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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)	44	Down -10 places-10	£280	-6.66%	1 0.23%	1
Security Cleared	5	Up 16 places+16	£600	+12.67%	62 14.55%	25
Cyber Security	28	Down -19 places-19	£540	+54.28%	17 3.99%	41
Data Security	44	Down -10 places-10	£310	+93.75%	1 0.23%	4
Cloud Security	42	Down -18 places-18	£750	+57.06%	3 0.70%	10
Network Security	42	Down -18 places-18	£600	+103.38%	3 0.70%	10
Security Engineer	44	Down -10 places-10	£650	+30.00%	1 0.23%	2
Security Check (SC) Clearance	6	Up 19 places+19	£600	+37.14%	56 13.15%	24
Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance	39	Down -6 places-6	-	-	6 1.41%	4
Information Security	44	Down -10 places-10	£475	+14.45%	1 0.23%	4
Security Operations	39	Down -5 places-5	£800	-	6 1.41%	7
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)	42	New entry-	£725	-	3 0.70%	15
Security Architecture	43	Down -8 places-8	£725	+45.00%	2 0.47%	4
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC, Role-Based Security)	42	New entry-	£768	-	3 0.70%	2
Security Consultant	42	New entry-	£800	-	3 0.70%
Cyber Security Manager	44	New entry-	-	-	1 0.23%
Security Operations Centre	44	New entry-	-	-	1 0.23%
Cyber Security Consultant	42	New entry-	£800	-	3 0.70%
Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)	44	New entry-	£800	-	1 0.23%
Security Check Clearance Network Engineer	41	Down -6 places-6	£575	+64.28%	4 0.94%
The Defence Manual of Security Issue 3 (JSP 440)	42	New entry-	-	-	3 0.70%
Cyber Security Project Manager	44	New entry-	-	-	1 0.23%
HMG Security Policy Framework	40	New entry-	£725	-	5 1.17%
Security Check Clearance Test Analyst	44	New entry-	£325	-	1 0.23%