Security Patching Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Patching
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 543 578 750
Rank change year-on-year +35 +172 -216
Permanent jobs citing Security Patching 41 85 95
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.20% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.21% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 35 55 90
10th Percentile £33,500 £39,000 £33,475
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -20.83%
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,125 £54,688
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,939 40,754 65,870
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.60% 96.10% 96.90%
Number of salaries quoted 23,489 28,301 41,422
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Security Patching
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Patching as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Patching trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Patching
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Patching.

Security Patching salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Patching
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Patching over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Security Patching salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Patching
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (4.88%) Apache
1 2 (4.88%) nginx
1 2 (4.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (34.15%) Azure
2 10 (24.39%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (19.51%) AWS
4 5 (12.20%) Nutanix
4 5 (12.20%) OpenShift
5 2 (4.88%) Akamai
5 2 (4.88%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (4.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (4.88%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.88%) GitHub
5 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (4.88%) OneDrive
5 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 18 (43.90%) VPN
2 17 (41.46%) Firewall
3 16 (39.02%) LAN
3 16 (39.02%) WAN
4 14 (34.15%) Network Security
5 13 (31.71%) SD-WAN
5 13 (31.71%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (12.20%) WLAN
7 3 (7.32%) DNS
8 2 (4.88%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (4.88%) DHCP
8 2 (4.88%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (4.88%) TCP/IP
8 2 (4.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.20%) MySQL
1 5 (12.20%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.88%) Power BI
General
1 6 (14.63%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.76%) Advertising
2 4 (9.76%) Finance
3 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (31.71%) Network Manager
2 10 (24.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (17.07%) IT Manager
3 7 (17.07%) IT Security Manager
3 7 (17.07%) Network Operations Manager
3 7 (17.07%) NOC Manager
3 7 (17.07%) Operations Manager
3 7 (17.07%) Security Manager
4 5 (12.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Backup Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Network Security Manager
4 5 (12.20%) Storage and Backup Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Storage Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Analyst
6 3 (7.32%) Infrastructure Support
6 3 (7.32%) IT Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) IT Support
6 3 (7.32%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) ARM Templates
1 2 (4.88%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 15 (36.59%) Data Centre
2 7 (17.07%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (12.20%) EMC VNX
3 5 (12.20%) Public Cloud
4 2 (4.88%) Anti-Spyware
4 2 (4.88%) BYOD
4 2 (4.88%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.44%) IVR
5 1 (2.44%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.44%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 17 (41.46%) Windows
2 9 (21.95%) Windows Server
3 8 (19.51%) Linux
4 5 (12.20%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (12.20%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (4.88%) Android
5 2 (4.88%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (2.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (48.78%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (36.59%) Project Delivery
3 13 (31.71%) Office Automation
3 13 (31.71%) Service Delivery
4 10 (24.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (17.07%) Server Management
5 7 (17.07%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 5 (12.20%) ITSM
6 5 (12.20%) Service Management
6 5 (12.20%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (9.76%) Information Security
7 4 (9.76%) Patch Management
7 4 (9.76%) Technical Analysis
8 3 (7.32%) Customer Service
8 3 (7.32%) ITIL
8 3 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (7.32%) Risk Assessment
8 3 (7.32%) Security Operations
9 2 (4.88%) Change Management
9 2 (4.88%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (24.39%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.88%) Bash
2 2 (4.88%) Korn
2 2 (4.88%) PHP
2 2 (4.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (12.20%) SC Cleared
1 5 (12.20%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.32%) CISSP
3 2 (4.88%) CISM
4 1 (2.44%) CCNA
4 1 (2.44%) CCNP
4 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.44%) CISMP
4 1 (2.44%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) GDPR
2 2 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (24.39%) Active Directory
2 7 (17.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (14.63%) Hyper-V
3 6 (14.63%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (12.20%) Docker
5 2 (4.88%) Firmware
5 2 (4.88%) XenApp
6 1 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (41.46%) WSUS
2 9 (21.95%) SCCM
3 6 (14.63%) Ansible
4 5 (12.20%) EMC NetWorker
4 5 (12.20%) Kubernetes
4 5 (12.20%) Nagios
4 5 (12.20%) vCenter Server
5 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (4.88%) Nessus
7 1 (2.44%) Progress Chef
7 1 (2.44%) Puppet
Vendors
1 16 (39.02%) Cisco
1 16 (39.02%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.07%) VMware
3 6 (14.63%) Red Hat
4 5 (12.20%) Aruba
4 5 (12.20%) EMC
4 5 (12.20%) Meraki
4 5 (12.20%) SolarWinds
4 5 (12.20%) Veeam
5 3 (7.32%) Qualys
6 2 (4.88%) Apple
6 2 (4.88%) Citrix
6 2 (4.88%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (4.88%) Google
7 1 (2.44%) Mitel