Cryptography Jobs in England

Cryptography (Cryptology)
UK > England

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 647 656 871
Rank change year-on-year +9 +215 -127
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 203 274 301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.22% 0.33% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.34% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 177 152 98
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £58,000 £56,219 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,775 £73,999
Median % change year-on-year +10.22% -11.11% +18.40%
75th Percentile £92,500 £81,928 £90,000
90th Percentile £117,000 £101,066 £100,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% -7.14% +12.00%

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76,200 80,466 135,750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 83.51% 95.48% 95.97%
Number of salaries quoted 55,193 48,975 73,419
10th Percentile £29,022 £34,324 £33,262
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,075
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Cryptography in England

Cryptography
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cryptography in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cryptography in England

Cryptography
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the England region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +101 108 £90,000 +12.50% 28
North of England -26 31 £70,000 +17.60% 7
East of England +14 28 £56,500 -24.67% 2
Yorkshire +8 28 £70,000 +64.71% 4
South West -28 12 £60,000 +0.80% 10
South East -17 9 £65,000 -45.83% 10
Midlands -34 8 £67,500 +62.03% 3
East Midlands -10 6 £70,502 +69.24%
North West -18 3 £90,000 +51.19% 3
West Midlands -38 2 £67,500 +61.19% 3
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 15 (7.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.90%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.97%) Ethereum
3 4 (1.97%) Hyperledger
3 4 (1.97%) OpenZeppelin
4 2 (0.99%) IIS
5 1 (0.49%) Confluence
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 25 (12.32%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.99%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.49%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 68 (33.50%) Azure
2 37 (18.23%) AWS
3 27 (13.30%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (10.34%) Cloud Computing
5 17 (8.37%) GCP
6 14 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (6.90%) Azure Sentinel
6 14 (6.90%) Microsoft Purview
7 9 (4.43%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.49%) Apigee
8 1 (0.49%) GitHub
8 1 (0.49%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.49%) IaaS
8 1 (0.49%) Kong
8 1 (0.49%) PaaS
8 1 (0.49%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.49%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 89 (43.84%) Firewall
2 45 (22.17%) Network Security
3 38 (18.72%) DNS
4 31 (15.27%) TCP/IP
5 25 (12.32%) Intrusion Detection
6 21 (10.34%) Wireshark
7 18 (8.87%) VPN
8 16 (7.88%) LAN
8 16 (7.88%) WAN
9 13 (6.40%) DHCP
10 6 (2.96%) Internet
11 4 (1.97%) IPFS
11 4 (1.97%) SSL
12 3 (1.48%) 4G
13 1 (0.49%) 5G
13 1 (0.49%) HTTPS
13 1 (0.49%) Multicast
13 1 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (0.49%) Wireless
13 1 (0.49%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.43%) Power BI
2 3 (1.48%) Big Data
2 3 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.99%) Redis
3 2 (0.99%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.49%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.49%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.49%) OLAP
4 1 (0.49%) OLTP
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle OLAP
4 1 (0.49%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (5.91%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.45%) IDA Disassembler
2 7 (3.45%) JIRA
3 4 (1.97%) Git
3 4 (1.97%) Hardhat
4 2 (0.99%) Apache Continuum
4 2 (0.99%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.99%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.49%) Metasploit
General
1 43 (21.18%) Finance
2 27 (13.30%) Social Skills
3 26 (12.81%) Law
4 25 (12.32%) Aerospace
5 12 (5.91%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.91%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.43%) Games
7 8 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.46%) Banking
8 5 (2.46%) Legal
9 3 (1.48%) Retail
9 3 (1.48%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.99%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.99%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.99%) Police
11 1 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.49%) Marketing
11 1 (0.49%) Military
11 1 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (19.70%) Architect
2 39 (19.21%) Security Engineer
3 36 (17.73%) Lead
4 28 (13.79%) Team Leader
5 26 (12.81%) Security Architect
6 21 (10.34%) Technical Architect
7 17 (8.37%) Network Specialist
8 16 (7.88%) Security Technical Architect
9 15 (7.39%) Senior
10 13 (6.40%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 12 (5.91%) Cryptography Engineer
