Security Patching Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Security Patching
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Security Patching skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 83 92
Rank change year-on-year +14 +9 +28
Contract jobs citing Security Patching 11 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 1.06% 0.26% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 0.32% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £474 - -
25th Percentile £488 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 - -
75th Percentile £511 - -
90th Percentile £516 - -
South East median daily rate £456 £400 £350
% change year-on-year +14.06% +14.29% -33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 898 936 1,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 86.35% 80.07% 87.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 595 618 673
10th Percentile £325 £360 £300
25th Percentile £450 £460 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £566 £535
Median % change year-on-year -7.28% +5.84% +1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £645 £638
90th Percentile £650 £704 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £511 £523
% change year-on-year -2.19% -2.17% +2.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 64 96
10th Percentile £16.17 £26.25 £15.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £31.25 £21.00
Median hourly rate £20.71 £70.00 £51.96
Median % change year-on-year -70.41% +34.72% +15.47%
75th Percentile £26.33 £75.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £50.00 £77.63 £70.00
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.17 £52.10
% change year-on-year -64.40% +11.66% +46.93%

Security Patching
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Security Patching job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Security Patching
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Security Patching
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Security Patching
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 26 October 2025. 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
Romsey - 6 £508 -
Southampton - 3 £488 -
Basingstoke - 1 £490 -
Havant - 1 - -
Security Patching
South East

Security Patching
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (9.09%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 9 (81.82%) MSI
General
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) SCCM Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Configuration Manager
2 4 (36.36%) Systems Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Configuration and Release Manager
3 1 (9.09%) HR Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Oracle Payroll Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Oracle Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Platform Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Release and Configuration Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Release Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Wintel Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Wintel Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 9 (81.82%) Windows
2 8 (72.73%) Windows 10
3 7 (63.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Change Management
2 7 (63.64%) Data Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (9.09%) ITSM
3 1 (9.09%) Network Management
3 1 (9.09%) Regression Testing
3 1 (9.09%) System Testing
3 1 (9.09%) Unit Testing
3 1 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (9.09%) Workflow
3 1 (9.09%) Workflow Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (81.82%) C#
1 9 (81.82%) PowerShell
2 8 (72.73%) VB
3 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) Security Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
Systems Management
1 9 (81.82%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle