Cryptography Jobs in London

Cryptography (Cryptology)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Cryptography skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cryptography over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 380 390 481
Rank change year-on-year +10 +91 +256
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 16 118 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.50% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.55% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 10 103 81
10th Percentile £61,375 £42,500 £61,250
25th Percentile £62,563 £71,250 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £90,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +20.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £92,500 £101,250 £95,000
90th Percentile - £172,500 £101,185
England median annual salary £54,793 £75,000 £66,550
% change year-on-year -26.94% +12.70% -10.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,287 21,502 32,794
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.16% 91.13% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,368 15,970 23,578
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,800 £43,477
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,565 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.28% -5.91% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £123,750 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cryptography in London

Cryptography
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Cryptography in London

Cryptography
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cryptography in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cryptography in London

Cryptography
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2025. 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
Central London +23 4 £80,000 +10.34% 3
Cryptography
England

Cryptography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (6.25%) Ethereum
1 1 (6.25%) Hyperledger
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) AWS
2 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (18.75%) GCP
2 3 (18.75%) IaaS
2 3 (18.75%) PaaS
3 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) Firewall
2 4 (25.00%) Network Security
3 2 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (6.25%) DKIM
4 1 (6.25%) DMARC
4 1 (6.25%) VPN
General
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Finance
3 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Financial Institution
3 3 (18.75%) Games
4 1 (6.25%) Law
4 1 (6.25%) Legal
4 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Analyst
1 5 (31.25%) Security Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Senior
3 3 (18.75%) Auditor
3 3 (18.75%) Security Auditor
3 3 (18.75%) Security Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Auditor
4 2 (12.50%) Information Security Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Cryptography Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Information Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Information Security Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) IT Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) IT Security Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Legal Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) Middleware
2 1 (6.25%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Security Posture
2 4 (25.00%) Public Cloud
3 3 (18.75%) Cyberattack
3 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
4 2 (12.50%) Cloud Native
5 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
5 1 (6.25%) Blockchain
5 1 (6.25%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (6.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (6.25%) PKI
5 1 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Windows
2 4 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (50.00%) Information Security
2 8 (50.00%) SIEM
3 5 (31.25%) Data Loss Prevention
3 5 (31.25%) Data Security
3 5 (31.25%) DevOps
3 5 (31.25%) Fintech
3 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (31.25%) Risk Management
4 4 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 4 (25.00%) Risk Register
4 4 (25.00%) UEBA
4 4 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (18.75%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (18.75%) CI/CD
5 3 (18.75%) Coaching
5 3 (18.75%) Configuration Management
5 3 (18.75%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (18.75%) Cyber Resilience
5 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) Bash
1 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) CCSP
1 4 (25.00%) CEH
1 4 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
1 4 (25.00%) GCIH
1 4 (25.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (18.75%) NCSC
3 2 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (12.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) CASB
1 4 (25.00%) CSIRT
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft