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 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 628 548 561
Rank change year-on-year -80 +13 +67
Contract jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework 32 7 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.060% 0.021% 0.018%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.35% 0.12% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 6 4
10th Percentile £456 £463 £567
25th Percentile £513 £584 £604
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £681
90th Percentile £725 £750 £693
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £475 £650
% change year-on-year +36.84% -26.92% -

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 9,152 5,610 5,246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.15% 17.03% 13.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,869 3,605 3,251
10th Percentile £329 £281 £290
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £505
Median % change year-on-year - -0.99% -3.81%
75th Percentile £600 £604 £625
90th Percentile £700 £715 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +4.21% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 560 262 315
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.60 £11.22
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.46 £14.46
Median hourly rate £38.72 £27.91 £26.56
Median % change year-on-year +38.73% +5.08% -29.64%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £85.07 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.00 £25.00 £25.77
% change year-on-year +56.00% -2.97% -27.42%

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 13 August 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 9 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 13 August 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 -77 27 £588 -9.62% 25
London -62 22 £588 -16.07% 5
Work from Home -42 10 £600 +60.00% 25
UK excluding London -98 9 £650 +36.84% 26
Wales - 4 £725 - 1
South East - 2 £525 - 6
South West - 2 £563 - 7
North West -44 1 £775 +34.78% 3
North of England -62 1 £775 +34.78% 4

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 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (37.50%) Azure
2 7 (21.88%) GCP
3 6 (18.75%) SaaS
4 5 (15.63%) AWS
4 5 (15.63%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (15.63%) GitHub
4 5 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (12.50%) Asana
5 4 (12.50%) Google Workspace
6 3 (9.38%) Google Drive
7 2 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (3.13%) Amazon Kinesis
8 1 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (3.13%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
8 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (3.13%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.50%) DKIM
1 4 (12.50%) DMARC
1 4 (12.50%) DNS
1 4 (12.50%) Network Security
2 1 (3.13%) Firewall
2 1 (3.13%) VPN
Development Applications
1 5 (15.63%) JMeter
1 5 (15.63%) MSTest
1 5 (15.63%) Selenium
2 4 (12.50%) JIRA
3 3 (9.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (40.63%) Public Sector
2 7 (21.88%) Police
3 5 (15.63%) Social Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Military
5 2 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Finance
5 2 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Law
5 2 (6.25%) Legal
5 2 (6.25%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 11 (34.38%) Architect
1 11 (34.38%) Security Architect
2 10 (31.25%) Senior
3 4 (12.50%) Administrator
3 4 (12.50%) Senior Test Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Test Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Automation Tester
4 3 (9.38%) Security Manager
4 3 (9.38%) Senior Automation Tester
4 3 (9.38%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Senior Tester
4 3 (9.38%) Test Automation Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Tester
5 2 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Information Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Information Security Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Auditor
6 1 (3.13%) Information Assurance Specialist
6 1 (3.13%) Security Auditor
6 1 (3.13%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.38%) OAuth
1 3 (9.38%) Web Services
2 1 (3.13%) ARM Templates
2 1 (3.13%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.38%) Freedom of Information
2 3 (9.38%) Private Cloud
2 3 (9.38%) Public Cloud
3 2 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (6.25%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.13%) NHS
4 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.13%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) Agile
2 12 (37.50%) Information Security
3 9 (28.13%) Data Protection
3 9 (28.13%) Security Architecture
4 8 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (25.00%) Design Patterns
4 8 (25.00%) DevOps
4 8 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 7 (21.88%) Test Automation
6 6 (18.75%) Architectural Patterns
6 6 (18.75%) Threat Modelling
7 5 (15.63%) AI
7 5 (15.63%) Architectural Design
7 5 (15.63%) Cloud Security
7 5 (15.63%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (15.63%) Data Modelling
7 5 (15.63%) Non-Functional Testing
7 5 (15.63%) Records Management
7 5 (15.63%) Unit Testing
8 4 (12.50%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.75%) C#
1 6 (18.75%) Python
2 5 (15.63%) JavaScript
2 5 (15.63%) SQL
3 2 (6.25%) TypeScript
4 1 (3.13%) Bicep
4 1 (3.13%) Go
4 1 (3.13%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 29 (90.63%) Security Cleared
2 19 (59.38%) SC Cleared
3 13 (40.63%) CISSP
4 12 (37.50%) CISM
5 11 (34.38%) DV Cleared
6 5 (15.63%) ISTQB
7 4 (12.50%) CRISC
8 3 (9.38%) Azure Certification
8 3 (9.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (6.25%) AWS Certification
9 2 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (3.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (3.13%) CCNA
10 1 (3.13%) CCSP
10 1 (3.13%) CEH
10 1 (3.13%) CISA
10 1 (3.13%) CISMP
10 1 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (3.13%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (46.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (34.38%) NCSC
3 9 (28.13%) Government Security Classifications
4 6 (18.75%) NIST
5 3 (9.38%) GDPR
6 2 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (6.25%) GRC
6 2 (6.25%) JSP 440
6 2 (6.25%) NIST 800
6 2 (6.25%) RMADS
7 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (3.13%) Def Stans
7 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 5 (15.63%) Docker
2 4 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (9.38%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (6.25%) Terraform
3 1 (3.13%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.13%) QRadar
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Google
2 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.13%) ArcSight
3 1 (3.13%) Cribl.io
3 1 (3.13%) Forcepoint
3 1 (3.13%) Splunk