Data Encryption Job Trends in London

Data Encryption
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Data Encryption skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 415 441
Rank change year-on-year +49 +26 +212
Permanent jobs citing Data Encryption 7 8 13
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.050% 0.051% 0.073%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.057% 0.054% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 13
10th Percentile £65,500 - £50,500
25th Percentile £74,375 - £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £49,140 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +83.15% -40.44% +3.13%
75th Percentile £132,500 £57,001 £92,500
90th Percentile - £73,201 £95,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £82,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -15.63%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,237 14,729 16,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.97% 94.46% 92.63%
Number of salaries quoted 7,835 8,118 13,300
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Encryption
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Data Encryption job vacancy trend in London

Data Encryption
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Encryption.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Encryption

Data Encryption
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Encryption in London over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Encryption in London

Data Encryption
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Encryption within the London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Central London - 3 £77,500 - 1
South London - 1 £55,000 -
Data Encryption
England

Data Encryption
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) AWS
2 3 (42.86%) Azure Service Bus
2 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
2 3 (42.86%) GCP
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (28.57%) Mimecast
3 2 (28.57%) Tessian
4 1 (14.29%) Azure App Service
4 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
1 3 (42.86%) Network Security
2 2 (28.57%) DKIM
2 2 (28.57%) DMARC
2 2 (28.57%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (42.86%) Redis
2 1 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 3 (42.86%) Legal
1 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Senior
2 4 (57.14%) Security Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Information Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Information Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Information Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Information Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) JWT
1 3 (42.86%) Kafka
1 3 (42.86%) OAuth
1 3 (42.86%) OAuth2
1 3 (42.86%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Distributed Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 2 (28.57%) PKI
3 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 1 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Information Security
2 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
2 4 (57.14%) Data Security
3 3 (42.86%) AI
3 3 (42.86%) Analytics
3 3 (42.86%) API Design
3 3 (42.86%) B2C
3 3 (42.86%) Biometrics
3 3 (42.86%) DevOps
3 3 (42.86%) High Availability
3 3 (42.86%) Identity Management
3 3 (42.86%) Information Security Management
3 3 (42.86%) Microservices
3 3 (42.86%) Monetization
3 3 (42.86%) Observability
3 3 (42.86%) Principle of Least Privilege
3 3 (42.86%) Security Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Security Management
3 3 (42.86%) SIEM
3 3 (42.86%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Go
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) CISM
2 3 (42.86%) CISSP
2 3 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (28.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (14.29%) CCNA
4 1 (14.29%) CCNP
4 1 (14.29%) CCSP
4 1 (14.29%) CISA
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (14.29%) MCITP
4 1 (14.29%) MCSA
4 1 (14.29%) MCSE
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) GDPR
2 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (14.29%) HIPAA
4 1 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Grafana
1 3 (42.86%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) VMware