Cryptography Jobs in England

Cryptography (Cryptology)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Cryptography skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cryptography over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 621 631 867
Rank change year-on-year +10 +236 -124
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 212 304 280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.34% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.36% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 178 161 100
10th Percentile £46,100 £41,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £58,000 £56,219 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £68,515 £73,999
Median % change year-on-year +7.64% -7.41% +16.78%
75th Percentile £92,500 £81,928 £90,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £100,000 £100,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £66,123
% change year-on-year +15.38% -1.70% +2.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Cryptography is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,510 84,726 129,203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.19% 95.62% 95.81%
Number of salaries quoted 53,935 50,178 72,983
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,308 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cryptography in England

Cryptography
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Cryptography in England

Cryptography
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cryptography in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cryptography in England

Cryptography
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +111 115 £90,000 +12.50% 15
East of England +23 28 £56,500 -15.67% 4
North of England -29 28 £70,000 +25.53% 7
Yorkshire +15 25 £70,000 +64.71% 3
South East -1 15 £65,000 -45.83% 6
South West -27 11 £60,000 +0.80% 15
Midlands -31 8 £67,500 +62.83% 2
East Midlands -2 6 £70,502 +69.24% 1
North West -7 3 £90,000 +51.19% 4
West Midlands -21 2 £67,500 +63.64% 1
Cryptography
UK

Cryptography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 17 (8.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.60%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.89%) Ethereum
3 4 (1.89%) Hyperledger
3 4 (1.89%) OpenZeppelin
4 3 (1.42%) IIS
5 1 (0.47%) Confluence
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 26 (12.26%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.94%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.47%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 67 (31.60%) Azure
2 39 (18.40%) AWS
3 26 (12.26%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (9.91%) Cloud Computing
5 18 (8.49%) GCP
6 14 (6.60%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (6.60%) Azure Sentinel
6 14 (6.60%) Microsoft Purview
7 9 (4.25%) Power Platform
8 6 (2.83%) IaaS
8 6 (2.83%) PaaS
8 6 (2.83%) SaaS
9 1 (0.47%) Apigee
9 1 (0.47%) GitHub
9 1 (0.47%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.47%) Kong
9 1 (0.47%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.47%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 87 (41.04%) Firewall
2 51 (24.06%) Network Security
3 39 (18.40%) DNS
4 33 (15.57%) TCP/IP
5 22 (10.38%) Intrusion Detection
6 19 (8.96%) Wireshark
7 17 (8.02%) VPN
8 16 (7.55%) LAN
8 16 (7.55%) WAN
9 14 (6.60%) DHCP
10 7 (3.30%) Internet
11 4 (1.89%) IPFS
12 3 (1.42%) 4G
12 3 (1.42%) SSL
13 2 (0.94%) Wireless
13 2 (0.94%) Wireless Security
14 1 (0.47%) 5G
14 1 (0.47%) Multicast
14 1 (0.47%) SSH
14 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.25%) Power BI
2 3 (1.42%) Big Data
2 3 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.42%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.94%) Redis
4 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.47%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.47%) OLAP
4 1 (0.47%) OLTP
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle OLAP
4 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (5.66%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.30%) JIRA
3 5 (2.36%) IDA Disassembler
4 4 (1.89%) Git
4 4 (1.89%) Hardhat
5 3 (1.42%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.94%) Apache Continuum
6 2 (0.94%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.94%) Rational DOORS
General
1 44 (20.75%) Finance
2 29 (13.68%) Social Skills
3 25 (11.79%) Aerospace
3 25 (11.79%) Law
4 13 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.72%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.25%) Games
7 8 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.83%) Banking
9 5 (2.36%) Legal
10 3 (1.42%) Retail
10 3 (1.42%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.94%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.94%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.94%) Police
11 2 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.47%) Military
12 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (19.81%) Architect
2 41 (19.34%) Security Engineer
3 36 (16.98%) Lead
4 26 (12.26%) Security Architect
4 26 (12.26%) Team Leader
5 23 (10.85%) Technical Architect
6 18 (8.49%) Senior
7 17 (8.02%) Network Specialist
8 16 (7.55%) Security Technical Architect
9 15 (7.08%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 12 (5.66%) Cryptography Engineer
10 12 (5.66%) Network Security Specialist
10 12 (5.66%) Security Specialist
11 11 (5.19%) Information Security Engineer
11 11 (5.19%) Senior Security Engineer
12 10 (4.72%) Analyst
12 10 (4.72%) Consultant
12 10 (4.72%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 10 (4.72%) Security Consultant
13 8 (3.77%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.55%) .NET
1 16 (7.55%) Web Services
2 12 (5.66%) web3js
3 9 (4.25%) Smart Contracts
4 7 (3.30%) Middleware
4 7 (3.30%) PyTorch
4 7 (3.30%) TensorFlow
5 5 (2.36%) ERC20
5 5 (2.36%) OAuth
5 5 (2.36%) Spring
5 5 (2.36%) Spring Boot
5 5 (2.36%) Truffle
6 4 (1.89%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (1.89%) Node.js
6 4 (1.89%) OpenID
6 4 (1.89%) RESTful
7 3 (1.42%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.47%) Kafka
8 1 (0.47%) Spring Integration
8 1 (0.47%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 58 (27.36%) PKI
2 32 (15.09%) Management Information System
3 27 (12.74%) Blockchain
4 19 (8.96%) Security Operations Centre
5 17 (8.02%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (6.60%) Replication
7 13 (6.13%) Security Posture
8 11 (5.19%) Algorithms
8 11 (5.19%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (5.19%) Web3
9 9 (4.25%) Virtual Team
10 7 (3.30%) Distributed Computing
11 6 (2.83%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (2.83%) Cyberattack
11 6 (2.83%) Data Centre
11 6 (2.83%) Onboarding
11 6 (2.83%) Operational Technology
12 5 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (2.36%) Industry 4.0
12 5 (2.36%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 52 (24.53%) Windows
2 33 (15.57%) Linux
3 31 (14.62%) Android
3 31 (14.62%) Apple iOS
4 15 (7.08%) Windows Server
5 14 (6.60%) Windows 10
5 14 (6.60%) Windows Server 2008
6 12 (5.66%) Kali Linux
7 3 (1.42%) Unix
7 3 (1.42%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.94%) Debian
8 2 (0.94%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (61.32%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (27.36%) SIEM
3 56 (26.42%) Information Security
4 47 (22.17%) Vulnerability Management
5 45 (21.23%) Incident Response
6 39 (18.40%) Data Loss Prevention
7 38 (17.92%) Software Engineering
8 35 (16.51%) ITIL
8 35 (16.51%) Problem-Solving
9 32 (15.09%) DevOps
9 32 (15.09%) Kalman Filter
10 29 (13.68%) Cloud Security
11 28 (13.21%) Identity Access Management
12 27 (12.74%) Security Operations
13 25 (11.79%) Computer Science
14 23 (10.85%) Agile
14 23 (10.85%) Identity Management
15 22 (10.38%) Security Architecture
16 21 (9.91%) Information Security Management
16 21 (9.91%) ISMS
Programming Languages
1 56 (26.42%) Python
2 39 (18.40%) PowerShell
3 26 (12.26%) C
4 15 (7.08%) Rust
5 14 (6.60%) C++
6 12 (5.66%) Java
7 8 (3.77%) Bash
7 8 (3.77%) Go
7 8 (3.77%) Solidity
8 5 (2.36%) Kotlin
8 5 (2.36%) Scala
9 4 (1.89%) SQL
9 4 (1.89%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.42%) C#
10 3 (1.42%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.47%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.47%) Lua
11 1 (0.47%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.47%) PHP
11 1 (0.47%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 66 (31.13%) Degree
2 47 (22.17%) CISSP
3 41 (19.34%) Security Cleared
4 30 (14.15%) CEH
5 28 (13.21%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (11.79%) CISM
7 24 (11.32%) DV Cleared
7 24 (11.32%) Master's Degree
8 19 (8.96%) CREST Certified
9 17 (8.02%) CCSP
10 16 (7.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (7.55%) SSCP
11 14 (6.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 14 (6.60%) MCSA
11 14 (6.60%) SANS
12 12 (5.66%) CRISC
12 12 (5.66%) GIAC
12 12 (5.66%) ISSMP
12 12 (5.66%) SC Cleared
13 9 (4.25%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (17.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (14.15%) PCI DSS
3 28 (13.21%) NIST
4 18 (8.49%) COBIT
5 13 (6.13%) Accessibility
6 9 (4.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 6 (2.83%) NCSC
8 5 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (1.89%) GDPR
9 4 (1.89%) HIPAA
System Software
1 17 (8.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (7.55%) Active Directory
3 14 (6.60%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.42%) Docker
4 3 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (7.55%) Nmap
2 14 (6.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (5.66%) Ansible
4 7 (3.30%) CASB
5 6 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (2.36%) CSIRT
6 5 (2.36%) Suricata
7 2 (0.94%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (0.94%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.47%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 52 (24.53%) Microsoft
2 48 (22.64%) Cisco
3 20 (9.43%) Splunk
4 19 (8.96%) Juniper
4 19 (8.96%) Palo Alto
5 18 (8.49%) CheckPoint
6 17 (8.02%) VMware
7 14 (6.60%) Bloomberg
7 14 (6.60%) Blue Coat
7 14 (6.60%) FactSet
7 14 (6.60%) Infoblox
7 14 (6.60%) MobileIron
7 14 (6.60%) Qualys
7 14 (6.60%) Rapid7
7 14 (6.60%) Refinitiv
7 14 (6.60%) Thycotic
8 13 (6.13%) Riverbed
9 12 (5.66%) Alibaba
9 12 (5.66%) Google
10 7 (3.30%) Citrix