HMG Security Policy Framework Contract Job Trends in London

HMG Security Policy Framework (SPF)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring HMG Security Policy Framework skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 369 407
Rank change year-on-year -6 +38 +163
Contract jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework 5 9 6
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.035% 0.059% 0.032%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.19% 0.44% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile £559 £550 -
25th Percentile £584 £561 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £581 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.94% +16.13% -23.08%
75th Percentile £700 £628 £515
90th Percentile £715 £656 £520
England median daily rate £800 £650 £600
% change year-on-year +23.08% +8.33% -4.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,601 2,053 2,656
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.11% 13.56% 14.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,737 1,253 1,957
10th Percentile £325 £300 £363
25th Percentile £415 £408 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £553
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.71% -1.78%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £695
90th Percentile £750 £775 £788
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 28 47
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.70 £18.67
25th Percentile £25.15 £30.15 £21.75
Median hourly rate £31.50 £38.25 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +17.69% -7.80%
75th Percentile £44.75 £79.60 £51.25
90th Percentile £70.82 £95.75 £66.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £35.79
% change year-on-year -16.17% -16.18% +57.32%

HMG Security Policy Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

HMG Security Policy Framework job vacancy trend in London

HMG Security Policy Framework
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

HMG Security Policy Framework
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework in London over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HMG Security Policy Framework in London

HMG Security Policy Framework
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 16 December 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
Central London - 1 £650 - 1
HMG Security Policy Framework
England

HMG Security Policy Framework
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (60.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) Asana
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (20.00%) GCP
3 1 (20.00%) GitHub
3 1 (20.00%) Google Drive
3 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
3 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (20.00%) SaaS
3 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 1 (20.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) DKIM
2 3 (60.00%) DMARC
2 3 (60.00%) DNS
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (20.00%) DHCP
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) VPN
3 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (20.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) Git
2 1 (20.00%) JMeter
2 1 (20.00%) MSTest
2 1 (20.00%) Selenium
2 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Automation Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Collaboration Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Messaging Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Operations Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Automation Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Operations Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) ARM Templates
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (20.00%) Node.js
1 1 (20.00%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) VMS
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) AI
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Operations
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (20.00%) Network Virtualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Privileged Identity Management
3 1 (20.00%) Records Management
3 1 (20.00%) Runbook
3 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Apex Code
2 1 (20.00%) Bash
2 1 (20.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (20.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Docker
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (20.00%) VMware