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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 530 549
Rank change year-on-year -29 +19 +200
Contract jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework 42 7 45
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.023% 0.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.58% 0.16% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 2 37
10th Percentile £483 £585 £495
25th Percentile £543 £592 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £615 £560
Median % change year-on-year +1.57% +9.88% -12.16%
75th Percentile £738 £651 £611
90th Percentile £864 £666 £680
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 £650 £560
% change year-on-year +3.85% +16.07% -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 7,203 4,507 6,353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.44% 14.80% 14.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,650 2,738 4,139
10th Percentile £325 £258 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £628
90th Percentile £700 £725 £739
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 381 164 352
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.50 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £14.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.11 £25.06
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +20.14% -22.90%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £78.39 £71.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -21.59%

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 25 February 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 7 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 25 February 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 -55 27 £638 +3.60% 4
Work from Home +7 21 £600 +3.33% 1
UK excluding London -56 21 £675 +3.85% 3
London -45 9 £638 +9.79% 1
South West - 9 £525 - 1
Wales - 7 £675 -
South East - 5 £838 - 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 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.38%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (42.86%) Azure
2 9 (21.43%) AWS
3 8 (19.05%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (14.29%) GitHub
4 6 (14.29%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (4.76%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.76%) GCP
5 2 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.76%) Serverless
6 1 (2.38%) Akamai
6 1 (2.38%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (2.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (2.38%) Azure Functions
6 1 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.38%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (2.38%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.38%) OpenShift
6 1 (2.38%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.29%) Firewall
2 3 (7.14%) DKIM
2 3 (7.14%) DNS
3 2 (4.76%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (4.76%) DMARC
3 2 (4.76%) Network Security
3 2 (4.76%) VPN
4 1 (2.38%) BGP
4 1 (2.38%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (2.38%) DHCP
4 1 (2.38%) Ethernet
4 1 (2.38%) InfiniBand
4 1 (2.38%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.38%) MPLS
4 1 (2.38%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (2.38%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (16.67%) JMeter
1 7 (16.67%) MSTest
1 7 (16.67%) Selenium
1 7 (16.67%) Visual Studio
2 2 (4.76%) Git
3 1 (2.38%) JIRA
3 1 (2.38%) SpecFlow
3 1 (2.38%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 17 (40.48%) Public Sector
2 9 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.14%) Military
4 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Finance
5 1 (2.38%) Law
5 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (42.86%) Architect
2 13 (30.95%) Lead
3 12 (28.57%) Enterprise Architect
4 11 (26.19%) Lead Architect
4 11 (26.19%) Lead Enterprise Architect
5 9 (21.43%) Senior
6 6 (14.29%) Automation Tester
6 6 (14.29%) Security Architect
6 6 (14.29%) Tester
7 5 (11.90%) Senior Automation Tester
7 5 (11.90%) Senior Tester
8 2 (4.76%) Auditor
8 2 (4.76%) Consultant
8 2 (4.76%) Developer
8 2 (4.76%) Digital Architect
8 2 (4.76%) Security Advisor
8 2 (4.76%) Security Auditor
8 2 (4.76%) Security Consultant
8 2 (4.76%) Security Manager
8 2 (4.76%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.29%) Web Services
2 1 (2.38%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.38%) CSS
2 1 (2.38%) HTML
2 1 (2.38%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (2.38%) LDAP
2 1 (2.38%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (2.38%) Middleware
2 1 (2.38%) Node.js
2 1 (2.38%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.52%) Management Information System
1 4 (9.52%) Onboarding
1 4 (9.52%) Security Posture
2 2 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (4.76%) PKI
3 1 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (2.38%) Grid Computing
3 1 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.38%) Insider Threat
3 1 (2.38%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.14%) Linux
2 2 (4.76%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.38%) Android
3 1 (2.38%) CentOS
3 1 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.38%) Rocky
3 1 (2.38%) VMS
3 1 (2.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.95%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (26.19%) DevOps
3 10 (23.81%) Digital Strategy
3 10 (23.81%) ITIL
4 9 (21.43%) IT4IT
4 9 (21.43%) Risk Management
5 8 (19.05%) Agile
5 8 (19.05%) Zero Trust
6 7 (16.67%) AI
6 7 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
6 7 (16.67%) Data Modelling
6 7 (16.67%) DevSecOps
6 7 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (16.67%) Test Automation
6 7 (16.67%) Test Strategy
6 7 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
7 6 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
7 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (14.29%) Unit Testing
7 6 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (21.43%) JavaScript
2 7 (16.67%) C#
2 7 (16.67%) Python
3 5 (11.90%) SQL
4 2 (4.76%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.38%) Apex Code
5 1 (2.38%) Bash
5 1 (2.38%) C
5 1 (2.38%) Java
5 1 (2.38%) PHP
5 1 (2.38%) SOQL
5 1 (2.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 34 (80.95%) Security Cleared
2 26 (61.90%) SC Cleared
3 10 (23.81%) CISSP
3 10 (23.81%) Degree
4 9 (21.43%) ISEB
5 8 (19.05%) CISM
6 7 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 6 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (11.90%) DV Cleared
8 5 (11.90%) ISTQB
8 5 (11.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (4.76%) GIAC
10 2 (4.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (4.76%) Master's Degree
10 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (2.38%) CEH
11 1 (2.38%) CISMP
11 1 (2.38%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (47.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (30.95%) JSP 440
3 10 (23.81%) NCSC
4 9 (21.43%) COBIT
4 9 (21.43%) NIST
5 5 (11.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (11.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 2 (4.76%) GDPR
7 2 (4.76%) RMADS
8 1 (2.38%) Accessibility
8 1 (2.38%) QA
System Software
1 6 (14.29%) Docker
2 3 (7.14%) Active Directory
3 2 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.38%) GPFS
4 1 (2.38%) Lustre
4 1 (2.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (2.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (4.76%) Terraform
2 1 (2.38%) Ansible
2 1 (2.38%) SCCM
2 1 (2.38%) SELinux
2 1 (2.38%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.76%) Cisco
2 2 (4.76%) VMware
3 1 (2.38%) Salesforce