JSP 440 Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring JSP 440 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing JSP 440 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.27% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate £294 - £838
% change year-on-year - - +17.54%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 45 48 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 12.00% 13.41% 13.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 22 25
10th Percentile £250 £402 £313
25th Percentile £324 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -4.76% +23.53%
75th Percentile £558 £600 £575
90th Percentile £626 £650 £675
East of England median daily rate £500 £433 £500
% change year-on-year +15.61% -13.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 10
10th Percentile - £26.24 £13.00
25th Percentile - £39.91 £13.29
Median hourly rate - £53.75 £13.58
Median % change year-on-year - +295.80% +0.59%
75th Percentile - £63.75 £14.12
90th Percentile - - £14.16
East of England median hourly rate £19.91 £25.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -20.36% -43.82% +154.29%

JSP 440
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JSP 440 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

JSP 440 job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

JSP 440
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing JSP 440.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing JSP 440

JSP 440
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Cambridge - 1 - - 1
JSP 440
East of England

JSP 440
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Police
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Assurance Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST