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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	667	557	553
Rank change year-on-year	-110	-4	+29
Contract jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework	22	8	11
As % of all contract jobs in the UK	0.040%	0.024%	0.029%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	0.22%	0.14%	0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted	15	6	5
10^th Percentile	£528	£453	£575
25^th Percentile	£563	£563	£625
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£600	£650	£650
Median % change year-on-year	-7.69%	-	+13.04%
75^th Percentile	£649	£669	£675
90^th Percentile	£690	£713	£690
UK excluding London median daily rate	£600	£375	£650
% change year-on-year	+60.00%	-42.31%	+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 requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills	9,902	5,857	5,047
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	17.90%	17.60%	13.42%
Number of daily rates quoted	6,199	3,746	2,937
10^th Percentile	£325	£300	£275
25^th Percentile	£413	£400	£398
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£501	£500	£500
Median % change year-on-year	+0.10%	-	-4.76%
75^th Percentile	£613	£613	£625
90^th Percentile	£725	£711	£738
UK excluding London median daily rate	£480	£475	£475
% change year-on-year	+1.05%	-	-5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	730	283	240
10^th Percentile	£13.69	£13.60	£13.26
25^th Percentile	£16.46	£16.71	£17.59
Median hourly rate	£30.00	£30.00	£27.67
Median % change year-on-year	-	+8.42%	-23.14%
75^th Percentile	£65.00	£60.00	£62.88
90^th Percentile	£74.25	£80.00	£70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£31.46	£25.00	£27.50
% change year-on-year	+25.84%	-9.09%	-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 16 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 16 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	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-126	21	£600	-7.69%	21
London	-77	17	£600	-7.69%	4
Work from Home	-72	7	£600	+17.07%	11
UK excluding London	-91	4	£600	+60.00%	14
South East	-	2	£525	-	8
South West	-	2	£608	-	2

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 with a requirement for HMG Security Policy Framework.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	90.9%	20
2	Information Security	54.5%	12
2	SC Cleared	54.5%	12
4	CISM	50.0%	11
4	CISSP	50.0%	11
4	NCSC	50.0%	11
7	DV Cleared	45.5%	10
8	Data Protection	40.9%	9
8	Government Security Classifications	40.9%	9
10	Cybersecurity	36.4%	8
10	ISO/IEC 27001	36.4%	8
10	Security Architecture	36.4%	8
13	Cloud Security	31.8%	7
14	Agile	27.3%	6
14	Azure	27.3%	6
14	NIST	27.3%	6
14	Threat Modelling	27.3%	6
18	Architectural Patterns	22.7%	5
18	AWS	22.7%	5
18	GCP	22.7%	5
18	Microsoft	22.7%	5
18	Microsoft 365	22.7%	5
18	Network Security	22.7%	5
18	Penetration Testing	22.7%	5
18	SaaS	22.7%	5
26	Identity Access Management	18.2%	4
26	Risk Assessment	18.2%	4
26	Stakeholder Management	18.2%	4
29	AI	13.6%	3
29	Azure Certification	13.6%	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	50.0%	11
2	Government Security Classifications	40.9%	9
3	ISO/IEC 27001	36.4%	8
4	NIST	27.3%	6
5	Cyber Essentials	13.6%	3
5	Def Stans	13.6%	3
5	GRC	13.6%	3
5	NIST 800	13.6%	3
9	GDPR	9.1%	2
10	JSP 440	4.5%	1