Data Encryption Job Trends

Data Encryption
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Data Encryption skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 632 643 713
Rank change year-on-year +11 +70 +284
Permanent jobs citing Data Encryption 10 64 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.017% 0.12% 0.039%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.021% 0.13% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 10 51 22
10th Percentile £49,575 £52,500 £50,125
25th Percentile £50,313 £75,625 £57,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £82,500 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -7.58% +20.00% -14.06%
75th Percentile £121,875 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £132,500 - £94,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £82,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -39.39% +37.50% +20.00%

All Process & 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 48,033 48,451 50,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.60% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,230 23,579 38,463
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,479
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Data Encryption
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Encryption relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Encryption job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Encryption
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Encryption.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Encryption

Data Encryption
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Encryption over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Encryption in the UK

Data Encryption
Top 7 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 12 January 2026. 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 +30 10 £76,250 -7.58% 9
London +57 6 £107,500 +118.76% 4
Work from Home +25 6 £88,750 +7.58% 1
North of England +11 4 £50,000 -24.66% 3
UK excluding London -7 4 £50,000 -39.39% 8
North West +34 2 £49,500 -25.41% 2
Yorkshire -11 2 £50,000 -47.17% 1

Data Encryption
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) AWS
2 4 (40.00%) Azure
3 3 (30.00%) Azure Service Bus
3 3 (30.00%) GCP
4 2 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (20.00%) Mimecast
4 2 (20.00%) Tessian
5 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) Firewall
2 3 (30.00%) DMZ
2 3 (30.00%) Network Security
3 2 (20.00%) DKIM
3 2 (20.00%) DMARC
3 2 (20.00%) VPN
4 1 (10.00%) HTTP
4 1 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (30.00%) Redis
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) NUnit
General
1 3 (30.00%) Legal
1 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Senior
2 4 (40.00%) Security Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Senior Security Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Information Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Information Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) IT Security Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Information Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Information Security Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior IT Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) JWT
1 4 (40.00%) OAuth
2 3 (30.00%) Kafka
2 3 (30.00%) OAuth2
2 3 (30.00%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (10.00%) .NET
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Core
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (10.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Distributed Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (20.00%) PKI
3 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
1 4 (40.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Information Security
2 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) Data Security
2 4 (40.00%) DevOps
3 3 (30.00%) AI
3 3 (30.00%) Analytics
3 3 (30.00%) API Design
3 3 (30.00%) B2C
3 3 (30.00%) Biometrics
3 3 (30.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 3 (30.00%) High Availability
3 3 (30.00%) Information Security Management
3 3 (30.00%) Microservices
3 3 (30.00%) Monetization
3 3 (30.00%) Patch Management
3 3 (30.00%) Security Architecture
3 3 (30.00%) Security Management
3 3 (30.00%) Server Patching
3 3 (30.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) Go
3 1 (10.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) CISM
2 3 (30.00%) CISSP
2 3 (30.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (10.00%) CCNA
4 1 (10.00%) CCNP
4 1 (10.00%) CCSP
4 1 (10.00%) CISA
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (10.00%) MCITP
4 1 (10.00%) MCSA
4 1 (10.00%) MCSE
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) GDPR
2 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (10.00%) HIPAA
4 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Grafana
1 3 (30.00%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Cisco
1 3 (30.00%) Citrix
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) VMware