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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	1	Up 1 place+1	£600	-0.08%	49 55.06%	10
Cyber Security	7	New entry-	£600	-	12 13.48%	4
Data Security	18	New entry-	£363	-	1 1.12%	1
Cloud Security	18	New entry-	-	-	1 1.12%
Security Analyst	11	Up 9 places+9	£600	-	8 8.99%	1
Network Security	15	Up 4 places+4	-	-	4 4.49%
Security Testing	18	New entry-	£600	-	1 1.12%
Security Architect	17	New entry-	-	-	2 2.25%	1
Security Check (SC) Clearance	3	Up 16 places+16	£550	-4.34%	33 37.08%	4
Information Security	16	Up 1 place+1	-	-	3 3.37%	1
Security Operations	13	Up 6 places+6	£600	+33.27%	6 6.74%	1
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)	9	Up 10 places+10	£600	-	10 11.24%	3
Cyber Security Analyst	11	New entry-	£600	-	8 8.99%	1
Security Architecture	18	New entry-	-	-	1 1.12%
Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)	18	Up 2 places+2	£600	-	1 1.12%
Security Monitoring	13	Up 7 places+7	£600	-	6 6.74%	1
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)	18	New entry-	£600	-	1 1.12%
Security Operations Centre Analyst	13	New entry-	£588	-	6 6.74%
Security Management	17	New entry-	-	-	2 2.25%
Static Application Security Testing	18	New entry-	£600	-	1 1.12%
Dynamic Application Security Testing	18	New entry-	£600	-	1 1.12%
Security Check Clearance Network Engineer	10	New entry-	£550	-	9 10.11%
Security Check Clearance Project Manager	18	New entry-	£350	-	1 1.12%
Network Security Architect	17	New entry-	-	-	2 2.25%