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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 418 501
Rank change year-on-year +48 +83 +176
Permanent jobs citing JSP 440 17 10 27
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.10% 0.067% 0.098%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.59% 0.38% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 12
10th Percentile - £62,500 £52,625
25th Percentile £76,250 £64,375 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £68,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% +2.94% -2.86%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,875 £83,125
90th Percentile - £79,500 £89,500
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 2,860 2,648 3,850
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.40% 17.63% 13.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,652 1,511 3,014
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,716 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,104 £50,000 £42,757
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,319
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.36% -1.14%
75th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £92,500
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 12 (70.59%) AWS
1 12 (70.59%) Azure
2 4 (23.53%) SaaS
3 1 (5.88%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (64.71%) Firewall
1 11 (64.71%) Network Security
2 7 (41.18%) DMZ
3 4 (23.53%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 12 (70.59%) Public Sector
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Consultant
2 8 (47.06%) Security Consultant
3 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 4 (23.53%) Security Manager
3 4 (23.53%) Senior
3 4 (23.53%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Risk Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Security Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Security Technical Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 11 (64.71%) Security Posture
2 10 (58.82%) Blog
3 8 (47.06%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 7 (41.18%) Cloud Native
4 7 (41.18%) Cloud Security Posture
4 7 (41.18%) PKI
5 4 (23.53%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (94.12%) Risk Management
3 12 (70.59%) Cloud Security
3 12 (70.59%) Security Architecture
4 11 (64.71%) ISMS
5 8 (47.06%) Collaborative Working
5 8 (47.06%) Containerisation
5 8 (47.06%) Information Security
5 8 (47.06%) Threat Modelling
6 7 (41.18%) AI
6 7 (41.18%) Cryptography
6 7 (41.18%) Key Management
6 7 (41.18%) RBAC
6 7 (41.18%) SDLC
6 7 (41.18%) Use Case
6 7 (41.18%) Workshop Facilitation
6 7 (41.18%) Zero Trust
7 4 (23.53%) Business Continuity
7 4 (23.53%) Risk Analysis
7 4 (23.53%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (76.47%) DV Cleared
3 11 (64.71%) SC Cleared
4 9 (52.94%) CISM
4 9 (52.94%) CISSP
5 8 (47.06%) CRISC
6 4 (23.53%) CISMP
6 4 (23.53%) GSEC
6 4 (23.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 4 (23.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (5.88%) AWS Certification
7 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
7 1 (5.88%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (94.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 16 (94.12%) NIST
2 10 (58.82%) GRC
3 8 (47.06%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 8 (47.06%) NCSC
4 7 (41.18%) GDPR
4 7 (41.18%) PCI DSS
5 4 (23.53%) Government Security Classifications
5 4 (23.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 4 (23.53%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Google