HMG Security Policy Framework Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring HMG Security Policy Framework skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 366 376
Rank change year-on-year -9 +10 +117
Contract jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework 7 3 46
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.044% 0.017% 0.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.25% 0.13% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 30
10th Percentile £445 - £517
25th Percentile £569 £625 £552
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% +6.86%
75th Percentile £719 £675 £673
90th Percentile £730 - £673
UK median daily rate £663 £650 £575
% change year-on-year +1.92% +13.04% -

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 2,840 2,377 3,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.69% 13.82% 15.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,793 1,304 2,011
10th Percentile £263 £215 £263
25th Percentile £375 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +4.38%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £596
90th Percentile £657 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 192 210
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.03 £14.47
25th Percentile £15.60 £15.22 £18.55
Median hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -29.03% +74.16%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £36.75
% change year-on-year +9.09% -25.17% +49.36%

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

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

HMG Security Policy Framework job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

HMG Security Policy Framework
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 October 2025.

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

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing HMG Security Policy Framework.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing HMG Security Policy Framework

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 18 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
Wales - 6 £675 -
East of England - 1 £375 -
HMG Security Policy Framework
UK

HMG Security Policy Framework
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
2 6 (85.71%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (71.43%) GitHub
3 5 (71.43%) Power Platform
4 4 (57.14%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) JMeter
1 6 (85.71%) MSTest
1 6 (85.71%) Selenium
1 6 (85.71%) Visual Studio
2 1 (14.29%) SpecFlow
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Senior
2 5 (71.43%) Automation Tester
2 5 (71.43%) Tester
3 4 (57.14%) Senior Automation Tester
3 4 (57.14%) Senior Tester
4 1 (14.29%) Applications Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Developer
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps Automation Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Applications Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Automation Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) Web Services
2 1 (14.29%) HTML
2 1 (14.29%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) DevOps
2 6 (85.71%) Architectural Design
2 6 (85.71%) Design Patterns
2 6 (85.71%) Test Automation
2 6 (85.71%) Test Strategy
3 5 (71.43%) Agile
3 5 (71.43%) Data Modelling
3 5 (71.43%) Non-Functional Testing
4 4 (57.14%) AI
4 4 (57.14%) Machine Learning
4 4 (57.14%) Unit Testing
5 3 (42.86%) Acceptance Criteria
6 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
7 1 (14.29%) API Testing
7 1 (14.29%) BDD
7 1 (14.29%) Build Automation
7 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
7 1 (14.29%) Clean Code
7 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
7 1 (14.29%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 6 (85.71%) C#
2 6 (85.71%) SQL
3 4 (57.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) ISTQB
2 4 (57.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) ISO 22301
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft