HMG Security Policy Framework Contracts

HMG Security Policy Framework (SPF)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for HMG Security Policy Framework skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited HMG Security Policy Framework over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 561 696 810
Rank change year-on-year +135 +114 -181
Contract jobs citing HMG Security Policy Framework 17 20 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.034% 0.064%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.27% 0.25% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 42
10th Percentile £496 £510 £464
25th Percentile £508 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £667
90th Percentile £625 £635 £783
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -5.45% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 6
10th Percentile - £70.55 £42.10
25th Percentile - £72.50 £43.95
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £58.86
Median % change year-on-year - +27.43% -18.82%
75th Percentile - £79.75 £80.68
90th Percentile - £84.40 £82.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £75.75 £58.86
% change year-on-year - +28.71% -18.82%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

HMG Security Policy Framework is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,207 7,903 11,785
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.30% 13.38% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,942 5,432 8,083
10th Percentile £297 £280 £295
25th Percentile £400 £413 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £623
90th Percentile £750 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £487 £479 £450
% change year-on-year +1.62% +6.44% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 383 237 299
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.29 £12.02
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.50 £16.38
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £45.00 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.50 £77.50 £66.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £32.50 £21.05
% change year-on-year -44.62% +54.39% -

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 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for HMG Security Policy Framework in the UK

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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 6 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 6 May 2024. 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
Work from Home +135 12 £515 -6.36% 2
UK excluding London +59 11 £520 -5.45% 3
Scotland +46 9 £515 -6.36%
London +113 6 £575 - 2
England +97 6 £575 +4.55% 5
Wales - 2 £650 -

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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
1 2 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (11.76%) Azure Pipelines
General
1 10 (58.82%) Public Sector
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Analyst
1 12 (70.59%) Security Analyst
2 9 (52.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 6 (35.29%) Senior
4 5 (29.41%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (29.41%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
4 5 (29.41%) Senior Security Analyst
5 3 (17.65%) Consultant
5 3 (17.65%) Risk Analyst
5 3 (17.65%) Security Consultant
5 3 (17.65%) Security Risk Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Application Security Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Cloud Specialist
6 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Lead DevOps
6 1 (5.88%) Senior DevOps
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (52.94%) Management Information System
2 3 (17.65%) NHS
3 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Cybersecurity
1 12 (70.59%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 9 (52.94%) Business Impact Analysis
2 9 (52.94%) Impact Analysis
2 9 (52.94%) Incident Management
2 9 (52.94%) Information Security
2 9 (52.94%) Penetration Testing
2 9 (52.94%) Privileged Access Management
2 9 (52.94%) Security Monitoring
2 9 (52.94%) SIEM
2 9 (52.94%) Technical Analysis
2 9 (52.94%) Use Case
2 9 (52.94%) Vulnerability Management
2 9 (52.94%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 4 (23.53%) Data Protection
3 4 (23.53%) Risk Analysis
4 3 (17.65%) Information Assurance
4 3 (17.65%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
4 3 (17.65%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) CISM
1 2 (11.76%) CISSP
1 2 (11.76%) CRISC
1 2 (11.76%) DBS Check
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (64.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (35.29%) NCSC
3 3 (17.65%) GRC
3 3 (17.65%) ISO 31000
3 3 (17.65%) NIST
4 2 (11.76%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Terraform