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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	1	Up 1 place+1	£560	+9.26%	382 50.73%	32
Cyber Security	22	Up 4 places+4	£610	+17.87%	57 7.57%	16
Database Security	67	New entry-	£400	-	2 0.27%
Cloud Security	50	Down -21 places-21	£560	-0.44%	19 2.52%	8
Security Analyst	67	Down -37 places-37	-	-	2 0.27%	2
Network Security	57	New entry-	£525	-	12 1.59%
Security Manager	65	New entry-	£610	-	4 0.53%	1
Security Posture	63	Down -35 places-35	£393	-21.40%	6 0.80%	1
Security Testing	67	New entry-	£560	-	2 0.27%
Security Engineer	65	New entry-	£625	-	4 0.53%	4
Security Patching	68	Down -38 places-38	£313	+14.16%	1 0.13%
Security Auditing	68	New entry-	£405	-	1 0.13%
Security Architect	54	Down -24 places-24	£595	-0.83%	15 1.99%
Security Hardening	67	Down -40 places-40	£563	+2.40%	2 0.27%	2
Azure Security Engineer	66	New entry-	£625	-	3 0.40%
Security Check (SC) Clearance	2	Up 4 places+4	£550	+7.05%	283 37.58%	23
Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance	63	Down -33 places-33	£311	-4.46%	6 0.80%
Information Security	62	Down -33 places-33	£775	+22.71%	7 0.93%	1
Security Operations	30	Down -2 places-2	£525	-0.47%	41 5.44%	7
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)	38	Down -12 places-12	£525	+1.44%	31 4.12%	14
Security Architecture	68	Down -39 places-39	£635	+37.29%	1 0.13%
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC, Role-Based Security)	60	Down -34 places-34	£560	+60.00%	9 1.20%	8
Application Security	68	Down -38 places-38	£365	-23.15%	1 0.13%	1
Security Consultant	63	New entry-	£775	-	6 0.80%
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)	64	New entry-	£392	-	5 0.66%
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)	43	Down -14 places-14	£593	+3.13%	26 3.45%	2
Cyber Security Manager	68	New entry-	£610	-	1 0.13%	1
Security Monitoring	64	Down -35 places-35	£560	+12.00%	5 0.66%	4
Security Operations Centre	38	Down -9 places-9	£458	-15.08%	31 4.12%	4
Cyber Security Consultant	67	New entry-	£756	-	2 0.27%
Security Operations Centre Analyst	23	Up 3 places+3	£600	+15.94%	56 7.44%	3
Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)	66	New entry-	£525	-	3 0.40%	1
Security Management	68	Down -39 places-39	-	-	1 0.13%
Cyber Security Architect	68	New entry-	£650	-	1 0.13%
Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture (SABSA)	67	New entry-	£750	-	2 0.27%
Static Application Security Testing	68	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.13%
Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)	61	New entry-	£525	-	8 1.06%
Dynamic Application Security Testing	68	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.13%
Security Operations Centre Engineer	57	New entry-	£424	-	12 1.59%	2
Lead Security Architect	64	New entry-	£630	-	5 0.66%
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)	57	New entry-	£520	-	12 1.59%
Senior Security Architect	67	New entry-	£581	-	2 0.27%
Security Check Clearance Network Engineer	67	New entry-	£543	-	2 0.27%
Security Check Clearance Project Manager	63	Down -37 places-37	£505	+6.31%	6 0.80%
Security Project Manager	68	New entry-	£610	-	1 0.13%
Security Assurance Coordinator	67	New entry-	-	-	2 0.27%
Security Operations Analyst	67	New entry-	-	-	2 0.27%	1
Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC)	67	Down -38 places-38	-	-	2 0.27%	2
Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)	68	New entry-	£525	-	1 0.13%
Cyber Security Project Manager	68	New entry-	£610	-	1 0.13%