Cryptography Job Trends in Sheffield

Cryptography (Cryptology)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Cryptography skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 - 85
Rank change year-on-year - - -32
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 4 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 0.50% - 0.084%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% - 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 536 258 965
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 66.42% 89.90% 81.16%
Number of salaries quoted 430 171 775
10th Percentile £31,000 £26,250 £27,700
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £64,374
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £78,750
South Yorkshire median annual salary £49,884 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.02% - +5.56%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Cryptography job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Cryptography
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Cryptography.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Cryptography

Cryptography
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 4 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (100.00%) Advertising
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Data Security
1 4 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 4 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 4 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 4 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 4 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) SABSA
1 4 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 4 (100.00%) CCSP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (100.00%) NIST