JSP 440 Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

The Defence Manual of Security Issue 3 (JSP 440)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring JSP 440 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing JSP 440 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 2.70% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.75% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £725 - -
25th Percentile £770 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £785 - -
75th Percentile £875 - -
90th Percentile £900 - -
North West median daily rate £785 £650 -
% change year-on-year +20.77% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 32 15 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 14.41% 10.79% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 2 10
10th Percentile £267 £306 £346
25th Percentile £339 £353 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £677 £438 £593
Median % change year-on-year +54.66% -26.21% +7.80%
75th Percentile £770 £528 £715
90th Percentile £870 £579 £725
North West median daily rate £445 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -6.32% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 8
10th Percentile £44.40 £23.16 £12.91
25th Percentile £48.01 £23.43 £18.78
Median hourly rate £52.78 £24.67 £69.58
Median % change year-on-year +113.90% -64.54% +85.55%
75th Percentile £57.67 £25.83 £78.00
90th Percentile £60.61 £26.04 £78.35
North West median hourly rate £56.25 £24.18 £22.73
% change year-on-year +132.63% +6.38% -53.48%

JSP 440
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

JSP 440 job vacancy trend in Lancashire

JSP 440
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

JSP 440
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JSP 440 in Lancashire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for JSP 440 in Lancashire

JSP 440
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Preston - 3 £900 - 3
JSP 440
North West

JSP 440
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 4 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Information Security Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Security Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Security Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Security Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Security Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Information Assurance
1 4 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (66.67%) NIST