JSP 440 Contract Job Trends in the East of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring JSP 440 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 95 101
Rank change year-on-year +16 +6 +27
Contract jobs citing JSP 440 16 2 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.22% 0.13% 0.59%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.08% 1.32% 4.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 8
10th Percentile £85 - £634
25th Percentile £86 - £788
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £294 - £838
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.64%
75th Percentile £500 - £869
90th Percentile - - £871
England median daily rate £625 £625 £625
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 2
10th Percentile £83.18 - £52.75
25th Percentile £87.19 - £53.13
Median hourly rate £91.00 £80.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.75% +45.45% -
75th Percentile £91.50 - £56.88
90th Percentile - - £57.25
England median hourly rate £91.00 £68.75 £68.42
% change year-on-year +32.36% +0.49% -7.24%

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 226 152 266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 17.25% 10.08% 14.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 67 130
10th Percentile £215 £261 £273
25th Percentile £350 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £495
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -14.14% +16.47%
75th Percentile £594 £550 £600
90th Percentile £650 £605 £738
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 20 28
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.28 £13.20
25th Percentile £16.45 £15.92 £13.82
Median hourly rate £31.49 £28.06 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.22% -36.94% +154.29%
75th Percentile £88.00 £63.75 £49.00
90th Percentile £91.50 £68.08 £65.63
England median hourly rate £32.50 £33.93 £38.46
% change year-on-year -4.21% -11.78% +72.23%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing JSP 440.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing JSP 440

JSP 440
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JSP 440 in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for JSP 440 in the East of England

JSP 440
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing JSP 440.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing JSP 440

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 28 September 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 +11 16 £294 - 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 16 (100.00%) Military
2 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 16 (100.00%) Security Engineer
2 13 (81.25%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) Patch Management
2 13 (81.25%) GAP Analysis
2 13 (81.25%) Incident Management
2 13 (81.25%) Information Assurance
2 13 (81.25%) Key Management
2 13 (81.25%) Security Management
3 12 (75.00%) MODAF
3 12 (75.00%) SABSA
4 8 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 3 (18.75%) Incident Response
6 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 15 (93.75%) SC Cleared
1 15 (93.75%) Security Cleared
2 9 (56.25%) Degree
3 5 (31.25%) CISSP
4 2 (12.50%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (100.00%) NCSC
1 16 (100.00%) NIST
2 15 (93.75%) NIST 800
System Software
1 14 (87.50%) Firmware