Security Patching Job Trends in the East of England

Security Patching
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Security Patching skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 181 -
Rank change year-on-year +35 - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Patching 13 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.31% 0.085% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.097% -
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 0
10th Percentile - £43,025 -
25th Percentile £27,000 £46,063 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £52,250 -
Median % change year-on-year -46.41% - -
75th Percentile £29,000 £58,563 -
90th Percentile - £61,675 -
England median annual salary £28,000 £52,500 £40,617
% change year-on-year -46.67% +29.26% -9.74%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

Security Patching falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,101 3,079 2,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 74.17% 87.30% 86.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,821 1,190 1,578
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Security Patching
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Patching relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Security Patching job vacancy trend in the East of England

Security Patching
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Security Patching.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Security Patching

Security Patching
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Patching within the East of England region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Essex - 9 £28,000 - 1
Hertfordshire +12 3 - - 1
Cambridgeshire +18 1 - - 2
Security Patching
England

Security Patching
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 9 (69.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (23.08%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (76.92%) DHCP
1 10 (76.92%) DNS
1 10 (76.92%) TCP/IP
2 9 (69.23%) VoIP
2 9 (69.23%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (7.69%) LAN
3 1 (7.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) SAP HANA
General
1 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) IT Support
1 9 (69.23%) IT Support Specialist
1 9 (69.23%) Support Specialist
2 3 (23.08%) Technology Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Deskside Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Onboarding
2 3 (23.08%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Windows
2 9 (69.23%) Mac OS
3 1 (7.69%) Android
3 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
3 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.69%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Customer Service
1 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
1 9 (69.23%) Inventory Management
1 9 (69.23%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (23.08%) Business Transformation
2 3 (23.08%) ERP
2 3 (23.08%) Innovative Thinking
2 3 (23.08%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
3 1 (7.69%) ITIL
3 1 (7.69%) Preventative Maintenance
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 10 (76.92%) Active Directory
2 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 9 (69.23%) Mitel
3 3 (23.08%) SAP
3 3 (23.08%) VMware