HMG Security Policy Framework Contract Job Trends

HMG Security Policy Framework (SPF)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring HMG Security Policy Framework skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 591 516 572
Rank change year-on-year -75 +56 +115
Contract jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework 34 3 15
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.071% 0.010% 0.035%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.43% 0.066% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 3 13
10th Percentile £456 £600 £492
25th Percentile £488 £656 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £750 £515
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +45.63% -6.36%
75th Percentile £631 - £538
90th Percentile £723 - £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £575 £515
% change year-on-year -8.70% +11.65% -6.36%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,908 4,579 6,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.58% 15.75% 14.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,102 2,941 3,883
10th Percentile £341 £265 £285
25th Percentile £413 £400 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £620 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £482
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.35% +0.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 458 173 381
10th Percentile £14.02 £17.86 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.14 £13.18
Median hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £21.12
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +65.76% -39.67%
75th Percentile £67.25 £65.62 £45.00
90th Percentile £82.08 £82.92 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £18.27
% change year-on-year -20.00% +173.67% -47.80%

HMG Security Policy Framework
Job Vacancy Trend

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

HMG Security Policy Framework job vacancy trend in the UK

HMG Security Policy Framework
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

HMG Security Policy Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for HMG Security Policy Framework in the UK

HMG Security Policy Framework
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

HMG Security Policy Framework
Top 9 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 15 May 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
England -99 24 £525 -30.00% 7
London -53 14 £550 -26.67% 2
UK excluding London -83 14 £525 -8.70% 5
Work from Home - 14 £550 - 3
South West - 5 £525 - 1
Wales - 5 £725 -
South East - 3 £525 - 4
North West -33 1 £775 +34.78%
North of England -63 1 £775 +34.78%

HMG Security Policy Framework
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (41.18%) Azure
2 7 (20.59%) AWS
3 6 (17.65%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (14.71%) GCP
4 5 (14.71%) GitHub
4 5 (14.71%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (14.71%) SaaS
5 4 (11.76%) Asana
5 4 (11.76%) Google Workspace
6 3 (8.82%) Google Drive
7 1 (2.94%) Azure Functions
7 1 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.94%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.94%) OpenShift
7 1 (2.94%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.94%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.94%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.71%) Firewall
2 4 (11.76%) DKIM
2 4 (11.76%) DMARC
2 4 (11.76%) DNS
3 1 (2.94%) BGP
3 1 (2.94%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (2.94%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (2.94%) Ethernet
3 1 (2.94%) InfiniBand
3 1 (2.94%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.94%) MPLS
3 1 (2.94%) Network Security
3 1 (2.94%) TACACS
3 1 (2.94%) VPN
Development Applications
1 5 (14.71%) JMeter
1 5 (14.71%) MSTest
1 5 (14.71%) Selenium
2 4 (11.76%) JIRA
3 3 (8.82%) Visual Studio
4 1 (2.94%) Git
General
1 13 (38.24%) Public Sector
2 7 (20.59%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Military
4 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Finance
4 1 (2.94%) Law
4 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (26.47%) Senior
2 6 (17.65%) Architect
3 5 (14.71%) Security Architect
4 4 (11.76%) Administrator
4 4 (11.76%) Senior Test Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Test Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Automation Tester
5 3 (8.82%) Lead
5 3 (8.82%) Security Manager
5 3 (8.82%) Senior Automation Tester
5 3 (8.82%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Senior Tester
5 3 (8.82%) Test Automation Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Tester
6 2 (5.88%) Auditor
6 2 (5.88%) Consultant
6 2 (5.88%) Security Auditor
6 2 (5.88%) Security Consultant
6 2 (5.88%) Security Specialist
7 1 (2.94%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.76%) Web Services
2 3 (8.82%) OAuth
3 1 (2.94%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (2.94%) LDAP
3 1 (2.94%) Middleware
3 1 (2.94%) Playwright
3 1 (2.94%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Management Information System
2 4 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 4 (11.76%) Security Posture
3 3 (8.82%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.94%) Grid Computing
4 1 (2.94%) Insider Threat
4 1 (2.94%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.94%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.82%) Linux
2 2 (5.88%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.94%) CentOS
3 1 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.94%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (44.12%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (29.41%) Agile
2 10 (29.41%) Risk Management
3 8 (23.53%) DevOps
3 8 (23.53%) Project Delivery
4 7 (20.59%) Architectural Patterns
4 7 (20.59%) Cloud Security
4 7 (20.59%) DevSecOps
4 7 (20.59%) Information Security
4 7 (20.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (20.59%) Test Automation
4 7 (20.59%) Threat Modelling
5 6 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (17.65%) Containerisation
5 6 (17.65%) Design Patterns
5 6 (17.65%) Risk Assessment
5 6 (17.65%) SABSA
5 6 (17.65%) Unit Testing
5 6 (17.65%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (14.71%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.59%) C#
2 6 (17.65%) JavaScript
2 6 (17.65%) Python
3 5 (14.71%) SQL
4 3 (8.82%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.94%) PHP
Qualifications
1 28 (82.35%) Security Cleared
2 23 (67.65%) SC Cleared
3 10 (29.41%) CISSP
4 8 (23.53%) CISM
5 6 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (14.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 5 (14.71%) ISTQB
7 4 (11.76%) DV Cleared
8 3 (8.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (5.88%) GIAC
10 1 (2.94%) CCNA
10 1 (2.94%) CCSK
10 1 (2.94%) CCSP
10 1 (2.94%) CEH
10 1 (2.94%) CISA
10 1 (2.94%) CISMP
10 1 (2.94%) Degree
10 1 (2.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (2.94%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (58.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (29.41%) NCSC
2 10 (29.41%) NIST
3 4 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (11.76%) RMADS
4 3 (8.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 3 (8.82%) JSP 440
5 2 (5.88%) GDPR
5 2 (5.88%) NIST 800
6 1 (2.94%) Def Stans
System Software
1 6 (17.65%) Docker
2 5 (14.71%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.94%) GPFS
3 1 (2.94%) Lustre
3 1 (2.94%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.94%) Ansible
2 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.94%) SELinux
2 1 (2.94%) Terraform
2 1 (2.94%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (11.76%) Google
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.94%) Cisco
2 1 (2.94%) Forcepoint
2 1 (2.94%) VMware