JSP 440 Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring JSP 440 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing JSP 440 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 2.01% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £625 £563
% change year-on-year -16.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44.86 - -
Median hourly rate £48.72 - -
75th Percentile £52.58 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £48.72 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 30 24 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 15.08% 21.43% 20.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 18 28
10th Percentile £364 - -
25th Percentile £416 £200 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £478 £548
Median % change year-on-year -5.02% -12.69% +26.96%
75th Percentile £538 £616 £585
90th Percentile £613 £625 £728
Hampshire median daily rate £535 £524 £535
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.10% +12.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44.86 - -
Median hourly rate £48.72 £24.66 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +97.57% -58.90% +30.90%
75th Percentile £52.58 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £40.00 £24.66 £37.50
% change year-on-year +62.21% -34.24% -16.83%

JSP 440
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

JSP 440 job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

JSP 440
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

JSP 440
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

JSP 440
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 (25.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) LAN
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) SNMP
3 1 (25.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Administrator
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) IT Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) IT Systems Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Linux Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) YAML
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Virtual Environments
2 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Observability
2 1 (25.00%) Security Patching
2 1 (25.00%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Bash
1 2 (50.00%) C++
1 2 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Ansible
1 2 (50.00%) WSUS
2 1 (25.00%) Backup Exec
2 1 (25.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (25.00%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (25.00%) SCOM
2 1 (25.00%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) F5
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Acronis
3 1 (25.00%) McAfee
3 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (25.00%) Splunk
3 1 (25.00%) Symantec
3 1 (25.00%) VMware