Cryptography Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cryptography (Cryptology)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 472 664 569
Rank change year-on-year +192 -95 +161
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 103 94 193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.13% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.16% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 74 77 90
10th Percentile £25,313 £46,250 £37,875
25th Percentile - £55,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £65,000 £58,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.70% +11.59% -2.92%
75th Percentile - £72,500 £62,833
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,001 £76,316
UK median annual salary £54,793 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -26.94% +15.38% -1.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 35,916 59,553 57,522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.88% 83.98% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 18,120 41,216 29,549
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,200 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

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 9 May 2025.

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 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
North of England +89 67 £54,793 -21.72% 13
North West +74 63 £54,793 -26.94% 5
Scotland +130 10 £25,625 -65.83% 7
South East +88 9 £60,000 -7.69% 20
South West +111 7 £80,000 +33.33% 6
Yorkshire +40 4 £25,625 -63.39% 6
East of England +13 4 £62,000 +9.73% 22
West Midlands +60 3 - - 2
Midlands +58 3 - - 3
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 5
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 2 (1.94%) TPMS
Applications
1 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.62%) Azure
2 12 (11.65%) AWS
3 7 (6.80%) GCP
4 6 (5.83%) IaaS
4 6 (5.83%) PaaS
5 2 (1.94%) Asana
6 1 (0.97%) Azure AKS
6 1 (0.97%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (0.97%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (11.65%) Network Security
2 9 (8.74%) Firewall
3 6 (5.83%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.88%) HTTP
4 4 (3.88%) HTTPS
5 2 (1.94%) Internet
5 2 (1.94%) SSL
5 2 (1.94%) VPN
6 1 (0.97%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.97%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.97%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.97%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.97%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.94%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.94%) JIRA
1 2 (1.94%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.97%) GDB
2 1 (0.97%) IDA Disassembler
2 1 (0.97%) WinDbg
General
1 74 (71.84%) Social Skills
2 61 (59.22%) Avionics
2 61 (59.22%) Influencing Skills
3 16 (15.53%) Finance
4 10 (9.71%) Banking
5 8 (7.77%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.88%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.91%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.97%) Marketing
9 1 (0.97%) Retail
Job Titles
1 74 (71.84%) Senior
2 61 (59.22%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 61 (59.22%) Systems Engineer
3 10 (9.71%) Security Engineer
4 9 (8.74%) Technologist
5 7 (6.80%) Architect
6 6 (5.83%) Auditor
6 6 (5.83%) Security Auditor
6 6 (5.83%) Senior Auditor
7 5 (4.85%) Security Architect
8 4 (3.88%) Mobile Engineer
8 4 (3.88%) Senior Security Engineer
9 2 (1.94%) AWS Architect
9 2 (1.94%) AWS Security Architect
9 2 (1.94%) Cloud Architect
9 2 (1.94%) Cloud Security Architect
9 2 (1.94%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 2 (1.94%) Penetration Tester
9 2 (1.94%) Project Manager
9 2 (1.94%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.83%) Middleware
2 2 (1.94%) Web Services
3 1 (0.97%) libvirt
3 1 (0.97%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 16 (15.53%) Management Information System
2 8 (7.77%) Public Cloud
3 6 (5.83%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (3.88%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.88%) PKI
4 4 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.94%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.94%) Blockchain
5 2 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.94%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.97%) Clustering
6 1 (0.97%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.97%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.88%) Android
1 4 (3.88%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.94%) Windows
3 1 (0.97%) Linux
3 1 (0.97%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (65.05%) Coaching
2 63 (61.17%) Collaborative Working
3 61 (59.22%) Customer Requirements
3 61 (59.22%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 61 (59.22%) Systems Engineering
4 28 (27.18%) Cybersecurity
5 18 (17.48%) Information Security
5 18 (17.48%) Risk Management
6 14 (13.59%) Mathematics
7 11 (10.68%) Computer Science
7 11 (10.68%) Risk Assessment
8 10 (9.71%) Artificial Intelligence
9 9 (8.74%) DevOps
9 9 (8.74%) Fintech
9 9 (8.74%) Line Management
10 8 (7.77%) Key Management
10 8 (7.77%) Penetration Testing
10 8 (7.77%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (6.80%) Cloud Security
12 6 (5.83%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.65%) C++
2 10 (9.71%) C
3 7 (6.80%) Python
4 6 (5.83%) Java
5 5 (4.85%) Objective-C
6 4 (3.88%) Go
6 4 (3.88%) Kotlin
6 4 (3.88%) Rust
7 3 (2.91%) Bash
7 3 (2.91%) C#
8 2 (1.94%) Solidity
9 1 (0.97%) CodeQL
9 1 (0.97%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.97%) Perl
9 1 (0.97%) PHP
9 1 (0.97%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.97%) SQL
9 1 (0.97%) VB
Qualifications
1 89 (86.41%) Degree
2 61 (59.22%) HNC
2 61 (59.22%) HND
3 8 (7.77%) CISSP
4 6 (5.83%) CISM
4 6 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (5.83%) Master's Degree
5 4 (3.88%) CEH
5 4 (3.88%) PhD
6 3 (2.91%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.91%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.94%) CHECK Team Member
7 2 (1.94%) CREST Certified
7 2 (1.94%) GIAC
7 2 (1.94%) ISSAP
7 2 (1.94%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.94%) PMP
7 2 (1.94%) SANS
8 1 (0.97%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (8.74%) NIST
2 6 (5.83%) GDPR
3 4 (3.88%) COBIT
3 4 (3.88%) PCI DSS
4 3 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (2.91%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.94%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.94%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.94%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (2.91%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.97%) Docker
2 1 (0.97%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (1.94%) Nmap
2 1 (0.97%) Istio
2 1 (0.97%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (1.94%) Microsoft
1 2 (1.94%) Thales
2 1 (0.97%) Google