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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 521 508 519
Rank change year-on-year -13 +11 +209
Contract jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework 19 13 58
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.064% 0.042% 0.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.36% 0.32% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 40
10th Percentile £543 £561 £511
25th Percentile £638 £592 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £650 £604
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +7.66% -3.40%
75th Percentile £841 £675 £673
90th Percentile £869 £688 £690
UK median daily rate £700 £650 £613
% change year-on-year +7.69% +6.12% -2.00%

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 5,234 4,056 5,657
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.58% 13.02% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,391 2,370 3,795
10th Percentile £308 £290 £321
25th Percentile £402 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -6.48% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 172 237
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.25 £15.13
25th Percentile £17.58 £16.17 £20.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £30.67 £39.42
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -22.21% +51.62%
75th Percentile £62.55 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £83.17
UK median hourly rate £27.53 £27.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +0.11% -26.67% +44.23%

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 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
London +8 7 £650 +11.94% 5
South East +5 4 £838 - 5
South West +3 4 £850 +30.77% 7
East of England - 1 £375 - 1
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 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (15.79%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.26%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 7 (36.84%) Azure
2 4 (21.05%) AWS
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (15.79%) GCP
4 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
4 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.26%) Asana
5 1 (5.26%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (5.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (5.26%) Google Drive
5 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (5.26%) Nutanix
5 1 (5.26%) Power Automate
5 1 (5.26%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (5.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) DKIM
1 4 (21.05%) DNS
2 3 (15.79%) DMARC
3 1 (5.26%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (5.26%) DHCP
3 1 (5.26%) Firewall
3 1 (5.26%) VPN
3 1 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (5.26%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) Git
2 1 (5.26%) JMeter
2 1 (5.26%) MSTest
2 1 (5.26%) Selenium
2 1 (5.26%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 9 (47.37%) Public Sector
2 3 (15.79%) Military
2 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Architect
2 9 (47.37%) Enterprise Architect
3 8 (42.11%) Lead
3 8 (42.11%) Lead Architect
3 8 (42.11%) Lead Enterprise Architect
4 4 (21.05%) Senior
5 2 (10.53%) Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Security Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Administrator
6 1 (5.26%) Applications Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Messaging Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Operations Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Salesforce Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Applications Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Tester
6 1 (5.26%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) HTML
2 1 (5.26%) ARM Templates
2 1 (5.26%) CSS
2 1 (5.26%) JSON
2 1 (5.26%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (5.26%) Node.js
2 1 (5.26%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (10.53%) Legacy Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (5.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (5.26%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.26%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Android
2 1 (5.26%) VMS
2 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) ITIL
2 7 (36.84%) Digital Strategy
2 7 (36.84%) IT4IT
3 5 (26.32%) Customer Requirements
3 5 (26.32%) Migration
4 3 (15.79%) AI
4 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
4 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (15.79%) DevOps
4 3 (15.79%) Zero Trust
5 2 (10.53%) CI/CD
5 2 (10.53%) Data Encryption
5 2 (10.53%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (10.53%) Decision-Making
5 2 (10.53%) DevSecOps
5 2 (10.53%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Network Segmentation
5 2 (10.53%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (10.53%) Static Application Security Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
2 2 (10.53%) PowerShell
2 2 (10.53%) Python
3 1 (5.26%) Apex Code
3 1 (5.26%) Bash
3 1 (5.26%) C
3 1 (5.26%) Java
3 1 (5.26%) SOQL
3 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (68.42%) Security Cleared
2 9 (47.37%) SC Cleared
3 7 (36.84%) ISEB
4 6 (31.58%) Degree
5 5 (26.32%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (21.05%) CISSP
7 3 (15.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (10.53%) CASP
8 2 (10.53%) CCSP
8 2 (10.53%) CISM
8 2 (10.53%) CREST Certified
8 2 (10.53%) CSSLP
8 2 (10.53%) DV Cleared
8 2 (10.53%) GIAC
8 2 (10.53%) Master's Degree
9 1 (5.26%) AWS Certification
9 1 (5.26%) ISTQB
9 1 (5.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (52.63%) JSP 440
2 7 (36.84%) COBIT
3 6 (31.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (21.05%) NCSC
5 2 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (10.53%) NIST
6 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
6 1 (5.26%) ISO 22301
6 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.26%) Docker
2 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (10.53%) SELinux
2 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.26%) SCCM
2 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Cisco
2 1 (5.26%) Google
2 1 (5.26%) Salesforce
2 1 (5.26%) VMware