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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
McAfee (formerly Intel Security)	39	New entry-	£490	-	2 0.63%
Security Cleared	1	No change0	£558	-2.89%	89 27.90%	9
Cyber Security	28	Down -10 places-10	£800	+151.96%	13 4.08%	24
Database Security	38	Down -17 places-17	£750	+44.23%	3 0.94%
Cloud Security	40	Down -18 places-18	-	-	1 0.31%
McAfee ePO	39	New entry-	£490	-	2 0.63%
Security Analyst	39	New entry-	-	-	2 0.63%	1
Network Security	40	New entry-	£750	-	1 0.31%	3
Security Manager	38	New entry-	-	-	3 0.94%
Security Posture	39	Down -18 places-18	£850	-	2 0.63%	1
Security Testing	39	Down -17 places-17	-	-	2 0.63%
Head of Security	40	New entry-	£850	-	1 0.31%
Security Engineer	40	New entry-	£325	-	1 0.31%	2
Security Architect	40	Down -20 places-20	-	-	1 0.31%
Security Check (SC) Clearance	2	No change0	£547	-4.80%	80 25.08%	8
Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance	38	Down -17 places-17	£370	-	3 0.94%	1
Information Security	35	Down -13 places-13	£400	-	6 1.88%	4
Security Operations	35	Down -14 places-14	£850	-	6 1.88%	3
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)	38	Down -17 places-17	£850	-	3 0.94%	12
Cyber Security Analyst	39	New entry-	-	-	2 0.63%	1
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)	40	Down -19 places-19	-	-	1 0.31%	1
Security Architecture	40	New entry-	-	-	1 0.31%
ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)	40	Down -19 places-19	-	-	1 0.31%	1
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)	35	New entry-	£825	-	6 1.88%	2
Cyber Security Manager	38	New entry-	-	-	3 0.94%
Security Monitoring	40	New entry-	-	-	1 0.31%
Security Operations Centre	35	Down -14 places-14	£850	-	6 1.88%	3
Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture (SABSA)	40	New entry-	-	-	1 0.31%
Security Check Clearance Project Manager	39	New entry-	£650	-	2 0.63%
Security Check Clearance Software Engineer	38	New entry-	£613	-	3 0.94%
Security Operations Manager	38	New entry-	-	-	3 0.94%
Operational Security Manager	38	New entry-	-	-	3 0.94%
Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC)	36	New entry-	£850	-	5 1.57%	3
Security Operations Centre Manager	39	New entry-	£825	-	2 0.63%	1
Security Check Clearance Database Administrator	40	New entry-	£700	-	1 0.31%
Head of Cyber Security	40	New entry-	£850	-	1 0.31%
Security Compliance Analyst	39	New entry-	-	-	2 0.63%