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Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 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	Down -3 places-3	£210	-4.54%	6 1.80%	1
Security Cleared	1	No change0	£500	-17.52%	137 41.02%	138
Cyber Security	20	Up 5 places+5	£550	-15.38%	25 7.49%	32
Cloud Security	37	No change0	£475	-13.63%	6 1.80%	9
Network Security	41	Down -3 places-3	£563	+2.27%	2 0.60%	7
Security Posture	41	Down -7 places-7	£575	-36.11%	2 0.60%	9
Security Manager	41	Down -5 places-5	-	-	2 0.60%
Security Testing	41	New entry-	£450	-	2 0.60%	1
Security Auditor	41	New entry-	£488	-	2 0.60%
Security Engineer	42	Down -4 places-4	£550	-	1 0.30%	8
Security Check (SC) Clearance	3	Down -1 place-1	£450	-17.43%	69 20.66%	59
Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance	37	Down -6 places-6	£525	-41.66%	6 1.80%	36
Information Security	31	New entry-	£575	-	12 3.59%	2
Security Operations	39	Down -1 place-1	£575	+4.54%	4 1.20%	1
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)	42	Down -5 places-5	£450	-30.76%	1 0.30%
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)	41	New entry-	£488	-	2 0.60%	2
ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)	42	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.30%	1
Application Security	42	Down -5 places-5	£475	-	1 0.30%	2
Security Consultant	41	Down -3 places-3	£488	-	2 0.60%	6
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)	42	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.30%	3
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)	41	Down -6 places-6	£488	-30.35%	2 0.60%	2
Security Monitoring	42	Down -5 places-5	£450	-18.18%	1 0.30%
Security Operations Centre	41	New entry-	£575	-	2 0.60%
(ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (ISC2 CCSP)	42	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.30%
Cyber Security Consultant	41	New entry-	£488	-	2 0.60%	1
Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)	42	Down -5 places-5	£500	-23.07%	1 0.30%
Security Management	41	New entry-	£450	-	2 0.60%
Information Security Manager	41	Down -4 places-4	-	-	2 0.60%
Network Security Engineer	42	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.30%
Security Check Clearance Project Manager	42	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.30%
Security Check Clearance Software Engineer	42	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.30%	2
Information Security Management	42	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.30%
Cyber Security Posture	38	New entry-	£575	-	5 1.50%	2
Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC)	41	New entry-	£575	-	2 0.60%
Security Operations Centre Manager	41	New entry-	£475	-	2 0.60%
HMG Security Policy Framework	41	New entry-	£488	-	2 0.60%	1
Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)	42	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.30%
Security Assurance Manager	41	Down -4 places-4	-	-	2 0.60%
Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK)	42	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.30%
ISEB Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP)	42	New entry-	£525	-	1 0.30%
Security Check Clearance Desktop Support	40	New entry-	£210	-	3 0.90%
Information Security Auditor	42	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.30%
Security Check Clearance Application Packager	42	New entry-	£325	-	1 0.30%