Security Patching Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Patching
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 551 588
Rank change year-on-year +175 +37 +168
Permanent jobs citing Security Patching 21 41 85
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.14% 0.12% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.13% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 21 35 54
10th Percentile - £33,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £58,438
90th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £74,375
UK median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,930 31,014 41,082
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.15% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,709 23,583 28,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,930 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Security Patching
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Security Patching as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Patching trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Security Patching
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Security Patching.

Security Patching salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Patching
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Security Patching over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Security Patching salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Patching
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (4.76%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
2 1 (4.76%) Power Automate
2 1 (4.76%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (38.10%) Firewall
2 5 (23.81%) DHCP
2 5 (23.81%) DNS
3 4 (19.05%) SAN
4 3 (14.29%) Unified Communications
4 3 (14.29%) VPN
4 3 (14.29%) VSAN
4 3 (14.29%) Wireless
5 2 (9.52%) Internet
5 2 (9.52%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (9.52%) LAN
5 2 (9.52%) Network Security
5 2 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (4.76%) Ethernet
6 1 (4.76%) IPv4
6 1 (4.76%) IPv6
6 1 (4.76%) MPLS
6 1 (4.76%) SSL
6 1 (4.76%) WAN
6 1 (4.76%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) MariaDB
1 4 (19.05%) MySQL
1 4 (19.05%) RDBMS
1 4 (19.05%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
General
1 7 (33.33%) Finance
2 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Retail
4 1 (4.76%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Administrator
1 5 (23.81%) Linux Administrator
1 5 (23.81%) Linux Systems Administrator
1 5 (23.81%) Systems Administrator
2 4 (19.05%) Lead
2 4 (19.05%) Security Manager
2 4 (19.05%) VMWare Administrator
3 3 (14.29%) IT Manager
3 3 (14.29%) IT Security Manager
3 3 (14.29%) Linux Specialist
3 3 (14.29%) Service Operations Specialist
3 3 (14.29%) Unix Specialist
4 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) IT Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Information Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Information Security Manager
5 1 (4.76%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Data Centre
2 5 (23.81%) Management Information System
3 3 (14.29%) Clustering
3 3 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 3 (14.29%) Replication
4 2 (9.52%) Security Posture
5 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (4.76%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
5 1 (4.76%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 12 (57.14%) Linux
2 11 (52.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (28.57%) Windows
4 5 (23.81%) Windows Server
5 4 (19.05%) CentOS
5 4 (19.05%) Ubuntu
6 3 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) ITIL
2 7 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 7 (33.33%) Service Management
3 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (23.81%) Change Management
4 5 (23.81%) Information Security
5 4 (19.05%) Computer Science
5 4 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (19.05%) Due Diligence
5 4 (19.05%) Line Management
5 4 (19.05%) Process Improvement
5 4 (19.05%) Security Management
5 4 (19.05%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (14.29%) Proactive Management
6 3 (14.29%) Project Delivery
6 3 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (14.29%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 3 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (14.29%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.76%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) SAPscript
2 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) CISM
1 4 (19.05%) CISSP
1 4 (19.05%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) MCP
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certified Master
2 1 (4.76%) SAP Certification
2 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) GDPR
1 5 (23.81%) PCI DSS
2 4 (19.05%) NIST
3 3 (14.29%) SLA
4 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (4.76%) HIPAA
4 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (52.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
3 4 (19.05%) Virtual Servers
3 4 (19.05%) vSphere
4 1 (4.76%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (4.76%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Ansible
2 3 (14.29%) Progress Chef
2 3 (14.29%) Puppet
2 3 (14.29%) SCCM
2 3 (14.29%) vCenter Server
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.76%) Nessus
3 1 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (4.76%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) VMware
2 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 5 (23.81%) Cisco
4 4 (19.05%) Red Hat
5 3 (14.29%) EMC
5 3 (14.29%) Remedy
5 3 (14.29%) SaltStack
5 3 (14.29%) ServiceNow
5 3 (14.29%) Symantec
6 1 (4.76%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (4.76%) Dell
6 1 (4.76%) Juniper
6 1 (4.76%) Meraki
6 1 (4.76%) Netskope
6 1 (4.76%) Palo Alto
6 1 (4.76%) SAP
6 1 (4.76%) SolarWinds
6 1 (4.76%) Veeam