Data Encryption Jobs

Data Encryption
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Data Encryption skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Encryption over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 612 830 943
Rank change year-on-year +218 +113 +197
Permanent jobs citing Data Encryption 72 55 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.056% 0.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.065% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 61 46 43
10th Percentile £42,000 £55,625 £43,000
25th Percentile £64,621 £62,500 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +7.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £83,750 £94,375 £75,000
90th Percentile - £122,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £82,500 £65,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +26.92% +9.20% +32.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Encryption 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 48,641 84,574 99,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.26% 86.00% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,531 59,798 58,397
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Data Encryption
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Encryption in the UK

Data Encryption
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Encryption.

Salary trend for Data Encryption in the UK

Data Encryption
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Encryption over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Encryption in the UK

Data Encryption
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Encryption within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +208 69 £82,500 +10.00% 62
UK excluding London +239 58 £82,500 +26.92% 38
Work from Home +195 44 £82,500 -6.25% 35
South East +137 36 £82,500 +26.92% 16
North of England +97 16 £66,367 +104.21% 11
London +97 14 £52,070 -42.14% 38
Yorkshire +77 10 £68,569 +110.98% 6
North West - 6 £66,367 - 5
East of England - 2 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
Scotland +124 1 £80,000 +6.67% 2
South West +112 1 £95,000 +46.15% 5

Data Encryption
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 7 (9.72%) SAS
2 4 (5.56%) CMS
2 4 (5.56%) Drupal
3 2 (2.78%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (5.56%) Shopify
2 1 (1.39%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.39%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.39%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 41 (56.94%) Azure
2 35 (48.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 35 (48.61%) Azure DevOps
2 35 (48.61%) Azure Service Bus
2 35 (48.61%) SonarCloud
3 8 (11.11%) GCP
4 5 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (5.56%) Entra ID
5 4 (5.56%) Google Analytics
5 4 (5.56%) Google Tag Manager
6 2 (2.78%) AWS
6 2 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.39%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.39%) Amazon SageMaker
7 1 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.39%) AWS Step Functions
7 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.39%) Serverless
7 1 (1.39%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.11%) Firewall
2 5 (6.94%) LAN
2 5 (6.94%) WAN
3 3 (4.17%) Network Security
3 3 (4.17%) SAN
4 2 (2.78%) VLAN
4 2 (2.78%) VPN
4 2 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.39%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.39%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (48.61%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (9.72%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 39 (54.17%) Git
2 35 (48.61%) MSBuild
2 35 (48.61%) Octopus Deploy
2 35 (48.61%) Team Foundation Server
2 35 (48.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (33.33%) Retail
2 16 (22.22%) Finance
3 15 (20.83%) Banking
4 11 (15.28%) Social Skills
5 7 (9.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.17%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.78%) Legal
8 2 (2.78%) Marketing
8 2 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.39%) Law
Job Titles
1 43 (59.72%) Architect
2 35 (48.61%) Technical Architect
3 10 (13.89%) Analyst
4 9 (12.50%) Lead
5 8 (11.11%) IT Analyst
5 8 (11.11%) Senior
6 7 (9.72%) Enterprise Management Architect
6 7 (9.72%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
6 7 (9.72%) Lead Architect
6 7 (9.72%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 7 (9.72%) Security Analyst
6 7 (9.72%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (8.33%) Data Manager
7 6 (8.33%) Resilience Manager
8 5 (6.94%) IT Security Analyst
9 4 (5.56%) Developer
9 4 (5.56%) Full-Stack Developer
9 4 (5.56%) Senior Developer
9 4 (5.56%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
10 3 (4.17%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (55.56%) CSS
2 39 (54.17%) HTML
3 37 (51.39%) REST
4 35 (48.61%) .NET
4 35 (48.61%) ASP.NET
4 35 (48.61%) Bootstrap
4 35 (48.61%) gRPC
4 35 (48.61%) JSON
4 35 (48.61%) XML
5 6 (8.33%) Middleware
6 5 (6.94%) React
7 4 (5.56%) HTML5
7 4 (5.56%) jQuery
7 4 (5.56%) Vue
8 2 (2.78%) Web Services
9 1 (1.39%) LDAP
9 1 (1.39%) OAuth
9 1 (1.39%) OpenID
9 1 (1.39%) SAML
9 1 (1.39%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 10 (13.89%) Cyber Threat
2 10 (13.89%) Management Information System
3 7 (9.72%) Credit Risk
3 7 (9.72%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (9.72%) Market Risk
4 4 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (4.17%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.78%) Biopharmaceutical
7 1 (1.39%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.39%) Fedwire
7 1 (1.39%) Housing Association
7 1 (1.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.94%) Windows
2 3 (4.17%) Linux
3 2 (2.78%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.78%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (59.72%) DevOps
2 42 (58.33%) Microservices
3 35 (48.61%) API Integration
3 35 (48.61%) Code Quality
3 35 (48.61%) Design Patterns
3 35 (48.61%) Event-Driven
3 35 (48.61%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 35 (48.61%) MVC
3 35 (48.61%) Performance Optimisation
3 35 (48.61%) Performance Testing
4 25 (34.72%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
6 20 (27.78%) Analytics
7 16 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (16.67%) Agile
9 11 (15.28%) Test Automation
10 10 (13.89%) Risk Management
11 9 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
12 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (11.11%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 42 (58.33%) SQL
2 40 (55.56%) JavaScript
3 35 (48.61%) C#
4 8 (11.11%) Python
4 8 (11.11%) R
5 4 (5.56%) PHP
6 1 (1.39%) Groovy
6 1 (1.39%) Java
6 1 (1.39%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.39%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (6.94%) CISSP
1 5 (6.94%) Degree
2 2 (2.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (2.78%) CISM
3 1 (1.39%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.39%) CCSP
3 1 (1.39%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (62.50%) GDPR
2 8 (11.11%) PCI DSS
3 7 (9.72%) Basel II
3 7 (9.72%) Basel III
3 7 (9.72%) Dodd-Frank
3 7 (9.72%) IFRS
3 7 (9.72%) IFRS 9
4 5 (6.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (5.56%) Accessibility
5 4 (5.56%) NIST
6 2 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (2.78%) Data Quality
6 2 (2.78%) QA
6 2 (2.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (1.39%) SEPA
7 1 (1.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (48.61%) Docker
2 3 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.78%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.39%) NDS
Systems Management
1 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.39%) CA Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.39%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 12 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 5 (6.94%) Google
4 3 (4.17%) VMware
5 2 (2.78%) Oracle
6 1 (1.39%) ForgeRock
6 1 (1.39%) NetIQ
6 1 (1.39%) Okta
6 1 (1.39%) Ping Identity
6 1 (1.39%) SAP