Security Patching Jobs in the Midlands

Security Patching
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 248 298 311
Rank change year-on-year +50 +13 +29
Permanent jobs citing Security Patching 3 13 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.043% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.047% 0.13% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 6
10th Percentile £50,200 - £36,875
25th Percentile £50,500 £31,750 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -23.81% +12.30%
75th Percentile £53,375 £42,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £53,600 £46,500 -
England median annual salary £53,750 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +13.16% +5.56% +3.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,397 9,656 9,211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 91.31% 82.42% 96.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,672 7,129 4,625
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,438 £34,834 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,475 £75,000 £78,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Security Patching
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Patching in the Midlands

Security Patching
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Patching in the Midlands

Security Patching
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Patching within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 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
West Midlands +49 2 £51,000 +27.50% 3
East Midlands +35 1 £52,500 +42.86% 2
Security Patching
England

Security Patching
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Automate
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
General
1 2 (66.67%) Advertising
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Runbook
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Security
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) MCP
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certified Master
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (33.33%) Nessus
1 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (33.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Netskope
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) VMware