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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 19 February 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 592 753 968
Rank change year-on-year +161 +215 +120
Permanent jobs citing JSP 440 142 51 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.066% 0.044%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.43% 0.47% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4 35 38
10th Percentile £64,625 £48,650 £55,500
25th Percentile £69,688 £53,125 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £69,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.51% -1.43% +3.70%
75th Percentile £85,313 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,625 £86,500 £79,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £69,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -1.43% +3.70%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,943 10,864 22,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.59% 14.10% 20.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,229 7,817 10,228
10th Percentile £33,750 £27,965 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £91,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +5.26%

JSP 440
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing JSP 440 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for JSP 440 in the UK

JSP 440
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing JSP 440.

Salary trend for JSP 440 in the UK

JSP 440
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing JSP 440 over the 6 months to 19 February 2025.

Salary histogram for JSP 440 in the UK

JSP 440
Top 10 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 19 February 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
England +160 142 £76,250 +10.51% 17
UK excluding London +175 141 £75,000 +8.70% 15
Midlands +129 128 £75,000 +36.36% 4
West Midlands +89 91 £75,000 +36.36% 4
East Midlands - 37 - -
Work from Home +71 10 £70,000 -1.75% 5
North of England - 7 - -
Yorkshire - 7 - -
South West +47 6 £70,000 +11.11% 8
London +31 1 £95,000 +18.75% 2

JSP 440
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.82%) Firewall
2 3 (2.11%) Cisco Firepower
2 3 (2.11%) VPN
General
1 1 (0.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 129 (90.85%) Security Engineer
2 118 (83.10%) Principal Engineer
2 118 (83.10%) Principal Security Engineer
3 109 (76.76%) Analyst
3 109 (76.76%) Principal Security Analyst
3 109 (76.76%) Product Analyst
3 109 (76.76%) Security Analyst
4 11 (7.75%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 9 (6.34%) Product Engineer
6 7 (4.93%) Consultant
6 7 (4.93%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 7 (4.93%) Security Consultant
7 4 (2.82%) Architect
7 4 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.41%) Malware Engineer
9 1 (0.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 1 (0.70%) Lead
9 1 (0.70%) Security Assurance Coordinator
9 1 (0.70%) Security Manager
9 1 (0.70%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (0.70%) Management Information System
1 1 (0.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.70%) Linux
1 1 (0.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (99.30%) Cybersecurity
2 126 (88.73%) Information Security
3 124 (87.32%) Risk Management
4 118 (83.10%) Cyber Resilience
4 118 (83.10%) Project Management
4 118 (83.10%) Security Testing
5 10 (7.04%) ITIL
5 10 (7.04%) Problem Management
6 8 (5.63%) Compliance Management
7 7 (4.93%) Risk Assessment
7 7 (4.93%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (3.52%) SIEM
9 4 (2.82%) Business Case
9 4 (2.82%) Data Loss Prevention
9 4 (2.82%) DevOps
9 4 (2.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 4 (2.82%) Roadmaps
9 4 (2.82%) SOA
9 4 (2.82%) Software Engineering
10 2 (1.41%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 136 (95.77%) CISM
1 136 (95.77%) CISSP
2 126 (88.73%) CESG Certified Professional
2 126 (88.73%) Degree
3 96 (67.61%) BPSS Clearance
4 17 (11.97%) Security Cleared
5 12 (8.45%) SC Cleared
6 10 (7.04%) CISA
6 10 (7.04%) GIAC
7 9 (6.34%) ISACA
7 9 (6.34%) SANS
8 2 (1.41%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.70%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (91.55%) NIST
2 127 (89.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 126 (88.73%) RMADS
4 11 (7.75%) NCSC
5 8 (5.63%) GRC
6 5 (3.52%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.70%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.70%) GPG13
7 1 (0.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
Systems Management
1 5 (3.52%) Nessus
2 3 (2.11%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (2.11%) Cisco
1 3 (2.11%) Fortinet