Security Patching Contracts in the South West

Security Patching
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Security Patching skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Patching over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 165 163
Rank change year-on-year +41 -2 -22
Contract jobs citing Security Patching 26 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.81% 0.081% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 0.091% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 2 0
10th Percentile £300 £298 -
25th Percentile £560 £331 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% - -
75th Percentile £588 £456 -
90th Percentile - £483 -
England median daily rate £500 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +25.00% -5.88% +17.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Security Patching is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,650 3,299 3,329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.97% 89.57% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,714 2,417 2,348
10th Percentile £223 £313 £301
25th Percentile £406 £425 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +9.00% +6.95%
75th Percentile £625 £640 £588
90th Percentile £700 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 348 194
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.63 £17.69 £17.25
Median hourly rate £47.83 £61.50 £48.38
Median % change year-on-year -22.23% +27.13% +7.50%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £64.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.34 £69.95
England median hourly rate £35.00 £38.35 £24.00
% change year-on-year -8.74% +59.79% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Security Patching as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Security Patching in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Patching in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Security Patching in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Patching in the South West over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Patching in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Patching in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Security Patching in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Patching within the South West region over the 6 months to 24 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wiltshire +14 15 £575 +15.00% 1
Bristol - 11 £570 - 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (50.00%) Network Security
2 3 (11.54%) LAN
2 3 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (7.69%) DHCP
3 2 (7.69%) DNS
General
1 9 (34.62%) Public Sector
2 8 (30.77%) Electronics
2 8 (30.77%) Finance
2 8 (30.77%) Manufacturing
2 8 (30.77%) Marketing
2 8 (30.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (42.31%) Platform Manager
2 9 (34.62%) Change and Release Manager
2 9 (34.62%) Change Manager
2 9 (34.62%) ITIL Change Manager
2 9 (34.62%) ITIL Manager
2 9 (34.62%) ITIL Release Manager
2 9 (34.62%) Release Manager
3 3 (11.54%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 3 (11.54%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (11.54%) Desktop Support
4 2 (7.69%) Administrator
4 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (7.69%) Wintel Administrator
4 2 (7.69%) Wintel Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Wintel Systems Administrator
5 1 (3.85%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 1 (3.85%) Deployment Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 14 (53.85%) PKI
2 1 (3.85%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 16 (61.54%) Windows
2 2 (7.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (84.62%) Change Management
2 9 (34.62%) ITIL
2 9 (34.62%) Release Management
3 8 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (30.77%) Digital Marketing
3 8 (30.77%) Programme Management
4 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 14 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 13 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) SAP