Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

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
Security Cleared	1	Up 12 places+12	£440	-4.86%	21 25.61%	1
Cyber Security	8	New entry-	£500	-	9 10.98%	9
Cloud Security	15	New entry-	£500	-	2 2.44%	5
Security Analyst	13	New entry-	-	-	4 4.88%
Network Security	14	New entry-	£480	-	3 3.66%	3
Security Posture	15	New entry-	£500	-	2 2.44%
Security Testing	16	Down -1 place-1	-	-	1 1.22%	1
Security Engineer	15	New entry-	£500	-	2 2.44%	7
Security Check (SC) Clearance	2	Up 13 places+13	£440	-	20 24.39%	1
Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance	15	New entry-	£396	-	2 2.44%
Information Security	8	Up 8 places+8	£525	-22.22%	9 10.98%
Security Operations	16	New entry-	-	-	1 1.22%	1
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)	9	New entry-	£500	-	8 9.76%	1
Cyber Security Analyst	14	New entry-	-	-	3 3.66%
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC, Role-Based Security)	13	Up 2 places+2	£405	+14.08%	4 4.88%
Security Consultant	16	New entry-	£440	-	1 1.22%
Security Monitoring	16	New entry-	-	-	1 1.22%
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)	14	New entry-	£403	-	3 3.66%
Cloud Security Posture	15	New entry-	£500	-	2 2.44%
Government Security Classifications	16	New entry-	-	-	1 1.22%