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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 828 910 1138
Rank change year-on-year +82 +228 -315
Permanent jobs citing JSP 440 68 60 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.069% 0.057% 0.061%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.50% 0.30% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 33 54 58
10th Percentile £53,750 £54,500 £35,625
25th Percentile £58,520 £58,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £77,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% - -

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 13,490 20,156 25,732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.76% 19.26% 16.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,233 9,268 13,209
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +123 66 £67,500 +3.85% 19
UK excluding London +43 61 £67,500 +3.85% 18
South West +27 46 £60,851 -13.07% 9
Work from Home +96 45 £61,351 -12.36% 12
South East +39 13 £69,000 +15.00% 2
London +114 4 £80,000 +18.52%
West Midlands +18 1 £60,000 -7.69% 2
Midlands 0 1 £60,000 -7.69% 2
East of England - 1 - - 3

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 12 (17.65%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.94%) AWS
1 2 (2.94%) Azure
1 2 (2.94%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.47%) DHCP
1 1 (1.47%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.47%) SQL Server
General
1 24 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 14 (20.59%) Aerospace
3 11 (16.18%) Military
4 10 (14.71%) Aviation
4 10 (14.71%) Finance
5 5 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.94%) Legal
Job Titles
1 47 (69.12%) Consultant
2 45 (66.18%) Security Consultant
3 35 (51.47%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 17 (25.00%) Senior
5 14 (20.59%) Coordinator
5 14 (20.59%) Cyber Defence Consultant
5 14 (20.59%) Security Assurance Coordinator
5 14 (20.59%) Senior Consultant
5 14 (20.59%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
5 14 (20.59%) Senior Security Consultant
6 8 (11.76%) Bid Consultant
7 6 (8.82%) Lead
8 5 (7.35%) Architect
8 5 (7.35%) Security Architect
9 3 (4.41%) Information Assurance Consultant
9 3 (4.41%) Security Solutions Architect
9 3 (4.41%) Senior Architect
9 3 (4.41%) Senior Security Architect
9 3 (4.41%) Senior Solutions Architect
9 3 (4.41%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.47%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 20 (29.41%) Management Information System
2 19 (27.94%) CESG
3 4 (5.88%) CESG CLAS
4 3 (4.41%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.41%) Linux
2 2 (2.94%) AIX
2 2 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (2.94%) Unix
3 1 (1.47%) Windows
3 1 (1.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (72.06%) Risk Management
2 43 (63.24%) Cybersecurity
3 40 (58.82%) Information Assurance
4 28 (41.18%) Information Security
5 25 (36.76%) Security Operations
6 20 (29.41%) Business Development
6 20 (29.41%) Incident Management
6 20 (29.41%) Incident Response
6 20 (29.41%) Mentoring
6 20 (29.41%) Protective Monitoring
7 15 (22.06%) Innovative Thinking
8 13 (19.12%) Creative Thinking
8 13 (19.12%) Matrix Organization
9 11 (16.18%) Project Management
10 10 (14.71%) Active Listening
11 9 (13.24%) Configuration Management
12 6 (8.82%) Information Management
12 6 (8.82%) Security Architecture
13 4 (5.88%) Contingency Planning
13 4 (5.88%) Key Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.47%) R
Qualifications
1 40 (58.82%) Security Cleared
2 21 (30.88%) SC Cleared
3 17 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 15 (22.06%) CISMP
5 12 (17.65%) IISP
6 11 (16.18%) CISM
6 11 (16.18%) CISSP
7 10 (14.71%) CESG Certified Professional
8 7 (10.29%) Degree
9 5 (7.35%) CLAS
10 4 (5.88%) CISA
11 1 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.47%) HND
11 1 (1.47%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (57.35%) RMADS
2 32 (47.06%) NIST
3 20 (29.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 17 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (20.59%) NIST 800
6 9 (13.24%) NCSC
7 3 (4.41%) HMG Infosec
System Software
1 1 (1.47%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.47%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.47%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 5 (7.35%) Splunk
2 3 (4.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.41%) Red Hat
3 2 (2.94%) ArcSight
3 2 (2.94%) Cisco
3 2 (2.94%) Oracle
3 2 (2.94%) Sophos
3 2 (2.94%) Tripwire
4 1 (1.47%) Veeam
4 1 (1.47%) VMware