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 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 545 464 526
Rank change year-on-year -81 +62 +134
Contract jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework 31 5 20
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.083% 0.020% 0.053%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.48% 0.13% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 3 15
10th Percentile £456 £566 £500
25th Percentile £463 £572 £558
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £581 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.28% +0.99% -8.00%
75th Percentile £819 £631 £621
90th Percentile £859 £658 £683
UK median daily rate £623 £581 £563
% change year-on-year +7.20% +3.23% -10.00%

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 6,500 3,811 5,363
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.39% 15.43% 14.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,210 2,439 3,425
10th Percentile £340 £263 £304
25th Percentile £413 £384 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £612 £628 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 383 163 335
10th Percentile £15.37 £16.43 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.47 £22.14 £13.41
Median hourly rate £27.00 £32.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +36.17% -44.71%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £78.40 £67.38
UK median hourly rate £28.55 £31.76 £22.01
% change year-on-year -10.11% +44.30% -44.98%

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 23 March 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 23 March 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 -35 11 £510 -12.17%
South West - 9 £525 -
South East - 6 £838 - 3
North West -27 1 £775 +26.53% 1
North of England -67 1 £775 +26.53% 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 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.23%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (25.81%) Azure
2 3 (9.68%) AWS
2 3 (9.68%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (9.68%) GitHub
3 2 (6.45%) Entra ID
3 2 (6.45%) GCP
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.23%) Akamai
4 1 (3.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (3.23%) Nutanix
4 1 (3.23%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.23%) OpenShift
4 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (6.45%) DKIM
1 2 (6.45%) DMARC
1 2 (6.45%) DNS
1 2 (6.45%) VPN
2 1 (3.23%) BGP
2 1 (3.23%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (3.23%) DHCP
2 1 (3.23%) Ethernet
2 1 (3.23%) Firewall
2 1 (3.23%) InfiniBand
2 1 (3.23%) MPLS
2 1 (3.23%) Network Security
2 1 (3.23%) TACACS
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) JMeter
1 3 (9.68%) MSTest
1 3 (9.68%) Selenium
2 1 (3.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (35.48%) Public Sector
2 7 (22.58%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Military
4 1 (3.23%) Finance
4 1 (3.23%) Law
4 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (35.48%) Architect
1 11 (35.48%) Lead
2 10 (32.26%) Enterprise Architect
3 9 (29.03%) Lead Architect
3 9 (29.03%) Lead Enterprise Architect
4 6 (19.35%) Senior
5 3 (9.68%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Senior Test Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Test Automation Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Test Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Auditor
6 2 (6.45%) Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) Digital Architect
6 2 (6.45%) Security Advisor
6 2 (6.45%) Security Auditor
6 2 (6.45%) Security Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) Security Specialist
7 1 (3.23%) Collaboration Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 1 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) ARM Templates
1 1 (3.23%) LDAP
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (3.23%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.45%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.45%) PKI
3 1 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (3.23%) Grid Computing
3 1 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.23%) Insider Threat
3 1 (3.23%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.68%) Linux
2 2 (6.45%) Ubuntu
3 1 (3.23%) Android
3 1 (3.23%) CentOS
3 1 (3.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (3.23%) Rocky
3 1 (3.23%) VMS
3 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (29.03%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (25.81%) Digital Strategy
2 8 (25.81%) ITIL
3 7 (22.58%) IT4IT
4 6 (19.35%) Risk Management
5 5 (16.13%) Agile
5 5 (16.13%) Customer Requirements
5 5 (16.13%) Information Security
5 5 (16.13%) Risk Assessment
5 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (12.90%) CI/CD
6 4 (12.90%) Data Modelling
6 4 (12.90%) DevOps
6 4 (12.90%) Information Assurance
6 4 (12.90%) Risk Register
6 4 (12.90%) Test Automation
7 3 (9.68%) Computer Science
7 3 (9.68%) Migration
7 3 (9.68%) Service Management
7 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) Python
2 3 (9.68%) JavaScript
3 2 (6.45%) C#
3 2 (6.45%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.45%) SQL
4 1 (3.23%) C
4 1 (3.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 26 (83.87%) Security Cleared
2 18 (58.06%) SC Cleared
3 7 (22.58%) ISEB
4 6 (19.35%) CISSP
4 6 (19.35%) Degree
5 5 (16.13%) DV Cleared
5 5 (16.13%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (12.90%) CISM
7 3 (9.68%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (9.68%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (9.68%) ISTQB
8 2 (6.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (6.45%) GIAC
8 2 (6.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (6.45%) Master's Degree
8 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (3.23%) CCSP
9 1 (3.23%) CISA
9 1 (3.23%) PhD
9 1 (3.23%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (48.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (38.71%) JSP 440
3 10 (32.26%) NCSC
4 9 (29.03%) NIST
5 7 (22.58%) COBIT
6 5 (16.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (16.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (12.90%) RMADS
8 3 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (6.45%) GDPR
10 1 (3.23%) Accessibility
10 1 (3.23%) NIST 800
10 1 (3.23%) QA
System Software
1 4 (12.90%) Docker
2 3 (9.68%) Active Directory
3 2 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.23%) GPFS
4 1 (3.23%) Lustre
4 1 (3.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (3.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Kubernetes
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (6.45%) Terraform
2 1 (3.23%) Ansible
2 1 (3.23%) SCCM
2 1 (3.23%) SELinux
2 1 (3.23%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) Cisco
2 2 (6.45%) VMware
3 1 (3.23%) Forcepoint