Security Patching
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 818 738 1005
Rank change year-on-year -80 +267 -233
Permanent jobs citing Security Patching 96 230 232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.097% 0.22% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.23% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 74 164 170
10th Percentile £31,825 £33,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,535
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £44,750
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +0.56% -5.29%
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £53,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £72,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,624 98,922 149,770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.89% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,744 58,119 83,346
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Security Patching
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Patching in the UK

Security Patching
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Patching in the UK

Security Patching
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Patching over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Patching in the UK

Security Patching
Top 13 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 5 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
England -26 91 £47,500 +5.56% 22
UK excluding London -82 84 £47,500 +11.76% 17
Work from Home +31 41 £50,000 -4.76% 9
South West +5 41 £55,000 -18.52% 2
South East -6 16 £45,000 +5.88% 7
Midlands +15 13 £40,000 -23.81% 2
London +68 11 £37,500 -32.50% 6
North of England -8 9 £41,500 +3.75% 3
North West -15 9 £41,500 -7.78% 1
West Midlands +26 7 £40,000 +14.29% 2
East Midlands -19 6 £36,750 -30.00%
Scotland - 4 £45,000 -
Wales +9 1 £52,500 +110.00% 1

Security Patching
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (6.25%) Skype for Business
3 5 (5.21%) SharePoint
4 3 (3.13%) Tomcat
4 3 (3.13%) WildFly
5 2 (2.08%) Apache
5 2 (2.08%) nginx
6 1 (1.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.08%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 23 (23.96%) Azure
2 15 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (11.46%) AWS
4 6 (6.25%) OpenShift
5 5 (5.21%) Nutanix
6 2 (2.08%) Akamai
6 2 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (2.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (2.08%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.08%) GitHub
6 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (2.08%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.08%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.08%) SaaS
7 1 (1.04%) Amazon ELB
7 1 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.04%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.04%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 37 (38.54%) Firewall
2 22 (22.92%) LAN
2 22 (22.92%) WAN
3 21 (21.88%) VPN
4 18 (18.75%) Network Security
5 16 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (14.58%) SD-WAN
7 8 (8.33%) SAN
7 8 (8.33%) Unified Communications
8 6 (6.25%) Skype
8 6 (6.25%) VoIP
8 6 (6.25%) Wireless
9 5 (5.21%) NAS
9 5 (5.21%) WLAN
10 3 (3.13%) DNS
10 3 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (3.13%) TCP/IP
11 2 (2.08%) Cisco IOS
11 2 (2.08%) DHCP
11 2 (2.08%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (15.63%) MySQL
1 15 (15.63%) SQL Server
2 7 (7.29%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (7.29%) OLTP
2 7 (7.29%) Relational Database
3 3 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.08%) Power BI
5 1 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Git
2 1 (1.04%) AdminStudio
General
1 31 (32.29%) Social Skills
2 14 (14.58%) Finance
3 5 (5.21%) Legal
3 5 (5.21%) Manufacturing
4 4 (4.17%) Advertising
4 4 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.17%) Marketing
5 3 (3.13%) Aerospace
5 3 (3.13%) Automotive
5 3 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.08%) Law
6 2 (2.08%) Military
6 2 (2.08%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.04%) Games
7 1 (1.04%) Health Technology
7 1 (1.04%) iGaming
7 1 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.04%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (21.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 14 (14.58%) Network Manager
3 11 (11.46%) Analyst
4 10 (10.42%) Network Engineer
5 9 (9.38%) Administrator
5 9 (9.38%) Systems Engineer
6 8 (8.33%) Linux Engineer