11 12 (5.91%) Network Security Specialist
11 12 (5.91%) Security Specialist
12 11 (5.42%) Consultant
12 11 (5.42%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 11 (5.42%) Information Security Engineer
12 11 (5.42%) Security Consultant
13 9 (4.43%) Analyst
13 9 (4.43%) Senior Security Engineer
14 8 (3.94%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.88%) .NET
2 10 (4.93%) Web Services
2 10 (4.93%) web3js
3 9 (4.43%) Smart Contracts
4 7 (3.45%) PyTorch
4 7 (3.45%) TensorFlow
5 5 (2.46%) ERC20
5 5 (2.46%) Spring
5 5 (2.46%) Spring Boot
5 5 (2.46%) Truffle
6 4 (1.97%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (1.97%) Node.js
6 4 (1.97%) OAuth
6 4 (1.97%) OpenID
6 4 (1.97%) RESTful
7 3 (1.48%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.49%) Apache Camel
8 1 (0.49%) IBM Integration Bus
8 1 (0.49%) Kafka
8 1 (0.49%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 53 (26.11%) PKI
2 25 (12.32%) Blockchain
2 25 (12.32%) Management Information System
3 19 (9.36%) Security Operations Centre
4 17 (8.37%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (6.40%) Replication
6 11 (5.42%) Algorithms
6 11 (5.42%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (5.42%) Security Posture
7 9 (4.43%) Virtual Team
7 9 (4.43%) Web3
8 7 (3.45%) Distributed Computing
9 6 (2.96%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.96%) Onboarding
10 5 (2.46%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (2.46%) Cyberattack
10 5 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (2.46%) Industry 4.0
10 5 (2.46%) SCADA
11 4 (1.97%) NFT
Operating Systems
1 50 (24.63%) Windows
2 31 (15.27%) Linux
3 30 (14.78%) Android
3 30 (14.78%) Apple iOS
4 14 (6.90%) Windows Server
5 13 (6.40%) Kali Linux
5 13 (6.40%) Windows 10
5 13 (6.40%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.99%) Debian
6 2 (0.99%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.99%) Unix
6 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (59.61%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (30.05%) SIEM
3 49 (24.14%) Information Security
4 47 (23.15%) Incident Response
5 40 (19.70%) Vulnerability Management
6 38 (18.72%) Data Loss Prevention
6 38 (18.72%) Software Engineering
7 35 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (15.76%) DevOps
8 32 (15.76%) Kalman Filter
9 28 (13.79%) Cloud Security
9 28 (13.79%) Identity Access Management
9 28 (13.79%) ITIL
10 27 (13.30%) Security Operations
11 23 (11.33%) Agile
11 23 (11.33%) Computer Science
12 22 (10.84%) ISMS
13 21 (10.34%) Identity Management
14 20 (9.85%) Project Management
14 20 (9.85%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 54 (26.60%) Python
2 38 (18.72%) PowerShell
3 28 (13.79%) C
4 16 (7.88%) C++
5 14 (6.90%) Rust
6 11 (5.42%) Java
7 8 (3.94%) Solidity
8 7 (3.45%) Bash
8 7 (3.45%) Go
9 5 (2.46%) Scala
10 4 (1.97%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.97%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.48%) SQL
12 2 (0.99%) JavaScript
13 1 (0.49%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.49%) ActionScript 2.0
13 1 (0.49%) C#
Qualifications
1 62 (30.54%) Degree
2 47 (23.15%) CISSP
3 42 (20.69%) Security Cleared
4 28 (13.79%) CEH
4 28 (13.79%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (12.32%) DV Cleared
6 24 (11.82%) CISM
7 22 (10.84%) Master's Degree
8 18 (8.87%) CREST Certified
9 17 (8.37%) CCSP
10 16 (7.88%) SSCP
11 15 (7.39%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (6.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 14 (6.90%) SANS
13 13 (6.40%) MCSA
14 12 (5.91%) CRISC
14 12 (5.91%) GIAC
14 12 (5.91%) ISSMP
15 11 (5.42%) SC Cleared
16 9 (4.43%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (16.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (11.82%) PCI DSS
3 23 (11.33%) NIST
4 13 (6.40%) Accessibility
5 12 (5.91%) COBIT
6 9 (4.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 6 (2.96%) NCSC
8 5 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (1.97%) GDPR
9 4 (1.97%) HIPAA
System Software
1 15 (7.39%) Active Directory
1 15 (7.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (6.90%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.48%) Docker
4 2 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (7.39%) Nmap
2 14 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (5.91%) Ansible
4 7 (3.45%) CASB
5 5 (2.46%) CSIRT
5 5 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (2.46%) Suricata
6 2 (0.99%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (0.99%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.49%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 52 (25.62%) Microsoft
2 46 (22.66%) Cisco
3 20 (9.85%) Splunk
4 19 (9.36%) Juniper
4 19 (9.36%) Palo Alto
5 18 (8.87%) CheckPoint
6 15 (7.39%) VMware
7 14 (6.90%) Blue Coat
7 14 (6.90%) Infoblox
7 14 (6.90%) Qualys
7 14 (6.90%) Rapid7
7 14 (6.90%) Thycotic
8 13 (6.40%) Bloomberg
8 13 (6.40%) FactSet
8 13 (6.40%) MobileIron
8 13 (6.40%) Refinitiv
8 13 (6.40%) Riverbed
9 12 (5.91%) Alibaba
9 12 (5.91%) Google
10 6 (2.96%) Citrix