Security Patching Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Security Patching
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring Security Patching skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Patching 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 0.34% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £540 £325 -
% change year-on-year +66.15% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 273 92 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 94.14% 81.42% 79.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 67 21
10th Percentile £378 £304 £313
25th Percentile £433 £358 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £477 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.97% +0.42% -11.67%
75th Percentile £538 £519 £500
90th Percentile £559 £567 £588
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.75% +3.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £26.13 - -
25th Percentile £27.59 - -
Median hourly rate £31.31 £23.60 -
Median % change year-on-year +32.65% - -
75th Percentile £36.30 - -
90th Percentile £38.53 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.05 £29.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -20.52% +5.45% +55.19%

Security Patching
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Security Patching job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Security Patching
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

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

Security Patching
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

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 Shropshire region over the 6 months to 12 November 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
Shrewsbury - 1 £380 -
Security Patching
West Midlands

Security Patching
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet