Security Patching Contract Job Trends in the North West

Security Patching
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Security Patching skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 - 141
Rank change year-on-year - - +40
Contract jobs citing Security Patching 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.082% - 0.037%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.092% - 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.88%
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £673 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +63.15% -2.94% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.75 - -
Median hourly rate £26.50 - -
75th Percentile £27.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £33.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,171 1,916 2,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.54% 85.27% 88.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,434 1,062 1,637
10th Percentile £213 £291 £276
25th Percentile £358 £394 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £568 £575 £600
90th Percentile £664 £656 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 113 152
10th Percentile £15.56 £16.01 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.75 £21.25 £17.75
Median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.92% -8.45% +46.15%
75th Percentile £46.71 £51.91 £46.35
90th Percentile £69.35 £69.44 £64.88
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%

Security Patching
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Security Patching job vacancy trend in the North West

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Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Security Patching.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Security Patching

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Security Patching.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Security Patching

Security Patching
Contract Job Locations in the North 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 North West region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Manchester - 1 £450 -
Cheshire - 1 - - 1
Security Patching
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Google Workspace
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Linux Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Software Licensing
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google