Cryptography Jobs in the South West

Cryptography (Cryptology)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 282 257
Rank change year-on-year +111 -25 +50
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 7 10 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.20% 0.11% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.13% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 7 8 9
10th Percentile £61,250 £57,250 -
25th Percentile £66,875 £58,000 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +0.80% +8.23%
75th Percentile £81,250 £60,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £62,000 -
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 West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,311 7,748 6,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 93.29% 83.55% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,921 5,564 3,572
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £39,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.14% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,250
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Cryptography in the South West

Cryptography
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Cryptography in the South West

Cryptography
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cryptography in the South West over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cryptography in the South West

Cryptography
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the South West region over the 6 months to 9 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
Bristol +59 7 £80,000 +37.93% 1
Cryptography
England

Cryptography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) Internet
2 2 (28.57%) Network Security
2 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 2 (28.57%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Burp Suite
1 2 (28.57%) Metasploit
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) AWS Architect
1 2 (28.57%) AWS Security Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Penetration Tester
1 2 (28.57%) Research Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Security Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Security Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Senior
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Penetration Tester
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Tester
1 2 (28.57%) Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Product Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (28.57%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Information Security
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) API Integration
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) Mathematics
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) OWASP
3 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) Security Testing
3 2 (28.57%) SIEM
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Bash
1 2 (28.57%) C
1 2 (28.57%) C#
1 2 (28.57%) C++
1 2 (28.57%) Go
1 2 (28.57%) Python
1 2 (28.57%) Rust
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) CEH
2 2 (28.57%) CHECK Team Member
2 2 (28.57%) CISM
2 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (28.57%) CREST Certified
2 2 (28.57%) GIAC
2 2 (28.57%) ISSAP
2 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
2 2 (28.57%) PhD
2 2 (28.57%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (28.57%) COBIT
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (28.57%) GDPR
2 2 (28.57%) NIST
2 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
2 2 (28.57%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Nmap