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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 7 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 560 | 541 | 573 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -19 | +32 | +215 |
| Contract jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework | 27 | 14 | 61 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.077% | 0.038% | 0.13% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 0.44% | 0.29% | 0.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15 | 6 | 43 |
| 10th Percentile | £576 | £561 | £514 |
| 25th Percentile | £638 | £592 | £553 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £700 | £650 | £613 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.69% | +6.12% | -2.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £841 | £675 | £674 |
| 90th Percentile | £873 | £688 | £704 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £763 | £650 | £604 |
| % change year-on-year | +17.31% | +7.66% | +5.00% |
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 | 6,155 | 4,859 | 6,660 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 17.61% | 13.23% | 14.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,947 | 2,851 | 4,458 |
| 10th Percentile | £305 | £275 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £391 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.76% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | £625 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £702 | £725 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £480 | £470 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.13% | -6.00% | +4.99% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 303 | 214 | 253 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.52 | £13.26 | £14.63 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.61 | £15.50 | £20.07 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.54 | £27.50 | £39.42 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.15% | -30.24% | +51.62% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £55.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.00 | £70.00 | £80.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £23.00 | £26.59 | £41.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.50% | -35.54% | +79.35% |
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.
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Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HMG Security Policy Framework.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HMG Security Policy Framework.
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Top 8 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 7 November 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 | -16 | 19 | £700 | +7.69% | 22 |
| UK excluding London | -26 | 15 | £763 | +17.31% | 20 |
| Work from Home | +24 | 11 | £675 | +9.70% | 7 |
| London | -1 | 7 | £650 | +11.94% | 5 |
| Wales | - | 6 | £675 | - | 1 |
| South West | +7 | 4 | £850 | +30.77% | 7 |
| South East | +6 | 4 | £838 | - | 5 |
| East of England | - | 1 | £375 | - | 1 |
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:
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