Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

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)	37	New entry-	£560	-	1 0.36%
Security Cleared	1	No change0	£555	+9.62%	153 55.23%	61
Cyber Security	31	Down -16 places-16	£560	+36.58%	7 2.53%	18
Cloud Security	36	New entry-	£575	-	2 0.72%	5
McAfee ePO	37	New entry-	£560	-	1 0.36%
Network Security	25	Down -9 places-9	£650	+31.31%	13 4.69%	4
Security Testing	36	Down -14 places-14	-	-	2 0.72%
Security Engineer	30	Down -14 places-14	£481	+45.83%	8 2.89%	7
Security Architect	36	New entry-	£650	-	2 0.72%	9
Security Hardening	34	New entry-	£580	-	4 1.44%
Security Check (SC) Clearance	2	Up 1 place+1	£550	+10.00%	94 33.94%	37
Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance	33	Down -12 places-12	£525	-	5 1.81%	4
Information Security	24	New entry-	£538	-	14 5.05%	6
Security Operations	33	Down -12 places-12	£525	-1.17%	5 1.81%	11
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)	25	Down -9 places-9	£520	+15.55%	13 4.69%	13
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC, Role-Based Security)	34	New entry-	£575	-	4 1.44%	7
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)	34	Down -14 places-14	£600	-	4 1.44%
Security Monitoring	37	Down -16 places-16	£488	-8.23%	1 0.36%	5
Security Operations Centre	36	Down -15 places-15	£563	+5.88%	2 0.72%	6
Security Operations Centre Analyst	34	New entry-	£550	-	4 1.44%	9
Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)	36	New entry-	-	-	2 0.72%
The Defence Manual of Security Issue 3 (JSP 440)	35	Down -15 places-15	£475	-9.52%	3 1.08%	4
Security Check Clearance Network Engineer	36	Down -15 places-15	£500	+2.04%	2 0.72%
Security Check Clearance Software Engineer	36	New entry-	£698	-	2 0.72%
Security Operations Centre Consultant	37	New entry-	£525	-	1 0.36%
Security Check Clearance Test Analyst	37	New entry-	£575	-	1 0.36%