Cryptography Job Trends in Wales

Cryptography (Cryptology)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Cryptography skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 - 93
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 4 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.47% - 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% - 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £32,350
75th Percentile £53,750 - -
90th Percentile - - £43,690
UK median annual salary £60,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -17.24% -3.33% -7.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 720 961 967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 84.21% 67.58% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 520 578 764
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,700 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £45,696
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -1.52% -8.61%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £74,401 £72,480
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,274 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.62% -2.88% -

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cryptography relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Cryptography job vacancy trend in Wales

Cryptography
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Cryptography.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Cryptography

Cryptography
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the Wales region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
South Wales - 4 £52,500 - 4
Cryptography
UK

Cryptography
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Google Workspace
1 3 (75.00%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Bluetooth
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 3 (75.00%) Modbus
1 3 (75.00%) Network Security
1 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (75.00%) VLAN
1 3 (75.00%) Wireshark
1 3 (75.00%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (75.00%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (75.00%) Aerospace
1 3 (75.00%) Law
1 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) CAN bus
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (75.00%) IoT
1 3 (75.00%) Operational Technology
1 3 (75.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Android
1 3 (75.00%) Kali Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (100.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (75.00%) Cognitive Science
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Data Science
2 3 (75.00%) Ergonomics
2 3 (75.00%) Human Factors
2 3 (75.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 3 (75.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (75.00%) Prototyping
2 3 (75.00%) Psychology
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) Security Monitoring
2 3 (75.00%) Smart Manufacturing
2 3 (75.00%) Statistics
2 3 (75.00%) User Experience
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C++
1 3 (75.00%) Java
1 3 (75.00%) Python
1 3 (75.00%) R
1 3 (75.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) GRC
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NCSC
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Nessus
1 3 (75.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Google
1 3 (75.00%) Qualtrics
1 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (75.00%) Splunk