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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	No change0	£538	-6.52%	478 60.58%	57
Cyber Security	28	Up 16 places+16	£570	-14.92%	41 5.20%	31
Data Security	64	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%	1
Cloud Security	53	Down -4 places-4	£644	-2.09%	12 1.52%	2
Security Analyst	60	New entry-	£630	-	5 0.63%	12
Network Security	52	Down -5 places-5	£563	-9.27%	13 1.65%	2
Security Posture	62	Down -6 places-6	£662	-	3 0.38%	3
Security Manager	63	New entry-	£900	-	2 0.25%	2
Security Officer	64	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%
Security Engineer	52	New entry-	£538	-	13 1.65%	4
Security Architect	60	Down -22 places-22	£813	+32.65%	5 0.63%	4
Security Hardening	64	Down -11 places-11	£50	-91.11%	1 0.13%
ModSecurity	60	Down -4 places-4	£545	-	5 0.63%	2
Security Check (SC) Clearance	2	No change0	£525	-8.69%	346 43.85%	30
Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance	56	Down -1 place-1	£438	+84.21%	9 1.14%	5
Information Security	59	Down -10 places-10	£425	-27.65%	6 0.76%	6
Security Operations	49	Up 3 places+3	£640	-5.18%	16 2.03%	8
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)	39	New entry-	£600	-	26 3.30%	22
Cyber Security Analyst	60	New entry-	£630	-	5 0.63%	11
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)	44	Down -6 places-6	£570	-8.80%	21 2.66%	4
Security Architecture	59	Down -8 places-8	£650	-1.88%	6 0.76%	3
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC, Role-Based Security)	56	No change0	£534	-7.17%	9 1.14%	3
ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)	49	Up 5 places+5	£570	+10.67%	16 2.03%	6
Application Security	61	New entry-	£463	-	4 0.51%	1
Security Consultant	55	Down -4 places-4	£650	+4.00%	10 1.27%	3
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)	64	Down -14 places-14	-	-	1 0.13%	1
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)	61	Down -13 places-13	£663	+3.11%	4 0.51%	3
Cyber Security Manager	64	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%
Security Monitoring	58	Down -2 places-2	£600	-	7 0.89%	2
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)	63	Down -7 places-7	£608	+5.65%	2 0.25%
Security Operations Centre	64	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%	3
Security Operations Centre Analyst	61	Down -5 places-5	£620	-	4 0.51%	6
Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)	64	New entry-	-	-	1 0.13%	2
Security Management	62	Down -13 places-13	£725	+20.79%	3 0.38%	1
Cyber Security Architect	63	New entry-	-	-	2 0.25%	1
Static Application Security Testing	64	New entry-	£625	-	1 0.13%
Cyber Security Engineer	64	New entry-	£600	-	1 0.13%
Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)	64	Down -10 places-10	£825	+32.00%	1 0.13%
Security Operations Centre Engineer	61	New entry-	£600	-	4 0.51%
Senior Security Engineer	62	New entry-	£463	-	3 0.38%
The Defence Manual of Security Issue 3 (JSP 440)	51	Down -9 places-9	£650	+4.00%	14 1.77%	3
Security Check Clearance Network Engineer	58	Down -9 places-9	£533	+12.80%	7 0.89%
Network Security Engineer	64	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.13%
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)	59	Down -4 places-4	£538	-	6 0.76%
Security Check Clearance Project Manager	61	Down -6 places-6	£588	+30.19%	4 0.51%
Security Check Clearance Software Engineer	64	Down -9 places-9	-	-	1 0.13%
Infrastructure Security Engineer	58	New entry-	£540	-	7 0.89%	1
Cloud Security Posture	64	New entry-	£625	-	1 0.13%
Security Assurance Coordinator	58	Down -13 places-13	£545	-7.23%	7 0.89%	1
Technical Security Consultant	61	New entry-	£675	-	4 0.51%	1