HMG Security Policy Framework Contracts

HMG Security Policy Framework (SPF)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for HMG Security Policy Framework skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited HMG Security Policy Framework over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 699 787
Rank change year-on-year +122 +88 -174
Contract jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework 21 20 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.033% 0.070%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.34% 0.25% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 9 45
10th Percentile £502 £510 £468
25th Percentile £508 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £634 £588 £638
90th Percentile £658 £635 £771
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 6
10th Percentile - £70.55 £42.10
25th Percentile - £72.50 £43.95
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £58.86
Median % change year-on-year - +27.43% -18.82%
75th Percentile - £79.75 £80.68
90th Percentile - £84.40 £82.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £75.75 £58.86
% change year-on-year - +28.71% -18.82%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

HMG Security Policy Framework is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,212 7,992 11,762
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.35% 13.36% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,921 5,491 8,030
10th Percentile £297 £275 £292
25th Percentile £405 £410 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £619
90th Percentile £750 £738 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 381 225 302
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.16 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.50 £17.06
Median hourly rate £20.61 £37.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.05% +31.58% +35.71%
75th Percentile £45.00 £62.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.38 £77.50 £67.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £35.00 £21.05
% change year-on-year -48.57% +66.27% +0.24%

HMG Security Policy Framework
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing HMG Security Policy Framework as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for HMG Security Policy Framework in the UK

HMG Security Policy Framework
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework.

Daily rate trend for HMG Security Policy Framework in the UK

HMG Security Policy Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for HMG Security Policy Framework in the UK

HMG Security Policy Framework
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework.

Hourly rate trend for HMG Security Policy Framework in the UK

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Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +67 13 £525 -4.55% 2
Work from Home +136 12 £515 -6.36% 1
Scotland +41 10 £515 -6.36%
England +119 8 £575 +4.55% 4
London +102 6 £575 - 2
Wales - 3 £650 -

HMG Security Policy Framework
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) Azure
2 5 (23.81%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (14.29%) AWS
3 3 (14.29%) Azure Monitor
3 3 (14.29%) GCP
4 2 (9.52%) Azure Pipelines
General
1 12 (57.14%) Public Sector
2 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (57.14%) Analyst
1 12 (57.14%) Security Analyst
2 9 (42.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 8 (38.10%) Senior
4 5 (23.81%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (23.81%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
4 5 (23.81%) Senior Security Analyst
5 4 (19.05%) Cloud Engineer
5 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
6 3 (14.29%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (14.29%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (14.29%) Consultant
6 3 (14.29%) Risk Analyst
6 3 (14.29%) Security Consultant
6 3 (14.29%) Security Risk Analyst
6 3 (14.29%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 2 (9.52%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 2 (9.52%) DevOps Engineer
7 2 (9.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 3 (14.29%) NHS
3 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
1 12 (57.14%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 9 (42.86%) Business Impact Analysis
2 9 (42.86%) Impact Analysis
2 9 (42.86%) Incident Management
2 9 (42.86%) Information Security
2 9 (42.86%) Penetration Testing
2 9 (42.86%) Privileged Access Management
2 9 (42.86%) Security Monitoring
2 9 (42.86%) SIEM
2 9 (42.86%) Technical Analysis
2 9 (42.86%) Use Case
2 9 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
2 9 (42.86%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 6 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 6 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 6 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
3 6 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 6 (28.57%) Technology Roadmap
3 6 (28.57%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) CISM
1 2 (9.52%) CISSP
1 2 (9.52%) CRISC
1 2 (9.52%) DBS Check
1 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
1 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (28.57%) NCSC
3 3 (14.29%) GRC
3 3 (14.29%) ISO 31000
3 3 (14.29%) NIST
4 2 (9.52%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 6 (28.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Dynatrace
1 3 (14.29%) Google
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft