Cryptography Job Trends in the East of England

Cryptography (Cryptology)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Cryptography skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 178 125
Rank change year-on-year +22 -53 +104
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 3 6 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.072% 0.17% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.097% 0.19% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 20
10th Percentile - - £55,500
25th Percentile - £69,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £74,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +24.17% -
75th Percentile - £78,500 £60,500
90th Percentile - - £67,500
England median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% +7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,101 3,079 2,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 74.17% 87.30% 86.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,821 1,190 1,578
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cryptography relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Cryptography job vacancy trend in the East of England

Cryptography
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cryptography.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Cryptography

Cryptography
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the East of England region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridgeshire +15 3 - - 5
Cryptography
England

Cryptography
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DMZ
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Consultant
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 2 (66.67%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Blog
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 3 (100.00%) PKI
1 3 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) ISMS
1 3 (100.00%) Key Management
1 3 (100.00%) RBAC
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) SDLC
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Use Case
1 3 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
1 3 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) GRC
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
1 3 (100.00%) JSP 440
1 3 (100.00%) NCSC
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
1 3 (100.00%) PCI DSS