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
Security Cleared	12	Up 40 places+40	£590	+26.20%	99 11.84%	16
Cyber Security	64	Down -31 places-31	£571	+14.15%	19 2.27%	26
Data Security	81	Down -34 places-34	£550	+4.07%	2 0.24%
Database Security	81	New entry-	£500	-	2 0.24%	2
Cloud Security	74	Down -3 places-3	£600	+50.00%	9 1.08%	6
Network Security	79	Down -5 places-5	£413	+3.38%	4 0.48%	7
Security Posture	78	Down -3 places-3	£500	+25.00%	5 0.60%
Security Testing	82	Down -2 places-2	-	-	1 0.12%	2
Security Officer	81	New entry-	£425	-	2 0.24%
Security Engineer	74	Up 6 places+6	£300	-45.45%	9 1.08%	11
Security Architect	82	Down -5 places-5	-	-	1 0.12%
Security Check (SC) Clearance	21	Up 40 places+40	£745	+59.35%	75 8.97%	10
Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance	47	Up 30 places+30	£320	-19.49%	36 4.31%	2
Information Security	66	Up 5 places+5	£358	-18.54%	17 2.03%	4
Security Operations	77	Down -4 places-4	£640	+11.88%	6 0.72%	6
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)	75	Up 2 places+2	£630	-4.90%	8 0.96%	5
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)	82	Down -14 places-14	-	-	1 0.12%
Security Architecture	82	Down -5 places-5	-	-	1 0.12%	3
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC, Role-Based Security)	78	Down -5 places-5	£684	-2.32%	5 0.60%	3
ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)	82	Down -10 places-10	-	-	1 0.12%
Application Security	79	Up 1 place+1	£350	-43.08%	4 0.48%
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)	80	New entry-	£425	-	3 0.36%
Security Operations Centre	77	New entry-	£640	-	6 0.72%
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)	82	Down -2 places-2	£650	+4.00%	1 0.12%	1
Security Specialist	81	New entry-	-	-	2 0.24%	1
Security Operations Centre Analyst	77	Up 4 places+4	£640	+28.00%	6 0.72%
Security Management	77	Up 1 place+1	£513	+4.75%	6 0.72%
Cloud Security Engineer	82	New entry-	£610	-	1 0.12%
Information Security Management System (ISMS)	82	New entry-	£525	-	1 0.12%
Network Security Engineer	82	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%
Infrastructure Security Engineer	79	New entry-	-	-	4 0.48%
Information Security Management	82	New entry-	£525	-	1 0.12%
Government Security Classifications	82	New entry-	-	-	1 0.12%