Cryptography Engineer Job Trends in Cheshire

Cryptographic Engineer
North West > Cheshire

The median Cryptographic Engineer salary in Cheshire is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Cryptography Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.064% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.076% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £62,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cheshire with a recognized job title 1,312 376 1,197
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.41% 81.74% 96.53%
Number of salaries quoted 690 246 908
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,750 £24,807
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £61,123
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,250 £76,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -8.90%

Cryptography Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cryptography Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Cryptography Engineer job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Cryptography Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for Cryptography Engineer job vacancies in Cheshire.

Salary distribution trend for Cryptography Engineer job vacancies in Cheshire

Cryptography Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 10 March 2026, Cryptography Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cheshire region featuring Cryptography Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Key Management
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Secrets Management
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Thales
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Cryptography Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Key Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Secrets Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Thales