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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 551 522 534
Rank change year-on-year -29 +12 +209
Contract jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework 39 8 62
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.025% 0.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.59% 0.18% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 3 50
10th Percentile £516 £590 £507
25th Percentile £553 £603 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% -9.80%
75th Percentile £803 £675 £673
90th Percentile £868 - £676
UK excluding London median daily rate £725 £650 £563
% change year-on-year +11.54% +15.56% +2.27%

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 6,633 4,540 6,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.21% 14.45% 14.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,275 2,666 4,298
10th Percentile £322 £257 £300
25th Percentile £411 £375 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.58% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 175 326
10th Percentile £15.26 £15.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £17.96 £21.05 £14.50
Median hourly rate £26.11 £29.00 £26.66
Median % change year-on-year -9.97% +8.78% +2.54%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £69.93 £75.00 £76.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.19 £29.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.59% +16.00% -

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 1 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 1 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 -37 24 £650 - 9
Work from Home +11 18 £650 +11.94% 1
UK excluding London -41 18 £725 +11.54% 4
London -29 9 £638 +3.60% 5
Wales - 7 £675 -
South West - 6 £681 - 1
South East - 5 £838 - 2

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 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.56%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (46.15%) Azure
2 9 (23.08%) AWS
3 8 (20.51%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (15.38%) GitHub
4 6 (15.38%) Power Platform
5 2 (5.13%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (5.13%) Entra ID
5 2 (5.13%) GCP
5 2 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (5.13%) Serverless
6 1 (2.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (2.56%) Azure Functions
6 1 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.56%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.56%) Nutanix
6 1 (2.56%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.38%) Firewall
2 3 (7.69%) DKIM
2 3 (7.69%) DNS
3 2 (5.13%) DMARC
4 1 (2.56%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (2.56%) DHCP
4 1 (2.56%) Ethernet
4 1 (2.56%) InfiniBand
4 1 (2.56%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.56%) Network Security
4 1 (2.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (2.56%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (17.95%) JMeter
1 7 (17.95%) MSTest
1 7 (17.95%) Selenium
1 7 (17.95%) Visual Studio
2 2 (5.13%) Git
3 1 (2.56%) JIRA
3 1 (2.56%) SpecFlow
3 1 (2.56%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 16 (41.03%) Public Sector
2 6 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.69%) Military
4 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Finance
4 1 (2.56%) Law
4 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (46.15%) Architect
2 13 (33.33%) Lead
3 12 (30.77%) Enterprise Architect
4 11 (28.21%) Lead Architect
4 11 (28.21%) Lead Enterprise Architect
5 9 (23.08%) Senior
6 6 (15.38%) Automation Tester
6 6 (15.38%) Security Architect
6 6 (15.38%) Tester
7 5 (12.82%) Senior Automation Tester
7 5 (12.82%) Senior Tester
8 2 (5.13%) Developer
8 2 (5.13%) Digital Architect
8 2 (5.13%) Security Advisor
8 2 (5.13%) Security Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Security Specialist
9 1 (2.56%) Consultant
9 1 (2.56%) IT Consultant
9 1 (2.56%) IT Manager
9 1 (2.56%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.38%) Web Services
2 1 (2.56%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.56%) CSS
2 1 (2.56%) HTML
2 1 (2.56%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (2.56%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (2.56%) Middleware
2 1 (2.56%) Node.js
2 1 (2.56%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Management Information System
1 4 (10.26%) Security Posture
2 2 (5.13%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (2.56%) Grid Computing
3 1 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.56%) Insider Threat
3 1 (2.56%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Linux
2 1 (2.56%) Android
2 1 (2.56%) CentOS
2 1 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.56%) Rocky
2 1 (2.56%) Ubuntu
2 1 (2.56%) VMS
2 1 (2.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) DevOps
2 10 (25.64%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (25.64%) Digital Strategy
2 10 (25.64%) ITIL
3 9 (23.08%) IT4IT
3 9 (23.08%) Risk Management
4 8 (20.51%) Agile
4 8 (20.51%) Zero Trust
5 7 (17.95%) AI
5 7 (17.95%) Architectural Patterns
5 7 (17.95%) Data Modelling
5 7 (17.95%) DevSecOps
5 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (17.95%) Test Automation
5 7 (17.95%) Test Strategy
5 7 (17.95%) Threat Modelling
6 6 (15.38%) Customer Requirements
6 6 (15.38%) Non-Functional Testing
6 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.08%) JavaScript
2 7 (17.95%) C#
3 6 (15.38%) Python
4 5 (12.82%) SQL
5 2 (5.13%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.56%) Apex Code
6 1 (2.56%) Bash
6 1 (2.56%) C
6 1 (2.56%) Java
6 1 (2.56%) SOQL
6 1 (2.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (79.49%) Security Cleared
2 23 (58.97%) SC Cleared
3 9 (23.08%) CISSP
3 9 (23.08%) Degree
3 9 (23.08%) ISEB
4 8 (20.51%) CISM
5 6 (15.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 6 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (15.38%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (12.82%) ISTQB
6 5 (12.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (10.26%) DV Cleared
8 2 (5.13%) Master's Degree
8 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (2.56%) CCSP
9 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (2.56%) GIAC
9 1 (2.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (2.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (2.56%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (43.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (33.33%) JSP 440
3 9 (23.08%) COBIT
4 8 (20.51%) NCSC
5 6 (15.38%) NIST
6 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (5.13%) RMADS
7 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
7 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (2.56%) QA
System Software
1 6 (15.38%) Docker
2 3 (7.69%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.56%) GPFS
3 1 (2.56%) Lustre
3 1 (2.56%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) Kubernetes
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (5.13%) Terraform
2 1 (2.56%) Ansible
2 1 (2.56%) SCCM
2 1 (2.56%) SELinux
Vendors
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.56%) Cisco
2 1 (2.56%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.56%) VMware