JSP 440 Contract Job Trends in Preston

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston 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 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing JSP 440 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 3.53% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 21.43% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £796 - -
25th Percentile £835 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £785 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 14 6 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 16.47% 11.76% 20.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 5
10th Percentile £250 - £364
25th Percentile £293 - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £678 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £835 - £593
90th Percentile £900 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £677 £438 £593
% change year-on-year +54.66% -26.21% +7.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £42.29 - £39.26
25th Percentile £42.82 - £64.79
Median hourly rate £43.70 £24.76 £73.79
Median % change year-on-year +76.49% -66.45% +96.78%
75th Percentile £44.58 - £78.00
90th Percentile £45.11 - £78.59
Lancashire median hourly rate £52.78 £24.67 £69.58
% change year-on-year +113.90% -64.54% +85.55%

JSP 440
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

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

Daily rate histogram for JSP 440 in Preston

JSP 440
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) NIST