Security Patching Jobs in the South West

Security Patching
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Security Patching skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Patching over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 251 260 300
Rank change year-on-year +9 +40 -18
Permanent jobs citing Security Patching 41 10 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.44% 0.14% 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.15% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 23 5 1
10th Percentile £44,300 £52,000 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £66,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +17.39% +27.78%
75th Percentile £61,250 £76,250 £58,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% +3.45% -7.94%

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,753 6,536 7,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.05% 94.48% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5,554 3,644 5,025
10th Percentile £28,833 £30,500 £30,932
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,238 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Security Patching
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

Security Patching
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Security Patching in the South West

Security Patching
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Patching in the South West over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Patching in the South West

Security Patching
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Patching within the South West region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Devon - 22 £57,500 -
Wiltshire +10 17 £50,000 -
Bristol +17 2 £55,000 +22.22% 1
Security Patching
England

Security Patching
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (14.63%) Skype for Business
2 3 (7.32%) Tomcat
2 3 (7.32%) WildFly
3 2 (4.88%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.44%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.63%) Azure
2 5 (12.20%) AWS
2 5 (12.20%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (12.20%) Nutanix
2 5 (12.20%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 15 (36.59%) Firewall
2 14 (34.15%) LAN
2 14 (34.15%) SD-WAN
2 14 (34.15%) VPN
2 14 (34.15%) WAN
2 14 (34.15%) Wi-Fi
3 13 (31.71%) Network Security
4 6 (14.63%) Skype
4 6 (14.63%) Unified Communications
5 5 (12.20%) WLAN
6 1 (2.44%) NAS
6 1 (2.44%) SAN
6 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.44%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (31.71%) MySQL
1 13 (31.71%) SQL Server
2 7 (17.07%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (17.07%) OLTP
2 7 (17.07%) Relational Database
3 3 (7.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Git
General
1 9 (21.95%) Social Skills
2 2 (4.88%) Finance
2 2 (4.88%) Legal
2 2 (4.88%) Military
3 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (34.15%) Network Manager
2 9 (21.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (19.51%) Linux Engineer
3 8 (19.51%) Linux Systems Engineer
3 8 (19.51%) Systems Engineer
4 7 (17.07%) Administrator
4 7 (17.07%) DBA
4 7 (17.07%) Network Operations Manager
4 7 (17.07%) NOC Manager
4 7 (17.07%) Operations Manager
5 6 (14.63%) Network Security Manager
5 6 (14.63%) Security Manager
6 5 (12.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 5 (12.20%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (12.20%) Backup Engineer
6 5 (12.20%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (12.20%) IT Manager
6 5 (12.20%) IT Security Manager
6 5 (12.20%) Storage and Backup Engineer
6 5 (12.20%) Storage Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (48.78%) Data Centre
2 9 (21.95%) Management Information System
3 7 (17.07%) Learning Management System
4 5 (12.20%) EMC VNX
4 5 (12.20%) Public Cloud
4 5 (12.20%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (4.88%) PKI
5 2 (4.88%) Smartcard
6 1 (2.44%) Life Science
6 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.44%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 13 (31.71%) Linux
2 12 (29.27%) Windows
2 12 (29.27%) Windows Server
3 8 (19.51%) Debian
3 8 (19.51%) Ubuntu
4 6 (14.63%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (12.20%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) Computer Science
1 14 (34.15%) Cybersecurity
1 14 (34.15%) Office Automation
2 13 (31.71%) Project Delivery
2 13 (31.71%) Service Delivery
3 11 (26.83%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (21.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 8 (19.51%) B2B
5 8 (19.51%) Configuration Management
5 8 (19.51%) Containerisation
5 8 (19.51%) Continuous Delivery
5 8 (19.51%) DevOps
5 8 (19.51%) Mathematics
5 8 (19.51%) Physics
5 8 (19.51%) Server Management
5 8 (19.51%) Test Automation
5 8 (19.51%) Validation
6 7 (17.07%) Data Modelling
6 7 (17.07%) OWASP
6 7 (17.07%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.51%) Python
1 8 (19.51%) SQL
2 7 (17.07%) Bash
Qualifications
1 18 (43.90%) Degree
2 14 (34.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (17.07%) SC Cleared
3 7 (17.07%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (19.51%) PMO
2 7 (17.07%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (4.88%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (31.71%) Virtual Machines
2 8 (19.51%) Active Directory
3 6 (14.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (14.63%) vSphere
4 5 (12.20%) Docker
4 5 (12.20%) Hyper-V
4 5 (12.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (34.15%) WSUS
2 5 (12.20%) Ansible
2 5 (12.20%) EMC NetWorker
2 5 (12.20%) Kubernetes
2 5 (12.20%) Nagios
2 5 (12.20%) SCCM
2 5 (12.20%) vCenter Server
3 1 (2.44%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 13 (31.71%) Cisco
2 12 (29.27%) Microsoft
3 7 (17.07%) Oracle
4 6 (14.63%) VMware
5 5 (12.20%) Aruba
5 5 (12.20%) EMC
5 5 (12.20%) Meraki
5 5 (12.20%) Red Hat
5 5 (12.20%) SolarWinds
5 5 (12.20%) Veeam
6 1 (2.44%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.44%) Fortinet