Cryptography Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cryptography (Cryptology)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Cryptography skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cryptography over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 270 435
Rank change year-on-year -12 +165 +139
Contract jobs citing Cryptography 22 75 42
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.49% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.56% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 50 20
10th Percentile £492 £500 £439
25th Percentile £529 £613 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £625 £613
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +2.04% +2.08%
75th Percentile £632 £668 £747
90th Percentile £644 £775 £791
UK median daily rate £580 £633 £625
% change year-on-year -8.30% +1.20% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77.50 - -
Median hourly rate £85.00 - £70.00
75th Percentile £92.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -10.71% +17.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Cryptography
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Cryptography as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cryptography trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Cryptography
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cryptography.

Cryptography daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cryptography
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Cryptography over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Cryptography daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cryptography
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cryptography.

Cryptography hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cryptography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (4.55%) Ethereum
1 1 (4.55%) Hyperledger
1 1 (4.55%) MetaMask
1 1 (4.55%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 8 (36.36%) Azure
2 5 (22.73%) AWS
3 3 (13.64%) IaaS
3 3 (13.64%) SaaS
4 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 2 (9.09%) GCP
4 2 (9.09%) GitHub
4 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (9.09%) PaaS
5 1 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (4.55%) AWS KMS
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (4.55%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) SSL
2 4 (18.18%) Network Security
3 2 (9.09%) Firewall
3 2 (9.09%) HTTPS
3 2 (9.09%) SSH
4 1 (4.55%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) MongoDB
1 1 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Burp Suite
1 1 (4.55%) GitLab
1 1 (4.55%) Hardhat
1 1 (4.55%) Jenkins
1 1 (4.55%) Metasploit
1 1 (4.55%) SonarQube
General
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) Automotive
4 1 (4.55%) Banking
4 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Legal
4 1 (4.55%) Military
4 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Architect
2 4 (18.18%) Senior
3 3 (13.64%) Penetration Tester
3 3 (13.64%) Security Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Security Penetration Tester
4 2 (9.09%) Security Researcher
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Penetration Tester
5 1 (4.55%) Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Applications Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Blockchain Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Cryptography Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Information Security Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) Information Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) Lead
5 1 (4.55%) Security Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Security Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) 802.1X
2 2 (9.09%) React
3 1 (4.55%) .NET
3 1 (4.55%) ADO
3 1 (4.55%) AngularJS
3 1 (4.55%) Smart Contracts
3 1 (4.55%) Truffle
3 1 (4.55%) Vue
3 1 (4.55%) web3js
3 1 (4.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) PKI
2 6 (27.27%) Management Information System
3 5 (22.73%) Security Posture
4 3 (13.64%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (9.09%) Cloud Native
5 2 (9.09%) Data Centre
5 2 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
6 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
6 1 (4.55%) Blockchain
6 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (4.55%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (4.55%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (4.55%) IoT
6 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
6 1 (4.55%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Linux
2 3 (13.64%) Unix
2 3 (13.64%) Windows
3 2 (9.09%) Android
3 2 (9.09%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Information Security
2 7 (31.82%) Penetration Testing
3 6 (27.27%) Identity Access Management
3 6 (27.27%) Key Management
4 5 (22.73%) Agile
4 5 (22.73%) Data Security
4 5 (22.73%) Threat Modelling
4 5 (22.73%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (18.18%) Application Security
5 4 (18.18%) Cloud Security
5 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (18.18%) Security Testing
6 3 (13.64%) Change Control
6 3 (13.64%) Data Protection
6 3 (13.64%) Mentoring
6 3 (13.64%) OWASP
6 3 (13.64%) Performance Tuning
6 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (9.09%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) C
2 4 (18.18%) C++
2 4 (18.18%) Java
2 4 (18.18%) Python
3 3 (13.64%) ActionScript
3 3 (13.64%) ActionScript 2.0
3 3 (13.64%) Rust
4 2 (9.09%) Assembly Language
4 2 (9.09%) Bash
4 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
5 1 (4.55%) Go
5 1 (4.55%) PHP
5 1 (4.55%) Ruby
5 1 (4.55%) Solidity
5 1 (4.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 4 (18.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 4 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (18.18%) Degree
2 4 (18.18%) DV Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) CISM
3 3 (13.64%) CISSP
3 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
4 2 (9.09%) AWS Certification
4 2 (9.09%) Azure Certification
4 2 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (9.09%) OSCE
5 1 (4.55%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (4.55%) CREST Certified
5 1 (4.55%) CRISC
5 1 (4.55%) GPEN
5 1 (4.55%) GWAPT
5 1 (4.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (31.82%) GDPR
1 7 (31.82%) PCI DSS
2 3 (13.64%) HIPAA
2 3 (13.64%) NIST
3 2 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (4.55%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (4.55%) JSP 440
4 1 (4.55%) NCSC
4 1 (4.55%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Firmware
2 2 (9.09%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) OPNET
2 1 (4.55%) CASB
2 1 (4.55%) HP Fortify
2 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.55%) Nessus
2 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Google
2 2 (9.09%) IBM
2 2 (9.09%) IBM Sterling
3 1 (4.55%) Forcepoint
3 1 (4.55%) Gemalto
3 1 (4.55%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) Qualys
3 1 (4.55%) Symantec
3 1 (4.55%) Thales