Cryptography Job Trends in Reading

Cryptography (Cryptology)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Cryptography skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - 93
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 4 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.27% - 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% - 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 - £120,000
75th Percentile £58,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £48,750 - £120,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,027 442 1,178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 70.20% 83.08% 81.81%
Number of salaries quoted 742 275 705
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,750 £80,000
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +3.76%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Cryptography job vacancy trend in Reading

Cryptography
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Cryptography.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Cryptography

Cryptography
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cryptography in Reading over the 6 months to 8 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Cryptography in Reading

Cryptography
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Application Security Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Security Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Application Security
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (50.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) Secure Coding
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Test Assurance
2 2 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CISA
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (50.00%) CRISC
1 2 (50.00%) CTC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) COBIT
1 2 (50.00%) COSO
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) CA Agile Central