6 8 (8.33%) Linux Systems Engineer
6 8 (8.33%) Security Manager
6 8 (8.33%) Senior
7 7 (7.29%) DBA
7 7 (7.29%) IT Engineer
7 7 (7.29%) IT Manager
7 7 (7.29%) IT Security Manager
7 7 (7.29%) Lead
7 7 (7.29%) Network Operations Manager
7 7 (7.29%) NOC Manager
7 7 (7.29%) Operations Manager
8 6 (6.25%) Network Security Manager
8 6 (6.25%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.08%) ARM Templates
1 2 (2.08%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (1.04%) Software Packaging
2 1 (1.04%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 22 (22.92%) Data Centre
2 15 (15.63%) Management Information System
3 7 (7.29%) Learning Management System
3 7 (7.29%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (6.25%) EMC VNX
5 5 (5.21%) Public Cloud
6 4 (4.17%) Educational Technology
7 3 (3.13%) Driving Licence
7 3 (3.13%) Onboarding
8 2 (2.08%) Anti-Spyware
8 2 (2.08%) BYOD
8 2 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (2.08%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (2.08%) IVR
8 2 (2.08%) PKI
8 2 (2.08%) Smartcard
9 1 (1.04%) Device Driver
9 1 (1.04%) Life Science
9 1 (1.04%) Smartphone
9 1 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 36 (37.50%) Windows
2 23 (23.96%) Windows Server
3 22 (22.92%) Linux
4 8 (8.33%) Debian
4 8 (8.33%) Ubuntu
5 7 (7.29%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (3.13%) Mac OS
7 3 (3.13%) Windows 10
7 3 (3.13%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (2.08%) Android
8 2 (2.08%) Apple iOS
8 2 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (2.08%) Unix
9 1 (1.04%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (1.04%) Windows 7
9 1 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (32.29%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (28.13%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (21.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 21 (21.88%) Project Delivery
4 18 (18.75%) Computer Science
5 14 (14.58%) Office Automation
6 13 (13.54%) Server Management
6 13 (13.54%) Service Delivery
7 12 (12.50%) ITIL
8 9 (9.38%) Configuration Management
9 8 (8.33%) B2B
9 8 (8.33%) Containerisation
9 8 (8.33%) Continuous Delivery
9 8 (8.33%) Customer Service
9 8 (8.33%) DevOps
9 8 (8.33%) Mathematics
9 8 (8.33%) Physics
9 8 (8.33%) Test Automation
9 8 (8.33%) Validation
9 8 (8.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 13 (13.54%) PowerShell
2 12 (12.50%) SQL
3 10 (10.42%) Bash
4 9 (9.38%) Python
5 3 (3.13%) PHP
6 2 (2.08%) Korn
7 1 (1.04%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 24 (25.00%) Degree
2 16 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (11.46%) CCNA
3 11 (11.46%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (9.38%) Security Cleared
5 8 (8.33%) SC Cleared
6 6 (6.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (4.17%) CWNA
8 3 (3.13%) CCNP
8 3 (3.13%) CISSP
8 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (2.08%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.08%) CISM
9 2 (2.08%) MCSE
10 1 (1.04%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (8.33%) PMO
3 5 (5.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (5.21%) SLA
4 4 (4.17%) GDPR
5 2 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.04%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (23.96%) Active Directory
1 23 (23.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (13.54%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (8.33%) Hyper-V
3 8 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (6.25%) Docker
4 6 (6.25%) vSphere
5 2 (2.08%) Firmware
5 2 (2.08%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (2.08%) XenApp
6 1 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (20.83%) WSUS
2 14 (14.58%) SCCM
3 7 (7.29%) Ansible
4 6 (6.25%) EMC NetWorker
4 6 (6.25%) FortiGate
4 6 (6.25%) Kubernetes
4 6 (6.25%) Nagios
4 6 (6.25%) vCenter Server
5 5 (5.21%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (3.13%) Nessus
7 2 (2.08%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (1.04%) Progress Chef
8 1 (1.04%) Puppet
8 1 (1.04%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 41 (42.71%) Microsoft
2 29 (30.21%) Cisco
3 27 (28.13%) VMware
4 9 (9.38%) Aruba
4 9 (9.38%) Meraki
4 9 (9.38%) Veeam
5 7 (7.29%) Oracle
6 6 (6.25%) EMC
6 6 (6.25%) Red Hat
6 6 (6.25%) SolarWinds
7 4 (4.17%) Qualys
7 4 (4.17%) Ruckus Wireless
8 3 (3.13%) Apple
8 3 (3.13%) CheckPoint
8 3 (3.13%) Ericsson
8 3 (3.13%) Google
8 3 (3.13%) HP
8 3 (3.13%) Nimble Storage
8 3 (3.13%) Sophos
8 3 (3.13%) ZyXEL