Cryptography Job Trends in the South East

Cryptography (Cryptology)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Cryptography skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 274 305 266
Rank change year-on-year +31 -39 +137
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 7 2 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.068% 0.022% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.084% 0.025% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile - £78,250 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £83,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £95,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -44.74% - +35.71%
75th Percentile £69,875 £110,625 -
90th Percentile £79,550 £117,750 -
England median annual salary £72,500 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -9.38% +6.67% +7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,357 8,077 7,035
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.79% 87.73% 89.78%
Number of salaries quoted 4,941 3,953 4,964
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,800 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £44,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £53,130
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +8.23% -3.40%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Cryptography job vacancy trend in the South East

Cryptography
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cryptography.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cryptography

Cryptography
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cryptography in the South East over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cryptography in the South East

Cryptography
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Hampshire +38 5 £52,500 -30.00%
Thames Valley +9 2 - -
Berkshire -3 2 - -
Cryptography
England

Cryptography
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) DMZ
2 2 (28.57%) Network Security
3 1 (14.29%) S/MIME
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Security Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Test Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) PKI
2 3 (42.86%) Blog
3 2 (28.57%) Cloud Native
3 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security Posture
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
4 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
4 1 (14.29%) Mobile Computing
4 1 (14.29%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Zero Trust
2 3 (42.86%) Cloud Security
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) Key Management
2 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
2 3 (42.86%) Security Architecture
2 3 (42.86%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (28.57%) AI
3 2 (28.57%) Containerisation
3 2 (28.57%) ISMS
3 2 (28.57%) RBAC
3 2 (28.57%) SDLC
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) Use Case
4 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) DV Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) CEH
3 1 (14.29%) CISM
3 1 (14.29%) CISSP
3 1 (14.29%) GIAC
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) NIST
2 3 (42.86%) GDPR
2 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 3 (42.86%) PCI DSS
3 2 (28.57%) GRC
3 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (28.57%) JSP 440
3 2 (28.57%) NCSC
4 1 (14.29%) HIPAA
4 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (14.29%) NIST 800
4 1 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Thales