HMG Security Policy Framework Job Trends in the South East

HMG Security Policy Framework (SPF)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring HMG Security Policy Framework skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 - 322
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Permanent jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework 2 0 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.012% - 0.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.11% - 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 17
10th Percentile - - £47,750
25th Percentile - - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.67%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.57% -7.89%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,799 1,326 1,784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 10.89% 15.31% 12.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,257 713 1,168
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £34,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £63,748
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,468 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.06% +4.49% -5.98%

HMG Security Policy Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing HMG Security Policy Framework relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

HMG Security Policy Framework job vacancy trend in the South East

HMG Security Policy Framework
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing HMG Security Policy Framework.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing HMG Security Policy Framework

HMG Security Policy Framework
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Surrey - 2 £70,000 - 1
HMG Security Policy Framework
England

HMG Security Policy Framework
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Police
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Product Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) CESG
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) SABSA
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CISMP
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Def Stans
2 1 (50.00%) GRC
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) JSP 440
2 1 (50.00%) NCSC
2 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) EMC
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft