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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 590 700 669
Rank change year-on-year +110 -31 +92
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 121 212 302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.21% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.25% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 82 183 170
10th Percentile £26,481 £46,250 £38,357
25th Percentile - £58,730 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.94% +15.38% -3.70%
75th Percentile £61,886 £92,500 £81,928
90th Percentile £80,000 £122,000 £100,118
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 51,242 86,144 93,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.71% 84.33% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 25,211 60,433 55,406
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -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 28 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 28 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 +62 105 £54,793 -24.42% 489
UK excluding London +205 103 £54,793 -15.70% 466
North of England +79 67 £54,793 -21.72% 103
North West +61 63 £54,793 -39.12% 55
Work from Home +72 26 £50,000 -28.57% 394
London +24 15 £72,500 -19.44% 82
Scotland +129 11 £25,625 -65.83% 25
South East +91 10 £60,000 -7.69% 106
South West +112 6 £80,000 +33.33% 60
Yorkshire +40 4 £25,625 -63.39% 37
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 10
West Midlands +65 3 - - 47
Midlands +55 3 - - 85
East of England +17 2 £50,000 -11.50% 81

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 (1.65%) TPMS
2 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (1.65%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 22 (18.18%) AWS
2 21 (17.36%) Azure
3 13 (10.74%) GCP
4 12 (9.92%) IaaS
4 12 (9.92%) PaaS
5 3 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.65%) Asana
6 2 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.83%) Azure AKS
7 1 (0.83%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.83%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 15 (12.40%) Firewall
1 15 (12.40%) Network Security
2 6 (4.96%) TCP/IP
3 4 (3.31%) HTTP
3 4 (3.31%) HTTPS
3 4 (3.31%) SSL
4 3 (2.48%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (2.48%) VPN
5 2 (1.65%) Internet
5 2 (1.65%) S/MIME
5 2 (1.65%) X.509
6 1 (0.83%) DKIM
6 1 (0.83%) DMARC
6 1 (0.83%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.83%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.83%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.83%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.65%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.65%) JIRA
1 2 (1.65%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.83%) GDB
2 1 (0.83%) IDA Disassembler
2 1 (0.83%) WinDbg
General
1 87 (71.90%) Social Skills
2 62 (51.24%) Avionics
2 62 (51.24%) Influencing Skills
3 18 (14.88%) Finance
4 14 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (8.26%) Banking
6 4 (3.31%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.48%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.48%) Games
7 3 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.48%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.83%) Law
9 1 (0.83%) Legal
9 1 (0.83%) Retail
Job Titles
1 83 (68.60%) Senior
2 62 (51.24%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 62 (51.24%) Systems Engineer
3 13 (10.74%) Security Engineer
4 12 (9.92%) Auditor
4 12 (9.92%) Security Auditor
4 12 (9.92%) Senior Auditor
5 9 (7.44%) Technologist
6 7 (5.79%) Architect
7 5 (4.13%) Analyst
7 5 (4.13%) Security Architect
8 4 (3.31%) Mobile Engineer
8 4 (3.31%) Security Analyst
8 4 (3.31%) Senior Security Engineer
9 3 (2.48%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 2 (1.65%) AWS Architect
10 2 (1.65%) AWS Security Architect
10 2 (1.65%) Cloud Security Architect
10 2 (1.65%) IT Engineer
10 2 (1.65%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.92%) Middleware
2 2 (1.65%) EJB
2 2 (1.65%) Web Services
3 1 (0.83%) libvirt
3 1 (0.83%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.05%) Management Information System
2 15 (12.40%) Public Cloud
3 8 (6.61%) PKI
4 6 (4.96%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (3.31%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.31%) Cyberattack
5 4 (3.31%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.31%) Security Posture
5 4 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.65%) Blockchain
6 2 (1.65%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.65%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.83%) Clustering
7 1 (0.83%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.79%) Windows
2 5 (4.13%) Apple iOS
3 4 (3.31%) Android
3 4 (3.31%) Linux
4 1 (0.83%) Unix
4 1 (0.83%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (61.16%) Coaching
2 64 (52.89%) Collaborative Working
3 62 (51.24%) Customer Requirements
3 62 (51.24%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 62 (51.24%) Systems Engineering
4 39 (32.23%) Cybersecurity
5 26 (21.49%) Risk Management
6 23 (19.01%) Information Security
7 17 (14.05%) DevOps
8 14 (11.57%) Mathematics
8 14 (11.57%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (10.74%) Artificial Intelligence
10 12 (9.92%) CI/CD
10 12 (9.92%) Configuration Management
10 12 (9.92%) Continuous Deployment
10 12 (9.92%) Continuous Integration
10 12 (9.92%) Fintech
10 12 (9.92%) Privileged Access Management
10 12 (9.92%) SIEM
11 11 (9.09%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.92%) C++
2 10 (8.26%) C
2 10 (8.26%) Python
3 6 (4.96%) Bash
3 6 (4.96%) Java
4 5 (4.13%) Objective-C
5 4 (3.31%) Go
5 4 (3.31%) Kotlin
5 4 (3.31%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.31%) Rust
6 3 (2.48%) C#
7 2 (1.65%) Solidity
8 1 (0.83%) CodeQL
8 1 (0.83%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.83%) Perl
8 1 (0.83%) PHP
8 1 (0.83%) SQL
8 1 (0.83%) VB
Qualifications
1 93 (76.86%) Degree
2 62 (51.24%) HNC
2 62 (51.24%) HND
3 8 (6.61%) CISSP
4 7 (5.79%) CEH
5 6 (4.96%) CISM
5 6 (4.96%) DV Cleared
5 6 (4.96%) Master's Degree
5 6 (4.96%) Security Cleared
6 4 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.31%) PhD
7 3 (2.48%) CCSP
7 3 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.48%) GCIH
7 3 (2.48%) OSCP
8 2 (1.65%) CHECK Team Member
8 2 (1.65%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.65%) CREST Certified
8 2 (1.65%) ISSAP
8 2 (1.65%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (7.44%) NIST
3 8 (6.61%) GDPR
4 7 (5.79%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (4.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (2.48%) NCSC
6 3 (2.48%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.65%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.65%) COBIT
7 2 (1.65%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.65%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (6.61%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.83%) Docker
2 1 (0.83%) Xen
Systems Management
1 3 (2.48%) CASB
1 3 (2.48%) CSIRT
2 2 (1.65%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 2 (1.65%) Nmap
3 1 (0.83%) Istio
3 1 (0.83%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (4.13%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.31%) Thales
3 3 (2.48%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (0.83%) Google