Security Patching Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Patching
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Security Patching skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Patching over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 318 458
Rank change year-on-year +36 +140 +153
Contract jobs citing Security Patching 22 27 19
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.18% 0.073%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.20% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 19 14
10th Percentile £396 £326 £280
25th Percentile £400 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £413
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% +15.15% -17.50%
75th Percentile £592 £525 £556
90th Percentile £603 £557 £613
UK median daily rate £483 £513 £425
% change year-on-year -5.85% +20.59% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.79
Median hourly rate - - £23.86
75th Percentile - - £26.93
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £33.00 - £23.86

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Security Patching
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Security Patching as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Patching trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Security Patching
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Security Patching.

Security Patching daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Patching
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Security Patching over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Security Patching daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Patching
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.09%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (45.45%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) AWS
2 3 (13.64%) IaaS
3 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.09%) OneDrive
3 2 (9.09%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (4.55%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (36.36%) Firewall
2 3 (13.64%) DHCP
2 3 (13.64%) DNS
2 3 (13.64%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (13.64%) SAN
3 2 (9.09%) Network Security
3 2 (9.09%) SD-WAN
3 2 (9.09%) WAN
4 1 (4.55%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle Database
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) GitLab
General
1 5 (22.73%) Finance
2 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
2 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Architect
1 4 (18.18%) Security Architect
1 4 (18.18%) Security Solutions Architect
1 4 (18.18%) Security Technical Architect
1 4 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
1 4 (18.18%) Technical Architect
1 4 (18.18%) Technical Solutions Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Azure Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Database Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle Database Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) VMware Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Active Directory Support
3 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Support
3 2 (9.09%) Salesforce Developer
3 2 (9.09%) SCCM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 2 (9.09%) Lightning Web Components
2 2 (9.09%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
2 1 (4.55%) Linux
2 1 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Patch Management
2 8 (36.36%) DevOps
3 7 (31.82%) Incident Response
3 7 (31.82%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (27.27%) Security Monitoring
5 5 (22.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (22.73%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 4 (18.18%) ITIL
6 4 (18.18%) Performance Optimisation
7 3 (13.64%) Database Security
7 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (13.64%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 2 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (9.09%) Inventory Management
8 2 (9.09%) Machine Learning
8 2 (9.09%) Network Management
8 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (9.09%) SIEM
8 2 (9.09%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.09%) Apex Code
2 2 (9.09%) Bash
2 2 (9.09%) Python
2 2 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
1 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) CISSP
2 2 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (4.55%) ISEB
3 1 (4.55%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.55%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (13.64%) SLA
2 2 (9.09%) NCSC
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.55%) NIST
3 1 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 5 (22.73%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.64%) DFS Replication
2 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (13.64%) vSphere
3 2 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (27.27%) SCCM
2 3 (13.64%) Ansible
2 3 (13.64%) Data Guard
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (9.09%) Terraform
3 2 (9.09%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) ServiceNow
3 3 (13.64%) Oracle
3 3 (13.64%) VMware
4 2 (9.09%) Cisco
4 2 (9.09%) Palo Alto
4 2 (9.09%) Salesforce
5 1 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (4.55%) Red Hat