HMG Security Policy Framework Contracts in the UK excluding London

HMG Security Policy Framework (SPF)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 386 451
Rank change year-on-year +51 +65 +30
Contract jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework 1 13 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.008% 0.063% 0.046%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.049% 0.41% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 3
10th Percentile - £508 £530
25th Percentile £563 £509 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £588
90th Percentile - - £595
UK median daily rate £750 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +42.86% -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 - - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +27.43%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,060 3,142 3,565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.14% 15.13% 14.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,297 1,830 2,400
10th Percentile £209 £252 £213
25th Percentile £363 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £665 £680 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 309 180
10th Percentile £17.28 £10.95 £12.50
25th Percentile £24.18 £12.63 £18.21
Median hourly rate £40.78 £18.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year +126.53% -50.34% +72.21%
75th Percentile £67.03 £43.75 £62.00
90th Percentile £79.92 £67.38 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%

HMG Security Policy Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing HMG Security Policy Framework as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for HMG Security Policy Framework in the UK excluding London

HMG Security Policy Framework
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for HMG Security Policy Framework in the UK excluding London

HMG Security Policy Framework
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for HMG Security Policy Framework in the UK excluding London

HMG Security Policy Framework
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North West - 1 £575 - 1
North of England - 1 £575 - 1
HMG Security Policy Framework
UK

HMG Security Policy Framework
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CESG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley