HMG Security Policy Framework Contract Job Trends in Central London

HMG Security Policy Framework (SPF)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring HMG Security Policy Framework skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 - 166
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.15% - 0.030%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.80% - 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £630 - -
25th Percentile £638 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £663 - -
90th Percentile £670 - -
London median daily rate £650 £596 £563
% change year-on-year +9.06% +5.95% +3.40%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Central London

HMG Security Policy Framework falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 377 378 495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 19.12% 16.37% 14.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 223 379
10th Percentile £311 £363 £395
25th Percentile £413 £463 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £551 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% -8.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £706 £675 £700
90th Percentile £830 £751 £814
London median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 0
10th Percentile £22.60 £19.00 -
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.45 -
Median hourly rate £34.00 £25.18 -
Median % change year-on-year +35.03% - -
75th Percentile £35.50 £32.89 -
90th Percentile £63.15 £35.00 -
London median hourly rate £34.00 £29.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +14.06% -14.83% +41.19%

HMG Security Policy Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for HMG Security Policy Framework in Central London

HMG Security Policy Framework
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing HMG Security Policy Framework.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing HMG Security Policy Framework

HMG Security Policy Framework
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 13 September 2025. 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
West End of London - 2 £650 -
City of Westminster - 2 £650 -
City of London - 1 £650 - 1
HMG Security Policy Framework
London

HMG Security Policy Framework
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) GCP
3 1 (33.33%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (33.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 1 (33.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DKIM
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (33.33%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio Code
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Security Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (33.33%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Legacy Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Data Encryption
1 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps
1 2 (66.67%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (66.67%) Remediation Plan
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Register
1 2 (66.67%) SABSA
1 2 (66.67%) Static Application Security Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Debt
1 2 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Apex Code
1 1 (33.33%) Bash
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (66.67%) CASP
1 2 (66.67%) CCSP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) CREST Certified
1 2 (66.67%) CSSLP
1 2 (66.67%) GIAC
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) NCSC
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SELinux
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce