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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 514 564
Rank change year-on-year -45 +50 +154
Contract jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework 50 5 33
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.017% 0.075%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.66% 0.11% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 3 27
10th Percentile £456 £566 £508
25th Percentile £516 £572 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £623 £581 £563
Median % change year-on-year +7.20% +3.23% -10.00%
75th Percentile £747 £631 £641
90th Percentile £858 £658 £680
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 £613 £560
% change year-on-year +14.29% +9.38% -4.68%

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 7,604 4,428 6,343
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.35% 15.20% 14.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,912 2,862 4,040
10th Percentile £340 £263 £300
25th Percentile £413 £378 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £625
90th Percentile £700 £720 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £483
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.66% +1.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 408 177 372
10th Percentile £15.29 £17.26 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.14 £13.33
Median hourly rate £28.80 £31.76 £22.01
Median % change year-on-year -9.34% +44.30% -44.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £81.30 £78.56 £67.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.58 £31.76 £18.61
% change year-on-year -3.72% +70.66% -48.66%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 -82 31 £550 -5.28% 4
UK excluding London -67 27 £700 +14.29% 5
Work from Home -15 22 £600 +3.33% 1
London -48 11 £510 -12.17%
Wales - 11 £700 - 1
South West - 9 £525 -
South East - 6 £838 - 3
North West -36 1 £775 +26.53% 1
North of England -70 1 £775 +26.53% 1

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 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.00%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (48.00%) Azure
2 13 (26.00%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (22.00%) GitHub
4 8 (16.00%) AWS
5 6 (12.00%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (12.00%) Power Platform
6 2 (4.00%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (4.00%) Entra ID
6 2 (4.00%) GCP
6 2 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.00%) Akamai
7 1 (2.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (2.00%) Azure Functions
7 1 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (2.00%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.00%) Nutanix
7 1 (2.00%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.00%) OpenShift
7 1 (2.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.00%) Firewall
2 2 (4.00%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (4.00%) DKIM
2 2 (4.00%) DMARC
2 2 (4.00%) DNS
2 2 (4.00%) Network Security
2 2 (4.00%) VPN
3 1 (2.00%) BGP
3 1 (2.00%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (2.00%) DHCP
3 1 (2.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (2.00%) InfiniBand
3 1 (2.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.00%) MPLS
3 1 (2.00%) TACACS
Development Applications
1 12 (24.00%) JMeter
1 12 (24.00%) MSTest
1 12 (24.00%) Selenium
2 10 (20.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.00%) Git
3 1 (2.00%) SpecFlow
General
1 18 (36.00%) Public Sector
2 9 (18.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.00%) Military
4 3 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.00%) Finance
5 1 (2.00%) Law
5 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (36.00%) Architect
2 16 (32.00%) Senior
3 13 (26.00%) Lead
4 12 (24.00%) Enterprise Architect
5 11 (22.00%) Lead Architect
5 11 (22.00%) Lead Enterprise Architect
6 9 (18.00%) Automation Tester
6 9 (18.00%) Tester
7 8 (16.00%) Senior Automation Tester
7 8 (16.00%) Senior Tester
8 6 (12.00%) Security Architect
9 4 (8.00%) Senior Test Engineer
9 4 (8.00%) Test Engineer
10 3 (6.00%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
10 3 (6.00%) Test Automation Engineer
11 2 (4.00%) Consultant
11 2 (4.00%) Security Advisor
11 2 (4.00%) Security Auditor
11 2 (4.00%) Security Consultant
11 2 (4.00%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (18.00%) Web Services
2 1 (2.00%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.00%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (2.00%) LDAP
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (2.00%) Middleware
2 1 (2.00%) Playwright
2 1 (2.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.00%) Onboarding
1 4 (8.00%) Security Posture
2 3 (6.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (4.00%) PKI
4 1 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.00%) Grid Computing
4 1 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.00%) Insider Threat
4 1 (2.00%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.00%) Linux
2 2 (4.00%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.00%) Android
3 1 (2.00%) CentOS
3 1 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.00%) Rocky
3 1 (2.00%) VMS
3 1 (2.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (32.00%) DevOps
2 14 (28.00%) Agile
2 14 (28.00%) Test Automation
3 13 (26.00%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (24.00%) Data Modelling
4 12 (24.00%) Design Patterns
5 11 (22.00%) Architectural Design
5 11 (22.00%) Non-Functional Testing
5 11 (22.00%) Risk Management
5 11 (22.00%) Test Strategy
5 11 (22.00%) Unit Testing
6 10 (20.00%) Digital Strategy
6 10 (20.00%) ITIL
7 9 (18.00%) IT4IT
8 8 (16.00%) Acceptance Criteria
8 8 (16.00%) AI
8 8 (16.00%) Architectural Patterns
8 8 (16.00%) Zero Trust
9 7 (14.00%) Machine Learning
9 7 (14.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (26.00%) C#
1 13 (26.00%) JavaScript
2 11 (22.00%) Python
3 10 (20.00%) SQL
4 3 (6.00%) TypeScript
5 2 (4.00%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.00%) C
6 1 (2.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 41 (82.00%) Security Cleared
2 31 (62.00%) SC Cleared
3 11 (22.00%) CISSP
4 10 (20.00%) Degree
4 10 (20.00%) ISTQB
5 9 (18.00%) CISM
5 9 (18.00%) ISEB
6 8 (16.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 7 (14.00%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (12.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (12.00%) DV Cleared
8 6 (12.00%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (6.00%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (4.00%) GIAC
10 2 (4.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (4.00%) Master's Degree
10 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (2.00%) CEH
11 1 (2.00%) CISMP
11 1 (2.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (56.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (28.00%) JSP 440
3 11 (22.00%) NCSC
4 10 (20.00%) NIST
5 9 (18.00%) COBIT
6 5 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (8.00%) RMADS
8 3 (6.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (4.00%) GDPR
10 1 (2.00%) Accessibility
10 1 (2.00%) NIST 800
10 1 (2.00%) QA
System Software
1 11 (22.00%) Docker
2 3 (6.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.00%) GPFS
4 1 (2.00%) Lustre
4 1 (2.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (2.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (4.00%) Terraform
2 1 (2.00%) Ansible
2 1 (2.00%) SCCM
2 1 (2.00%) SELinux
2 1 (2.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.00%) Cisco
2 2 (4.00%) VMware
3 1 (2.00%) Forcepoint