Hybrid/Remote Cryptography Job Trends

Cryptography (Cryptology)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Cryptography skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 429 411
Rank change year-on-year +66 -18 +189
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 15 16 67
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.098% 0.093% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.10% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 58
10th Percentile £64,000 £53,500 £50,125
25th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £75,625 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £89,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% +3.33% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,566 15,999 19,274
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.35% 92.92% 94.33%
Number of salaries quoted 8,659 9,622 15,508
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,957 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cryptography and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cryptography job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Cryptography
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cryptography.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cryptography

Cryptography
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 13 (86.67%) AWS
2 8 (53.33%) Azure
3 5 (33.33%) GCP
4 4 (26.67%) GitHub
4 4 (26.67%) GitHub Actions
4 4 (26.67%) SaaS
5 1 (6.67%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (66.67%) Firewall
2 9 (60.00%) Network Security
3 5 (33.33%) DMZ
4 4 (26.67%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (6.67%) Internet
5 1 (6.67%) SSL
5 1 (6.67%) VPN
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) TeamCity
General
1 5 (33.33%) Banking
1 5 (33.33%) Finance
1 5 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 5 (33.33%) Retail
2 4 (26.67%) Back Office
2 4 (26.67%) Financial Institution
3 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Security Engineer
2 5 (33.33%) Cloud Engineer
2 5 (33.33%) Cloud Security Engineer
2 5 (33.33%) Consultant
3 4 (26.67%) Architect
3 4 (26.67%) Automation Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Cloud Automation Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Security Architect
4 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 3 (20.00%) Security Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Cloud Security Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Research Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Risk Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) Blog
1 9 (60.00%) Cloud Native
1 9 (60.00%) PKI
2 6 (40.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 6 (40.00%) Security Posture
3 5 (33.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Cloud Security
2 13 (86.67%) Security Architecture
3 9 (60.00%) Containerisation
3 9 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (60.00%) RBAC
3 9 (60.00%) SDLC
4 8 (53.33%) Threat Modelling
5 6 (40.00%) Zero Trust
6 5 (33.33%) AI
6 5 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (33.33%) Incident Response
6 5 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (33.33%) ISMS
6 5 (33.33%) Key Management
6 5 (33.33%) Risk Management
6 5 (33.33%) Use Case
6 5 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
7 4 (26.67%) Secure Coding
7 4 (26.67%) Security Testing
7 4 (26.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) Go
2 4 (26.67%) Bash
2 4 (26.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 7 (46.67%) AWS Certification
3 5 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
5 3 (20.00%) Azure Certification
5 3 (20.00%) CISM
5 3 (20.00%) CISSP
5 3 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (6.67%) Degree
6 1 (6.67%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (80.00%) PCI DSS
2 8 (53.33%) GDPR
2 8 (53.33%) GRC
2 8 (53.33%) NCSC
2 8 (53.33%) NIST
3 5 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 5 (33.33%) JSP 440
4 4 (26.67%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 4 (26.67%) Cilium
2 4 (26.67%) Terraform
3 1 (6.67%) CASB
3 1 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Netskope