HMG Security Policy Framework Contract Job Trends

HMG Security Policy Framework (SPF)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	662	558	552
Rank change year-on-year	-104	-6	+36
Contract jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework	21	17	12
As % of all contract jobs in the UK	0.038%	0.051%	0.032%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	0.21%	0.28%	0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted	14	9	6
10^th Percentile	£524	£507	£561
25^th Percentile	£563	£625	£592
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£600	£650	£650
Median % change year-on-year	-7.69%	-	+8.33%
75^th Percentile	£645	£713	£675
90^th Percentile	£668	£728	£688
UK excluding London median daily rate	£600	£675	£650
% change year-on-year	-11.11%	+3.85%	+8.33%

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 citing quality assurance or compliance skills.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills	10,036	5,984	4,992
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK	18.31%	17.79%	13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted	6,278	3,827	2,932
10^th Percentile	£325	£300	£275
25^th Percentile	£413	£400	£398
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£510	£500	£500
Median % change year-on-year	+2.00%	-	-4.76%
75^th Percentile	£615	£612	£625
90^th Percentile	£725	£700	£738
UK excluding London median daily rate	£481	£475	£475
% change year-on-year	+1.16%	-	-5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	762	291	225
10^th Percentile	£13.54	£13.60	£13.26
25^th Percentile	£16.46	£16.50	£15.98
Median hourly rate	£30.00	£28.00	£27.50
Median % change year-on-year	+7.14%	+1.82%	-25.17%
75^th Percentile	£65.00	£60.00	£62.56
90^th Percentile	£74.32	£80.00	£70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£30.14	£23.00	£27.50
% change year-on-year	+31.02%	-16.36%	-29.03%

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 Daily Rate Trend

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 October 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.

HMG Security Policy Framework Top 6 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 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-107	20	£600	-7.69%	25
London	-68	16	£600	-7.69%	7
Work from Home	-69	7	£600	-11.11%	11
UK excluding London	-104	4	£600	-11.11%	17
South West	-33	2	£608	-	2
South East	-	2	£525	-	8

HMG Security Policy Framework Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing HMG Security Policy Framework also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads citing HMG Security Policy Framework.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	90.5%	19
2	CISM	52.4%	11
2	CISSP	52.4%	11
2	Information Security	52.4%	11
2	SC Cleared	52.4%	11
6	DV Cleared	47.6%	10
6	NCSC	47.6%	10
8	Data Protection	42.9%	9
8	Government Security Classifications	42.9%	9
10	Security Architecture	38.1%	8
11	Cybersecurity	33.3%	7
11	ISO/IEC 27001	33.3%	7
13	Agile	28.6%	6
13	Azure	28.6%	6
13	Cloud Security	28.6%	6
13	Threat Modelling	28.6%	6
17	Architectural Patterns	23.8%	5
17	AWS	23.8%	5
17	GCP	23.8%	5
17	Network Security	23.8%	5
17	NIST	23.8%	5
22	Identity Access Management	19.0%	4
22	Microsoft	19.0%	4
22	Microsoft 365	19.0%	4
22	Penetration Testing	19.0%	4
22	SaaS	19.0%	4
22	Stakeholder Management	19.0%	4
28	AI	14.3%	3
28	Azure Certification	14.3%	3
28	CRISC	14.3%	3

HMG Security Policy Framework Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	NCSC	47.6%	10
2	Government Security Classifications	42.9%	9
3	ISO/IEC 27001	33.3%	7
4	NIST	23.8%	5
5	GRC	14.3%	3
6	Cyber Essentials	9.5%	2
6	Def Stans	9.5%	2
6	GDPR	9.5%	2
6	NIST 800	9.5%	2
10	JSP 440	4.8%	1