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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 420 431
Rank change year-on-year +53 +11 +210
Permanent jobs citing Data Encryption 7 8 12
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.050% 0.052% 0.066%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.057% 0.054% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 12
10th Percentile £74,750 - £54,250
25th Percentile £83,125 - £70,938
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 £93,125
90th Percentile - £73,201 £95,000
England median annual salary £77,500 £82,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.06% +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 12,365 14,682 16,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.68% 94.64% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7,912 8,070 13,469
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,125 £115,000
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 14 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 14 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 - 4 £83,750 - 1
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 3 (42.86%) AWS
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
1 3 (42.86%) Azure Service Bus
1 3 (42.86%) GCP
2 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) Mimecast
2 2 (28.57%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
1 4 (57.14%) Network Security
2 2 (28.57%) DKIM
2 2 (28.57%) DMARC
2 2 (28.57%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (28.57%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (42.86%) Redis
General
1 3 (42.86%) Legal
1 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Senior
2 4 (57.14%) Security Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Information Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Information Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Information Officer
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Officer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Security Officer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Security Officer
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 Information Security Officer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Security Analyst
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%) Data Centre
2 2 (28.57%) PKI
3 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 1 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Information Security
2 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
2 5 (71.43%) Data Security
3 4 (57.14%) Information Security Management
3 4 (57.14%) Security Management
3 4 (57.14%) SIEM
4 3 (42.86%) AI
4 3 (42.86%) Analytics
4 3 (42.86%) API Design
4 3 (42.86%) B2C
4 3 (42.86%) Biometrics
4 3 (42.86%) DevOps
4 3 (42.86%) High Availability
4 3 (42.86%) Microservices
4 3 (42.86%) Monetization
4 3 (42.86%) Observability
4 3 (42.86%) Principle of Least Privilege
4 3 (42.86%) Security Architecture
4 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 3 (42.86%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Go
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) CISM
2 4 (57.14%) CISSP
3 3 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (28.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (28.57%) CCNA
4 2 (28.57%) CCNP
4 2 (28.57%) CCSP
4 2 (28.57%) CISA
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (28.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (28.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 2 (28.57%) MCITP
4 2 (28.57%) MCSA
4 2 (28.57%) MCSE
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (28.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) GDPR
2 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (28.57%) HIPAA
4 2 (28.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Grafana
1 3 (42.86%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) VMware