Cryptography Jobs

Cryptography (Cryptology)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 579 697 682
Rank change year-on-year +118 -15 +88
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 123 212 295
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.20% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.24% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 84 182 168
10th Percentile £28,819 £46,250 £38,355
25th Percentile - £58,730 £54,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £73,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.70% +13.46% -2.71%
75th Percentile £64,438 £92,500 £81,928
90th Percentile £81,750 £119,500 £100,355
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £65,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -15.70% +9.20% -0.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,256 87,133 91,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.58% 84.04% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,854 60,896 54,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cryptography as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cryptography in the UK

Cryptography
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cryptography in the UK

Cryptography
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cryptography over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cryptography in the UK

Cryptography
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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
England +73 106 £54,793 -24.42% 90
UK excluding London +194 105 £54,793 -15.70% 70
North of England +74 67 £54,793 -21.72% 32
North West +62 63 £54,793 -39.12% 27
Work from Home +71 26 £50,000 -28.57% 93
London +11 15 £72,500 -19.44% 31
Scotland +128 12 £25,625 -65.83% 6
South East +80 11 £60,000 -7.69% 9
South West +106 6 £80,000 +33.33% 7
Yorkshire +32 4 £25,625 -63.39% 3
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 2
Midlands +60 3 - - 9
West Midlands +57 3 - - 9
East of England +24 2 £50,000 -11.50% 5

Cryptography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.63%) TPMS
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (1.63%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 22 (17.89%) AWS
2 21 (17.07%) Azure
3 13 (10.57%) GCP
4 12 (9.76%) IaaS
4 12 (9.76%) PaaS
5 3 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.63%) Asana
6 2 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.81%) Azure AKS
7 1 (0.81%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.81%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 16 (13.01%) Firewall
2 15 (12.20%) Network Security
3 6 (4.88%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.25%) HTTP
4 4 (3.25%) HTTPS
4 4 (3.25%) SSL
5 3 (2.44%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (2.44%) VPN
6 2 (1.63%) Internet
6 2 (1.63%) S/MIME
6 2 (1.63%) X.509
7 1 (0.81%) DKIM
7 1 (0.81%) DMARC
7 1 (0.81%) tcpdump
7 1 (0.81%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.81%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.81%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.63%) JIRA
1 2 (1.63%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.81%) GDB
2 1 (0.81%) IDA Disassembler
2 1 (0.81%) WinDbg
General
1 87 (70.73%) Social Skills
2 62 (50.41%) Avionics
2 62 (50.41%) Influencing Skills
3 19 (15.45%) Finance
4 14 (11.38%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (8.13%) Banking
6 4 (3.25%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.44%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.44%) Games
7 3 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.44%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.63%) Legal
9 1 (0.81%) Law
9 1 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 84 (68.29%) Senior
2 62 (50.41%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 62 (50.41%) Systems Engineer
3 13 (10.57%) Security Engineer
4 12 (9.76%) Auditor
4 12 (9.76%) Security Auditor
4 12 (9.76%) Senior Auditor
5 9 (7.32%) Technologist
6 7 (5.69%) Architect
7 5 (4.07%) Analyst
7 5 (4.07%) Security Architect
8 4 (3.25%) Mobile Engineer
8 4 (3.25%) Security Analyst
8 4 (3.25%) Senior Security Engineer
9 3 (2.44%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 2 (1.63%) Cloud Architect
10 2 (1.63%) Information Assurance Specialist
10 2 (1.63%) Information Specialist
10 2 (1.63%) IT Engineer
10 2 (1.63%) Research Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.76%) Middleware
2 2 (1.63%) EJB
2 2 (1.63%) Web Services
3 1 (0.81%) libvirt
3 1 (0.81%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.82%) Management Information System
2 15 (12.20%) Public Cloud
3 9 (7.32%) PKI
4 6 (4.88%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (3.25%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.25%) Cyberattack
5 4 (3.25%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.25%) Security Posture
5 4 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.44%) Blockchain
7 2 (1.63%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.63%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.81%) Clustering
8 1 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.81%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.81%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.69%) Windows
2 5 (4.07%) Apple iOS
3 4 (3.25%) Android
3 4 (3.25%) Linux
4 1 (0.81%) Unix
4 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (60.16%) Coaching
2 64 (52.03%) Collaborative Working
3 62 (50.41%) Customer Requirements
3 62 (50.41%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 62 (50.41%) Systems Engineering
4 39 (31.71%) Cybersecurity
5 26 (21.14%) Risk Management
6 23 (18.70%) Information Security
7 17 (13.82%) DevOps
8 14 (11.38%) Mathematics
8 14 (11.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (10.57%) Artificial Intelligence
9 13 (10.57%) SIEM
10 12 (9.76%) CI/CD
10 12 (9.76%) Configuration Management
10 12 (9.76%) Continuous Deployment
10 12 (9.76%) Continuous Integration
10 12 (9.76%) Fintech
10 12 (9.76%) Privileged Access Management
11 11 (8.94%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 13 (10.57%) C++
2 10 (8.13%) C
2 10 (8.13%) Python
3 6 (4.88%) Bash
3 6 (4.88%) Java
4 5 (4.07%) Objective-C
4 5 (4.07%) Rust
5 4 (3.25%) Go
5 4 (3.25%) Kotlin
5 4 (3.25%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.44%) C#
7 2 (1.63%) Solidity
8 1 (0.81%) CodeQL
8 1 (0.81%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.81%) Perl
8 1 (0.81%) PHP
8 1 (0.81%) SQL
8 1 (0.81%) VB
Qualifications
1 93 (75.61%) Degree
2 62 (50.41%) HNC
2 62 (50.41%) HND
3 8 (6.50%) CISSP
4 7 (5.69%) CEH
4 7 (5.69%) DV Cleared
4 7 (5.69%) Security Cleared
5 6 (4.88%) CISM
5 6 (4.88%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.25%) PhD
7 3 (2.44%) CCSP
7 3 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.44%) GCIH
7 3 (2.44%) OSCP
8 2 (1.63%) CHECK Team Member
8 2 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.63%) CREST Certified
8 2 (1.63%) ISSAP
8 2 (1.63%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (7.32%) NIST
3 8 (6.50%) GDPR
4 7 (5.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (4.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (2.44%) NCSC
6 3 (2.44%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.63%) COBIT
7 2 (1.63%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (7.32%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.81%) Docker
2 1 (0.81%) Xen
Systems Management
1 3 (2.44%) CASB
1 3 (2.44%) CSIRT
2 2 (1.63%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 2 (1.63%) Nmap
3 1 (0.81%) Istio
3 1 (0.81%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (4.07%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.25%) Thales
3 3 (2.44%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (0.81%) Google