JSP 440 Contracts in the East of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 111 117
Rank change year-on-year +30 +6 +28
Contract jobs citing JSP 440 1 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.11% 0.052% 0.29%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.69% 0.62% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £750
Median % change year-on-year - - +36.24%
75th Percentile - - £800
90th Percentile - - £823
England median daily rate £575 £545 £625
% change year-on-year +5.50% -12.80% +15.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77.50 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £85.00 £80.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +52.38% -
75th Percentile £92.50 - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £85.00 £68.75 £75.00
% change year-on-year +23.64% -8.33% +8.62%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East of 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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 145 161 292
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 15.46% 8.43% 14.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 92 187
10th Percentile £310 £251 £185
25th Percentile £431 £363 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £410 £450
Median % change year-on-year +34.15% -8.89% +5.14%
75th Percentile £659 £538 £600
90th Percentile £689 £600 £729
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 30 25
10th Percentile £17.63 £14.16 £12.27
25th Percentile £22.65 £14.43 £13.29
Median hourly rate £33.32 £15.79 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +111.02% -9.77% -36.36%
75th Percentile £73.44 £25.00 £44.53
90th Percentile £86.70 £37.90 £69.50
England median hourly rate £34.75 £22.34 £41.50
% change year-on-year +55.55% -46.17% +50.91%

JSP 440
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for JSP 440 in the East of England

JSP 440
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for JSP 440 in the East of England

JSP 440
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for JSP 440 in the East of England

JSP 440
Contract Job Locations in the East of 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 East of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bedfordshire +2 1 - -
JSP 440
England

JSP 440
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Key Management
1 1 (100.00%) MODAF
1 1 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware