HMG Security Policy Framework Contracts

HMG Security Policy Framework (SPF)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring HMG Security Policy Framework skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited HMG Security Policy Framework over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 528 575 663
Rank change year-on-year +47 +88 +143
Contract jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework 6 10 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.023% 0.038%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.12% 0.17% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 11
10th Percentile £598 £508 -
25th Percentile - £510 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £750 £588 £594
90th Percentile - - £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £520 £600
% change year-on-year +10.58% -13.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £75.75
75th Percentile - - £81.69
90th Percentile - - £85.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £75.75
% change year-on-year - - -2.25%

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 4,999 5,910 7,577
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.31% 13.69% 13.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,207 3,665 5,168
10th Percentile £280 £281 £300
25th Percentile £400 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £645
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £475 £499
% change year-on-year -1.05% -4.71% +7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 431 253
10th Percentile £14.78 £11.07 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £13.50 £19.50
Median hourly rate £31.57 £23.80 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.63% -36.53% +37.61%
75th Percentile £64.06 £49.38 £63.23
90th Percentile £83.96 £70.00 £79.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.00 £20.46 £37.50
% change year-on-year +41.74% -45.44% +67.45%

HMG Security Policy Framework
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing HMG Security Policy Framework as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for HMG Security Policy Framework in the UK

HMG Security Policy Framework
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework.

Daily rate trend for HMG Security Policy Framework in the UK

HMG Security Policy Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HMG Security Policy Framework in the UK

HMG Security Policy Framework
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework.

Hourly rate trend for HMG Security Policy Framework in the UK

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Top 5 Contract 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 30 June 2025. 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 +59 6 £650 +13.04% 26
London +55 5 £700 +21.74% 9
UK excluding London +32 1 £575 +10.58% 30
North of England - 1 £575 - 2
North West - 1 £575 -

HMG Security Policy Framework
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) AWS
2 3 (50.00%) GCP
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (33.33%) Azure
3 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 1 (16.67%) Asana
4 1 (16.67%) Google Drive
4 1 (16.67%) Google Workspace
4 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (33.33%) DHCP
2 2 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) DKIM
3 1 (16.67%) DMARC
3 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Hadoop
1 2 (33.33%) MongoDB
1 2 (33.33%) NoSQL
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Architect
2 3 (50.00%) Security Architect
3 2 (33.33%) Technical Architect
4 1 (16.67%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 2 (33.33%) React
2 1 (16.67%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Legacy Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (33.33%) PKI
1 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) CESG
2 1 (16.67%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Technical Debt
2 3 (50.00%) Migration
2 3 (50.00%) SABSA
2 3 (50.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (33.33%) BPMN
3 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 2 (33.33%) Data Encryption
3 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 2 (33.33%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 2 (33.33%) High Availability
3 2 (33.33%) MVC
3 2 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Register
3 2 (33.33%) Static Application Security Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 2 (33.33%) Python
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
1 2 (33.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (33.33%) CASP
1 2 (33.33%) CCSP
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
1 2 (33.33%) CREST Certified
1 2 (33.33%) CSSLP
1 2 (33.33%) GIAC
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (50.00%) NIST
2 2 (33.33%) Government Security Classifications
2 2 (33.33%) NCSC
3 1 (16.67%) COBIT
3 1 (16.67%) JSP 440
3 1 (16.67%) NIST 800
3 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
3 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) SELinux
2 1 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Google