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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	10	Down -2 places-2	£421	-17.92%	117 10.48%	38
Cyber Security	59	Down -27 places-27	£581	+45.25%	26 2.33%	87
SAP Security	84	New entry-	£638	-	1 0.090%
Data Security	78	Down -23 places-23	£442	-1.44%	7 0.63%	10
Database Security	84	New entry-	£540	-	1 0.090%
Cloud Security	79	Down -22 places-22	£650	+32.11%	6 0.54%	6
Security Analyst	79	Down -33 places-33	£400	+6.66%	6 0.54%	6
Network Security	67	Down -11 places-11	£638	-	18 1.61%	15
Security Manager	84	New entry-	-	-	1 0.090%	11
Security Posture	80	Down -29 places-29	£435	-13.00%	5 0.45%	4
Security Testing	83	New entry-	-	-	2 0.18%	2
Security Officer	84	New entry-	-	-	1 0.090%	3
Security Engineer	82	New entry-	£406	-	3 0.27%	13
Security Architect	83	New entry-	£438	-	2 0.18%	1
Security Hardening	84	New entry-	£380	-	1 0.090%	1
Security Check (SC) Clearance	15	Down -3 places-3	£418	-14.35%	95 8.51%	20
Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance	53	Down -6 places-6	£416	-40.53%	32 2.87%	6
Information Security	72	Down -27 places-27	£581	+45.25%	13 1.16%	14
Security Operations	70	Down -13 places-13	£550	+57.14%	15 1.34%	7
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)	79	Down -21 places-21	£438	-	6 0.54%	4
Cyber Security Analyst	82	New entry-	-	-	3 0.27%	2
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)	79	Down -25 places-25	£533	-	6 0.54%	10
Security Architecture	81	Down -23 places-23	£438	-	4 0.36%	4
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC, Role-Based Security)	77	Down -26 places-26	£465	+5.80%	8 0.72%	5
ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)	83	Down -29 places-29	£533	-	2 0.18%	10
Application Security	82	New entry-	£438	-	3 0.27%	1
Security Consultant	81	Down -23 places-23	£500	-	4 0.36%	3
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)	71	New entry-	£438	-	14 1.25%	5
Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)	82	New entry-	£438	-	3 0.27%	1
Cyber Security Manager	84	New entry-	£700	-	1 0.090%	6
Security Monitoring	84	Down -26 places-26	£400	-	1 0.090%
Security Operations Centre	84	New entry-	£625	-	1 0.090%
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)	80	Down -30 places-30	£438	+1.74%	5 0.45%	1
Cyber Security Consultant	84	Down -26 places-26	-	-	1 0.090%	2
Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)	81	New entry-	£438	-	4 0.36%	1
Security Management	82	New entry-	£475	-	3 0.27%	4
Cyber Security Architect	83	New entry-	£438	-	2 0.18%
Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture (SABSA)	82	New entry-	£438	-	3 0.27%
Static Application Security Testing	82	New entry-	£438	-	3 0.27%
Cyber Security Engineer	83	New entry-	£475	-	2 0.18%	6
Dynamic Application Security Testing	82	New entry-	£438	-	3 0.27%
Senior Security Engineer	83	New entry-	£475	-	2 0.18%
Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)	84	New entry-	£533	-	1 0.090%
Information Security Management System (ISMS)	84	New entry-	-	-	1 0.090%	2
Cloud Security Posture	83	New entry-	-	-	2 0.18%
Information Security Management	84	New entry-	-	-	1 0.090%	2
Security Operations Analyst	84	Down -27 places-27	£550	+57.14%	1 0.090%	2
Security Solutions Architect	84	New entry-	£438	-	1 0.090%
Security Check Clearance Database Administrator	83	New entry-	£475	-	2 0.18%
Information Security Officer	84	New entry-	-	-	1 0.090%	1