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Cryptography & Communications Security

Encryption algorithms, PKI, secure protocols, post-quantum cryptography.

Track: Cyber Security

Market Demand

How often UK employers are asking for this competency in their job listings.

3

UK job listings this week

In Adzuna UK matching this domain

21st

Rank by volume

Out of 27 competency domains

+50%

Up vs last week

2 listings last week, 3 this week

Each number is a count of UK job listings classified into this domain. A weekly run queries Adzuna for IT jobs posted in the preceding 7 days and runs each listing through the ShareHub competency classifier.

Source: UK job market data via Adzuna, week of 21 September 2026

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