JSP 440 Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

The Defence Manual of Security Issue 3 (JSP 440)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 340 464
Rank change year-on-year +37 +124 +142
Contract jobs citing JSP 440 1 5 13
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% 0.033% 0.050%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.067% 0.22% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 12
10th Percentile - £481 £526
25th Percentile - £489 £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £515 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -12.34% +2.17%
75th Percentile - £529 £650
90th Percentile - £530 £684
UK median daily rate £575 £545 £625
% change year-on-year +5.50% -12.80% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77.50 - -
Median hourly rate £85.00 - -
75th Percentile £92.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK 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
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,488 2,240 3,140
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.02% 14.60% 12.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,005 1,532 2,292
10th Percentile £281 £313 £325
25th Percentile £400 £420 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% +3.00%
75th Percentile £603 £623 £625
90th Percentile £713 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 79 63
10th Percentile £17.98 £12.75 £18.54
25th Percentile £23.13 £14.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £39.00 £22.87 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.53% -46.81% -2.16%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.38 £61.88
90th Percentile £87.15 £65.00 £72.35
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%

JSP 440
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing JSP 440 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

JSP 440 trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

JSP 440
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing JSP 440.

JSP 440 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

JSP 440
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Key Management
1 1 (100.00%) MODAF
1 1 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
26 JSP 440 jobs Nationwide