JSP 440 Contract Job Trends in Central London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring JSP 440 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing JSP 440 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.041% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £585 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Central 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 454 322 411
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 18.43% 16.41% 17.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 211 293
10th Percentile £346 £375 £363
25th Percentile £431 £462 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £653 £702 £650
90th Percentile £763 £825 £773
London median daily rate £520 £533 £550
% change year-on-year -2.35% -3.18% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 6
10th Percentile £20.12 £19.36 £17.96
25th Percentile £23.78 £21.25 £20.44
Median hourly rate £26.11 £22.50 £23.40
Median % change year-on-year +16.04% -3.85% -6.40%
75th Percentile £27.34 £24.25 £25.92
90th Percentile £52.25 - £35.16
London median hourly rate £28.00 £34.50 £24.18
% change year-on-year -18.84% +42.68% -30.91%

JSP 440
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

JSP 440 job vacancy trend in Central London

JSP 440
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing JSP 440

JSP 440
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London - 1 £475 -
JSP 440
London

JSP 440
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST