Security Patching Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Patching
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 526 687 604
Rank change year-on-year +161 -83 +136
Permanent jobs citing Security Patching 45 78 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.11% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.13% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42 55 97
10th Percentile - £33,050 £32,300
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +17.65% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,625 £47,500
90th Percentile £60,250 £64,250 £56,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% +1.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,047 60,812 55,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.70% 82.57% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 17,118 41,900 28,987
10th Percentile £26,338 £27,300 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

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 28 May 2025.

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 28 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 +96 20 £55,000 +15.79% 31
North of England +43 9 £37,500 -46.43% 18
Yorkshire - 9 £37,500 - 8
South West +83 5 £60,000 +9.09% 13
Wales +51 5 £47,500 -9.52% 4
Midlands +51 4 £51,000 +27.50% 16
West Midlands +59 2 £51,000 +27.50% 9
East Midlands +35 2 £39,500 +7.48% 6
East of England - 2 £35,000 - 17
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 1 (2.22%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 9 (20.00%) Magento
1 9 (20.00%) NetSuite
1 9 (20.00%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.00%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
2 4 (8.89%) Azure
3 3 (6.67%) Power Automate
4 2 (4.44%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.22%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.22%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.22%) SaaS
5 1 (2.22%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (28.89%) Firewall
2 9 (20.00%) Internet
3 8 (17.78%) Network Security
4 7 (15.56%) VPN
5 5 (11.11%) DHCP
5 5 (11.11%) DNS
5 5 (11.11%) LAN
5 5 (11.11%) WAN
6 3 (6.67%) Broadband
6 3 (6.67%) Ethernet VPN
6 3 (6.67%) GPON
6 3 (6.67%) IPv4
6 3 (6.67%) IPv6
6 3 (6.67%) MPLS
6 3 (6.67%) VXLAN
7 2 (4.44%) VLAN
8 1 (2.22%) BGP
8 1 (2.22%) EIGRP
8 1 (2.22%) OSPF
8 1 (2.22%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (28.89%) MySQL
2 4 (8.89%) MariaDB
2 4 (8.89%) RDBMS
2 4 (8.89%) Relational Database
General
1 18 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (20.00%) Marketing
4 3 (6.67%) Retail
5 2 (4.44%) Advertising
5 2 (4.44%) Finance
6 1 (2.22%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (24.44%) Senior
2 9 (20.00%) Developer
2 9 (20.00%) Magento Developer
2 9 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 9 (20.00%) Senior Magento Developer
3 8 (17.78%) Security Engineer
4 7 (15.56%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 6 (13.33%) Network Engineer
6 5 (11.11%) Administrator
6 5 (11.11%) Analyst
6 5 (11.11%) Systems Administrator
7 4 (8.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (8.89%) Linux Administrator
7 4 (8.89%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 4 (8.89%) VMWare Administrator
8 3 (6.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 3 (6.67%) IT Analyst
8 3 (6.67%) IT Support
8 3 (6.67%) Security Manager
9 2 (4.44%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (20.00%) CSS
1 9 (20.00%) HTML
1 9 (20.00%) XML
2 1 (2.22%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.78%) Security Posture
2 5 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 4 (8.89%) Data Centre
4 3 (6.67%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.22%) PKI
5 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (22.22%) Windows
2 7 (15.56%) Windows Server
3 4 (8.89%) CentOS
3 4 (8.89%) Linux
3 4 (8.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (8.89%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (20.00%) B2B
2 9 (20.00%) B2C
2 9 (20.00%) E-Commerce
2 9 (20.00%) Marketing Automation
2 9 (20.00%) QMS
2 9 (20.00%) Quality Management
2 9 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 9 (20.00%) User Experience
2 9 (20.00%) UX Design
3 8 (17.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 8 (17.78%) ITIL
4 7 (15.56%) Compliance Audit
4 7 (15.56%) GAP Analysis
4 7 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (15.56%) Ticket Management
5 5 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 5 (11.11%) Information Security
5 5 (11.11%) Server Building
6 3 (6.67%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 9 (20.00%) PHP
2 3 (6.67%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.44%) Python
4 1 (2.22%) Bash
4 1 (2.22%) C++
4 1 (2.22%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 7 (15.56%) Network+ Certification
2 6 (13.33%) DV Cleared
2 6 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 5 (11.11%) Degree
4 4 (8.89%) CISSP
5 3 (6.67%) CISM
5 3 (6.67%) JNCIS
6 1 (2.22%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.22%) CCNA
6 1 (2.22%) CEH
6 1 (2.22%) CISA
6 1 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.22%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.22%) GCIH
6 1 (2.22%) MCP
6 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Certified Master
6 1 (2.22%) SANS
6 1 (2.22%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (26.67%) GDPR
2 9 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (17.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (15.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (11.11%) PCI DSS
6 3 (6.67%) NIST
7 1 (2.22%) HIPAA
7 1 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (2.22%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (20.00%) Docker
3 5 (11.11%) Hyper-V
4 4 (8.89%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (8.89%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (8.89%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) Ansible
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.22%) Nessus
1 1 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (2.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (28.89%) VMware
2 9 (20.00%) Adobe
2 9 (20.00%) New Relic
3 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 4 (8.89%) Cisco
5 3 (6.67%) Juniper
6 2 (4.44%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (4.44%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.22%) Dell
7 1 (2.22%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.22%) Meraki
7 1 (2.22%) Netskope
7 1 (2.22%) SAP
7 1 (2.22%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.22%) Zscaler