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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)	84	New entry-	£245	-	1 0.10%	1
Security Cleared	8	Down -4 places-4	£488	-2.50%	140 14.57%	25
Cyber Security	38	Up 19 places+19	£600	-	49 5.10%	55
Data Security	81	Down -25 places-25	£560	+31.76%	4 0.42%	5
Database Security	81	Down -20 places-20	£610	+22.00%	4 0.42%
Cloud Security	66	Down -13 places-13	£471	-14.45%	19 1.98%	4
Offensive Security	77	New entry-	-	-	8 0.83%	1
Security Tester	81	New entry-	-	-	4 0.42%
Security Analyst	80	New entry-	£469	-	5 0.52%	5
Network Security	65	Down -14 places-14	£500	+3.09%	20 2.08%	3
Security Manager	83	Down -22 places-22	-	-	2 0.21%
Security Posture	76	Down -16 places-16	£575	-11.53%	9 0.94%	4
Security Testing	71	Down -13 places-13	£310	+12.72%	14 1.46%	2
Security Engineer	77	Down -18 places-18	£540	+8.00%	8 0.83%	12
Security Architect	82	Down -22 places-22	£350	-36.36%	3 0.31%	3
Security Check (SC) Clearance	14	Down -9 places-9	£488	-0.91%	113 11.76%	19
Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance	56	Down -1 place-1	£478	-2.30%	29 3.02%	10
Information Security	75	Down -18 places-18	£540	+30.90%	10 1.04%	18
Security Operations	80	Down -20 places-20	£540	-13.60%	5 0.52%	6
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)	75	Down -15 places-15	£540	+5.36%	10 1.04%	18
Cyber Security Analyst	83	New entry-	£600	-	2 0.21%	2
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)	78	Down -18 places-18	£613	+8.88%	7 0.73%	7
Security Architecture	78	Down -18 places-18	£775	+40.90%	7 0.73%	2
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC, Role-Based Security)	73	Down -14 places-14	£355	-29.00%	12 1.25%	4
ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)	79	Down -18 places-18	£613	+16.66%	6 0.62%	3
Security Consultant	82	Down -21 places-21	-	-	3 0.31%	2
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)	81	New entry-	-	-	4 0.42%	2
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)	83	Down -22 places-22	-	-	2 0.21%	2
Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)	76	Down -22 places-22	£320	+16.36%	9 0.94%	7
Cyber Security Manager	84	New entry-	-	-	1 0.10%
Security Monitoring	84	Down -23 places-23	£520	+4.00%	1 0.10%	6
Security Operations Centre	82	New entry-	£540	-	3 0.31%	3
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)	77	Down -18 places-18	£620	+12.72%	8 0.83%	1
(ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (ISC2 CCSP)	81	Down -21 places-21	-	-	4 0.42%	3
Security Specialist	81	New entry-	£325	-	4 0.42%
Cyber Security Consultant	83	New entry-	-	-	2 0.21%	1
Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)	82	New entry-	£540	-	3 0.31%	3
Security Management	78	Down -34 places-34	£400	-27.27%	7 0.73%	4
Cyber Security Architect	84	New entry-	-	-	1 0.10%
Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)	81	New entry-	-	-	4 0.42%	2
Cyber Security Engineer	81	New entry-	£540	-	4 0.42%	2
Cyber Security Specialist	84	New entry-	-	-	1 0.10%
Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)	79	New entry-	£625	-	6 0.62%
Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)	81	New entry-	-	-	4 0.42%	2
Information Security Management System (ISMS)	83	New entry-	£400	-	2 0.21%
Security Operations Centre Engineer	84	New entry-	£540	-	1 0.10%	2
Security Project Manager	84	New entry-	-	-	1 0.10%
Security Check Clearance Project Manager	84	New entry-	£475	-	1 0.10%
Cloud Security Posture	82	New entry-	£600	-	3 0.31%
Information Security Management	82	New entry-	£400	-	3 0.31%	2