HMG Security Policy Framework Contract Job Trends in South Wales

HMG Security Policy Framework (SPF)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring HMG Security Policy Framework skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 2.00% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.53% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £638 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile £733 - -
Wales median daily rate £675 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 57 64 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 19.00% 18.08% 15.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 35 35
10th Percentile £204 £160 £196
25th Percentile £304 £189 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.35% -5.56% -10.09%
75th Percentile £525 £544 £560
90th Percentile £683 £550 £575
Wales median daily rate £435 £438 £413
% change year-on-year -0.57% +6.06% -13.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 6
10th Percentile - £15.16 £12.96
25th Percentile - £21.50 £15.51
Median hourly rate £13.08 £25.36 £23.92
Median % change year-on-year -48.42% +6.04% +18.16%
75th Percentile £65.15 £26.50 £26.88
90th Percentile £83.75 £48.75 £34.87
Wales median hourly rate £13.08 £27.00 £23.92
% change year-on-year -51.56% +12.90% +18.16%

HMG Security Policy Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

HMG Security Policy Framework job vacancy trend in South Wales

HMG Security Policy Framework
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

HMG Security Policy Framework
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
Newport - 6 £675 -
HMG Security Policy Framework
Wales

HMG Security Policy Framework
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
1 6 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (83.33%) GitHub
3 4 (66.67%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (66.67%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) JMeter
1 6 (100.00%) MSTest
1 6 (100.00%) Selenium
1 6 (100.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (16.67%) SpecFlow
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Automation Tester
1 5 (83.33%) Senior
1 5 (83.33%) Tester
2 4 (66.67%) Senior Automation Tester
2 4 (66.67%) Senior Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps Automation Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Automation Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 6 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 6 (100.00%) DevOps
1 6 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 6 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) Data Modelling
2 5 (83.33%) Non-Functional Testing
3 4 (66.67%) AI
3 4 (66.67%) Machine Learning
3 4 (66.67%) Unit Testing
4 3 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
6 1 (16.67%) API Testing
6 1 (16.67%) Build Automation
6 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 1 (16.67%) Code Quality
6 1 (16.67%) SDET
6 1 (16.67%) SOLID
6 1 (16.67%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
3 4 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) ISTQB
2 4 (66.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft