The Defence Manual of Security Issue 3 (JSP 440)
England > London
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 484 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +127 |
| Contract jobs citing JSP 440 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in London | - | - | 0.023% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | - | 0.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £687 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £693 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £723 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +37.62% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £758 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £768 |
| England median daily rate | £575 | £545 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.50% | -16.15% | +18.13% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £91.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £92.50 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £93.75 |
| 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
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 London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 1,979 | 2,506 | 3,459 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London | 16.00% | 14.20% | 13.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,311 | 1,766 | 2,508 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £350 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | -4.35% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £800 | £798 |
| England median daily rate | £513 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.38% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 28 | 64 | 35 |
| 10th Percentile | £19.44 | £13.09 | £20.20 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.27 | £18.04 | £21.24 |
| Median hourly rate | £34.50 | £24.59 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +40.30% | -29.74% | -21.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £49.06 | £63.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £86.37 | £59.25 | £81.50 |
| England median hourly rate | £39.04 | £22.50 | £38.55 |
| % change year-on-year | +73.51% | -41.63% | +33.81% |
JSP 440
Job Vacancy Trend in London
Job postings citing JSP 440 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.
JSP 440
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing JSP 440 in London.