JSP 440 Contract Job Trends in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of 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 129 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing JSP 440 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.043% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.24% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £475 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
City of 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 City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 414 297 369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 17.96% 17.11% 17.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 194 267
10th Percentile £348 £375 £367
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £554 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.15% +0.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £668 £713 £650
90th Percentile £763 £824 £750
Central London median daily rate £528 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.09% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £19.23 - £16.78
25th Percentile £22.24 - £17.96
Median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.61
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +6.77% -
75th Percentile £52.25 - £22.65
90th Percentile £66.95 - £23.46
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £22.50 £23.40
% change year-on-year +16.04% -3.85% -6.40%

JSP 440
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

JSP 440 job vacancy trend in the City of London

JSP 440
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing JSP 440.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing JSP 440

JSP 440
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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