Cryptography Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cryptography (Cryptology)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Cryptography skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cryptography over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 676 567 722
Rank change year-on-year -109 +155 -107
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 95 197 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.32% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.34% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 78 91 55
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,875 £40,265
25th Percentile £55,750 £41,250 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -13.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £62,833 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,001 £76,316 £67,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% - +1.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Cryptography is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,358 58,642 66,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.33% 95.62% 94.03%
Number of salaries quoted 41,086 30,131 41,542
10th Percentile £27,004 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cryptography as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cryptography in the UK excluding London

Cryptography
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cryptography in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cryptography in the UK excluding London

Cryptography
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cryptography in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cryptography in the UK excluding London

Cryptography
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
East of England +39 32 £60,000 -10.45% 10
North of England -37 25 £70,000 +64.71% 8
Yorkshire +14 24 £70,000 +64.71% 3
South East +21 14 £65,000 -45.83% 13
South West -30 10 £60,000 +0.80% 12
Midlands -12 8 £67,500 +63.64% 3
East Midlands -6 6 £70,502 +69.24% 1
Scotland -65 6 £75,000 +26.00% 1
West Midlands -14 2 £67,500 +66.15% 2
North West +3 1 £60,000 +0.80% 4
Cryptography
UK

Cryptography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (3.16%) IIS
1 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.05%) Ethereum
2 1 (1.05%) Hyperledger
Business Applications
1 1 (1.05%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 28 (29.47%) Azure
2 12 (12.63%) Cloud Computing
3 10 (10.53%) AWS
4 6 (6.32%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (6.32%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (6.32%) IaaS
4 6 (6.32%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (6.32%) Microsoft Purview
4 6 (6.32%) PaaS
4 6 (6.32%) SaaS
5 1 (1.05%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 45 (47.37%) Firewall
2 30 (31.58%) Network Security
3 21 (22.11%) Intrusion Detection
4 12 (12.63%) DNS
5 10 (10.53%) TCP/IP
6 9 (9.47%) Wireshark
7 7 (7.37%) Internet
8 6 (6.32%) LAN
8 6 (6.32%) WAN
9 4 (4.21%) VPN
10 3 (3.16%) 4G
10 3 (3.16%) Wireless
10 3 (3.16%) Wireless Security
11 1 (1.05%) 5G
11 1 (1.05%) Multicast
11 1 (1.05%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.16%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.11%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (4.21%) Burp Suite
2 3 (3.16%) IDA Disassembler
2 3 (3.16%) Metasploit
3 2 (2.11%) Apache Continuum
3 2 (2.11%) JIRA
3 2 (2.11%) Rational DOORS
General
1 29 (30.53%) Aerospace
2 19 (20.00%) Law
3 9 (9.47%) Finance
3 9 (9.47%) Games
4 8 (8.42%) Social Skills
5 3 (3.16%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.16%) Banking
5 3 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (3.16%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.11%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.11%) Military
6 2 (2.11%) Retail
7 1 (1.05%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 26 (27.37%) Lead
2 23 (24.21%) Team Leader
3 21 (22.11%) Network Specialist
4 11 (11.58%) Architect
4 11 (11.58%) Network Security Specialist
4 11 (11.58%) Security Engineer
4 11 (11.58%) Security Specialist
5 10 (10.53%) Network Operations Specialist
6 8 (8.42%) Security Architect
7 7 (7.37%) Machine Learning Researcher
8 6 (6.32%) Engineering Manager
8 6 (6.32%) Information Security Engineer
9 3 (3.16%) Penetration Tester
9 3 (3.16%) Security Researcher
9 3 (3.16%) Systems Engineer
9 3 (3.16%) Tester
10 2 (2.11%) Developer
10 2 (2.11%) IT Architect
10 2 (2.11%) Network Engineer
10 2 (2.11%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (11.58%) Web Services
2 7 (7.37%) PyTorch
2 7 (7.37%) TensorFlow
3 6 (6.32%) Middleware
4 2 (2.11%) OAuth
4 2 (2.11%) OpenID
4 2 (2.11%) SAML
5 1 (1.05%) ERC20
5 1 (1.05%) Smart Contracts
5 1 (1.05%) Truffle
5 1 (1.05%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 18 (18.95%) Management Information System
2 11 (11.58%) Security Operations Centre
3 10 (10.53%) Security Posture
4 9 (9.47%) Blockchain
5 8 (8.42%) Algorithms
6 7 (7.37%) Distributed Computing
7 6 (6.32%) Data Centre
7 6 (6.32%) Operational Technology
8 5 (5.26%) Industry 4.0
8 5 (5.26%) SCADA
9 4 (4.21%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (4.21%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (3.16%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (3.16%) Mobile App
10 3 (3.16%) PKI
11 2 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (2.11%) PMI
12 1 (1.05%) CESG
12 1 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
12 1 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (14.74%) Windows
2 10 (10.53%) Kali Linux
3 6 (6.32%) Android
3 6 (6.32%) Apple iOS
4 4 (4.21%) Linux
5 3 (3.16%) Unix
5 3 (3.16%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.05%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (51.58%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (33.68%) Incident Response
2 32 (33.68%) Information Security
3 28 (29.47%) SIEM
4 22 (23.16%) Software Engineering
5 20 (21.05%) ISMS
6 19 (20.00%) Information Management
6 19 (20.00%) Migration
7 18 (18.95%) Vulnerability Management
8 17 (17.89%) Kalman Filter
8 17 (17.89%) Risk Analysis
8 17 (17.89%) Security Operations
8 17 (17.89%) Social Engineering
9 14 (14.74%) Artificial Intelligence
9 14 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (14.74%) Project Management
9 14 (14.74%) Security Management
10 12 (12.63%) Computer Science
10 12 (12.63%) Information Security Management
10 12 (12.63%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 20 (21.05%) Python
2 10 (10.53%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.21%) SQL
4 3 (3.16%) Bash
4 3 (3.16%) C
4 3 (3.16%) C#
4 3 (3.16%) C++
5 1 (1.05%) Rust
5 1 (1.05%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 26 (27.37%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (25.26%) Security Cleared
3 19 (20.00%) Degree
4 18 (18.95%) DV Cleared
5 16 (16.84%) CISSP
6 14 (14.74%) CCDA
6 14 (14.74%) CCDP
7 10 (10.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 10 (10.53%) Master's Degree
8 8 (8.42%) CCSP
8 8 (8.42%) CEH
8 8 (8.42%) SSCP
9 6 (6.32%) SANS
9 6 (6.32%) SC Cleared
10 5 (5.26%) CISA
10 5 (5.26%) OSCP
11 4 (4.21%) AWS Certification
11 4 (4.21%) Azure Certification
12 3 (3.16%) CHECK Team Member
12 3 (3.16%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (26.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (21.05%) NIST
3 16 (16.84%) PCI DSS
4 7 (7.37%) NCSC
5 6 (6.32%) COBIT
5 6 (6.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (2.11%) GDPR
7 1 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 6 (6.32%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (3.16%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (3.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.05%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (9.47%) Nmap
2 6 (6.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (4.21%) Suricata
4 2 (2.11%) CSIRT
4 2 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.05%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 36 (37.89%) Cisco
2 17 (17.89%) Juniper
2 17 (17.89%) Palo Alto
3 13 (13.68%) Blue Coat
3 13 (13.68%) CheckPoint
3 13 (13.68%) Infoblox
4 12 (12.63%) Riverbed
5 11 (11.58%) Splunk
6 10 (10.53%) Microsoft
7 6 (6.32%) Qualys
7 6 (6.32%) Rapid7
7 6 (6.32%) Thycotic
8 5 (5.26%) BT
9 3 (3.16%) Citrix
9 3 (3.16%) VMware
10 2 (2.11%) ForgeRock
10 2 (2.11%) Thales
11 1 (1.05%) Fortinet
11 1 (1.05%) LogRhythm