HMG Security Policy Framework Contract Job Trends in England

HMG Security Policy Framework (SPF)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring HMG Security Policy Framework skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 572 490 541
Rank change year-on-year -82 +51 +73
Contract jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework 26 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.060% 0.020% 0.011%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.35% 0.12% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 5 3
10th Percentile £456 £598 -
25th Percentile £463 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year -17.31% +13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £616 £750 £588
90th Percentile £701 - -
UK median daily rate £550 £650 £525
% change year-on-year -15.38% +23.81% -4.55%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,338 4,105 5,077
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.97% 16.46% 13.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,753 2,647 3,179
10th Percentile £348 £268 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £704 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £509
% change year-on-year - -1.77% -3.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 477 176 386
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £10.95
25th Percentile £19.33 £22.14 £12.84
Median hourly rate £36.00 £32.66 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% +37.21% -43.02%
75th Percentile £67.84 £67.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £84.33 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.07 £31.76 £23.05
% change year-on-year +13.57% +37.82% -38.55%

HMG Security Policy Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing HMG Security Policy Framework relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

HMG Security Policy Framework job vacancy trend in England

HMG Security Policy Framework
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

HMG Security Policy Framework
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework in England over the 6 months to 21 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for HMG Security Policy Framework in England

HMG Security Policy Framework
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing HMG Security Policy Framework.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing HMG Security Policy Framework

HMG Security Policy Framework
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 21 June 2026. 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
London -55 17 £575 -17.86% 7
South West - 5 £525 - 2
South East - 2 £525 - 2
North West -40 1 £775 +34.78%
North of England -71 1 £775 +34.78%
HMG Security Policy Framework
UK

HMG Security Policy Framework
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (15.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (26.92%) Azure
1 7 (26.92%) GCP
2 5 (19.23%) AWS
2 5 (19.23%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (19.23%) SaaS
3 4 (15.38%) Asana
3 4 (15.38%) Google Workspace
4 3 (11.54%) Google Drive
5 2 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (7.69%) GitHub
6 1 (3.85%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) DKIM
1 4 (15.38%) DMARC
1 4 (15.38%) DNS
2 3 (11.54%) Network Security
3 1 (3.85%) BGP
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (3.85%) Ethernet
3 1 (3.85%) InfiniBand
3 1 (3.85%) MPLS
3 1 (3.85%) TACACS
3 1 (3.85%) VPN
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) JIRA
2 2 (7.69%) JMeter
2 2 (7.69%) MSTest
2 2 (7.69%) Selenium
General
1 10 (38.46%) Public Sector
2 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Finance
4 2 (7.69%) Military
5 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Law
5 1 (3.85%) Local Government
5 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (15.38%) Administrator
1 4 (15.38%) Architect
1 4 (15.38%) Security Architect
1 4 (15.38%) Senior
2 3 (11.54%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) Senior Test Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) Test Automation Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) Test Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Auditor
3 2 (7.69%) Consultant
3 2 (7.69%) Lead
3 2 (7.69%) Security Auditor
3 2 (7.69%) Security Consultant
3 2 (7.69%) Security Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Security Specialist
4 1 (3.85%) Analyst
4 1 (3.85%) Business Analyst
4 1 (3.85%) Network Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) OAuth
2 1 (3.85%) LDAP
2 1 (3.85%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Management Information System
2 4 (15.38%) Onboarding
3 3 (11.54%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.85%) Grid Computing
4 1 (3.85%) Insider Threat
4 1 (3.85%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.85%) PKI
4 1 (3.85%) Private Cloud
4 1 (3.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Linux
2 2 (7.69%) Ubuntu
3 1 (3.85%) CentOS
3 1 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (3.85%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (30.77%) Agile
2 8 (30.77%) Risk Assessment
3 7 (26.92%) Risk Management
4 6 (23.08%) Information Security
4 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (19.23%) Architectural Patterns
5 5 (19.23%) Cloud Security
5 5 (19.23%) Migration
5 5 (19.23%) Security Architecture
5 5 (19.23%) Threat Modelling
6 4 (15.38%) CI/CD
6 4 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (15.38%) Document Management
6 4 (15.38%) Information Assurance
6 4 (15.38%) Project Delivery
6 4 (15.38%) Records Management
6 4 (15.38%) Risk Register
7 3 (11.54%) Test Automation
7 3 (11.54%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) Python
2 2 (7.69%) C#
2 2 (7.69%) JavaScript
2 2 (7.69%) SQL
3 1 (3.85%) PHP
Qualifications
1 24 (92.31%) Security Cleared
2 19 (73.08%) SC Cleared
3 5 (19.23%) CISSP
3 5 (19.23%) DV Cleared
4 3 (11.54%) CISM
5 2 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (7.69%) GIAC
5 2 (7.69%) ISTQB
6 1 (3.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (3.85%) APMG
6 1 (3.85%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
6 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (3.85%) CASP
6 1 (3.85%) CCSK
6 1 (3.85%) CISMP
6 1 (3.85%) CREST Certified
6 1 (3.85%) Degree
6 1 (3.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (61.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (46.15%) NCSC
2 12 (46.15%) NIST
3 4 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (15.38%) RMADS
4 3 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 2 (7.69%) GDPR
5 2 (7.69%) JSP 440
5 2 (7.69%) NIST 800
6 1 (3.85%) Def Stans
6 1 (3.85%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.54%) Docker
3 1 (3.85%) GPFS
3 1 (3.85%) Lustre
3 1 (3.85%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (3.85%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.85%) Ansible
2 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.85%) SELinux
2 1 (3.85%) Terraform
2 1 (3.85%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Google
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco
3 1 (3.85%) Forcepoint
3 1 (3.85%) VMware