JSP 440 Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring JSP 440 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 83 93
Rank change year-on-year +2 +10 +22
Contract jobs citing JSP 440 5 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.44% 0.27% 0.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.29% 2.73% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £525 £478 -
25th Percentile £619 £500 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £850 £600 £569
90th Percentile £865 £623 -
South East median daily rate £800 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +45.45% -8.33% +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 218 110 190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 19.12% 10.02% 14.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 70 98
10th Percentile £250 £200 £312
25th Percentile £446 £371 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £528
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.21% +6.03%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £661
90th Percentile £650 £691 £670
South East median daily rate £500 £480 £525
% change year-on-year +4.17% -8.57% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 15
10th Percentile £18.67 £22.88 £15.35
25th Percentile £27.16 £26.25 £23.75
Median hourly rate £41.33 £49.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.66% -10.91% +69.13%
75th Percentile £55.49 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.99 - -
South East median hourly rate £18.23 £54.18 £53.24
% change year-on-year -66.35% +1.78% +141.98%

JSP 440
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

JSP 440 job vacancy trend in Hampshire

JSP 440
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

JSP 440
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JSP 440 in Hampshire over the 6 months to 13 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for JSP 440 in Hampshire

JSP 440
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing JSP 440.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing JSP 440

JSP 440
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Basingstoke +2 1 - -
Southampton - 1 £800 - 2
Farnborough - 1 £475 - 3
JSP 440
South East

JSP 440
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Architect
1 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 3 (60.00%) Lead
2 3 (60.00%) Lead Architect
2 3 (60.00%) Lead Enterprise Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Security Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) ModSecurity
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Digital Strategy
1 4 (80.00%) IT4IT
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) ERP
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) ISEB
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) CISM
4 1 (20.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) COBIT
1 4 (80.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (20.00%) NCSC