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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for JSP 440 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited JSP 440 over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 706 1031 1042
Rank change year-on-year +325 +11 -314
Permanent jobs citing JSP 440 35 45 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.066% 0.036% 0.044%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.45% 0.20% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 28 33 37
10th Percentile £38,130 £33,950 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% +3.70% +23.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £75,750
90th Percentile £87,500 - £87,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £69,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -1.43% +3.70% +23.85%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

JSP 440 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,856 22,053 20,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.76% 17.79% 15.61%
Number of salaries quoted 5,764 11,814 12,559
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,968 £42,500 £40,317
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +2.42%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -3.06%

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 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for JSP 440 in the UK

JSP 440
Top 9 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 4 December 2023. 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 +323 34 £69,000 -1.43% 33
UK excluding London +234 22 £69,000 -1.43% 28
Work from Home +249 18 £70,000 - 13
London +269 10 £82,500 +17.86% 3
South East +155 10 £54,710 -27.05% 5
South West +75 6 £80,000 +14.29% 20
West Midlands - 3 £55,000 -
Midlands - 3 £55,000 -
East of England - 3 £75,000 - 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (17.14%) MS Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.71%) AWS
1 2 (5.71%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) VLAN
General
1 1 (2.86%) Legal
1 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
1 1 (2.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (48.57%) Consultant
2 13 (37.14%) Security Consultant
3 8 (22.86%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 6 (17.14%) Coordinator
4 6 (17.14%) IT Support
4 6 (17.14%) IT Support Specialist
4 6 (17.14%) Security Assurance Coordinator
4 6 (17.14%) Support Specialist
5 4 (11.43%) Cyber Defence Consultant
6 3 (8.57%) Architect
6 3 (8.57%) Bid Consultant
6 3 (8.57%) Principal Consultant
6 3 (8.57%) Security Architect
7 2 (5.71%) Managing Consultant
8 1 (2.86%) Information Assurance Consultant
8 1 (2.86%) Information Officer
8 1 (2.86%) Information Security Officer
8 1 (2.86%) Security Officer
8 1 (2.86%) Senior
8 1 (2.86%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (37.14%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Fibre Optics
2 5 (14.29%) CESG
2 5 (14.29%) CESG CLAS
3 2 (5.71%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (51.43%) Information Assurance
3 8 (22.86%) Information Security
4 7 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 7 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 7 (20.00%) Mathematics
4 7 (20.00%) Physics
4 7 (20.00%) Security Architecture
5 6 (17.14%) Business Case
5 6 (17.14%) Business Development
5 6 (17.14%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 6 (17.14%) Decision-Making
5 6 (17.14%) Line Management
5 6 (17.14%) Mobile Device Management
5 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (17.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (14.29%) Communications Security
6 5 (14.29%) Computer Security
6 5 (14.29%) Key Management
6 5 (14.29%) Risk Register
Qualifications
1 34 (97.14%) Security Cleared
2 18 (51.43%) DV Cleared
3 16 (45.71%) CISSP
4 13 (37.14%) SC Cleared
5 7 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (20.00%) Degree
5 7 (20.00%) HND
5 7 (20.00%) Numerate Degree
6 6 (17.14%) CESG Certified Professional
7 5 (14.29%) CISM
7 5 (14.29%) CLAS
8 2 (5.71%) AWS Certification
8 2 (5.71%) Azure Certification
8 2 (5.71%) SANS
9 1 (2.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (45.71%) RMADS
2 15 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (31.43%) NCSC
4 8 (22.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 7 (20.00%) GRC
5 7 (20.00%) NIST
6 2 (5.71%) Def Stans
6 2 (5.71%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (2.86%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft