Security Patching Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Security Patching
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Security Patching skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 41 -
Rank change year-on-year -29 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Patching 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.13% 0.31% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.34% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £238 -
Median % change year-on-year +31.79% - -
South East median daily rate £313 £504 £400
% change year-on-year -37.87% +25.94% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

Security Patching falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 617 292 300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 78.60% 90.40% 81.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 411 171 209
10th Percentile £350 £225 £250
25th Percentile £450 £343 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £435 £463
Median % change year-on-year +20.69% -5.95% -10.97%
75th Percentile £595 £538 £538
90th Percentile £630 £635 £625
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £511
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.07% -1.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 42 7
10th Percentile - £14.20 £17.31
25th Percentile £12.84 £15.12 £19.98
Median hourly rate £14.05 £15.91 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% -46.97% +82.93%
75th Percentile £17.50 £25.15 £36.37
90th Percentile £43.75 - £37.25
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £22.13 £57.43
% change year-on-year +125.94% -61.46% +7.34%

Security Patching
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Patching relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Security Patching job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Security Patching
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Security Patching.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Security Patching

Security Patching
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Security Patching.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Security Patching

Security Patching
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 25 September 2026. 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
Milton Keynes -27 1 £313 +31.79% 3
Security Patching
South East

Security Patching
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Administrator
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP