JSP 440 Contracts in England

The Defence Manual of Security Issue 3 (JSP 440)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring JSP 440 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited JSP 440 over the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 517 569 732
Rank change year-on-year +52 +163 -98
Contract jobs citing JSP 440 28 68 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.075% 0.14% 0.073%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.56% 1.06% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 32 35
10th Percentile £499 £526 £476
25th Percentile £545 £569 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year - +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £681 £638
90th Percentile £660 £786 £788
UK median daily rate £625 £625 £575
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 13 9
10th Percentile £56.38 £59.73 £52.00
25th Percentile £60.31 £67.95 £55.00
Median hourly rate £68.75 £75.00 £68.58
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.36% -
75th Percentile £75.31 £83.40 £79.04
90th Percentile £78.13 £92.50 £81.85
UK median hourly rate £68.75 £75.00 £65.79
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.00% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

JSP 440 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 in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,041 6,400 9,212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.51% 13.57% 12.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,168 4,329 6,375
10th Percentile £300 £307 £288
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £524
% change year-on-year -2.86% +0.19% +10.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 377 232 263
10th Percentile £11.00 £15.21 £12.68
25th Percentile £13.18 £20.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £40.32 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.48% +49.33% +28.57%
75th Percentile £51.75 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.00 £69.73
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £37.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -36.53% +36.36% +30.64%

JSP 440
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing JSP 440 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for JSP 440 in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JSP 440 in England.

Daily rate trend for JSP 440 in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JSP 440 in England over the 6 months to 27 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for JSP 440 in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JSP 440 in England.

Hourly rate trend for JSP 440 in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JSP 440 in England over the 6 months to 27 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for JSP 440 in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JSP 440 within the England region over the 6 months to 27 June 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
South West -15 25 £625 - 5
South East +2 2 - - 2
East of England -2 1 - -
JSP 440
UK

JSP 440
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 15 (53.57%) Public Sector
2 9 (32.14%) Finance
2 9 (32.14%) Military
3 6 (21.43%) Electronics
3 6 (21.43%) Manufacturing
3 6 (21.43%) Marketing
3 6 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 6 (21.43%) Telecoms
4 2 (7.14%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.57%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (3.57%) Police
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Consultant
1 6 (21.43%) Security Consultant
1 6 (21.43%) Service Manager
2 5 (17.86%) IT Manager
2 5 (17.86%) IT Services Manager
3 4 (14.29%) Architect
3 4 (14.29%) Information Assurance Consultant
3 4 (14.29%) Information Security Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Lead
4 3 (10.71%) Lead Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Technical Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Account Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Coordinator
6 1 (3.57%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Security Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Security Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Technical Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (14.29%) PKI
3 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (21.43%) Digital Marketing
2 6 (21.43%) Information Assurance
2 6 (21.43%) Programme Management
3 5 (17.86%) Service Management
3 5 (17.86%) Validation
4 4 (14.29%) Change Control
4 4 (14.29%) Project Management
5 3 (10.71%) Digital Identity
5 3 (10.71%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (10.71%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (7.14%) Configuration Management
6 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (7.14%) Project Delivery
6 2 (7.14%) Resource Levelling
6 2 (7.14%) Risk Management
6 2 (7.14%) Service Design
6 2 (7.14%) Work Breakdown Structure
7 1 (3.57%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 24 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 15 (53.57%) DV Cleared
3 13 (46.43%) SC Cleared
4 8 (28.57%) CISSP
5 6 (21.43%) CESG Certified Professional
6 4 (14.29%) CLAS
6 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (3.57%) CISM
7 1 (3.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (32.14%) RMADS
2 8 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (25.00%) NIST
4 1 (3.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (3.57%) NCSC
4 1 (3.57%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (14.29%) OPNET
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) SAP
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft