Hybrid/Remote JSP 440 Job Trends

The Defence Manual of Security Issue 3 (JSP 440)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring JSP 440 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 426 494
Rank change year-on-year +71 +68 +174
Permanent jobs citing JSP 440 14 9 30
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.086% 0.057% 0.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.50% 0.33% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 15
10th Percentile - £62,500 £51,000
25th Percentile £76,250 £64,375 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,875 £83,750
90th Percentile - £79,500 £88,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £76,250 £69,000
% change year-on-year -8.20% +10.51% -1.43%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,820 2,730 3,836
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.40% 17.42% 13.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,651 1,500 3,000
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,259 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.94% -0.74%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,875 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

JSP 440
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JSP 440 and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

JSP 440 job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

JSP 440
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing JSP 440.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing JSP 440

JSP 440
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (64.29%) AWS
1 9 (64.29%) Azure
2 4 (28.57%) SaaS
3 1 (7.14%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) Firewall
1 8 (57.14%) Network Security
2 7 (50.00%) DMZ
3 1 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 12 (85.71%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.14%) Finance
2 1 (7.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (85.71%) Consultant
2 8 (57.14%) Security Consultant
3 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Risk Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Security Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Security Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Security Technical Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 8 (57.14%) Security Posture
2 7 (50.00%) Blog
2 7 (50.00%) Cloud Native
2 7 (50.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 7 (50.00%) PKI
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (92.86%) Risk Management
3 11 (78.57%) ISMS
4 9 (64.29%) Cloud Security
4 9 (64.29%) Security Architecture
5 8 (57.14%) Containerisation
5 8 (57.14%) Threat Modelling
6 7 (50.00%) AI
6 7 (50.00%) Cryptography
6 7 (50.00%) Key Management
6 7 (50.00%) RBAC
6 7 (50.00%) SDLC
6 7 (50.00%) Use Case
6 7 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
6 7 (50.00%) Zero Trust
7 5 (35.71%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (35.71%) Information Security
8 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
8 4 (28.57%) Presales
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (71.43%) DV Cleared
3 8 (57.14%) SC Cleared
4 6 (42.86%) CISM
4 6 (42.86%) CISSP
5 5 (35.71%) CRISC
6 4 (28.57%) CISMP
6 4 (28.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 4 (28.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (7.14%) AWS Certification
7 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
7 1 (7.14%) GSEC
7 1 (7.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (92.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (92.86%) NIST
2 10 (71.43%) GRC
3 8 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 8 (57.14%) NCSC
4 7 (50.00%) GDPR
4 7 (50.00%) PCI DSS
5 4 (28.57%) NIST 800
6 1 (7.14%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (7.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Google