Cryptography Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cryptography (Cryptology)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Cryptography skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cryptography over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 371 506 472
Rank change year-on-year +135 -34 +82
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 26 86 206
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.25% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.28% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 23 75 137
10th Percentile - £46,250 £38,357
25th Percentile £25,313 £58,125 £44,387
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +17.60% -0.79%
75th Percentile £75,068 £82,500 £81,928
90th Percentile £80,000 £172,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £54,793 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -24.42% +11.54% -

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 13,930 31,014 41,082
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.15% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,709 23,583 28,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,930 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Cryptography
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Cryptography as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cryptography trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Cryptography
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cryptography.

Cryptography salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cryptography
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Cryptography over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Cryptography salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cryptography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) AWS
2 4 (15.38%) Azure
3 3 (11.54%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.85%) Azure AKS
4 1 (3.85%) GCP
4 1 (3.85%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (46.15%) Network Security
2 9 (34.62%) Firewall
3 3 (11.54%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (7.69%) VPN
5 1 (3.85%) S/MIME
5 1 (3.85%) SSL
5 1 (3.85%) X.509
General
1 16 (61.54%) Finance
2 10 (38.46%) Banking
3 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 3 (11.54%) Financial Institution
4 3 (11.54%) Games
5 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Security Engineer
1 9 (34.62%) Technologist
2 5 (19.23%) Architect
2 5 (19.23%) Security Architect
3 2 (7.69%) AWS Architect
3 2 (7.69%) AWS Security Architect
3 2 (7.69%) Cloud Architect
3 2 (7.69%) Cloud Security Architect
3 2 (7.69%) Information Security Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) IT Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) IT Security Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Research Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) EJB
Miscellaneous
1 13 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (15.38%) Cyberattack
3 3 (11.54%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (11.54%) Public Cloud
4 2 (7.69%) Blockchain
4 2 (7.69%) Cloud Native
4 2 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.85%) Algorithms
5 1 (3.85%) PKI
5 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (61.54%) Cybersecurity
1 16 (61.54%) Information Security
2 14 (53.85%) Risk Management
3 13 (50.00%) Mathematics
4 12 (46.15%) Artificial Intelligence
5 9 (34.62%) Fintech
5 9 (34.62%) Line Management
5 9 (34.62%) Risk Assessment
6 8 (30.77%) SIEM
7 5 (19.23%) Decision-Making
7 5 (19.23%) DevOps
7 5 (19.23%) Risk Register
8 4 (15.38%) Cloud Security
8 4 (15.38%) Security Architecture
9 3 (11.54%) Cyber Resilience
9 3 (11.54%) Design Patterns
9 3 (11.54%) Incident Response
9 3 (11.54%) Threat Modelling
10 2 (7.69%) Creative Thinking
10 2 (7.69%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 4 (15.38%) C
1 4 (15.38%) C++
1 4 (15.38%) Go
1 4 (15.38%) Rust
2 2 (7.69%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 17 (65.38%) Degree
2 4 (15.38%) CISM
2 4 (15.38%) CISSP
2 4 (15.38%) PhD
3 2 (7.69%) CEH
3 2 (7.69%) GIAC
3 2 (7.69%) ISSAP
3 2 (7.69%) SANS
4 1 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (23.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (23.08%) GDPR
3 5 (19.23%) NIST
4 4 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (15.38%) NCSC
5 3 (11.54%) COBIT
5 3 (11.54%) PCI DSS
5 3 (11.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (3.85%) Istio
1 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) Google
2 1 (3.85%) Thales