S/MIME Job Trends

Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring S/MIME skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 650 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing S/MIME 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.010% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

S/MIME falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,650 7,299 7,571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.31% 13.22% 14.75%
Number of salaries quoted 3,954 3,825 6,131
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -

S/MIME
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing S/MIME relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

S/MIME job vacancy trend in the UK

S/MIME
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing S/MIME.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing S/MIME

S/MIME
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing S/MIME within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
South East - 1 - - 1
England - 1 - - 1
UK excluding London - 1 - - 1

S/MIME
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
1 1 (100.00%) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Key Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Thales