Security Patching Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Patching
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Security Patching skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Patching over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 681 598 708
Rank change year-on-year -83 +110 -107
Permanent jobs citing Security Patching 83 159 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.26% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.28% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 59 100 114
10th Percentile £31,750 £32,450 £25,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,063 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £47,500 £47,188
90th Percentile £62,250 £56,250 £53,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £44,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% +1.12% -5.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Security Patching is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,475 57,466 67,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.95% 95.60% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 41,116 29,651 41,279
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Security Patching
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Patching in the UK excluding London

Security Patching
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Patching in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Security Patching in the UK excluding London

Security Patching
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Patching in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Patching in the UK excluding London

Security Patching
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Patching within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. 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 West +14 41 £55,000 -18.52%
South East -19 17 £46,250 +8.82% 5
Midlands -4 13 £40,000 -23.81% 2
West Midlands +22 7 £40,000 +8.84% 2
North of England -3 7 £70,000 +75.00% 4
North West -25 7 £70,000 +55.56% 2
East Midlands -14 6 £36,750 -30.00%
Scotland - 4 £45,000 -
Wales +10 1 £52,500 +110.00% 1
Security Patching
UK

Security Patching
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 12 (14.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (7.23%) Skype for Business
3 3 (3.61%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.61%) Tomcat
3 3 (3.61%) WildFly
4 1 (1.20%) Apache
4 1 (1.20%) Confluence
4 1 (1.20%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (2.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 19 (22.89%) Azure
2 13 (15.66%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (10.84%) AWS
4 6 (7.23%) OpenShift
5 5 (6.02%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.20%) Akamai
6 1 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.20%) GitHub
6 1 (1.20%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 33 (39.76%) Firewall
2 19 (22.89%) LAN
2 19 (22.89%) WAN
3 18 (21.69%) Network Security
3 18 (21.69%) VPN
4 14 (16.87%) SD-WAN
4 14 (16.87%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (7.23%) SAN
5 6 (7.23%) Skype
5 6 (7.23%) Unified Communications
6 5 (6.02%) WLAN
7 4 (4.82%) VoIP
7 4 (4.82%) Wireless
8 3 (3.61%) NAS
9 1 (1.20%) DNS
9 1 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (1.20%) PBX
9 1 (1.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (15.66%) MySQL
1 13 (15.66%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.43%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (8.43%) OLTP
2 7 (8.43%) Relational Database
3 3 (3.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.20%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Git
2 1 (1.20%) AdminStudio
General
1 27 (32.53%) Social Skills
2 11 (13.25%) Finance
3 7 (8.43%) Manufacturing
4 5 (6.02%) Legal
5 4 (4.82%) Advertising
5 4 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.82%) Marketing
6 3 (3.61%) Aerospace
6 3 (3.61%) Automotive
6 3 (3.61%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.41%) Military
7 2 (2.41%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.20%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (24.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 14 (16.87%) Network Manager
3 11 (13.25%) Administrator
4 10 (12.05%) Network Engineer
5 9 (10.84%) Systems Engineer
6 8 (9.64%) Linux Engineer
6 8 (9.64%) Linux Systems Engineer
6 8 (9.64%) Security Manager
7 7 (8.43%) DBA
7 7 (8.43%) IT Manager
7 7 (8.43%) IT Security Manager
7 7 (8.43%) Network Operations Manager
7 7 (8.43%) NOC Manager
7 7 (8.43%) Operations Manager
7 7 (8.43%) Senior
8 6 (7.23%) Analyst
8 6 (7.23%) Network Security Manager
9 5 (6.02%) Backup Engineer
9 5 (6.02%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (6.02%) Storage and Backup Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.20%) ARM Templates
1 1 (1.20%) Azure Blueprints
1 1 (1.20%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 21 (25.30%) Data Centre
2 13 (15.66%) Management Information System
3 7 (8.43%) Learning Management System
4 6 (7.23%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (6.02%) EMC VNX
5 5 (6.02%) Public Cloud
6 4 (4.82%) Educational Technology
7 3 (3.61%) Driving Licence
8 2 (2.41%) Anti-Spyware
8 2 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (2.41%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (2.41%) PKI
8 2 (2.41%) Smartcard
9 1 (1.20%) Device Driver
9 1 (1.20%) IVR
9 1 (1.20%) Life Science
9 1 (1.20%) NHS
9 1 (1.20%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.20%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 28 (33.73%) Windows
2 20 (24.10%) Windows Server
3 18 (21.69%) Linux
4 8 (9.64%) Debian
4 8 (9.64%) Ubuntu
5 6 (7.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (6.02%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (3.61%) Mac OS
7 3 (3.61%) Windows 10
8 1 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.20%) Unix
8 1 (1.20%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (34.94%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (27.71%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (24.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 19 (22.89%) Project Delivery
5 16 (19.28%) Computer Science
6 14 (16.87%) Office Automation
7 13 (15.66%) Service Delivery
8 11 (13.25%) Server Management
9 9 (10.84%) Configuration Management
10 8 (9.64%) B2B
10 8 (9.64%) Containerisation
10 8 (9.64%) Continuous Delivery
10 8 (9.64%) DevOps
10 8 (9.64%) ITIL
10 8 (9.64%) Mathematics
10 8 (9.64%) Physics
10 8 (9.64%) Test Automation
10 8 (9.64%) Validation
11 7 (8.43%) Release Management
11 7 (8.43%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.66%) PowerShell
2 10 (12.05%) SQL
3 8 (9.64%) Bash
3 8 (9.64%) Python
4 1 (1.20%) Korn
4 1 (1.20%) PHP
Qualifications
1 21 (25.30%) Degree
2 14 (16.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (10.84%) CCNA
3 9 (10.84%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (9.64%) Security Cleared
5 7 (8.43%) SC Cleared
6 4 (4.82%) CWNA
7 3 (3.61%) CISSP
7 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (3.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (2.41%) CISM
8 2 (2.41%) MCSE
9 1 (1.20%) CCNP
9 1 (1.20%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.84%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (9.64%) PMO
3 3 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.61%) SLA
4 2 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.20%) GDPR
5 1 (1.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (20.48%) Active Directory
1 17 (20.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (15.66%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (8.43%) Hyper-V
3 7 (8.43%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (7.23%) Docker
4 6 (7.23%) vSphere
5 2 (2.41%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (24.10%) WSUS
2 14 (16.87%) SCCM
3 6 (7.23%) Ansible
3 6 (7.23%) Kubernetes
4 5 (6.02%) EMC NetWorker
4 5 (6.02%) Nagios
4 5 (6.02%) vCenter Server
5 4 (4.82%) FortiGate
6 3 (3.61%) Nessus
7 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 35 (42.17%) Microsoft
2 25 (30.12%) Cisco
3 21 (25.30%) VMware
4 9 (10.84%) Aruba
4 9 (10.84%) Meraki
5 8 (9.64%) Veeam
6 7 (8.43%) Oracle
7 5 (6.02%) EMC
7 5 (6.02%) Red Hat
7 5 (6.02%) SolarWinds
8 4 (4.82%) Ruckus Wireless
9 3 (3.61%) Ericsson
9 3 (3.61%) HP
9 3 (3.61%) Nimble Storage
9 3 (3.61%) Sophos
9 3 (3.61%) ZyXEL
10 2 (2.41%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (2.41%) Google
11 1 (1.20%) Shavlik
11 1 (1.20%) Tanium