Security Patching Jobs in England

Security Patching
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Security Patching skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Patching over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 630 749 702
Rank change year-on-year +119 -47 +249
Permanent jobs citing Security Patching 61 90 221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.10% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.12% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 55 69 155
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,950 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% +3.45%
75th Percentile £61,375 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £69,500 £74,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £52,250 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% +5.56% +1.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,063 73,227 85,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.14% 85.42% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23,601 53,820 50,635
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £42,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,000 £73,410 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Security Patching
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Security Patching as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Patching in England

Security Patching
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Patching in England.

Salary trend for Security Patching in England

Security Patching
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Patching in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Patching in England

Security Patching
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +100 21 £55,000 +18.92% 39
London +111 18 £65,000 +73.33% 14
North of England +60 11 £37,500 -46.43% 16
Yorkshire - 11 £37,500 - 7
South West +83 6 £60,000 +9.09% 15
Midlands +56 3 £52,000 +30.00% 17
West Midlands +51 2 £51,000 +27.50% 9
East of England - 2 £35,000 - 17
East Midlands +33 1 £52,500 +42.86% 7
Security Patching
UK

Security Patching
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (6.56%) Chatbot
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (14.75%) Magento
1 9 (14.75%) NetSuite
1 9 (14.75%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (4.92%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (26.23%) Azure
2 9 (14.75%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
3 8 (13.11%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (8.20%) AWS
5 4 (6.56%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.28%) OneDrive
6 2 (3.28%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.64%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 12 (19.67%) Firewall
2 10 (16.39%) Internet
3 9 (14.75%) VPN
4 7 (11.48%) DHCP
4 7 (11.48%) DNS
5 6 (9.84%) Network Security
6 5 (8.20%) LAN
7 4 (6.56%) SAN
7 4 (6.56%) WAN
7 4 (6.56%) Wireless
8 3 (4.92%) Broadband
8 3 (4.92%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (4.92%) GPON
8 3 (4.92%) IPv4
8 3 (4.92%) IPv6
8 3 (4.92%) MPLS
8 3 (4.92%) NetScaler
8 3 (4.92%) Unified Communications
8 3 (4.92%) VXLAN
9 2 (3.28%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (14.75%) MySQL
2 5 (8.20%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.28%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 23 (37.70%) Social Skills
2 14 (22.95%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (16.39%) Finance
4 9 (14.75%) Marketing
5 6 (9.84%) Retail
6 3 (4.92%) Advertising
7 2 (3.28%) Local Government
7 2 (3.28%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.64%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (27.87%) Senior
2 9 (14.75%) Developer
2 9 (14.75%) Magento Developer
2 9 (14.75%) Senior Developer
2 9 (14.75%) Senior Magento Developer
3 8 (13.11%) IT Engineer
3 8 (13.11%) Security Engineer
4 7 (11.48%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 6 (9.84%) Analyst
5 6 (9.84%) Desktop Support
5 6 (9.84%) IT Support
6 5 (8.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (8.20%) Network Engineer
7 4 (6.56%) Security Manager
7 4 (6.56%) Senior Desktop Support
7 4 (6.56%) Senior IT Support
7 4 (6.56%) Support Analyst
8 3 (4.92%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 3 (4.92%) IT Manager
8 3 (4.92%) Service Operations Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.75%) CSS
1 9 (14.75%) HTML
1 9 (14.75%) XML
2 2 (3.28%) Middleware
3 1 (1.64%) SAP Basis
3 1 (1.64%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.39%) Security Posture
2 8 (13.11%) Data Centre
3 5 (8.20%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.92%) Clustering
4 3 (4.92%) Driving Licence
4 3 (4.92%) Replication
5 2 (3.28%) CMDB
5 2 (3.28%) Handset
5 2 (3.28%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.64%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.64%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.64%) PKI
6 1 (1.64%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 21 (34.43%) Windows
2 13 (21.31%) Windows Server
3 6 (9.84%) Linux
4 5 (8.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (4.92%) Unix
6 2 (3.28%) Apple iOS
6 2 (3.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (27.87%) ITIL
2 13 (21.31%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (21.31%) User Experience
3 11 (18.03%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (16.39%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (16.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (14.75%) B2B
5 9 (14.75%) B2C
5 9 (14.75%) E-Commerce
5 9 (14.75%) Marketing Automation
5 9 (14.75%) QMS
5 9 (14.75%) Quality Management
5 9 (14.75%) Responsive Web Design
5 9 (14.75%) UX Design
6 8 (13.11%) Service Management
7 7 (11.48%) Compliance Audit
7 7 (11.48%) GAP Analysis
7 7 (11.48%) Information Security
7 7 (11.48%) Ticket Management
8 6 (9.84%) Server Building
Programming Languages
1 9 (14.75%) JavaScript
1 9 (14.75%) PHP
2 4 (6.56%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.28%) Python
4 1 (1.64%) C++
4 1 (1.64%) SAPscript
4 1 (1.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (11.48%) Network+ Certification
1 7 (11.48%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.84%) Degree
2 6 (9.84%) DV Cleared
3 5 (8.20%) CISM
3 5 (8.20%) CISSP
4 3 (4.92%) JNCIS
5 2 (3.28%) CEH
6 1 (1.64%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.64%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.64%) CCNA
6 1 (1.64%) CISA
6 1 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.64%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.64%) MCP
6 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certified Master
6 1 (1.64%) SAP Certification
6 1 (1.64%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (22.95%) GDPR
2 11 (18.03%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (18.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (13.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (9.84%) PCI DSS
5 5 (8.20%) NIST
6 4 (6.56%) SLA
7 1 (1.64%) HIPAA
System Software
1 18 (29.51%) Active Directory
2 13 (21.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (14.75%) Docker
4 6 (9.84%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.64%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 13 (21.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (8.20%) Ansible
3 3 (4.92%) Progress Chef
3 3 (4.92%) Puppet
3 3 (4.92%) SCCM
4 1 (1.64%) Nessus
4 1 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.64%) Terraform
4 1 (1.64%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.64%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (27.87%) VMware
2 13 (21.31%) Microsoft
3 9 (14.75%) Adobe
3 9 (14.75%) New Relic
4 8 (13.11%) Cisco
5 5 (8.20%) Citrix
6 4 (6.56%) Red Hat
7 3 (4.92%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (4.92%) EMC
7 3 (4.92%) Juniper
7 3 (4.92%) Remedy
7 3 (4.92%) SaltStack
7 3 (4.92%) Symantec
8 2 (3.28%) Oracle
8 2 (3.28%) Qualys
8 2 (3.28%) SolarWinds
8 2 (3.28%) Wyse
9 1 (1.64%) Dell
9 1 (1.64%) SAP
9 1 (1.64%) Veeam