Cryptography Job Trends in South Wales

Cryptography (Cryptology)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Cryptography skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 - 70
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 4 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.58% - 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% - 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £32,350
75th Percentile £53,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £52,500 - £32,350

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 579 690 647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 84.28% 67.32% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 423 427 509
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,750 £32,258
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,700 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
Wales median annual salary £48,500 £45,000 £45,696
% change year-on-year +7.78% -1.52% -8.61%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Cryptography job vacancy trend in South Wales

Cryptography
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Cryptography.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Cryptography

Cryptography
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Newport - 4 £52,500 - 3
Cryptography
Wales

Cryptography
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 3 (75.00%) Google Workspace
1 3 (75.00%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Bluetooth
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 3 (75.00%) Modbus
1 3 (75.00%) Network Security
1 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (75.00%) VLAN
1 3 (75.00%) Wireshark
1 3 (75.00%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (75.00%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (75.00%) Aerospace
1 3 (75.00%) Law
1 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) CAN bus
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (75.00%) IoT
1 3 (75.00%) Operational Technology
1 3 (75.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Android
1 3 (75.00%) Kali Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (100.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (75.00%) Cognitive Science
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Data Science
2 3 (75.00%) Ergonomics
2 3 (75.00%) Human Factors
2 3 (75.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 3 (75.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (75.00%) Prototyping
2 3 (75.00%) Psychology
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) Security Monitoring
2 3 (75.00%) Smart Manufacturing
2 3 (75.00%) Statistics
2 3 (75.00%) User Experience
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C++
1 3 (75.00%) Java
1 3 (75.00%) Python
1 3 (75.00%) R
1 3 (75.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) GRC
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NCSC
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Nessus
1 3 (75.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Google
1 3 (75.00%) Qualtrics
1 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (75.00%) Splunk