Cryptography Jobs

Cryptography (Cryptology)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 697 667 757
Rank change year-on-year -30 +90 +25
Permanent jobs citing Cryptography 212 288 557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.30% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.32% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 183 163 118
10th Percentile £46,250 £38,356 £51,000
25th Percentile £58,730 £51,860 £56,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -5.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £92,500 £81,928 £87,188
90th Percentile £119,000 £99,458 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £59,526 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.20% -0.79% -4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Cryptography
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cryptography in the UK

Cryptography
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cryptography in the UK

Cryptography
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cryptography over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cryptography in the UK

Cryptography
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cryptography within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England -28 204 £72,500 +10.22% 55
London +108 109 £90,000 +12.50% 27
UK excluding London -106 94 £65,000 +9.20% 34
Work from Home -57 75 £70,000 +17.60% 16
North of England -26 31 £70,000 +17.60% 7
East of England +18 28 £56,500 -24.67% 2
Yorkshire +10 28 £70,000 +64.71% 4
South West -26 12 £60,000 +0.80% 10
South East -12 9 £65,000 -45.83% 9
Midlands -36 8 £67,500 +62.03% 3
East Midlands -13 6 £70,502 +69.24%
Scotland -67 6 £75,000 +26.00% 1
North West -10 3 £90,000 +51.19% 3
West Midlands -42 2 £67,500 +61.19% 3

Cryptography
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (7.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.60%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.89%) Ethereum
3 4 (1.89%) Hyperledger
3 4 (1.89%) OpenZeppelin
4 2 (0.94%) IIS
5 1 (0.47%) Confluence
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 25 (11.79%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.94%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.47%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 69 (32.55%) Azure
2 42 (19.81%) AWS
3 27 (12.74%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (9.91%) Cloud Computing
5 18 (8.49%) GCP
6 14 (6.60%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (6.60%) Azure Sentinel
6 14 (6.60%) Microsoft Purview
7 9 (4.25%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.47%) Apigee
8 1 (0.47%) GitHub
8 1 (0.47%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.47%) IaaS
8 1 (0.47%) Kong
8 1 (0.47%) PaaS
8 1 (0.47%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.47%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 89 (41.98%) Firewall
2 46 (21.70%) Network Security
3 38 (17.92%) DNS
4 31 (14.62%) TCP/IP
5 25 (11.79%) Intrusion Detection
6 21 (9.91%) Wireshark
7 18 (8.49%) VPN
8 16 (7.55%) LAN
8 16 (7.55%) WAN
9 13 (6.13%) DHCP
10 6 (2.83%) Internet
11 4 (1.89%) IPFS
11 4 (1.89%) SSL
12 3 (1.42%) 4G
13 1 (0.47%) 5G
13 1 (0.47%) HTTPS
13 1 (0.47%) Multicast
13 1 (0.47%) SSH
13 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.25%) Power BI
2 3 (1.42%) Big Data
2 3 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.94%) Redis
3 2 (0.94%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.47%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.47%) OLAP
4 1 (0.47%) OLTP
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle OLAP
4 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (5.66%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.30%) IDA Disassembler
2 7 (3.30%) JIRA
3 4 (1.89%) Git
3 4 (1.89%) Hardhat
4 2 (0.94%) Apache Continuum
4 2 (0.94%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.94%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.47%) Metasploit
General
1 45 (21.23%) Finance
2 28 (13.21%) Social Skills
3 26 (12.26%) Law
4 25 (11.79%) Aerospace
5 12 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.66%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.25%) Games
7 8 (3.77%) Banking
7 8 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.36%) Legal
9 3 (1.42%) Retail
9 3 (1.42%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.94%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.94%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.94%) Marketing
10 2 (0.94%) Military
10 2 (0.94%) Police
11 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (20.75%) Architect
2 40 (18.87%) Security Engineer
3 36 (16.98%) Lead
4 30 (14.15%) Security Architect
5 28 (13.21%) Team Leader
6 21 (9.91%) Technical Architect
7 18 (8.49%) Senior
8 17 (8.02%) Network Specialist
9 16 (7.55%) Security Technical Architect
10 14 (6.60%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 13 (6.13%) Consultant
11 13 (6.13%) Security Consultant
12 12 (5.66%) Cryptography Engineer
12 12 (5.66%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 12 (5.66%) Network Security Specialist
12 12 (5.66%) Security Specialist
13 11 (5.19%) Information Security Engineer
14 10 (4.72%) Senior Security Engineer
15 9 (4.25%) Analyst
16 8 (3.77%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.55%) .NET
2 11 (5.19%) web3js
3 10 (4.72%) Web Services
4 9 (4.25%) Smart Contracts
5 7 (3.30%) OAuth
5 7 (3.30%) PyTorch
5 7 (3.30%) TensorFlow
6 6 (2.83%) OpenID
7 5 (2.36%) ERC20
7 5 (2.36%) Spring
7 5 (2.36%) Spring Boot
7 5 (2.36%) Truffle
8 4 (1.89%) ASP.NET Web API
8 4 (1.89%) Node.js
8 4 (1.89%) RESTful
9 3 (1.42%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (0.94%) SAML
11 1 (0.47%) J2EE
11 1 (0.47%) Middleware
11 1 (0.47%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 55 (25.94%) PKI
2 26 (12.26%) Blockchain
2 26 (12.26%) Management Information System
3 19 (8.96%) Security Operations Centre
4 17 (8.02%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (6.13%) Replication
5 13 (6.13%) Security Posture
6 11 (5.19%) Algorithms
6 11 (5.19%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (4.72%) Web3
8 9 (4.25%) Virtual Team
9 8 (3.77%) Data Centre
10 7 (3.30%) Distributed Computing
11 6 (2.83%) Cyberattack
11 6 (2.83%) Onboarding
12 5 (2.36%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (2.36%) Industry 4.0
12 5 (2.36%) SCADA
13 4 (1.89%) NFT
Operating Systems
1 50 (23.58%) Windows
2 31 (14.62%) Android
2 31 (14.62%) Apple iOS
2 31 (14.62%) Linux
3 14 (6.60%) Windows Server
4 13 (6.13%) Kali Linux
4 13 (6.13%) Windows 10
4 13 (6.13%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.94%) Debian
5 2 (0.94%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.94%) Unix
5 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (58.96%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (28.77%) SIEM
3 53 (25.00%) Information Security
4 47 (22.17%) Incident Response
5 40 (18.87%) Vulnerability Management
6 38 (17.92%) Data Loss Prevention
6 38 (17.92%) Software Engineering
7 35 (16.51%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (15.09%) DevOps
8 32 (15.09%) Kalman Filter
9 29 (13.68%) Cloud Security
9 29 (13.68%) Identity Access Management
10 28 (13.21%) ITIL
11 27 (12.74%) Security Operations
12 23 (10.85%) Agile
12 23 (10.85%) Computer Science
13 22 (10.38%) ISMS
14 21 (9.91%) Identity Management
14 21 (9.91%) Migration
15 20 (9.43%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (25.94%) Python
2 38 (17.92%) PowerShell
3 28 (13.21%) C
4 16 (7.55%) C++
5 15 (7.08%) Rust
6 12 (5.66%) Java
7 8 (3.77%) Go
7 8 (3.77%) Solidity
8 7 (3.30%) Bash
9 5 (2.36%) Kotlin
9 5 (2.36%) Scala
10 4 (1.89%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.42%) JavaScript
11 3 (1.42%) SQL
12 2 (0.94%) C#
13 1 (0.47%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.47%) ActionScript 2.0
13 1 (0.47%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.47%) PHP
13 1 (0.47%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 63 (29.72%) Degree
2 53 (25.00%) CISSP
3 43 (20.28%) Security Cleared
4 32 (15.09%) Cisco Certification
5 29 (13.68%) CEH
6 26 (12.26%) CISM
6 26 (12.26%) DV Cleared
7 22 (10.38%) Master's Degree
8 19 (8.96%) CCSP
9 18 (8.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 18 (8.49%) CREST Certified
10 16 (7.55%) SSCP
11 15 (7.08%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (6.60%) SANS
13 13 (6.13%) MCSA
14 12 (5.66%) CRISC
14 12 (5.66%) GIAC
14 12 (5.66%) ISSMP
15 11 (5.19%) SC Cleared
16 9 (4.25%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (17.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (12.74%) NIST
3 24 (11.32%) PCI DSS
4 13 (6.13%) Accessibility
5 12 (5.66%) COBIT
6 9 (4.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 7 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 7 (3.30%) NCSC
8 6 (2.83%) GDPR
9 4 (1.89%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 15 (7.08%) Active Directory
1 15 (7.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (6.60%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.42%) Docker
4 2 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (7.08%) Nmap
2 14 (6.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (5.66%) Ansible
4 8 (3.77%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (3.30%) CASB
6 5 (2.36%) CSIRT
6 5 (2.36%) Suricata
7 2 (0.94%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (0.94%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.47%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 52 (24.53%) Microsoft
2 47 (22.17%) Cisco
3 20 (9.43%) Splunk
4 19 (8.96%) Juniper
4 19 (8.96%) Palo Alto
5 18 (8.49%) CheckPoint
6 15 (7.08%) VMware
7 14 (6.60%) Blue Coat
7 14 (6.60%) Infoblox
7 14 (6.60%) Qualys
7 14 (6.60%) Rapid7
7 14 (6.60%) Thycotic
8 13 (6.13%) Bloomberg
8 13 (6.13%) FactSet
8 13 (6.13%) MobileIron
8 13 (6.13%) Refinitiv
8 13 (6.13%) Riverbed
9 12 (5.66%) Alibaba
9 12 (5.66%) Google
10 6 (2.83%) Citrix