Cryptography Jobs in the South East

Cryptography (Cryptology)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Cryptography skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cryptography over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 375 383
Rank change year-on-year +95 +8 +62
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 9 15 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.096% 0.089% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.11% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile £47,200 £59,000 £84,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £120,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -45.83% +100.00%
75th Percentile £102,500 £92,500 -
90th Percentile - £109,000 -
England median annual salary £54,793 £75,000 £66,550
% change year-on-year -26.94% +12.70% -10.07%

All Process and 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 8,550 14,220 13,694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.62% 84.55% 94.53%
Number of salaries quoted 4,316 9,911 7,968
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Cryptography as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cryptography in the South East

Cryptography
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cryptography in the South East.

Salary trend for Cryptography in the South East

Cryptography
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cryptography in the South East over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

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 11 May 2025. 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 +69 6 £95,000 +46.15% 3
Surrey +51 3 £60,000 - 1
Cryptography
England

Cryptography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) TPMS
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) AWS
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) HTTP
1 4 (44.44%) HTTPS
1 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
2 2 (22.22%) SSL
3 1 (11.11%) Firewall
3 1 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Security Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Mobile Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Senior
2 4 (44.44%) Senior Security Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Information Assurance Specialist
3 2 (22.22%) Information Specialist
4 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Mobile App
1 4 (44.44%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (22.22%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (22.22%) PKI
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (11.11%) Cyberattack
3 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Android
1 4 (44.44%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Key Management
1 6 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (44.44%) Application Security
3 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
3 4 (44.44%) Reverse Engineering
3 4 (44.44%) Time Management
4 3 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 2 (22.22%) Communications Security
5 2 (22.22%) Information Assurance
5 2 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (22.22%) Security Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
5 2 (22.22%) Validation
6 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
6 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 1 (11.11%) SIEM
6 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) C
1 4 (44.44%) C++
1 4 (44.44%) Java
1 4 (44.44%) Kotlin
1 4 (44.44%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) Master's Degree
3 2 (22.22%) CEH
3 2 (22.22%) CISM
3 2 (22.22%) CISSP
3 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) NIST
2 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (11.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Thales
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft