM
9 12 (9.16%) DevOps
9 12 (9.16%) IT Strategy
9 12 (9.16%) Technology Strategy
10 11 (8.40%) Agile
11 10 (7.63%) Threat Modelling
12 9 (6.87%) Fintech
12 9 (6.87%) Identity Access Management
12 9 (6.87%) Security Monitoring
12 9 (6.87%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.92%) Python
2 11 (8.40%) Java
3 8 (6.11%) C++
4 4 (3.05%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.29%) C#
5 3 (2.29%) Clojure
6 2 (1.53%) PHP
6 2 (1.53%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.53%) Ruby
6 2 (1.53%) SQL
7 1 (0.76%) Bash
7 1 (0.76%) Perl
7 1 (0.76%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 82 (62.60%) Security Cleared
2 55 (41.98%) Degree
3 53 (40.46%) SC Cleared
4 39 (29.77%) DV Cleared
5 8 (6.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (5.34%) CISM
6 7 (5.34%) CISSP
7 4 (3.05%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.29%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.53%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.53%) CEH
9 2 (1.53%) CREST Certified
9 2 (1.53%) CSSLP
9 2 (1.53%) OSCP
10 1 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.76%) CISA
10 1 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.76%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (19.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (18.32%) NIST
3 5 (3.82%) PCI DSS
4 4 (3.05%) Automotive SPICE
4 4 (3.05%) AUTOSAR
5 3 (2.29%) GDPR
5 3 (2.29%) NCSC
6 2 (1.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (1.53%) COBIT
6 2 (1.53%) ISO 22301
6 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (1.53%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.76%) NIST 800
System Software
1 49 (37.40%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.82%) Docker
3 3 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.53%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.53%) Squid
4 2 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.76%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (3.82%) Kubernetes
1 5 (3.82%) Terraform
2 2 (1.53%) HAProxy
2 2 (1.53%) Nessus
2 2 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.76%) Ansible
3 1 (0.76%) Check_MK
3 1 (0.76%) Grafana
3 1 (0.76%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 8 (6.11%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.34%) CyberArk
3 5 (3.82%) Google
4 4 (3.05%) Centrify
4 4 (3.05%) Qualys
5 3 (2.29%) Cisco
5 3 (2.29%) Fortinet
5 3 (2.29%) Splunk
5 3 (2.29%) VMware
6 2 (1.53%) Databricks
6 2 (1.53%) F5
6 2 (1.53%) Oracle
6 2 (1.53%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.76%) Juniper
7 1 (0.76%) Okta
7 1 (0.76%) Ping Identity
7 1 (0.76%) SAP