JSP 440 Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring JSP 440 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 476 545 530
Rank change year-on-year +69 -15 +207
Permanent jobs citing JSP 440 30 27 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.071% 0.075% 0.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.63% 0.48% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 20 4 20
10th Percentile - £51,635 £38,130
25th Percentile £63,750 £53,798 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £61,250 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% -11.23% +6.15%
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,125 £77,813
90th Percentile £74,000 £73,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £63,750 £69,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -7.61% -1.43%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding 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 permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,763 5,645 4,893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.29% 15.74% 14.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,506 2,353 3,426
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,300 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,188 £70,600 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £58,300 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -2.83% +3.51% +0.81%

JSP 440
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

JSP 440 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

JSP 440
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing JSP 440.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing JSP 440

JSP 440
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing JSP 440 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for JSP 440 in the UK excluding London

JSP 440
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JSP 440 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
South West +26 21 £67,500 +16.08% 4
South East - 5 £70,000 - 3
East of England - 3 - - 1
Midlands +12 1 £85,000 +25.93%
JSP 440
UK

JSP 440
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 16 (53.33%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 7 (23.33%) Azure
2 6 (20.00%) AWS
3 4 (13.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.00%) DMZ
1 6 (20.00%) Firewall
1 6 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 11 (36.67%) Public Sector
2 4 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (93.33%) Consultant
2 26 (86.67%) Security Consultant
3 21 (70.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 16 (53.33%) Senior
4 16 (53.33%) Senior Consultant
4 16 (53.33%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
4 16 (53.33%) Senior Security Consultant
5 2 (6.67%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Security Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Security Project Manager
6 1 (3.33%) Managing Consultant
6 1 (3.33%) Risk Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 17 (56.67%) Management Information System
2 16 (53.33%) CESG
3 7 (23.33%) Cloud Native
4 6 (20.00%) Cloud Security Posture
4 6 (20.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 6 (20.00%) PKI
4 6 (20.00%) Security Posture
5 5 (16.67%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (96.67%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (90.00%) Risk Management
3 26 (86.67%) ISMS
4 21 (70.00%) Information Assurance
4 21 (70.00%) Security Management
5 20 (66.67%) Information Security
6 16 (53.33%) Active Listening
6 16 (53.33%) Creative Thinking
6 16 (53.33%) Information Security Management
6 16 (53.33%) Innovative Thinking
6 16 (53.33%) Matrix Organization
7 8 (26.67%) Security Architecture
7 8 (26.67%) Zero Trust
8 6 (20.00%) AI
8 6 (20.00%) Cloud Security
8 6 (20.00%) Containerisation
8 6 (20.00%) Cryptography
8 6 (20.00%) SDLC
8 6 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
8 6 (20.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 22 (73.33%) CISM
1 22 (73.33%) CISSP
2 20 (66.67%) CISMP
3 16 (53.33%) CESG Certified Professional
3 16 (53.33%) IISP
4 13 (43.33%) Security Cleared
5 9 (30.00%) DV Cleared
6 7 (23.33%) SC Cleared
7 4 (13.33%) CRISC
7 4 (13.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 4 (13.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (90.00%) NIST
2 24 (80.00%) NCSC
3 20 (66.67%) NIST 800
4 16 (53.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 16 (53.33%) RMADS
5 10 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (30.00%) GRC
7 6 (20.00%) GDPR
7 6 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 6 (20.00%) PCI DSS
8 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes