Cryptography Contracts in England

Cryptography (Cryptology)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Cryptography skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cryptography over the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 419 435 516
Rank change year-on-year +16 +81 +171
Contract jobs citing Cryptography 61 114 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.24% 0.31% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.36% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 79 81
10th Percentile - £505 £463
25th Percentile £463 £613 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £660 £617
Median % change year-on-year -23.86% +6.97% +2.83%
75th Percentile £603 £750 £681
90th Percentile £644 £915 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £666 £617
% change year-on-year -21.17% +7.94% +2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 4
10th Percentile £51.25 - -
25th Percentile £62.88 - £59.73
Median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 £67.07
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +19.27% +13.68%
75th Percentile £88.00 - £70.75
90th Percentile - - £72.09
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +20.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Cryptography falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 23,097 31,886 42,331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.37% 85.51% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,895 20,662 29,650
10th Percentile £300 £304 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,130 2,322 1,532
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.66 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.17
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +2.56% +44.74%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.60 £64.53
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.70 £75.84
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%

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 27 June 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cryptography in England over the 6 months to 27 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 27 June 2025. 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
London +22 17 £500 -31.03% 58
South East +9 14 £475 -24.00% 17
East of England +39 13 - - 17
South West +50 8 £585 -19.31% 7
West Midlands +11 2 £575 +4.55% 1
Midlands +8 2 £575 +4.55% 3
North of England -9 2 £650 -2.91% 9
North West -3 1 £650 -2.91% 4
Yorkshire - 1 - - 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 7 (11.48%) Confluence
1 7 (11.48%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.28%) TPMS
3 1 (1.64%) Ethereum
3 1 (1.64%) Hyperledger
3 1 (1.64%) MetaMask
3 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.64%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (9.84%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (11.48%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.64%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 19 (31.15%) Azure
2 11 (18.03%) AWS
3 5 (8.20%) AWS CloudFormation
3 5 (8.20%) GitHub
3 5 (8.20%) GitHub Actions
4 4 (6.56%) AWS KMS
5 2 (3.28%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.64%) GCP
6 1 (1.64%) IaaS
6 1 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.64%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (26.23%) SSL
2 6 (9.84%) Ethernet
2 6 (9.84%) Firewall
3 5 (8.20%) HTTPS
3 5 (8.20%) Network Security
3 5 (8.20%) NFC
3 5 (8.20%) PPP
3 5 (8.20%) SSH
4 4 (6.56%) HTTP
5 1 (1.64%) 4G
5 1 (1.64%) BGP
5 1 (1.64%) DNS
5 1 (1.64%) EIGRP
5 1 (1.64%) IPsec
5 1 (1.64%) OSPF
5 1 (1.64%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.64%) VLAN
5 1 (1.64%) WAN
5 1 (1.64%) Wireshark
5 1 (1.64%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.92%) RDBMS
1 3 (4.92%) Relational Database
2 2 (3.28%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (8.20%) Eclipse
1 5 (8.20%) GitLab
1 5 (8.20%) Jenkins
1 5 (8.20%) SonarQube
1 5 (8.20%) Valgrind
2 1 (1.64%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.64%) Hardhat
2 1 (1.64%) Metasploit
General
1 26 (42.62%) Social Skills
2 8 (13.11%) Electronics
3 7 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.84%) Games
5 5 (8.20%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.56%) Aerospace
6 4 (6.56%) Finance
7 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.64%) Automotive
8 1 (1.64%) Banking
8 1 (1.64%) Military
Job Titles
1 13 (21.31%) Architect
2 10 (16.39%) Senior
3 8 (13.11%) Security Architect
4 5 (8.20%) C++ Software Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) Development Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) DevSecOps Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) Linux Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) Senior Development Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) Senior Linux Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) Senior Software Development Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) Senior Software Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) Software Development Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) Software Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (6.56%) Applications Architect
5 4 (6.56%) Azure Engineer
5 4 (6.56%) FPGA Engineer
5 4 (6.56%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (4.92%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.75%) Web Services
2 8 (13.11%) XML
3 6 (9.84%) React
4 5 (8.20%) JSON
4 5 (8.20%) REST
5 4 (6.56%) .NET
6 3 (4.92%) 802.1X
7 2 (3.28%) OAuth
8 1 (1.64%) AngularJS
8 1 (1.64%) Kafka
8 1 (1.64%) LDAP
8 1 (1.64%) Node.js
8 1 (1.64%) OAuth2
8 1 (1.64%) OpenID
8 1 (1.64%) Smart Contracts
8 1 (1.64%) Spring
8 1 (1.64%) Spring Boot
8 1 (1.64%) Truffle
8 1 (1.64%) Vue
8 1 (1.64%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 12 (19.67%) PKI
2 11 (18.03%) Management Information System
3 6 (9.84%) Algorithms
3 6 (9.84%) FPGA
3 6 (9.84%) PCIe
3 6 (9.84%) Verilog
4 5 (8.20%) Onboarding
4 5 (8.20%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (8.20%) Smartcard
5 3 (4.92%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (4.92%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (3.28%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.64%) Blockchain
7 1 (1.64%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.64%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (1.64%) IoT
7 1 (1.64%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.64%) SCADA
7 1 (1.64%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 10 (16.39%) Windows
2 8 (13.11%) Unix
3 7 (11.48%) Linux
4 5 (8.20%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (21.31%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (19.67%) Key Management
3 11 (18.03%) Agile
4 10 (16.39%) Data Security
4 10 (16.39%) Information Security
5 9 (14.75%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (14.75%) Penetration Testing
5 9 (14.75%) Vulnerability Management
6 8 (13.11%) Application Security
6 8 (13.11%) Security Testing
6 8 (13.11%) Threat Modelling
7 7 (11.48%) CI/CD
7 7 (11.48%) Computer Science
7 7 (11.48%) Data Management
7 7 (11.48%) PDM
7 7 (11.48%) Software Engineering
7 7 (11.48%) Validation
8 6 (9.84%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (9.84%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (9.84%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 19 (31.15%) Python
2 13 (21.31%) PowerShell
3 11 (18.03%) Java
4 9 (14.75%) Bash
5 8 (13.11%) ActionScript
5 8 (13.11%) ActionScript 2.0
5 8 (13.11%) C
5 8 (13.11%) MATLAB
6 7 (11.48%) C++
7 6 (9.84%) SystemVerilog
7 6 (9.84%) Tcl
8 5 (8.20%) C#
8 5 (8.20%) JavaScript
9 4 (6.56%) PHP
9 4 (6.56%) TypeScript
10 1 (1.64%) Go
10 1 (1.64%) Ruby
10 1 (1.64%) Rust
10 1 (1.64%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 34 (55.74%) Security Cleared
2 21 (34.43%) SC Cleared
3 13 (21.31%) Degree
4 11 (18.03%) DV Cleared
5 9 (14.75%) CISSP
6 6 (9.84%) CEH
6 6 (9.84%) HNC
6 6 (9.84%) HND
7 5 (8.20%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (8.20%) CISM
8 4 (6.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (3.28%) OSCE
10 1 (1.64%) CCNA
10 1 (1.64%) CCNP
10 1 (1.64%) CREST Certified
10 1 (1.64%) GPEN
10 1 (1.64%) GWAPT
10 1 (1.64%) JNCIA
10 1 (1.64%) OSCP
10 1 (1.64%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (22.95%) GDPR
1 14 (22.95%) PCI DSS
2 11 (18.03%) HIPAA
3 6 (9.84%) DO-254
3 6 (9.84%) NIST
4 3 (4.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.64%) COBIT
6 1 (1.64%) COSO
6 1 (1.64%) NCSC
6 1 (1.64%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (9.84%) Firmware
2 5 (8.20%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (9.84%) Kubernetes
2 5 (8.20%) HP Fortify
2 5 (8.20%) Nessus
2 5 (8.20%) Terraform
3 3 (4.92%) OPNET
4 2 (3.28%) Ansible
4 2 (3.28%) CASB
5 1 (1.64%) Check_MK
5 1 (1.64%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 13 (21.31%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.84%) Actel
2 6 (9.84%) Altera
2 6 (9.84%) Intel
2 6 (9.84%) Microsemi
2 6 (9.84%) Xilinx
3 5 (8.20%) IBM
3 5 (8.20%) IBM Sterling
3 5 (8.20%) Qualys
3 5 (8.20%) Thales
4 2 (3.28%) Cisco
4 2 (3.28%) Juniper
4 2 (3.28%) Oracle
5 1 (1.64%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.64%) Gemalto
5 1 (1.64%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.64%) Splunk
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