Security Patching Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Security Patching
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Security Patching skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 100 116
Rank change year-on-year -34 +16 +53
Contract jobs citing Security Patching 3 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.13% 0.30% 0.054%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.35% 0.064%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £410 £321 -
25th Percentile £454 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £325 -
Median % change year-on-year +66.15% - -
75th Percentile £639 - -
90th Percentile £691 £344 -
England median daily rate £687 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +71.63% -5.88% -15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,965 1,425 1,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 87.26% 85.69% 85.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,239 903 1,066
10th Percentile £263 £225 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
75th Percentile £584 £612 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 46 49
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.70 £14.46
25th Percentile £16.12 £16.81 £17.50
Median hourly rate £20.50 £23.89 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.19% +3.87% +29.94%
75th Percentile £27.21 £34.69 £55.00
90th Percentile £40.19 £52.50 £67.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Security Patching
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Security Patching job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Security Patching
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Security Patching
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Patching in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Patching in the West Midlands

Security Patching
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Security Patching
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 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
Warwickshire - 2 £700 - 1
Shropshire - 1 £380 - 1
Security Patching
England

Security Patching
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (33.33%) Drupal
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP GRC
1 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) IaaS
2 1 (33.33%) PaaS
2 1 (33.33%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) VLAN
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MongoDB
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
1 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (33.33%) SAP HANA
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Backend Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Basis Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Drush
1 1 (33.33%) Node.js
1 1 (33.33%) RESTful
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Basis
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Linux Command Line
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Unix
2 1 (33.33%) VMS
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) AIOps
2 1 (33.33%) Clean Code
2 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Security
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) UX Design
2 1 (33.33%) Zero Defects
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) PHP
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) Ruby
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe
2 1 (33.33%) Ariba
2 1 (33.33%) Aruba
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Concur
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) SAP