Cryptography Contracts in England

Cryptography (Cryptology)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Cryptography skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cryptography over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 414 522 668
Rank change year-on-year +108 +146 -143
Contract jobs citing Cryptography 117 118 101
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.24% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.27% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 85 59
10th Percentile £463 £443 £451
25th Percentile £613 £525 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £666 £610 £650
Median % change year-on-year +9.18% -6.15% +30.00%
75th Percentile £750 £715 £750
90th Percentile £850 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £666 £625 £600
% change year-on-year +6.56% +4.17% +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 7
10th Percentile - - £52.00
25th Percentile - £59.73 £52.61
Median hourly rate £80.00 £70.00 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +18.64% +6.31%
75th Percentile - £72.98 £68.42
90th Percentile - - £70.33
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £70.00 £58.25
% change year-on-year +14.29% +20.17% +4.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Cryptography is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,464 43,415 63,929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.38% 90.10% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,624 30,476 45,458
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £448 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,526 1,738
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.95 £16.20 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +45.58% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cryptography as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cryptography in England

Cryptography
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cryptography in England.

Daily rate trend for Cryptography in England

Cryptography
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cryptography in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cryptography in England

Cryptography
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cryptography in England.

Hourly rate trend for Cryptography in England

Cryptography
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +77 54 £625 - 8
London +74 40 £700 +13.45% 19
North West - 15 £670 - 4
North of England - 15 £670 - 6
South West -19 3 £690 +10.40% 11
West Midlands +18 1 £750 +30.43% 1
Midlands +14 1 £750 +30.43% 2
East of England +4 1 - - 4
Cryptography
UK

Cryptography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.71%) Confluence
1 2 (1.71%) nginx
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (1.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (8.55%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (1.71%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 64 (54.70%) AWS
2 61 (52.14%) Azure
3 8 (6.84%) GCP
4 5 (4.27%) Amazon S3
5 4 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.42%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.42%) IaaS
5 4 (3.42%) PaaS
5 4 (3.42%) SaaS
5 4 (3.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (2.56%) Azure API Management
6 3 (2.56%) Azure Event Grid
6 3 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (2.56%) Serverless
6 3 (2.56%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.71%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (1.71%) Apigee
7 2 (1.71%) GitHub
7 2 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.71%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 41 (35.04%) SSL
2 20 (17.09%) Network Security
3 9 (7.69%) Firewall
4 8 (6.84%) Internet
5 6 (5.13%) VPN
6 3 (2.56%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (1.71%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.85%) 4G
8 1 (0.85%) 5G
8 1 (0.85%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.56%) Big Data
1 3 (2.56%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.71%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.71%) OLAP
2 2 (1.71%) OLTP
2 2 (1.71%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 5 (4.27%) JIRA
2 3 (2.56%) Git
2 3 (2.56%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 23 (19.66%) Finance
2 15 (12.82%) Public Sector
3 8 (6.84%) Banking
3 8 (6.84%) Social Skills
4 4 (3.42%) Financial Institution
4 4 (3.42%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.56%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.71%) Military
6 2 (1.71%) Multimedia
6 2 (1.71%) Retail
7 1 (0.85%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.85%) Electronics
7 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.85%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 77 (65.81%) Architect
2 22 (18.80%) Security Architect
3 13 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (5.98%) Security Engineer
4 7 (5.98%) Senior
5 6 (5.13%) Lead
6 4 (3.42%) Consultant
7 3 (2.56%) AWS Architect
7 3 (2.56%) Developer
7 3 (2.56%) Lead Architect
7 3 (2.56%) Lead Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.71%) Applications Engineer
8 2 (1.71%) Blockchain Developer
8 2 (1.71%) Blockchain Engineer
8 2 (1.71%) Cloud Architect
8 2 (1.71%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 2 (1.71%) DevOps Engineer
8 2 (1.71%) Sales Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.71%) Security Specialist
8 2 (1.71%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (37.61%) Web Services
2 7 (5.98%) Kafka
3 4 (3.42%) Smart Contracts
4 3 (2.56%) .NET
5 2 (1.71%) Apache Camel
5 2 (1.71%) IBM Integration Bus
5 2 (1.71%) J2EE
5 2 (1.71%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (1.71%) SOAP
5 2 (1.71%) Spring
5 2 (1.71%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.71%) Spring Integration
6 1 (0.85%) LDAP
6 1 (0.85%) Node.js
6 1 (0.85%) OAuth
6 1 (0.85%) OpenID
6 1 (0.85%) React
6 1 (0.85%) REST
6 1 (0.85%) SAML
6 1 (0.85%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 55 (47.01%) PKI
2 12 (10.26%) Blockchain
3 6 (5.13%) IoT
3 6 (5.13%) Security Posture
4 5 (4.27%) Public Cloud
4 5 (4.27%) Web3
5 4 (3.42%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.42%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.56%) CBDC
6 3 (2.56%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 3 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.56%) Distributed Applications
7 2 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.71%) DataPower
7 2 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.71%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.85%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.68%) Linux
2 5 (4.27%) Windows
3 2 (1.71%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.71%) zOS
4 1 (0.85%) Alpine Linux
4 1 (0.85%) CentOS
4 1 (0.85%) Debian
4 1 (0.85%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (40.17%) Key Management
2 20 (17.09%) Security Architecture
3 19 (16.24%) Cybersecurity
4 18 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 16 (13.68%) Information Security
5 16 (13.68%) Penetration Testing
6 14 (11.97%) CI/CD
6 14 (11.97%) DevOps
7 13 (11.11%) Cloud Security
7 13 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
8 12 (10.26%) Identity Access Management
8 12 (10.26%) SIEM
9 11 (9.40%) Application Security
9 11 (9.40%) Business Strategy
9 11 (9.40%) IT Strategy
9 11 (9.40%) Project Delivery
9 11 (9.40%) Service Delivery
9 11 (9.40%) Technology Strategy
10 10 (8.55%) Computer Science
10 10 (8.55%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.84%) Java
2 7 (5.98%) Python
3 3 (2.56%) C#
3 3 (2.56%) C++
3 3 (2.56%) PHP
3 3 (2.56%) Ruby
4 1 (0.85%) Bash
4 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 73 (62.39%) Security Cleared
2 51 (43.59%) Degree
3 46 (39.32%) SC Cleared
4 35 (29.91%) DV Cleared
5 5 (4.27%) Azure Certification
5 5 (4.27%) CISM
5 5 (4.27%) CISSP
6 4 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.56%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.71%) CEH
8 2 (1.71%) CREST Certified
8 2 (1.71%) CSSLP
8 2 (1.71%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.85%) CISA
9 1 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.85%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (17.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 20 (17.09%) NIST
2 5 (4.27%) PCI DSS
3 3 (2.56%) NCSC
4 2 (1.71%) COBIT
4 2 (1.71%) ISO 22301
4 2 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (1.71%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (0.85%) NIST 800
System Software
1 49 (41.88%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.84%) Docker
3 4 (3.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.56%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.71%) Squid
6 1 (0.85%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (5.13%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.27%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (4.27%) Terraform
3 2 (1.71%) HAProxy
3 2 (1.71%) Nessus
4 1 (0.85%) Ansible
4 1 (0.85%) Check_MK
4 1 (0.85%) Grafana
4 1 (0.85%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.85%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 7 (5.98%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.13%) CyberArk
3 4 (3.42%) Qualys
3 4 (3.42%) SAP
3 4 (3.42%) VMware
4 3 (2.56%) Centrify
4 3 (2.56%) Cisco
4 3 (2.56%) Databricks
4 3 (2.56%) Fortinet
4 3 (2.56%) Google
4 3 (2.56%) Splunk
4 3 (2.56%) Unisys
5 2 (1.71%) F5
5 2 (1.71%) IBM
5 2 (1.71%) Oracle
5 2 (1.71%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.71%) TSYS
6 1 (0.85%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.85%) Juniper
6 1 (0.85%) Thales