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 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 446 413 481
Rank change year-on-year -33 +68 +24
Permanent jobs citing JSP 440 16 19 30
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.069% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.41% 0.63% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 9 19 10
10th Percentile £68,000 - £55,644
25th Percentile £72,500 £63,750 £56,817
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% -14.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £61,885
90th Percentile - £74,000 -
UK median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £60,202
% change year-on-year +11.11% +12.12% -7.38%

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 3,867 3,015 3,319
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.76% 18.16% 13.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,444 1,710 2,219
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,150
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £91,375 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%

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
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing JSP 440 over the 6 months to 24 August 2026.

JSP 440 salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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 7 (43.75%) AWS
1 7 (43.75%) Azure
2 5 (31.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (43.75%) Firewall
1 7 (43.75%) Network Security
2 4 (25.00%) DMZ
3 3 (18.75%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 4 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (18.75%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Influencing Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Legal
3 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (81.25%) Consultant
2 9 (56.25%) Security Consultant
3 8 (50.00%) Principal Consultant
3 8 (50.00%) Principal Security Consultant
4 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 3 (18.75%) Security Manager
4 3 (18.75%) Senior
4 3 (18.75%) Senior Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Information Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 7 (43.75%) Blog
3 4 (25.00%) Cloud Native
3 4 (25.00%) Cloud Security Posture
3 4 (25.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 4 (25.00%) PKI
4 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
5 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (68.75%) Risk Management
3 7 (43.75%) Cloud Security
3 7 (43.75%) Security Architecture
4 5 (31.25%) GAP Analysis
4 5 (31.25%) Information Assurance
4 5 (31.25%) Presales
4 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (25.00%) AI
5 4 (25.00%) Containerisation
5 4 (25.00%) Cryptography
5 4 (25.00%) Information Security
5 4 (25.00%) ISMS
5 4 (25.00%) Key Management
5 4 (25.00%) RBAC
5 4 (25.00%) SDLC
5 4 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
5 4 (25.00%) Use Case
5 4 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 4 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (93.75%) DV Cleared
3 12 (75.00%) CISM
3 12 (75.00%) CISSP
3 12 (75.00%) SC Cleared
4 11 (68.75%) CRISC
5 5 (31.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 3 (18.75%) GSEC
7 1 (6.25%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 16 (100.00%) NIST
2 9 (56.25%) GRC
3 5 (31.25%) GDPR
3 5 (31.25%) NCSC
4 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 4 (25.00%) PCI DSS
5 3 (18.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (18.75%) Government Security Classifications
5 3 (18.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 3 (18.75%) QA
6 1 (6.25%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Google