Cryptography Jobs in Bristol

Cryptography (Cryptology)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Cryptography skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cryptography over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 158 162
Rank change year-on-year +62 +4 +14
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 7 5 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.56% 0.16% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.18% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 8
10th Percentile £61,250 £56,000 -
25th Percentile £66,875 £56,750 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £58,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +37.93% -2.56% +25.32%
75th Percentile £81,250 £59,250 £65,875
90th Percentile £82,500 £60,000 £75,000
South West median annual salary £80,000 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +33.33% +0.80% +8.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Cryptography falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,184 2,738 2,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 95.02% 88.12% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 777 2,058 1,498
10th Percentile £30,900 £33,750 £34,723
25th Percentile £47,231 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £58,000 £59,191
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -2.01% +11.45%
75th Percentile £72,000 £72,500 £73,827
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,600 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.14% -2.86% +5.00%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Cryptography in Bristol

Cryptography
Salary Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cryptography in Bristol.

Salary trend for Cryptography in Bristol

Cryptography
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cryptography in Bristol over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cryptography in Bristol

Cryptography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 2 (28.57%) AWS
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) Internet
2 2 (28.57%) Network Security
2 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 2 (28.57%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Burp Suite
1 2 (28.57%) Metasploit
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) AWS Architect
1 2 (28.57%) AWS Security Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Penetration Tester
1 2 (28.57%) Research Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Security Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Security Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Senior
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Penetration Tester
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Tester
1 2 (28.57%) Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Product Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (28.57%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Information Security
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (28.57%) API Integration
3 2 (28.57%) Application Security
3 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (28.57%) Creative Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps
3 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Red Team
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Register
3 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
3 2 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Bash
1 2 (28.57%) C
1 2 (28.57%) C#
1 2 (28.57%) C++
1 2 (28.57%) Go
1 2 (28.57%) Python
1 2 (28.57%) Rust
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) CEH
2 2 (28.57%) CHECK Team Member
2 2 (28.57%) CISM
2 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (28.57%) CREST Certified
2 2 (28.57%) GIAC
2 2 (28.57%) ISSAP
2 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
2 2 (28.57%) PhD
2 2 (28.57%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (28.57%) COBIT
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (28.57%) GDPR
2 2 (28.57%) NIST
2 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
2 2 (28.57%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Nmap