Cryptography Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Cryptography (Cryptology)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Cryptography skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 - 90
Rank change year-on-year - - +45
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 1 0 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 0.049% - 1.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.073% - 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 22
10th Percentile - - £55,950
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 - £62,375
90th Percentile - - £67,500
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £74,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -39.60% +21.14% +4.24%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,363 896 1,379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 67.34% 92.95% 85.33%
Number of salaries quoted 770 436 1,106
10th Percentile £28,410 £32,625 £26,250
25th Percentile £39,250 £45,000 £38,834
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,784 £65,938
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,500
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Cryptography job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Cryptography
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Cryptography.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Cryptography

Cryptography
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Infoblox
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto