JSP 440 Contract Job Trends in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring JSP 440 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 406 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing JSP 440 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.017% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.093% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £535 - -
25th Percentile £568 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £645 - -
75th Percentile £696 - -
90th Percentile £714 - -
England median daily rate £650 £575 £545
% change year-on-year +13.04% +5.50% -12.80%

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 3,227 2,002 2,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.17% 15.93% 13.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,161 1,319 1,766
10th Percentile £350 £313 £350
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -3.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £688
90th Percentile £744 £775 £800
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 28 66
10th Percentile £19.76 £19.44 £13.49
25th Percentile £25.38 £22.27 £18.13
Median hourly rate £27.75 £34.75 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.14% +40.40% -19.51%
75th Percentile £50.25 £57.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £70.30 £86.37 £55.63
England median hourly rate £30.58 £35.00 £22.42
% change year-on-year -12.63% +56.11% -45.65%

JSP 440
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

JSP 440 job vacancy trend in London

JSP 440
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

JSP 440
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JSP 440 in London over the 6 months to 3 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for JSP 440 in London

JSP 440
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

JSP 440
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Military
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Coordinator
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Security Assurance Coordinator
1 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) ArchiMate
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
2 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Debt
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GRC
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Sparx