Data Encryption Job Trends in England

Data Encryption
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Data Encryption skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 587 617 669
Rank change year-on-year +30 +52 +277
Permanent jobs citing Data Encryption 10 62 21
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.019% 0.13% 0.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.024% 0.14% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 10 50 21
10th Percentile £49,575 £52,164 £50,000
25th Percentile £50,313 £77,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £82,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.58% +22.22% -15.63%
75th Percentile £121,875 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £132,500 - £95,000
UK median annual salary £76,250 £82,500 £68,750
% change year-on-year -7.58% +20.00% -14.06%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Data Encryption 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,425 43,642 44,587
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.21% 90.74% 89.79%
Number of salaries quoted 25,405 21,401 34,519
10th Percentile £28,675 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,628 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Encryption
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Data Encryption job vacancy trend in England

Data Encryption
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Encryption.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Encryption

Data Encryption
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Encryption in England over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Encryption in England

Data Encryption
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Encryption within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London +57 6 £107,500 +118.76% 4
North of England +11 4 £50,000 -24.66% 3
North West +34 2 £49,500 -25.41% 2
Yorkshire -11 2 £50,000 -47.17% 1
Data Encryption
UK

Data Encryption
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) AWS
2 4 (40.00%) Azure
3 3 (30.00%) Azure Service Bus
3 3 (30.00%) GCP
4 2 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (20.00%) Mimecast
4 2 (20.00%) Tessian
5 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) Firewall
2 3 (30.00%) DMZ
2 3 (30.00%) Network Security
3 2 (20.00%) DKIM
3 2 (20.00%) DMARC
3 2 (20.00%) VPN
4 1 (10.00%) HTTP
4 1 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (30.00%) Redis
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) NUnit
General
1 3 (30.00%) Legal
1 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Senior
2 4 (40.00%) Security Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Senior Security Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Information Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Information Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) IT Security Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Information Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Information Security Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior IT Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) JWT
1 4 (40.00%) OAuth
2 3 (30.00%) Kafka
2 3 (30.00%) OAuth2
2 3 (30.00%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (10.00%) .NET
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Core
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (10.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Distributed Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (20.00%) PKI
3 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
1 4 (40.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Information Security
2 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) Data Security
2 4 (40.00%) DevOps
3 3 (30.00%) AI
3 3 (30.00%) Analytics
3 3 (30.00%) API Design
3 3 (30.00%) B2C
3 3 (30.00%) Biometrics
3 3 (30.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 3 (30.00%) High Availability
3 3 (30.00%) Information Security Management
3 3 (30.00%) Microservices
3 3 (30.00%) Monetization
3 3 (30.00%) Patch Management
3 3 (30.00%) Security Architecture
3 3 (30.00%) Security Management
3 3 (30.00%) Server Patching
3 3 (30.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) Go
3 1 (10.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) CISM
2 3 (30.00%) CISSP
2 3 (30.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (10.00%) CCNA
4 1 (10.00%) CCNP
4 1 (10.00%) CCSP
4 1 (10.00%) CISA
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (10.00%) MCITP
4 1 (10.00%) MCSA
4 1 (10.00%) MCSE
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) GDPR
2 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (10.00%) HIPAA
4 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Grafana
1 3 (30.00%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Cisco
1 3 (30.00%) Citrix
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) VMware