The Defence Manual of Security Issue 3 (JSP 440)
England > Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring JSP 440 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited JSP 440 over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 197 | 286 | 254 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +89 | -32 | +84 |
| Permanent jobs citing JSP 440 | 52 | 9 | 8 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands | 0.75% | 0.083% | 0.12% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 4.72% | 0.58% | 0.80% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £58,000 | £57,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £82,500 | - | £61,875 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £85,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +41.67% | -7.69% | +13.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £87,500 | £75,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £76,000 | - |
| England median annual salary | £67,500 | £60,202 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.12% | -7.38% | -8.77% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Midlands
JSP 440 falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the Midlands.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 1,102 | 1,548 | 1,003 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands | 15.91% | 14.28% | 14.47% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 619 | 846 | 715 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £27,500 | £27,760 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £30,000 | £40,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.00% | -4.76% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £58,750 | £62,500 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,900 | £76,875 | £81,250 |
| England median annual salary | £61,500 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.82% | -8.33% | +9.09% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands
Job postings citing JSP 440 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.
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Salary Trend in the Midlands
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing JSP 440 in the Midlands.
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Job Locations in the Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JSP 440 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | +62 | 33 | - | - | 1 |
| East Midlands | - | 18 | - | - | 1 |
| JSP 440 England |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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: