HMG Security Policy Framework Contracts in England

HMG Security Policy Framework (SPF)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring HMG Security Policy Framework skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited HMG Security Policy Framework over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 491 547 617
Rank change year-on-year +56 +70 +140
Contract jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework 7 5 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.026% 0.013% 0.048%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.16% 0.100% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 12
10th Percentile £463 - -
25th Percentile £584 £563 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -18.52%
75th Percentile £725 £588 £606
90th Percentile £750 - £670
UK median daily rate £650 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +23.81% -4.55% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £75.75
75th Percentile - - £81.69
90th Percentile - - £85.18
UK median hourly rate - - £75.75
% change year-on-year - - -6.75%

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 4,381 5,019 6,555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.50% 13.49% 13.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,830 3,140 4,446
10th Percentile £275 £300 £313
25th Percentile £400 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% +0.95%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 377 236
10th Percentile £15.13 £11.00 £15.21
25th Percentile £19.31 £13.31 £20.00
Median hourly rate £31.88 £24.43 £41.77
Median % change year-on-year +30.50% -41.51% +60.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £53.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.19 £70.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £24.00 £37.75
% change year-on-year +25.00% -36.42% +39.81%

HMG Security Policy Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for HMG Security Policy Framework in England

HMG Security Policy Framework
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for HMG Security Policy Framework in England

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 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HMG Security Policy Framework in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for HMG Security Policy Framework in England

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 6 July 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 +37 5 £700 +21.74% 7
East of England - 1 £375 - 3
North West - 1 £575 -
North of England - 1 £575 - 1
HMG Security Policy Framework
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HMG Security Policy Framework
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) AWS
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) GCP
3 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
4 1 (14.29%) Asana
4 1 (14.29%) Google Drive
4 1 (14.29%) Google Workspace
4 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
4 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
4 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) DNS
2 2 (28.57%) DHCP
2 2 (28.57%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
3 1 (14.29%) DKIM
3 1 (14.29%) DMARC
3 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Hadoop
1 2 (28.57%) MongoDB
1 2 (28.57%) NoSQL
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Security Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Administrator
4 1 (14.29%) Applications Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Applications Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) .NET
1 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
1 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
1 2 (28.57%) React
2 1 (14.29%) HTML
2 1 (14.29%) JSON
2 1 (14.29%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Legacy Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (28.57%) PKI
1 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (14.29%) CESG
2 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (14.29%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Technical Debt
2 3 (42.86%) Migration
2 3 (42.86%) SABSA
2 3 (42.86%) TOGAF
3 2 (28.57%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (28.57%) BPMN
3 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 2 (28.57%) Data Encryption
3 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps
3 2 (28.57%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 2 (28.57%) High Availability
3 2 (28.57%) MVC
3 2 (28.57%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (28.57%) Remediation Plan
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Register
3 2 (28.57%) Static Application Security Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (14.29%) Clean Code
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) C#
2 2 (28.57%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (28.57%) CASP
1 2 (28.57%) CCSP
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (28.57%) CISSP
1 2 (28.57%) CREST Certified
1 2 (28.57%) CSSLP
1 2 (28.57%) GIAC
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (42.86%) NIST
3 2 (28.57%) Government Security Classifications
3 2 (28.57%) NCSC
4 1 (14.29%) COBIT
4 1 (14.29%) ISO 22301
4 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (14.29%) JSP 440
4 1 (14.29%) NIST 800
4 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
4 1 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) SELinux
2 1 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Google