JSP 440 Contracts in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 361 379 446
Rank change year-on-year +18 +67 -39
Contract jobs citing JSP 440 40 51 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.22% 0.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.34% 1.52% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 21 42
10th Percentile £493 £600 £488
25th Percentile - £613 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year -16.15% +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £638 - £638
90th Percentile £675 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £545 £638 £575
% change year-on-year -14.51% +10.87% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 10
10th Percentile £56.38 £59.73 £52.00
25th Percentile £60.31 £69.31 £55.31
Median hourly rate £68.75 £75.00 £65.79
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.00% -
75th Percentile £75.31 £83.40 £77.05
90th Percentile £78.13 £87.09 £81.54
UK median hourly rate £68.75 £75.00 £65.79
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.00% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,989 3,358 4,421
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.02% 14.80% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,712 2,194 3,095
10th Percentile £250 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £363 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £486 £455
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% +6.81% +7.06%
75th Percentile £581 £588 £575
90th Percentile £675 £680 £650
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 356 198 198
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.16 £11.50
25th Percentile £12.72 £18.02 £15.13
Median hourly rate £19.18 £37.50 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -48.87% +67.45% +7.67%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.69 £48.71
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.18 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £37.75 £27.73
% change year-on-year -36.95% +36.13% +32.05%

JSP 440
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing JSP 440 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for JSP 440 in the UK excluding London

JSP 440
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JSP 440 in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for JSP 440 in the UK excluding London

JSP 440
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JSP 440 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for JSP 440 in the UK excluding London

JSP 440
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing JSP 440 in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for JSP 440 in the UK excluding London

JSP 440
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing JSP 440 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for JSP 440 in the UK excluding London

JSP 440
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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 +1 37 £545 -12.80% 4
South East +12 2 - - 2
East of England +2 1 - -
JSP 440
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JSP 440
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.50%) Internet
1 1 (2.50%) WAN
General
1 11 (27.50%) Public Sector
2 6 (15.00%) Finance
3 5 (12.50%) Military
4 4 (10.00%) Electronics
4 4 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 4 (10.00%) Marketing
4 4 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 3 (7.50%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (50.00%) Architect
2 19 (47.50%) Lead
2 19 (47.50%) Lead Architect
3 4 (10.00%) Consultant
3 4 (10.00%) Security Consultant
4 3 (7.50%) Information Assurance Consultant
4 3 (7.50%) Information Security Consultant
4 3 (7.50%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Technical Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Coordinator
6 1 (2.50%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Product Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Project Delivery Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Project Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Security Architect
6 1 (2.50%) Security Assurance Coordinator
6 1 (2.50%) Technical Delivery Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.50%) PKI
2 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (47.50%) Digital Identity
1 19 (47.50%) Identity Access Management
1 19 (47.50%) Project Management
1 19 (47.50%) Stakeholder Management
1 19 (47.50%) Strategic Thinking
2 7 (17.50%) Change Control
2 7 (17.50%) Service Management
3 5 (12.50%) Information Assurance
4 4 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
4 4 (10.00%) Programme Management
5 2 (5.00%) Configuration Management
5 2 (5.00%) Data Security
5 2 (5.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (5.00%) Resource Levelling
5 2 (5.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (5.00%) Service Design
5 2 (5.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
6 1 (2.50%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 34 (85.00%) Security Cleared
2 24 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 8 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 7 (17.50%) CISSP
4 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (12.50%) CESG Certified Professional
6 4 (10.00%) CLAS
7 2 (5.00%) CISM
7 2 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (20.00%) RMADS
2 7 (17.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (17.50%) NIST
3 2 (5.00%) NCSC
4 1 (2.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (2.50%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (17.50%) OPNET
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.00%) SAP